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Scholarly activities of the UWO MR Systems Development Lab

Dissemination of the scholarly activities of UWO MR Systems Development Lab personnel for years 2004 - present:

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Gilbert KM, Dalrymple B, Handler WB, Scholl TJ. Fabrication of low-field water-cooled resistive magnets for small animal magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance Engineering 2006;29B(4):168-75. [PDF]
  2. Gilbert KM, Handler WB, Scholl TJ, Odegaard JW, Chronik BA. Design of field-cycled magnetic resonance systems for small animal imaging. Physics in Medicine and Biology 2006;51:2825-2841. [PDF]
  3. Mau W, Chronik BA ,Smith MB, Collins CM. Consideration of magnetically-induced and conservative electric field within a loaded gradient coil. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2006;55:1424-1432. [PDF]
  4. Handler WB, Gilbert KM, Peng H, Chronik BA. Simulation of scattering and attenuation of 511 keV photons in a combined PET/Field-cycled MRI system. Physics in Medicine and Biology 2006;51:2479-2491. [PDF]
  5. Zhang B, Gazdzinsk C, Chronik BA, Xu H, Conolly SM, Rutt BK. Simple design guidelines for short MRI systems. Magnetic Resonance Engineering 2005;25B(1):53-59. [PDF]
  6. Gilbert KM, Handler WB, Chronik, BA. Thermal modeling of resistive magnets for field-cycled MRI. Magnetic Resonance Engineering 2005;26B(1):56-66. [PDF]
  7. Rosner SD, Masterman D, Scholl TJ, Holt RA. Measurement of hyperfine structure and isotope shifts in Nd II. Canadian Journal of Physics 2005;83:841-854. [PDF]
  8. Scholl TJ, Rehse SJ, Holt RA, Rosner SD. Absolute wave number measurements in 130Te 2: Reference Lines spanning the 420.9 – 464.6 nm region. Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics 2005;22:1128-1133. [PDF]
  9. Hsueh YW, Gilbert K, Trandum C, Zuckermann M, Thewalt J. The Effect of ergosterol on dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers: A deuterium NMR and calorimetric study. Biophysical Journal 2005;88:1799-1808. [PDF]
  10. Ungersma S, Xu H, Chronik BA, Scott G, Macovski A, Conolly S. Shim design using a linear programming algorithm. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2004;52(3):619-627. [PDF]
  11. Scholl TJ, Rehse SJ, Holt RA, Rosner SD. Broadband precision wavemeter based on a stepping Fabry-Pérot interferometer. Review of Scientific Instruments 2004;75:3318-3326. [PDF]
  12. Visser DW, Caggiano JA, Lewis R, Handler WB, Parikh A, Parker PD. Particle decay branching ratios for states of astrophysical importance in 19Ne. Physical Review C 2004;69:048801. [PDF]
  13. The SNO Collaboration (Handler WB). Measurement of the total active 8 B solar neutrino flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with enhanced neutral current sensitivity. Physical Review Letters 2004;92:181301. [PDF]
  14. The SNO Collaboration (Handler WB). Constraints on nucleon decay via invisible modes from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory . Physical Review Letters 2004;92:102004. [PDF]
  15. Hayden ME, Archibald G, Gilbert KM, Lei C. Restricted diffusion within a single pore. Journal of Magnetic Resonance 2004;169:313-322. [PDF]
  16. Zang B, Yen YF, Chronik BA, McKinnon GC, Schaefer DJ, Rutt BK. Peripheral nerve stimulation properties of head and body gradient coils. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2003;50(1):50-58. [PDF]
  17. Chronik BA, Ramachandran M. Simple anatomical measurements do not correlate significantly to individual peripheral nerve stimulation thresholds as measured in MRI gradient coils. Journal of Magnetic Resonance 2003;17(6):716-721. [PDF]
  18. Shao W, Wang G, Fuezesy R, Hughes EW, Chronik BA, Scott GC, Conolly SM, Macovski A. Low readout field magnetic resonance imaging of hyperpolarized Xenon and water in a single system. Applied Physics Letters 2002;80:2032-2034. [PDF]
  19. Chronik BA and Rutt BK. A comparison between magnetostimulation thresholds in whole-body and head-neck gradient coils. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2001;46:386-394. [PDF]
  20. Chronik BA and Rutt BK. A simple linear formulation for magnetostimulation specific to MRI gradient coils. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2001;45:916-919. [PDF]

Peer Reviewed Conference Abstracts

  1. Gilbert KM, Handler WB, Scholl TJ and Chronik BA. Homogeneity and shimming requirements for a field-cycled MRI/PET scanner. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: pTBA (2007).
  2. Gilbert KM, Scholl TJ and Chronik BA. Low-frequency RF coil loading measurements to guide field-cycled MRI system design. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: pTBA (2007).
  3. Gilbert KM, Handler WB, Scholl TJ and Chronik BA. Modeling and evaluation of resistive magnet thermal performance in field-cycled MRI. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: pTBA (2007).
  4. Odegaard J, Chronik BA. Feasibility and challenges of dual-modality pinhole SPECT/MRI systems. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p3546 (2006).
  5. Peng H, Handler WB, Odegaard J, Simpson PJ, Chronik BA. Resolution improvement of PET in PET/MRI combined system. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p786 (2006).
  6. Peng H, Handler WB, Gilbert KM, Scholl TJ, Simpson PJ, Chronik BA. Evaluation of mesh photomultiplier tube operation for dual modality PET/MRI systems. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p1359 (2006).
  7. Feldman RE, Collins CM, Chronik BA. Comparison of peak simulated electric fields with PNS locations. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p706 (2006).
  8. Feldman RE, Rutt BK, Chronik, BA. Design of localized surface gradient coil for DWI of the carotid artery. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p1369 (2006).
  9. Feldman R, Scholl TJ, Chronik BA. Construction and validation of a probe for electric field measurements in gradient coils. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p2033 (2006).
  10. de Bever JT, Chronik BA. Design of multiple-imaging-region gradient coil for parallel mouse imaging. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p2605 (2006).
  11. Handler WB, Chronik BA. Constraints imposed on MRI in a mixed modality PET/MRI system. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p1361 (2006).
  12. Jamali P, Chronik BA. Magnetic field inhomogeneities induced by PET detector scintillators in dual modality MRI/PET systems. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p1360 (2006).
  13. VanderWerf KL, de Bever JT, Butts-Pauly K, Chronik BA. Design and fabrication of a three-axis hybrid-quadrupole gradient coil for MR of the breast. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p1368 (2006).
  14. Recoskie BJ, Scholl TJ, Collins CM, Chronik BA. Discrepancy between chronaxie times as measured using electric and magnetic fields. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p2056 (2006).
  15. Gilbert KM, Handler WB, Scholl TJ, Chronik BA. Magnet design and construction for a field-cycled MRI/PET system. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p1357 (2006).
  16. Alford JK, Chronik BA. Use of the Fresnel Transform to detect and correct field drift artefacts in MR images. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p2357 (2006).
  17. Alford JK, Handler WB, Scholl TJ, Chronik BA. Signal optimization of magnetic field pulses in field-cycled MRI. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p1356 (2006).
  18. Handler WB, Chronik BA. Modelling gamma-transport in a PET/field-cycled system. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p868 (2005).
  19. Feldman RE, Odegaard JW, Handler WB, Chronik BA. An efficient general purpose electric field calculation technique for gradient fields in MRI. . Proceedings of the Thirteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p878 (2005).
  20. Peng H, Handler WB, Scholl TJ, Simpson PJ, Chronik BA. Evaluation of PET detector apparatus in field-cycled MRI. . Proceedings of the Thirteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p901 (2005).
  21. Alford JK, Handler WB, Chronik BA. Development of a simulation tool for field-cycled MRI.. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p867 (2005).
  22. Gilbert KM, Odegaard JW, Handler WB, Scholl TJ, Chronik BA. Field-cycled MRI system design. . Proceedings of the Thirteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p865 (2005).
  23. VanderWerf KL, de Bever J, Chronik BA.  Hybrid Quadrupole Gradient design for MRI of the breast. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: p852 (2005).
  24. Hobson JL, Bidinosti CP, Gilbert KM,Lei C, Archibald G, Hayden ME. Breakdown of the high-field approximation in the context of hyperpolarized 3He MRI. Proceedings of the Twelfth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kyoto, (2004).

Meetings, Conferences, and Presentations

  1. Chronik BA, Butts K, Chen J, VanderWerf K, Daniel B. Improved open MRI for image guided breast procedures. National Institutes of Health Meeting (May 2005).
  2. Chronik BA. Magnet Development in MRI. Brock University Department of Physics Seminar Series, St. Catherines, ON (April 2005).
  3. Chronik BA. Human interactions with magnetic fields in MRI. UWO Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, London, ON (November 2004).
  4. Chronik BA. Field-Cycled Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Centre for Chemical Physics Seminar Series, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (September 2004).
  5. Chronik BA. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Mayo Clinic Bioengineering Seminar Series, Rochester, MN. (June 2004).