Category fun

The Sounds of MRI

When I tell people I work on MRI systems, one of the most common questions is about the sounds (or maybe described as noise, depending on your experience). Why is...

AI-generated Art and MRI

I recently went off on an exploration of generating images and art using AI, specifically generative adversarial networks (GANs). This was first inspired by a twitter feed, https://twitter.com/images_ai?lang=en, where they...

Category education

Learning MRI (with lectures too)

I just completed teaching the course UCSF Biomedical Imaging 201: “Principles of MRI” for the 11th time, and figured it would be a great opportunity to share some of my...

Explaining MRI in 10 Minutes

I recently embarked on my 11th(!) year of teaching UCSF Biomedical Imaging 201: “Principles of MRI” this fall, where I always start with an Overview of MRI. I think this...

Category RadiationOncology

Synthesizing CT from MRI in Radiation Oncology

In Radiation Oncology, photons, protons, or electrons are used to treat cancer. Medical imaging is crucial in this process and allows us to visualize a patient’s tumor and healthy organs....