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My research focuses on magnetic resonance imaging, particularly instrumentation and methodology. I also have research interests in antenna theory - numerical methods, and phased arrays electromagnetics.
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academic article
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Ma, J., Pinho, M. C., Harrison, C. E., Chen, J., Sun, C., Hackett, E. P., ... Park, J. M.
(2022).
Dynamic 13 C MR spectroscopy as an alternative to imaging for assessing cerebral metabolism using hyperpolarized pyruvate in humans. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
87(3), 1136-1149.
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Sun, C., Patel, K., Wilcox, M., Dimitrov, I. E., Cheshkov, S., McDougall, M., & Wright, S. M.
(2021).
A retrofit to enable dynamic B 1 + steering for transmit arrays without multiple amplifiers. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
85(6), 3497-3509.
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Ogier, S. E., Wilcox, M., Cheshkov, S., Dimitrov, I. E., Malloy, C. R., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2021).
A Frequency Translation System for Multi-Channel, Multi-Nuclear MR Spectroscopy. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
68(1), 109-118.
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Fletcher, G. K., Nash, L. D., Graul, L. M., Jang, L. K., Herting, S. M., Wilcox, M. D., ... Maitland, D. J.
(2020).
Chemical Modifications of Porous Shape Memory Polymers for Enhanced X-ray and MRI Visibility. Molecules.
25(20), 4660-4660.
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Wilcox, M., Wright, S. M., & McDougall, M. P.
(2020).
Multi-Tuned Cable Traps for Multinuclear MRI and MRS. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
67(4), 1221-1228.
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Cui, J., Dimitrov, I. E., Cheshkov, S., Gu, M., Malloy, C. R., & Wright, S. M.
(2018).
An Adjustable-Length Dipole Using Forced-Current Excitation for 7T MR. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
65(10), 2259-2266.
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Bosshard, J. C., Yallapragada, N., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2017).
Exploration of highly accelerated magnetic resonance elastography using high-density array coils. Quant Imaging Med Surg.
7(2), 195-204.
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Rispoli, J. V., Dimitrov, I. E., Cheshkov, S., Malloy, C., Wright, S. M., & McDougall, M. P.
(2016).
Trap Design and Construction for High-Power Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Experiments. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering.
46B(4), 162-168.
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Cui, J., Bosshard, J. C., Rispoli, J. V., Dimitrov, I. E., Cheshkov, S., McDougall, M. P., Malloy, C., & Wright, S. M.
(2015).
A Switched-Mode Breast Coil for 7 T MRI Using Forced-Current Excitation. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
62(7), 1777-1783.
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By, S., Rispoli, J. V., Cheshkov, S., Dimitrov, I., Cui, J., Seiler, S., ... McDougall, M. P.
(2014).
A 16-channel receive, forced current excitation dual-transmit coil for breast imaging at 7T. PLoS One.
9(11), e113969-e113969.
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McDougall, M. P., Cheshkov, S., Rispoli, J., Malloy, C., Dimitrov, I., & Wright, S. M.
(2014).
Quadrature transmit coil for breast imaging at 7 tesla using forced current excitation for improved homogeneity. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
40(5), 1165-1173.
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Zhao, F., Fessler, J. A., Wright, S. M., & Noll, D. C.
(2014).
Regularized estimation of magnitude and phase of multi-coil b1 field via Bloch-Siegert B1 mapping and coil combination optimizations. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.
33(10), 2020-2030.
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Moody, K. L., Hollingsworth, N. A., Zhao, F., Nielsen, J., Noll, D. C., Wright, S. M., & McDougall, M. P.
(2014).
An eight-channel T/R head coil for parallel transmit MRI at 3T using ultra-low output impedance amplifiers. Journal of Magnetic Resonance.
246, 62-68.
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Chiwan Koo, .., Godley, R. F., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Han, A.
(2014).
A microfluidically cryocooled spiral microcoil with inductive coupling for MR microscopy. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
61(1), 76-84.
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Bosshard, J. C., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2014).
An insertable nonlinear gradient coil for phase compensation in SEA imaging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
61(1), 217-223.
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McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2012).
A parallel imaging approach to wide-field MR microscopy. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
68(3), 850-856.
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Ke Feng, .., Hollingsworth, N. A., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2012).
A 64-channel transmitter for investigating parallel transmit MRI. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
59(8), 2152-2160.
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Koo, C., Godley, R. F., Park, J., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Han, A.
(2011).
A magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy system using a microfluidically cryo-cooled planar coil. Lab on a Chip.
11(13), 2197-2203.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., & Bosshard, J. C.
(2010).
A desktop imaging system for teaching MR engineering. 2007 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOLS 1-16.
2010, 6653-6656.
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Bosshard, J. C., Eigenbrodt, E. P., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2010).
A fourth gradient to overcome slice dependent phase effects of voxel-sized coils in planar arrays. 2007 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOLS 1-16.
2010, 6649-6652.
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Jiraraksopakun, Y., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Ji, J. X.
(2010).
A flow quantification method using fluid dynamics regularization and MR tagging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
57(6), 1437-1445.
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Wright, S. M., & McDougall, M. P.
(2009).
Single echo acquisition MRI using RF encoding. NMR Biomed.
22(9), 982-993.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., Feng, K. e., Hollingsworth, N. A., Bosshard, J. C., & Chang, C.
(2009).
Highly parallel transmit/receive systems for dynamic MRI. 2007 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOLS 1-16.
2009, 4053-4056.
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Liu, Y., Feng, K. e., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Ji, J.
(2008).
Reducing SAR in parallel excitation using variable-density spirals: a simulation-based study. Magn Reson Imaging.
26(8), 1122-1132.
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Jiraraksopakun, Y., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Ji, J.
(2008).
A regularized flow quantification method using MRI tagging and Single Echo Acquisition imaging. 2007 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOLS 1-16.
2008, 3397-3400.
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McDougall, M. P., Knight, J. M., Eigenbrodt, E. E., Wright, S. M., & Chang, C.
(2008).
A simple approach to overcoming mutual coupling effects in some transmit array coils for magnetic resonance imaging. 2007 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOLS 1-16.
2008, 2043-2046.
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Son, J. B., Wright, S. M., & Ji, J. X.
(2008).
Single-point Dixon water-fat imaging using 64-channel single-echo acquisition MRI. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering.
33B(3), 152-162.
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Grissom, W. A., Yip, C., Wright, S. M., Fessler, J. A., & Noll, D. C.
(2008).
Additive angle method for fast large-tip-angle RF pulse design in parallel excitation. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
59(4), 779-787.
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McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2007).
Investigation of coil phase compensation in 3D imaging at very high acceleration factors. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
25(6), 1305-1311.
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Spence, D. K., & Wright, S. M.
(2007).
Comparison of local and global arrays for MRI. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering.
31B(2), 86-94.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., & Bosshard, J. C.
(2006).
Progress in visualizing turbulent flow using single-echo acquisition imaging. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
2006, 4877-4880.
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Kurpad, K. N., Wright, S. M., & Boskamp, E. B.
(2006).
RF current element design for independent control of current amplitude and phase in transmit phased arrays. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering.
29B(2), 75-83.
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McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2005).
Phase compensation in single echo acquisition imaging. Phase effects of voxel-sized coils in planar and cylindrical arrays. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag.
24(6), 17-22.
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McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2005).
64-channel array coil for single echo acquisition magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
54(2), 386-392.
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Yoshiura, T., Mihara, F., Tanaka, A., Noguchi, T., Togao, O., Kuwabara, Y., & Honda, H.
(2005).
Novel method to estimate and display cerebral cortical degeneration using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
54(2), 455-459.
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Spence, D. K., & Wright, S. M.
(2003).
2-D full wave solution for the analysis and design of birdcage coils. CONCEPTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE.
18B(1), 15-23.
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Bankson, J. A., & Wright, S. M.
(2002).
Simulation-based investigation of partially parallel imaging with a linear array at high accelerations. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
47(4), 777-786.
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Wright, S. M.
(2002).
Full-wave analysis of planar radiofrequency coils and coil arrays with assumed current distribution. CONCEPTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE.
15(1), 2-14.
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Wright, S. M.
(2002).
Full-wave analysis of planar radiofrequency coils and coil arrays with assumed current distribution. CONCEPTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE.
15(1), 2-14.
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Lebsack, E. T., & Wright, S. M.
(2002).
Iterative RF pulse refinement for magnetic resonance imaging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
49(1), 41-48.
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Porter, J. R., & Wright, S. M.
(2001).
A sixteen-channel multiplexing upgrade for single channel receivers. Magn Reson Imaging.
19(7), 1009-1016.
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Bankson, J. A., & Wright, S. M.
(2001).
Multi-channel magnetic resonance spectroscopy through time domain multiplexing. Magn Reson Imaging.
19(7), 1001-1008.
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McNichols, R. J., Gowda, A., & Wright, S. M.
(2001).
Closed-loop feedback control of laser therapy using magnetic resonance imaging. 35th European Mask and Lithography Conference (EMLC 2019).
4247, 158-165.
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McNichols, R. J., Cot, G. L., Wasser, J. S., & Wright, S. M.
(2000).
Simultaneous optical and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for monitoring cardiac energetics in vivo. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
47(9), 1261-1265.
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Bankson, J. A., Griswold, M. A., Wright, S. M., & Sodickson, D. K.
(2000).
SMASH imaging with an eight element multiplexed RF coil array. MAGMA.
10(2), 93-104.
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McNichols, R. J., Wright, S. M., Wasser, J. S., & Cot, G. L.
(1999).
An inductively coupled, doubly tuned resonator for in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments.
70(8), 3454-3456.
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Porter, J. R., Wright, S. M., & Reykowski, A.
(1998).
A 16-element phased-array head coil. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
40(2), 272-279.
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Boyer, J. S., Wright, S. M., & Porter, J. R.
(1998).
An automated measurement system for characterization of RF and gradient coil parameters. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
8(3), 740-747.
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Reykowski, A., Wright, S. M., & Porter, J. R.
(1995).
Design of matching networks for low noise preamplifiers. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
33(6), 848-852.
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Porter, J. R., Wright, S. M., & Famili, N.
(1994).
A four-channel time domain multiplexer: a cost-effective alternative to multiple receivers. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
32(4), 499-504.
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Famili, N., Wright, S. M., & Porter, J. R.
(1993).
MR flow measurement using RF phase gradients in receiver coil arrays. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
40(12), 1243-1249.
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Magin, R. L., Bacic, G., Niesman, M. R., Alameda, J. C., Wright, S. M., & Swartz, H. M.
(1991).
Dextran magnetite as a liver contrast agent. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
20(1), 1-16.
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Kelton, J. R., Wright, S. M., & Magin, R. L.
(1991).
A programmable data acquisition and control system for magnetic resonance imaging: application to mutually coupled surface coil arrays and temperature monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
38(6), 608-613.
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Schiano, J. L., Magin, R. L., & Wright, S. M.
(1991).
Feedback control of the nuclear magnetization state: modeling and control design. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.
10(2), 138-147.
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Niesman, M. R., Bacic, G. G., Wright, S. M., Swartz, H. J., & Magin, R. L.
(1990).
Liposome encapsulated MnCl2 as a liver specific contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging. Investigative Radiology.
25(5), 545-551.
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Wright, S. M., & Wright, R. M.
(1989).
Bilateral MR imaging with switched mutually coupled receiver coils. Radiology.
170(1 Pt 1), 249-255.
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Wright, S. M., & Wright, R. M.
(1988).
A multi-plane scout sequence using flash imaging. Magn Reson Imaging.
6(2), 105-112.
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Magin, R. L., Wright, S. M., Niesman, M. R., Chan, H. C., & Swartz, H. M.
(1986).
Liposome delivery of NMR contrast agents for improved tissue imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
3(3), 440-447.
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Hanigan, W. C., Wright, S. M., & Wright, R. M.
(1986).
Clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric neurosurgical patients. J Pediatr.
108(4), 522-529.
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Hanigan, W. C., Wright, R., & Wright, S.
(1985).
Magnetic resonance imaging of the Dandy-Walker malformation. Pediatric neuroscience.
12(3), 151-156.
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Ma, J., Pinho, M. C., Harrison, C. E., Chen, J., Sun, C., Hackett, E. P., ... Park, J. M.
(2022).
Dynamic 13 C MR spectroscopy as an alternative to imaging for assessing cerebral metabolism using hyperpolarized pyruvate in humans. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
87(3), 1136-1149.
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chapter
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Hollingsworth, N. A., Kurpad, K., & Wright, S. M.
(2016).
CHAPTER 6. Radiofrequency Amplifiers for NMR/MRI. New Developments in NMR.
New Developments in NMR.
(pp. 264-307).
Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Hollingsworth, N. A., Kurpad, K., & Wright, S. M.
(2016).
CHAPTER 6. Radiofrequency Amplifiers for NMR/MRI. New Developments in NMR.
New Developments in NMR.
(pp. 264-307).
Royal Society of Chemistry.
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conference paper
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Sun, C., Bauer, C., Busher, J., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2020).
Investigation of Low-Cost Op-Amps as Decoupling Preamplifiers for MRI Array Coils. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
1473-1476.
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Carrell, T., Gu, M., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2019).
Feasibility of Using a 1T Extremity Scanner with a Four-Element Array to Detect 31P in the Human Calf. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
6806-6809.
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Huang, C., Ogier, S. E., Gu, M., & Wright, S. M.
(2018).
Flexible RF Filtering Front-End For Simultaneous Multinuclear MR Spectroscopy. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
1368-1371.
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Rispoli, J. V., Wilcox, M. D., By, S., Wright, S. M., & McDougall, M. P.
(2016).
Effects of coplanar shielding for high field MRI. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
6250-6253.
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Xie, H., Bosshard, J. C., Hill, J. E., Wright, S. M., & Mitra, S.
(2016).
An adaptive undersampling scheme of wavelet-encoded parallel MR imaging for more efficient MR data acquisition. 35th European Mask and Lithography Conference (EMLC 2019).
97843u-97843u-9-97843U.
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Ogier, S. E., & Wright, S. M.
(2015).
A frequency translation approach for multichannel (13)C spectroscopy. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
1564-1567.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., & Bosshard, J. C.
(2014).
Progress in Visualizing Turbulent Flow using Single-Echo Acquisition Imaging. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
4877-4880.
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Moody, K. L., Hollingsworth, N. A., Nielsen, J., Noll, D., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2013).
Eight-channel transmit/receive head array for use with ultra-low output impedance amplifiers. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3.
950-953.
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Zhao, F., Fessler, J. A., Wright, S. M., Rispoli, J. V., & Noll, D. C.
(2013).
Optimized linear combinations of channels for complex multiple-coil B
1 field estimation with Bloch-Siegert B1 mapping in MRI. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3. 942-945.
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Hollingsworth, N., Moody, K., Nielsen, J., Noll, D., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2013).
Tuning ultra-low output impedance amplifiers for optimal power and decoupling in parallel transmit MRI. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3.
946-949.
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Koo, C., Godley, R., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Han, A.
(2011).
Microfluidically CRYO-cooled inductively coupled spiral microcoils for MR microscopy. 1311-1313.
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Moody, K. L., Hollingsworth, N. A., Nielsen, J., Noll, D., Wright, S. M., & McDougall, M. P.
(2011).
A LabVIEW-based operating system for parallel transmit systems. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3.
771-774.
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Hollingsworth, N., Moody, K., Nielsen, J., Noll, D., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2011).
An eight channel transmit system for Transmit SENSE at 3T. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3.
775-778.
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Koo, C., Carrillo, M. A., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Han, A.
(2010).
A cryo-cooling microfluidic channel device for a magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy system. 614-616.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., & Bosshard, J. C.
(2010).
A desktop imaging system for teaching MR engineering. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
6653-6656.
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Bosshard, J. C., Eigenbrodt, E. P., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2010).
A fourth gradient to overcome slice dependent phase effects of voxel-sized coils in planar arrays. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
6649-6652.
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Koo, C., Feng, K. e., Park, J., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Han, A.
(2010).
An integrated microfluidic cryo-cooled planar coil system for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 2009 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems.
1011-1014.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., Feng, K. e., Hollingsworth, N. A., Bosshard, J. C., & Chang, C.
(2009).
Highly Parallel Transmit/Receive Systems for Dynamic MRI. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
4053-4056.
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Jiraraksopakun, Y., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Ji, J.
(2008).
A Regularized Flow Quantification Method Using MRI Tagging and Single Echo Acquisition Imaging. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
3397-3400.
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McDougall, M. P., Knight, J. M., Eigenbrodt, E. E., Wright, S. M., & Chang, C.
(2008).
A Simple Approach to Overcoming Mutual Coupling Effects in Some Transmit Array Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
2043-2046.
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Stoitsis, J., Bastouni, E., Karampinos, D. C., Bosshard, J. C., Lu, J., Golemati, S., ... IEEE.
(2007).
Velocity extraction from spin-tagging MRI images using a weighted least-squares optical flow method. 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON IMAGING SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES.
184-+.
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Mcdougall, M., & Wright, S.
(2007).
INITIAL RESULTS IN WIDE-FIELD 3D MR MICROSCOPY USING PARALLEL IMAGING. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3.
1072-1075.
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Wright, S., & Mcdougall, M.
(2007).
COIL EFFECT ON K-SPACE LINE SELECTION IN HIGHLY ACCELERATED PARALLEL IMAGING. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3.
1016-1019.
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Ji, J. X., Son, J. B., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & IEEE.
(2006).
Highly accelerated parallel imaging methods for localized massive array coils: Comparison using 64-channel phased-array data. 2007 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING : MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1-3.
734-+.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., Bosshard, J. C., & IEEE.
(2006).
Progress in visualizing turbulent flow using single-echo acquisition imaging. 2922-+.
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Ji, J., & Wright, S.
(2005).
Parallel MR Imaging with Accelerations Beyond the Number of Receiver Channels Using Real Image Reconstruction. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
735-738.
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Spence, D., Wright, S., & Ji, J.
(2005).
Using Large Arrays for SNR Improvement on Receiver Limited MRI Systems. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
4286-4289.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., Kurpad, K., Brown, D. G., & IEEE.
(2004).
Parallel imaging: system design and limitations. 1200-1203.
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Son, J. B., Ji, J. X., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2004).
Adaptive SENSE reconstruction for parallel imaging with massive array coils. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
1064-1067.
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Nam, H., Wright, S. M., & Kurpad, K. N.
(2004).
Applications of RF current sources for transmit phased array. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
1108-1111.
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McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2004).
Overcoming phase effects of voxel-sized coils in planar and cylindrical arrays. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
1060-1063.
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Wright, S. M., McDougall, M. P., Brown, D. G., IEEE, .., IEEE, .., & IEEE.
(2002).
Single echo acquistion of MR images using RF coil arrays. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
1181-1182.
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Rosas-Trigueros, J. L., & Wright, S. M.
(2002).
A system for tracking interventional devices using magnetic resonance. 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY.
141-145.
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Wright, S. M., Brown, D. G., Porter, J. R., Spence, D. C., Esparza, E., Cole, D. C., & Huson, F. R.
(2002).
A desktop magnetic resonance imaging system. MAGMA.
177-185.
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Brown, D. G., Spence, D., & Wright, S.
(2000).
A transceiver for an inexpensive desktop MR microscope. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
2390-2393.
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McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Spence, D. K.
(2000).
Accuracy and limitations of magnetic field measurement for validation of current density distribution using MRI. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
2805-2808.
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Spence, D. K., Wright, S. M., & McDougall, M.
(2000).
High resolution mapping of highly nonlinear RF magnetic fields. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
2802-2804.
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Wright, S. M., Brown, D. G., & Spence, D. C.
(2000).
NMR hardware and desktop systems. 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY.
112-118.
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Wright, S. M.
(1998).
RF coil arrays in MRI. 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY.
130-146.
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Spence, D. K., Wright, S. M., IEEE, .., & IEEE.
(1997).
A method for the optimization of the low pass birdcage resonator with a finite number of legs. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
2565-2567.
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Lebsack, E. T., Wright, S. M., IEEE, .., & IEEE.
(1997).
An iterative technique for refinement of RF Pulses for magnetic resonance imaging. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
2563-2564.
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McNichols, R. J., Cote, G. L., Wright, S. M., IEEE, .., & IEEE.
(1997).
Development of a probe for simultaneous collection of optical and NMR spectra in vivo. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
2365-2366.
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Spadea, J. R., Wright, S. M., IEEE, .., & IEEE.
(1997).
Optimization of printed coil arrays for microscopic imaging and spectroscopy. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
464-466.
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Wright, S. M., & Wald, L. L.
(1997).
Theory and application of array coils in MR spectroscopy. NMR Biomed.
394-410.
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Wright, S. M., & Wald, L. L.
(1997).
Theory and application of array coils in MR spectroscopy. NMR Biomed.
394-410.
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Bankson, J. A., Wright, S. M., IEEE, .., & IEEE.
(1997).
Time domain multiplexing for multichannel non-Fourier spatial encoding. 2010 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC).
453-455.
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Wright, S. M., Porter, J. R., Reykowski, A., Finkenstaedt, M., & Naul, L. G.
(1995).
A 16 channel time-multiplexed head coil array for functional MR imaging. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings.
473-474 vol.1-474.
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Porter, J. R., & Wright, S. M.
(1994).
A modular time domain multiplexer for large array magnetic resonance imaging. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings.
564-565 vol.1-565.
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Wright, S. M., Porter, J. R., Boyer, J., & Bankson, J.
(1994).
Characterization of coupling in planar array coils with arbitrary element geometries. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings.
570-571 vol.1-571.
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Wright, S. M., Magin, R. L., & Kelton, J. R.
(1991).
Arrays of mutually coupled receiver coils: theory and application. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
252-268.
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Wright, S. M.
(1990).
RF coil arrays for magnetic resonance imaging. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings.
47-48.
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Sun, C., Bauer, C., Busher, J., McDougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2020).
Investigation of Low-Cost Op-Amps as Decoupling Preamplifiers for MRI Array Coils. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.
1473-1476.
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patent
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Mcdougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2018).
Volume array coil with enforced uniform element currents for improved excitation homogeneity
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Kurpad, K., Wright, S., & Boskamp, E.
(2006).
System and method for operating transmit or transmit/receive elements in an MR system
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Wright, S., Brown, D., & Mcdougall, M.
(2004).
Magnetic resonance imaging using a reduced number of echo acquisitions
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Mcdougall, M. P., & Wright, S. M.
(2018).
Volume array coil with enforced uniform element currents for improved excitation homogeneity
Research
principal investigator on
- Low-complexity decoupling of multi-frequency arrays for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy using operational amplifiers awarded by National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2019 - 2021
- A Body Coil for MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Cancer at 7 Tesla awarded by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas - (Austin, Texas, United States) 2016
co-principal investigator on
- Positive Contrast MRI of the Small Interventional Devices awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2020
- Localized Finishing of Freeform Geometries using Dynamic Magnetic Field-Manipulated Magneto-Viscoelastic Fluids awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2018
- EAGER:Development of a Novel MRI Compatible Shock Tube and Method for the Study of Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injury awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2014 - 2017
- Sixteen Channel Carbon-13 Phased Array Spectroscopy at 7 Tesla awarded by National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2013 - 2016
investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- BMEN427 Magnetic Resonance Engr Instructor
- BMEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- BMEN627 Magnetic Resonance Engr Instructor
- ECEN411 Intro Mri And Mrs Instructor
- ECEN451 Antenna Engineering Instructor
- ECEN463 Magnetic Resonance Engr Instructor
- ECEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- ECEN636 Phased Arrays Instructor
- ECEN648 Principles Mri Imaging Instructor
- ECEN684 Professional Internship Instructor
- ECEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECEN691 Research Instructor
- ECEN763 Magnetic Resonance Engr Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Ayala, Julio Enqrique, II (2005-12). A 200-MHz fully-differential CMOS front-end with an on-chip inductor for magnetic resonance imaging.
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Bosshard, John 1983- (2012-12). Highly Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging with a Fourth Gradient Channel for Compensation of RF Phase Patterns.
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Brown, David Gerald (2005-12). Instrumentation for parallel magnetic resonance imaging.
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Dominick, Colleen Elizabeth (2005-08). An investigation of array elements for enhanced single echo acquisition imaging.
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El Ghamrawy, Ahmed (2013-12). A Small Scale Magnetic Particle Relaxometer.
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Feng, Ke (2011-08). A 64 Channel Transmit System for Single Echo Acquisition MRI.
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Godley, Richard Franklin (2011-08). Investigation of Cryo-Cooled Microcoils for MRI.
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Hollingsworth, Neal Anthony (2016-12). Isolating Power Amplifiers for Parallel Transmit MRI.
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Kampani, Vishal Virendra (2008-05). A high-pass detunable quadrature birdcage coil at high-field.
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Kurpad, Krishna Nagaraj (2004-08). Transmit field pattern control for high field magnetic resonance imaging with integrated RF current sources.
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Liu, Xiaoqun (2008-12). Design of multi-channel radio-frequency front-end for 200mhz parallel magnetic resonance imaging.
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McDougall, Mary Preston (2004-12). Single echo acquisition magnetic resonance imaging.
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Shah, Bijay Kamleshbhai (2007-12). A study of array snr and coupling as a function of the input impedance of preamplifier.
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Spence, Dan Kenrick (2003-05). Array combination for parallel imaging in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
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Yallapragada, Naresh (2008-05). A 64-channel personal computer based image reconstruction system and applications in single echo acquisition magnetic resonance elastography and ultra-fast magnetic resonance imaging..
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 1984
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 1981
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 1980
awards and honors
- Fellow, conferred by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - (Piscataway, New Jersey, United States), 2010
- Fellow, conferred by International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - (Berkeley, California, United States), 2009
- Fellow, conferred by American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2007
Contact
first name
- Steven
has last name
- Wright
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Electrical Engineering
3128 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3128
USA
Other
- smwright@tamu.edu