The Department of Biomedical Sciences presents a special seminar by Dr. Michael Noseworthy on Thursday, September 25 at 10:00 am in the AVC Lecture Theatre A. The presentation is entitled "The Current State-of-the-Art for Imaging of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)." Dr. Noseworthy is currently Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering at McMaster University. He is also Co-Director of the School of Biomedical Engineering at McMaster and the Scientific Director of the Imaging Research Centre at St. Josephs Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario. His research interest is the assessment of tissue microstructure and metabolism using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multinuclear in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy methods. More about his presentation: Routine imaging of brain injury is often done with computed tomography (CT). The primary goal of a CT scan is to rule out any large cerebral bleeds that require immediate intervention. When large bleeds are absent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may or may not be performed. Even though routine CT and MRI both show tremendous structural detail within the brain, most mTBIs do not present with any abnormal findings on routine scans. This is frustrating for clinicians, and more so for patients who truly are suffering. Due to the heightened awareness of mTBI in all levels of sport, from amateur to professional, there has been tremendous interest in developing new methods that can non-invasively quantify and monitor recovery of this type of brain injury. Some methods do not involve imaging (e.g. King-Devick test), while others involve commonly available technology (e.g. electroencephalography, EEG) or highly specialized technology (e.g. magnetoencephalography, MEG). In this talk, Dr. Noseworthy will describe newer MRI approaches that take our understanding of mTBIs to a new level, hopefully allowing the best approach to quantitation and recovery monitoring. All are welcome to attend.