Jinghua Wang, PhD

Research Scientist of Diagnostic Radiology

Contact

Address:
Yale University, School of Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Research Center
TAC, N125, 300 Cedar Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8043
United States

Email: jinghua.wang@yale.edu
Telephone: (203) 785-5052
Fax: (203) 785-6534

Education

PhD in Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1996

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Research Interests

My goal is improve the accuracy and repeatability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in order to provide quality data for setting up diagnostic criteria, monitoring follow-up of treatment, and guiding surgery. Our research focuses on the development of MRI techniques to remove various artifacts' effect on MRI data, and to exactly quantify physiological and pathological parameters with MRI data. Areas of research on which we focus include: (1) Understanding the interaction between MRI signal intensity and electromagnetic field for coil design, artifact corrections, and electromagnetic field detections; (2) developing approaches for quantitative physiological and pathological parameters; (3) developing approaches for bio-electromagnetic field variations with MRI techniques; and (4) applying the developed methods in clinics for the improvements of diagnoses and treatments.

Selected Publications

1. Wang J, Qiu M, Kim H, Constable RT. T1 measurements incorporating flip angle calibration and correction in vivo. J Magn Reson. 182: 283-92, 2006.
2. Wang J, Mao W, Qiu M, Smith MB, Constable RT. Factors influencing flip angle mapping in MRI: RF pulse shape, slice-select gradients, off-resonance excitation, and B0 inhomogeneities. Magn Reson Med. 56: 463-468, 2006.
3. Yang QX, Mao W, Wang J, Smith MB, Lei H, Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Manipulation of image intensity distribution at 7.0 T: passive RF shimming and focusing with dielectric materials. J Magn Reson Imaging. 24: 197-202, 2006.
4. Wang J, Qiu M, Constable RT. In vivo method for correcting transmit/receive nonuniformities with phased array coils. Magn Reson Med. 53: 666-674, 2005.
5. Wang J, Qiu M, Yang QX, Smith MB, Constable RT. Measurement and correction of transmitter and receiver induced nonuniformities in vivo. Magn Reson Med. 53: 408-417. 2005.
6. Yang QX, Wang J, Collins CM, Smith MB, Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Phantom design method for high-field MRI human systems. Magn Reson Med. 52:1016-1020, 2004.
7. Zheng J, Wang J, Rowold FE, Gropler RJ, Woodard PK. Relationship of apparent myocardial T2 and oxygenation: towards quantification of myocardial oxygen extraction fraction. J Magn Reson Imaging. 20:233-241,2004.
8. Zheng J, Wang J, Nolte M, Li D, Gropler RJ, Woodard PK. Dynamic estimation of the myocardial oxygen extraction ratio during dipyridamole stress by MRI: a preliminary study in canines. Magn Reson Med. 51: 718-726, 2004.
9. Wang J, Yang QX, Zhang X, Collins CM, Smith MB, Zhu XH, Adriany G, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Polarization of the RF field in a human head at high field: a study with a quadrature surface coil at 7.0 T. Magn Reson Med. 48: 362-369, 2002.
10. Yang QX, Wang J, Zhang X, Collins CM, Smith MB, Liu H, Zhu XH, Vaughan JT, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Analysis of wave behavior in lossy dielectric samples at high field. Magn Reson Med. 2002 May;47(5):982-9.

For a further list of Wang's publications, please see PubMed.