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Spring 2020

Padron Olivas, Maria F

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) is a non-invasive MRI technique that is sensitive to the diffusion of water molecules within the body. Its ability to encode water displacements enables it to detect changes in neural microstructure, such as those due to normal healthy aging or...

Fall 2018

Nickel, Matthew R

Thin film diagnostics have been proposed as a solution to the growing need for point-of-care diagnostic tests. Diagnostics based on anodized aluminum-tantalum thin films use interference colours to detect the adsorption of protein layers on a surface. The purpose of this work was to develop a...

2007

Stirling, Lisa, 1979-

Fall 2024

Williams, Heather E.

As reported in 2020, millions of individuals worldwide have some form of upper limb amputation or congenital loss of limb that impedes execution of everyday actions like reaching for, grasping, transporting, and releasing objects. Although lost function can be artificially replaced via...

Fall 2013

Lagore, Russell Luke

High field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an area of research interest due to the associated improvement in image quality possible. This improvement comes at a cost. Hardware design becomes more complex in order to overcome technical challenges at these higher field strengths....

Fall 2018

Agarwal, Kshitij

Elderly individuals and those affected by neuromuscular disorders are frequently not able to independently maintain seated balance. As a result, these individuals are limited in performing activities of daily living, and are susceptible to an increased risk of falling and secondary health...

Fall 2019

Stadnyk, Meredith M.

In varsity sports, athletes are more susceptible to lower limb injury than the general population due to their continuous involvement in physically-demanding activity. Additionally, these athletes participate in high-level strength and conditioning training programs to ensure they are reaching...

Spring 2020

Meadus, William Q

Pulmonary edema (PE) involves an excess of extravascular lung water (EVLW) due to an imbalance in fluid filtration which results in hypoxia and respiratory distress. Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a primary clinical feature and therapeutic target in acute heart failure. Current methods in...

Fall 2015

Sun, Hongfu

Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is an emerging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method that provides image contrast based on an important underlying brain tissue property. It is derived from the phase images from a gradient echo sequence, and overcomes the orientation dependency problem...

Spring 2023

Naji, Nashwan A

Quantifying tissue magnetic susceptibility provides a non-invasive way to monitor iron and myelin abnormalities associated with several neurodegenerative diseases. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is a post-processing technique that retrieves the susceptibility distribution from the...