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Events for December 06, 2024
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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. Students
Fri, Dec 06, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Come to the EiS Hub for one-on-one tutoring from Viterbi faculty for Ph.D. writing and speaking tasks!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
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PhD Defense
Fri, Dec 06, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Talk Title: Efficient and Accurate 3D FISP=MRF at 0.55 T
Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) are a set of popular multiparametric quantitative MRI techniques. With the resurgence of interest in mid- and low-field MRI, such as the 0.55 T MR system in Dynamic Imaging Science Center in USC, these techniques have gained growing research and clinical tractions. At 0.55 T, a basic fast imaging with steady-state free precession (FISP)-MRF approach has been shown feasible with promising but unexplored improvements, however, also with substantial quantification biases from reference measurements and literature values. Therefore, how to perform this approach in a more Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SNR) efficiency optimized way and how to improve its quantification accuracy have become interesting research problems.
In this dissertation, I propose a more efficient and accuracy FISP-MRF approach at 0.55 T. I start with improving 0.55 T FISP-MRF SNR efficiency and the approach produces more precise results (up to 50% smaller standard deviation values) but temporarily with unaddressed biases. It includes higher readout duty cycle, constrained reconstruction and artifacts mitigation algorithms. Then, I focus on refining RF excitation designs, which helps to partially suppress the sources of bias, resulting in more accurate quantification (~75% less bias).
Biography: Zhibo Zhu is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering in University of Southern California, advised by Prof. Krishna S. Nayak. He received Bachelor of Science degree in Nanjing University of Post and Telecommunication in 2015 and Master of Science degree in University of Southern California in 2017. His current research interest is improved FISP-MRF at 0.55 T MRI.
Host: Krishna Nayak
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Bella Schilter
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Alfred E.Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering - Seminar series
Fri, Dec 06, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Carla Woods, President of Mann Healthcare Partners and Board member of USC Viterbi
Talk Title: Medical Device Companies: From Idea to a Business, and Everything in Between
Abstract: When an idea is born for a product, few face the opportunities and challenges of Medical Devices. Due diligence and planning are paramount to success. Most of the success of a new idea is not the idea itself, but all that goes into driving a successful venture and understanding how to fit the product in a dynamic existing and highly regulated environment. The opportunity that ideas generate in the medical space is to help people with health issues and improve or even save lives. These opportunities also generate jobs and economic success for collaborators, investors and businesses. Getting there involves mitigating risks, overcoming obstacles, and crossing “the valley death.” This requires investment, knowhow and talent of all types coming together. This talk will walk through examples and considerations to set up the development of an idea for success!
Biography: A USC graduate in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship, Carla has been developing and marketing medical devices for over twenty years. At Advanced Bionics Corporation, she was a key executive building the company up to and through its acquisition by Boston Scientific. She began her career at Pacesetter Systems where she planned new technology applications and product needs for pacemakers. During her tenure at Advanced Bionics/Boston Scientific, she led the business development, product development, industrial design, education, clinical research and marketing for the company and its products including the Precision Spinal Cord Stimulator, the BION® microstimulator, implantable infusion pumps, and the cochlear implant. For these products she holds over 60 U.S. patents. Carla was the recipient of the Boston Scientific Patent Milestone Award and the Advanced Bionics Business Leadership Award. She was a senior executive on the company's intellectual property review board and was the shareholder representative in the Boston Scientific acquisition of Advanced Bionics. In 2007, she became the Vice President of Program Development and Strategic Planning for the Alfred Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering. Carla is on the Board of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and has served on the board of the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, AMI Institutes at USC and Purdue University, the Center for Global Innovation at the USC Marshall School of Business, the National Pain Foundation and the Fulfilment Fund.
Host: Peter Yingxiao Wang- Chair of Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Carla Stanard
