P. Szomolanyi (Vienna, AT)

Medical University of Vienna High Field MR Center
Dr. Pavol Szomolanyi has a postdoctoral position at the High Field MR Center – 7 Tesla MR; Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy at Medical University of Vienna; Austria. He graduated from Slovak Technical University; Bratislava; Slovakia; obtained PhD degree in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging field at the Institute of Measurement Science; Slovak Academy of Sciences; Bratislava; Slovakia). During his post-doctoral period; he worked at foreign institutions (University of Trieste; Italy; University of New Brunswick; Canada); where he devoted himself to MRI measurement of bone structure and bone density as well as non-living samples (concrete; plastics and selected foods). His main scientific interest is on quantitative MRI methods applied to the musculoskeletal field; specifically into the research and quantification of human knee cartilage; ligament and tendons. He participated in research projects as well as clinical studies; where T2; T2* and gagCEST was used for evaluation of cartilage maturation after the cartilage repair procedures or ligamentization process after the ACL reconstruction surgery. Dr. Szomolanyi published and co-authored 77 papers in peer-reviewed journals; mostly in the field of musculoskeletal quantitative MRI; reviewed number of papers for scientific journals (European Radiology; Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Osteoarthritis and Cartilage etc.) and is member of several societies (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; International Cartilage Repair Society).