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Associate Professor of Radiological Science

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Contact

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Department of Radiology

1 Silverstein / MRI

3400 Spruce Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

email:hsong@uphs.upenn.edu

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University -1991

M.S Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania- 1994

PhD. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania - 1999

Recent Work

Honors and Awards

1988 Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society

1988-91 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

1989 GM Electrical Engineering Scholarship

1990-91 Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society

1990-91 Outstanding College Students of America

1991 OMRON Engineering Scholarship

1991 Phi Eta Sigma Graduate Scholarship

1991 University of Pennsylvania Graduate Fellowship (declined)

1991-94 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

1994-96 U. S. Army Breast Cancer Research Pre-Doctoral Grant

Research Interests

Novel DCE-MRI methodologies based on radial data acquisition

Motion compensation strategies for in vivo microimaging

In vivo iron quantification techniques

Professional Experience

1999-2002 - Research Associate - Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2002 - Assistant Professor of Radiological Science - Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2002 - Deputy Director - Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2003 - Bioengineering Graduate Group Faculty, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Publications

  • W. Lin, J. Guo, M. A. Rosen, H. K. Song, Respiratory motion-compensated radial DCE-MRI of chest and abdominal lesions, Magn. Reson. Med., 60:1135-1146 (2008).
  • A. Techawiboonwong, H. K. Song, M. Leonard, F. W. Wehrli, In-vivo quantification of cortical bone water by ultra-short echo-time MRI, Radiology, 248(3):824-833 (2008).
  • R. Song, W. Lin, Q. Chen, T. Asakura, F. W. Wehrli, H. K. Song, Relationship between MR Transverse Relaxation Parameters R2*, R2, and R2' and Hepatic Iron Content in Thalassemia Mice at 1.5T and 3T, NMR Biomed., 21:574-580 (2008).
  • A. Techawiboonwong, H. K. Song, F. W. Wehrli, In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of submillisecond T1 species with 2D and 3D radial sequences and applications to the measurement of cortical bone water, NMR Biomed., 21:59-70 (2008).
  • L. Dougherty, G. Isaac, M. A. Rosen, L. W. Nunes, P. J. Moate, R. C. Boston, M. D. Schnall, H. K. Song, High Frame-Rate Simultaneous Bilateral DCE-MR Breast Imaging, Magn. Reson. Med., 57:220-225 (2007).
  • R. Song, H. K. Song, Echo-spacing optimization for the simultaneous measurement of reversible (R2') and irreversible (R2) transverse relaxation rates, Magn. Reson. Imaging, 25:63-68 (2007).
  • W. Lin, G. Ladinsky, F. W. Wehrli, H. K. Song, Image metric-based correction (autofocusing) of motion artifacts in high-resolution trabecular bone imaging, J. Magn. Reson. Imaging, 26:191-197 (2007).
  • R. Song, A. R. Cohen, H. K. Song, Improved transverse relaxation rate measurement techniques for the assessment of hepatic and myocardial iron content, J. Magn. Reson. Imaging, 26:208-214 (2007).
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