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SUMMARY:New Techniques for Electromagnetic Analysis for Magnetic Resonance
  Imaging
DTSTART:20140925T110000
DTSTAMP:20260407T063841Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Jacob White\, MIT\nThe detailed behavior of electromagne
 tic fields in MRI plays an important role in image quality and patient saf
 ety. Uniformly-high magnetic fields can be used to improve image quality\,
  but commensurate high electric fields\, particularly when proximate to se
 nsitive tissues\, can cause permanent damage. Faster numerical techniques 
 can be enabling for MRI in two ways. Reasonably fast simulation can be use
 d in MRI design optimization\, by making it possible to assess a wide vari
 ety of alternative coil designs and excitation strategies. But if 3-D fiel
 d analysis for a given patient could be completed in seconds\, the analysi
 s could be used to generate patient-specific excitation strategies\, thus 
 improving patient safety while enhancing image quality.\nIn collaboration 
 with Laurence Wald (MGH)\, Elfar Adalsteinsson\, and Luca Daniel\, we have
  worked on accelering MRI simulation\, and over the past few years we have
  made considerable progress. In this talk\, we will present an overview of
  our joint work on accelerated volume integral equation methods\, and our 
 sparse projection approach Greens function representation\, which together
  have led to reductions in 3-D simulation time from hours to minutes.\nBio
 : Professor White received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineer
 ing and computer science from MIT in 1980\, and his masters degree in 1983
  and his doctorate in 1985 from the University of California\, Berkeley\, 
 in the same discipline. He worked at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center 
 from 1985 to 1987. He joined the MIT faculty in 1987 as assistant professo
 r in EECS\, becoming associate professor in 1991 and full professor in 199
 6. In December of 2001\, Professor White was appointed as an Associate Dir
 ector of the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT.
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