Gabriel H. Wilson Award
The Gabriel H. Wilson Award presented for the best paper presented at the WNRS Annual Meeting was established in 1988 in honor of the first WNRS President, Gabriel H. Wilson, MD. The award recipient is selected by members of the Gabriel H. Wilson Award Committee.
Past Gabriel H. Wilson Award Recipients:
| 1988 | W.A. Stringer Xenon-CT Demonstration of Non-Uniform Local Cerebral Vascular Reactivity Following Manipulation of Arterial PC02 |
| 1989 | Walter Kucharczyk Phospholipid Vesicles: A Cause of T1 Shortening without Chemical Shift |
| 1990 | John Kucharczyk Diffusion/Perfusion MR Imaging of Acute Cerebral Ischemia |
| 1991 | Wayne L. Davis 3-D Time of Flight (3-D TOF) and Multiple Overlapping Thin-Slab Acquisition (MOTSA) Techniques for Intracranial MR Angiography |
| Charles W. Kerber (Honorable Mention) A Rheologic Basis for MR Angiography of the Cartoid Bulb |
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| Marvin D. Nelson, Jr. (Honorable Mention) Is Gliosis Detectable by Magnetic Resonance Imaging? |
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| 1992 | William W. Orrison Clinical Applications of Magnetic Source Imaging |
| Jay S. Tsuruda (Honorable Mention) A Phrased Array RF Coil Assembly for High Resolution Imaging of the Head |
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| Van V. Halbach (Honorable Mention) Endovascular Therapy for Vertebral Dissection |
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| 1993 | Rahul Mehta Differentiation of Demyelinating Plaques of MS and White Matter Ischemic Lesions by the Use of Magnetization Transfer |
| Alexander M. Norbash (Honorable Mention) CSF Shunt Flow Evaluation with Spin-Echo Phase Contrast MR |
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| 1994 | Brian W. Chong MR Imaging of Fetal Neuronal Migration |
| Van V. Halbach Metallic Fragment Emboli Resulting from Treatment with Electrolytically Detachable Coils (GDC) |
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| 1995 | Peter E. Ricci Differentiating Recurrent Tumor from Radiation Necrosis with 18FGG-PET: Time for Re-evaluation? |
| 1996 | Brian W. Chong Whole Brain Functional MRI of Complex Auditory Task Activation |
| 1997 | Marvin D. Nelson, Jr. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the management of Patients with Phenylketonuria |
| 1998 | Charles W. Kerber The Behavior of a New Liquid Embolic Agent, Neuracyl M., in Blood |
| 1999 | John D. Barr Thrombolysis of Combined ICA/MCA Occlusion |
| 2000 | Matthew T. Walker Differentiating Extra-Axial Empyemas from Sterile Effusions In Patients With Intracranial Infections Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| 2001 | Kirsten Forbes Improved Image Quality and Detection Of Acute Cerebral Infarction With Propeller Diffusion-Weighted Imaging |
| 2002 | David J. Fiorella The Radiological Diagnosis of Atlanto-Axial Vertical Distraction Injury |
| 2003 | David J. Fiorella Assessment of The Reproducibility Of Post-Processing Dynamic Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP) Data: Impact Of The Optimization Of Post-Enhancement Image Selection |
| 2004 | William K. Erly Are There MR Imaging Features That Predict Regression of Lumbar Disk Herniation? |
| 2005 | Hollie A. Jackson Quantitative Short Echo Time in 1-H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Pediatric Pontine Gliomas: Diagnosis and Characterization |
| 2006 | Wade H.M. Wong Preliminary Results of Functional Anesthetic Discography |
| 2007 | Leland S. Hu Post Radiation Treatment Effect vs. Tumor Recurrence: Direct Correlation between Histopathology and Perfusion MRI Measurements |
| 2008 | Joey D. English Utility of Multi-Modal CT Imaging in the Endovascular Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke |
| 2009 | Daniel J. Lattin Radiographic and Anatomic Evaluation of Eagle’s Syndrome Using 3-D Computed Axial Tomography for Evaluation of the Elongated Styloid Process and Stylohyoid Ligament in Neutral and Head Turned Positions |
| 2010 | Timothy M. Shepherd Reducing Patient Radiation Exposure during CT-Guided Injections for Spinal Pain |
| 2011 | Sarah Elizabeth Stilwill Adult Cystic Fibrosis Sinonasal CT Findings |
| 2012 | Gary M. Nesbit Direct Puncture Treatment of Orbital & Peri-orbital Vascular Malformations |
| 2013 | Catherine A. Chong Atypical Age-Related Cortical Thinning in Eposodic Migraine |
| 2014 | Mai-Lan Ho MR Neurography and Tractography for Quantification of Birth-Related Brachial Plexus Injury |
| 2015 | Bradley R. Foerster Altered Excitation-Inhibition in Knee Osteoarthritis |
| 2016 | Andrew J. Sung, M.D. Assessment of Blood Flow in Skull Base Meningiomas Using Arterial Spin Labeling |
| 2017 | Steven Erly, M.D Analysis of diagnostic yield of MR sequence combinations in patients from the ER |
| 2018 | Nasim Sheikh-Bahaei The Effect of Voxel Position and Tissue Composition on the Level of Brain Metabolites in PET-Guided MR Spectroscopy in Alzheimer’s disease |
| 2019 | Cassandra Jeavons Spectral CT of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Squamous Cell Cancer: Analysis of spectral parameters and their clinical impact on tumor stagin |
Gold Medal Award
The WNRS Gold Medal was established in 2013 to honor those who have made significant contributions to enhance the development and/or stature of Neuroradiology, including service to the WNRS. The Gold medal is presented during the WNRS Annual Meeting. The award recipient is proposed by members of the Gold Medal Award Committee for approval by the Executive Committee.
Past Gold Medal Award Recipients:
| 2014 | Hervey D. Segall |
| 2015 | R. Thomas Bergeron |
| 2016 | Anton N. Hasso |
| 2017 | Wade H.M. Wong |
| 2019 | John R. Hesselink, MD, FACR |