Projects
Hardware development for high field imaging and spectroscopy
The NMR RF lab has worked in close collaboration with the Advanced Imaging Research Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, home to one of two 7T scanners in the state of Texas. RF design at high fields is challenging due to the interactions of the associated higher frequencies with the human body. We developed novel hardware approaches towards harnessing the potential of high field MR imaging and spectroscopy to help us characterize and understand disease. |
Optimization of small animal imaging
Animal imaging is a known challenge due to the smaller size and faster heart rate of the subject. There has been an ongoing effort in the lab to optimize this process overall and per-application-at-hand through the use of new coil designs and parallel imaging. |
Approaches to RF front end design to enable flexibility and portability
Multiple-channel receivers are not commonly available for non-hydrogen frequencies. Our interest in the intersection of parallel imaging and non-proton spectroscopy drives work in new approaches to receiver design. |