Imaging AI Lab

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

F.M. Kirby Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University — 2003 - 2006

Focus: My research centered on developing advanced quantitative MRI techniques for neurological applications, particularly focusing on novel contrast mechanisms like amide proton transfer (APT) imaging for brain tumors and magnetization transfer methods for spinal cord assessment. I applied early machine learning approaches to image processing challenges, including automated registration techniques and clustering algorithms for tissue classification, which established the foundation for my later work combining artificial intelligence with medical imaging.

Ph.D. in Physics (Medical Biophysics)

University of British Columbia — 1999 - 2003

Thesis: T2 Decay Curve Acquisition and Analysis in MRI: Noise Considerations, Short T2, and B1 Field Encoding

Advisor: Prof. Alex Mackay and San Xang

M.S. in Medical Biophysics

University of Western Ontario — 1994 - 1997

Thesis: Quantitative Multi-Component Analysis Using Fast Spin-Echo MRI