Recent Thesis Topics

2011
"Ultrasound in the Study of Arterial Mechanical Properties and Wave", Miguel Bernal Restrepo, Ph.D.

"Plasma Membrane Wounding in Alveolar Epithelial Cells-Interventions to Promote Wound Healing", Lindsay M. Godin, Ph.D.

"Quantitative Analysis of Synaptic Distribution at Motoneurons", Amine N. Issa, Ph.D.

"Compton Scatter Dose Reconstruction for Radiation Therapy", Daniel W. Mundy, Ph.D.

"A Noninvasive Method for Quantifying Viscoelasticity of the Left-Ventricular Myocardium Using Shearwave Dispersion Ultrasound Vibrometry (SDUV)", Ivan Z. Nenadic, Ph.D.

"Estrogens in the Airway", Elizabeth A. Townsend, Ph.D.

2010
"Cartesian Acquisition with Projection-Reconstruction-like Sampling (CAPR): High Temporal and Spatial Resolution Time-Resolved 3D CE-MRA", Clifton R. Haider, Ph.D.

"Lumbar Spine Endplate Biomechanics: An Experimental and Modeling Approach", Miranda N. Shaw, Ph.D.

"Applications of Parallel Acquisition in 3D Inversion-Recovery Brain MRI", Ek Tsoon Tan, Ph.D.

2009
"Measurement of Renal Oxygenation and Renal Function In Vivo", Lizette Warner, Ph.D.

"Nonconvex Compressive Signal Processing Methods for Highly-Accelerated Magnetic Resonance Image Reconstruction", Joshua D. Trzasko, Ph.D.

"Human-Derived Nanoparticles and Arterial Disease", Maria Ann Kraemer Schwartz, Ph.D.

"Bronchial Circulation: Investigations in Heart Failure Patients and in Healthy Controls", Maile Lani Richert, Ph.D.

"Solute Transport in Deforming Porous Tissue Scaffolds", Jorn Op Den Buijs, Ph.D.

"Musculoskeletal Modeling of Manual Wheelchair Activities to Assess Risk of Glenohumeral Impingement", Melissa Marie Bani Morrow, Ph.D.

"Novel acoustic driver systems and contrast mechanisms for Magnetic Resonance Elastography", Yogesh Kannan Mariappan, Ph.D.

"Molecular imaging of vascular inflammation with semiconductor nanoparticles targeted to Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A", Mambidzeni Madzivire, Ph.D.

"Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Elastography of Confined Tissue Spaces", Daniel Vance Litwiller, Ph.D.

"Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Heart", Arunark Kolipaka, Ph.D.

"Complexity in Intracellular Regulation of Protein Balance in Skeletal Muscle", Heather Marie Argadine, Ph.D.

"Electrophysiological and electrochemical investigation of the mechanism of action of Deep Brain Stimulation", Filippo Agnesi, Ph.D.

2008
"Design and Validation of Miniaturized Wearable Technology for Measuring Human Motion", Kara E. Bliley, Ph.D.

"Hypothemia-induced Heart Failure", Han, Young Soo Han, Ph.D.

"Polymeric Nanocomposite Scaffolds with Controlled Microstructures for Bone Tissue Engineering", Kee Won Lee, Ph.D.

"High Resolution Multidetector CT-Aided Tissue Analysis and Quantification of Lung Fibrosis", Vanessa Antoinette Zavaletta, Ph.D.

2007
"Optimization of Molecular Breast Imaging with Dedicated Gamma Camera Systems", Carrie Beth Hruska, Ph.D.

2006
"Motion Correction Techniques for Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquired With the Elliptical Centric View Order or the Shells Trajectory", Yunhong Shu, Ph.D.

"Performance Benefits of Parallel Imaging, Partial Fourier, and Variable Field-of-View Techniques in Fixed and Continuously Moving Table Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography", Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D.

"Technical Improvements to Clinical Phosphorus-31 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Brain at 3T Tesla", Rose Ann Blenman, Ph.D.

2005
"Development of Rapid MR Elastography Techniques for Breast Cancer Characterization", Kevin John Glaser, Ph.D.

"Functional Implications of Synaptic Vesicle Pools in Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity at the Neuromuscular Junction", Katharine Lynn Rowley Grant, Ph.D.

"Hybrid Elliptical Centric - Projection Reconstruction Acquisitions for Fixed and Extended Field of View Magnetic Resonance Imaging", Ananth J. Madhuranthakam, Ph.D.

"Adenosine and Exercise Hyperemia in Healthy Humans", Elizabeth Anne Martin, Ph.D.

"Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of a Multiple- Channel Scaffold for Promotion of Spinal Cord Axon Regeneration", Michael James Moore, Ph.D.

"Computer Aided Design and Characterization of Optimal Biomorphic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering", Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Ph.D.

"A 3D Image Analysis System for Intraoperative Dosimetry During Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy", Yi Su, Ph.D.

"Toward Atomic-scale Understanding of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function", Fan Gao, Ph.D.

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