Radiology Faculty

Daniel R. Thedens, PhD

Assistant Professor Co-Director, MR Research Facility Division: Physics Office Address: 0400 JPP Phone: (319) 356-1591 Fax: (319) 356-2220 daniel-thedens@uiowa.edu Curriculum Vitae Website: https://mri.radiology.uiowa.edu/

EDUCATION

BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 1989
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Iowa, 1993
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1999

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Three-dimensional MR image acquisition
2. Non-Cartesian MR imaging
3. MR imaging of cartilage
4. MR imaging in carpal tunnel syndrome
5. Cardiovascular MRI in mouse models
6. Hyperpolarized Gas MRI
7. MR image processing

Current Projects
1. Three dimensional MR acquisition with novel spiral-based sampling strategies
2. Reconstruction of three-dimensional volumes from arbitrary sampling patterns
3. T1p imaging of cartilage in vivo and in vitro
4. 3D imaging of the carpal tunnel
5. Hyperpolarized 3-He MRI of the lung
6. Cardiovascular imaging in the mouse