Alumni: Novena Rangwala, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Web Sung, Wu Lab
Research – I am developing technologies for the effective diagnosis of abdominal and pelvic carcinomas using a combination of the following approaches:
- Fast, high-resolution acquisition protocols such as PROPELLER and spiral imaging trajectories,
- Effective correction of B1+ inhomogeneities in heterogeneous tissue, and
- Use of the high-amplitude gradient field (80 mT/m) in the Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma 3.0 T MRI scanner
Research Interests – Prostate Imaging
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:
- Novena Rangwala, David Hackney, Weiying Dai, and David Alsop, “Diffusion Restriction in the Human Spinal Cord Characterized in vivo by High b-value STEAM Diffusion Imaging”, NeuroImage, Nov. 2013, 82: 416-425.
- Novena Rangwala and X. Joe Zhou, “Reduction of Fast Spin Echo Cusp Artifact Using A Slice-Tilting Gradient”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Jul. 2010, 64 (1): 220-228.
Patents:
X. Joe Zhou and Novena Rangwala, “Method for Reducing Artifacts in Magnetic Resonance Imaging”, international patent application WO 2010/120829, filed 21st October 2010, pending.
Background – I received my PhD in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 2011. At UIC, I implemented and validated novel approaches to reduce commonly seen imaging artifacts; in particular, the cusp artifact in RARE sequences and the Nyquist ghost artifact in EPI-based PROPELLER; and collaborated on the development of a new GRASE-based PROPELLER pulse sequence. I also worked with a large multidisciplinary team of neurologists, neuropsychologists and imaging experts to validate imaging protocols in patients suffering vascular cognitive impairment.
After my PhD, I joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School)– >