Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scientist
clinical and pre-clinical imaging and spectroscopy
Imaging scientist and electrical engineer with experience in in vivo small animal and clinical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Thorough understanding of MR physics and multiple MR imaging methods to ensure reliable and efficient data acquisition strategies. Ability to execute imaging studies from point of data acquisition to data presentation. Experience writing custom image analysis software using the MATLAB programming language.
Clinical Breast Imaging | 3D Data Analysis | MRI Pulse Sequence Programming | Diffusion-Weighted Imaging | C and MATLAB Programming | Image Processing | ImageJ, Analyze, ITK-SNAP, and 3D Slicer Image Analysis Software
Professional Experience
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Boston, MA 12/2012 – present
A Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital
LAB MANAGER, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Spectroscopy Laboratory
Responsible for all aspects of running a preclinical MRI laboratory including purchasing equipment, software and hardware maintenance, magnet maintenance, image data management, imaging study design, imaging protocol development and image analysis.
Achievements
• Optimized MR imaging protocols for various in vivo mouse imaging studies focused on cardiac function, brain angiography, whole-body imaging, brain and kidney perfusion by arterial spin labeling, and prostate cancer, among others.
• Established diffusion tensor imaging protocol for investigation of human intervertebral disc sample microstructure.
• Established MR imaging protocol for phosphorus chemical shift imaging in cartilage samples.
• Wrote MATLAB scripts to generate cerebral perfusion maps from arterial spin labeling experiments in a Bruker 9.4T preclinical MRI scanner.
Pfizer, Inc., Andover, MA 11/2010 – 12/2012
Multinational Pharmaceutical Corporation
SENIOR SCIENTIST, Molecular Imaging Laboratory
Responsible for communicating capabilities and limitations of preclinical magnetic resonance imaging scanner (7 T) to drug-discovery biologists and for carrying out imaging studies to support drug discovery research units.
Achievements
• Collaborated with a contract research organization (Maccine Pte Ltd.) in preparation for a preclinical drug study and analyzed subsequent MRI data with ANALYZE image processing software.
• Implemented whole-body composition magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy assay for fast determination of lean and fat mass in mice in vivo.
• Fine-tuned bright and black-blood cardiovascular MR methods to ensure accurate and efficient determination of cardiovascular functional parameters in mice in vivo.
• Carried out quantitative magnetization transfer (MT) phantom imaging and data analysis in preparation for spinal cord MT in an in vivo mouse model of multiple sclerosis.
• Wrote MATLAB scripts to analyze magnetization transfer imaging and other imaging data.
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 1/2012 – present
Public university and part of the University of Massachusetts System
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Instructor for the online graduate course; IB516: Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Achievements
• Developed all course learning materials from scratch including lecture notes, homework assignments, a midterm exam, a final examination, and a class project.
• Developed select course lectures using Camtasia Studio screen recording and video editing software.
• Corrected all homework problem sets, examinations, and the class project.
• Became proficient in the use of Blackboard Vista and Blackboard Learn for online course design, presentation, and management.
• Wrote MATLAB scripts for students to investigate various magnetic resonance physical phenomena.
Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc., North Andover, MA 9/2008-11/2010
Developer of the Aurora Dedicated Breast MRI System
MRI PHYSICIST
MRI pulse sequence programmer, system engineer, and customer support engineer for a clinical magnetic resonance imaging scanner dedicated to breast imaging.
Achievements
• Wrote a pulse sequence program for diffusion-weighted fast spin-echo diffusion-weighted MRI.
• Wrote and delivered to customer sites a pulse sequence program for T1-weighted fast spin-echo MRI.
• Prepared and presented MR physics and system training material for field service engineers.
• Wrote MATLAB code for semi-...
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