Blaine Chronik

I completed my bacheors degree in Physics at the University of Lethbridge in 1994, leaving to take up graduate studies in London, Ont. and received my doctorate from the University of Western Ontario. I have completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University where I researched the design, fabrication, and development of a new kind of Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner for clinical human studies. Our goal is to achieve a machine that could be almost ten times cheaper than current MRI systems, while at the same time eliminating the scanner noise (MRI scanners are extremely loud when operating). The size and weight of the system would also be reduced, from upwards of ten tonnes to something more like a few hundred kilograms. I have accepted a position at the University of Western Ontario to lead a reserch group in the Department of Physics & Astronomy.

Abstract

I will describe three major imaging systems, conventional X-rays, CT scanners and MRI, using analogies that can be used in the classroom.