Among a variety of imaging modalities, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has unique and appealing capabilities of providing very rich image-based information such as anatomical, physiological, and chemical characteristics of an object to be imaged.

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Our group mainly intends for development of advanced MRI methods and their clinical/preclinical/scientific applications, where MRI methods include pulse-sequence programming, data-acquisition and reconstruction strategy, RF pulse design/application, and any methodology for better MRI performance in various areas. Especially, our group has an expertise in “ultrashort echo-time imaging” and “frequency-modulated RF pulses” at global level. We are also using both human scanners (3 T, 7 T) and animal scanners (9.4 T, 15.2 T) for our research, which means we are ready for translational research anytime.

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We are always open to any new possibilities for advanced MRI methods and their interesting applications. We sincerely welcome graduate students or researchers with passion and academic curiosity to our group.

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Current Research Interests:

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1. Direct Imaging of Neuronal Activities (DIANA) :  DIANA functional imaging

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2. Functional Lung MRI : Lung MRI, myelin imaging.

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3. Multi-band ERASE : 3D ultrafast imaging using multi-band sequence.

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