James A. Bankson, Ph.D.
2001, Texas A&M University
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Imaging Physics
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James A. Bankson, Ph.D. 2001, Texas A&M University UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Research Interests: Magnetic resonance imaging; fast imaging; quantitative imaging; parallel imaging; system engineering; receiver coil and phased array detector design; signal processing
My research is concerned with enhancing the sensitivity of MRI and reducing the time required for image acquisition. This is achieved through novel signal encoding and processing algorithms, detector design, fabrication, and characterization, and pulse sequence programming. The implementation of these developments improves our ability to characterize tissues and response to therapy.
Depending on student interests, a tutorial under my advisement could provide experience with many aspects of MRI experimentation. The student could be involved in novel detector design and/or characterization, protocol development, image acquisition, image analysis, or combinations thereof.
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Bankson, J.A., Griswold, M.A., Wright, S.M., and Sodickson, D.K. SMASH Imaging with an Eight Element Multiplexed RF Coil Array. Magma 10: 93-104, 2000.
Bankson, J.A., and Wright, S.M. Multichannel Spectroscopy through Time Domain Multiplexing. Magn Reson Imaging, 19(7): 1001-1008, 2001.
Bankson, J.A., and Wright, S.M. Simulation Based Analysis of Partially Parallel Imaging using a Linear Array at High Accelerations, Magn Reson. Med. 47(4): 777-786, 2002.
Wosik, J., Xie, L.-M., Nesteruk, K., Xue, L., Bankson, J.A., Hazle, J.D., Superconducting Single and Phased Array Probes for Clinical and Research MRI, IEEE Trans. Applied Supercon.,13(2): 1050-1055, 2003.
Hirsh, L.R., Stafford, R.J., Bankson, J.A., Sershen, S.R., Rivera, B., Price, R.E., Hazle, J.D., Halas, N.J., West, J.L., Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100(23): 13549-54, 2003.
McNichols, R.M., Gowda A, Kangasniemi, M, Bankson, J.A., Price, R.E., Hazle, J.D. Technical developments for cerebral thermal treatment: Water-cooled diffusing laser fibre tips and temperature sensitive MRI using intersecting image planes, Intl J Hyperthermia, 20(1): 45-56, 2004.
McNichols, R., Kangasniemi, M., Gowda A., Price, R.E., Bankson, J.A., Stafford, R.J., Hazle, J.D. MR thermometry based feedback control increases the effectiveness of laser interstitial thermal therapy at 980nm, Las. Surg. Med., 34(1): 48-55, 2004.
Kangasniemi, M., McNichols, R.M., Bankson, J.A., Gowda, A., Price, R.E., Hazle, J.D. Thermal Therapy of Canine Cerebral Tumors using a 980-nm Diode Laser with MR Temperature-Sensitive Imaging Feedback. Accepted for publication in Las. Surg. Med., 2004.
Program Affiliation:
Program in Medical Physics