Dr. Kelvin Wong

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Cornell University
Weill Medical College
Radiology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2008
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Radiology
Research ScientistAppointed: 2007
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Mailing Address

6565 Fannin St B5-022
Houston, Texas 77030
United States

Contact Information

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Hong Kong, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2005.
M. Phil, University of Hong Kong, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2000.
B.Eng., University of Hong Kong, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1997.

Expertise and Research Interests

1. High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Coil and Cryogenic Coil Imaging
2. In Vivo Intracellular Sodium Weighted Imaging of Rodents
3. Contrast Enhanced MRI (MION/Gd/Microbubbles)
4. Functional MRI in Human Brain and Spinal Cord
5. MRI System Design, Testing and Construction
6. In Vivo Blood Volume Mapping in Rodents' Brain and Heart
7. MR/CT Perfusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Other Experience:
1997 and 2002: MR Physicist by training, HATCH NMR Research Center, Columbia University, New York
1999 - 2002: Core MR Engineer responsible to build two 0.2T low field MRI systems for Human Extremity Imaging, Jockey Club MRI Engineering Center, Hong Kong
2002: Rodents handling and microsurgery training, Columbia University, New York
2002 - 2003: Rodents MRI experience in HATCH NMR Research Center, Columbia University in New York and MGH-NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
2005: Stereotaxic Surgery Training for Rodents, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Research Interests:
Molecular Imaging
Targeted Drug Delivery
Alzheimer's Disease
Brain Tumor - Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)
Functional Neuroimaging in CNS and Spinal Cord
Biomedical Image Processing
MRI System Design, Optimization and Construction
High Temperatuer Superconductor Coil Application in MRI
Cardiac MRI
Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Other Expertise

Experience in different MRI systems:
a. 0.2T GE Signa Profile
b. 1.5T & 3T GE HD
c. 3T Philips Achieva - trained in pulse sequence programming and operation
d. 3T and 7T Siemens human MRI systems
e. 4.7T Bruker microimaging animal system
f. 9.4T Bruker microimaging animal system

Future Research

Molecular Imaging
Targeted Drug Delivery
MRI Methodological Development
Personalized Medicine

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alzheimer's Disease, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Or Electronics, Image Processing, Magnetic Resonance, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neurosurgery, Radiology, Tumor Immunology.

Additional Terms:

Alzheimer Disease, Amyloid Beta Plaque Imaging, Molecular Imaging.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Chinese, Cantonese: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Chinese, Mandarin: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English: (Functional, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Honors and Awards

2007, Educational Stipend, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Previous Positions

2005-2007, MRI Engineer, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Radiology
2005-2007, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Center of Neurodegeneration and Repair (HCNR), Center for Bioinformatics
2002, Visiting Staff Associate, Columbia University, Department of Radiology
2001-2005, MR Engineer, University of Hong Kong, Jockey Club MRI Engineering Center
2000, Research Technician, University of Hong Kong, Jockey Club MRI Engineering Center
1997, Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, Department of Electrical Engineering

Publications

  • Wong KK, Yang ES, Wu EX, Tse HF, Wong ST (2008) First-pass Myocardial Perfusion Image Registration by Maximization of Normalized Mutual Information, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, In Press
  • Tang AM, Kacher DF, Lam EY, Wong KK, Jolesz FA, Yang ES (Feb 2008) Simultaneous Ultrasound and MRI System for Breast Biopsy: Compatibility Assessment and Demonstration in a Dual Modality Phantom, IEEE Trans Medical Imaging, 27 (2), 247 - 254
  • Liu T, Li H, Wong K, Tarokh A, Guo L, Wong ST (Oct 2007) Brain tissue segmentation based on DTI data., NeuroImage, 38 (1), 114-23 Abstract
  • Wong KK, Xu XX, Young GS, Wong ST (2006) Pre-processing Strategies to Improve Longitudinal MRI Repeatability, Proceeding of 14th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1515 pages
  • Cheung KM, Chan D, Karppinen J, Chen Y, Jim JJ, Yip SP, Ott J, Wong KK, Sham P, Luk KD, Cheah KS, Leong JC, Song YQ (May 2006) Association of the Taq I Allele in Vitamin D Receptor With Degenerative Disc Disease and Disc Bulge in a Chinese Population, Spine, 31 (10), 1143-1148
  • Ng MC, Wong KK, Li G, Lai S, Yang ES, Hu Y, Luk DK (Feb 2006) Proton Density-weighted Spinal FMRI With Sensorimotor Stimulation At 0.2T, Neuroimage, 29 (3), 995-999
  • Invited Lecture:MR Physics Lecture Series, Brigham and Women's Hospital, on "MRI Scanner Instrumentation and Hardware", Jan 2006
  • Li G, Ng MC, Wong KK, Luk KD, Yang ES (Dec 2005) Spinal effects of acupuncture stimulation assessed by proton density-weighted functional magnetic resonance imaging at 0.2 T, Magetic Resonance Imaging, 23 (10), 995-999
  • Wong KK, Ng MC, Li G, Hu Y, Luk KDK, Yang ES (2005) Proton Density-Weighted Spinal FMRI Comparison Between Sensorimotor Task and Acupoint Stimulation, Proceeding of 13th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1465 pages
  • Wong KK, Wu EX, Tse HF, Yang ES (2005) Myocardial Perfusion Image Registration Using Normalized Mutual Information, Proceeding of 13th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2788 pages
  • Wu Y, Wu EX, Wong KK, Tse HF, Lau CP, Yang ES (2005) Myocardial Fiber Length Mapping with MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 7004-7 pages
  • Lee KH, Cheng MC, Chan KC, Wong KK, Yeung SS, Lee KC, Ma QY, Yang ES (Nov 2004) Performance of Large-size Superconducting Coil in 0.21T MRI System, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 51 (11), 2024-30
  • Wong KK, Huang I, Kim YR, Tang H, Yang ES, Kwong KK, Wu EX (Sep 2004) In Vivo Study of Microbubbles As An MR Susceptibility Contrast Agent, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 52 (3), 445-52
  • Wong KK, Ng MC, Hu Y, Luk DK, Ma QY, Yang ES (2004) Functional MRI of the Spinal Cord At Low Field, Proceeding of 12th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1534 pages
  • Wu EX, Tang H, Wong KK, Wang J (Jan 2004) Mapping Cyclic Change of Regional Myocardial Blood Volume Using Steady-state Susceptibility Effect of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 19 (1), 50-8
  • Ma QY, Chan KC, Kacher DF, Gao E, Chow MS, Wong KK, Xu H, Yang ES, Young GS, Miller JR, Jolesz FA (Sep 2003) Superconducting RF Coils for Clinical MR Imaging At Low Field, Academic Radiology, 10 (9), 978-87
  • Wong KK, Huang I, Tang H, Kim YR, Chen IYC, Kwong K, Yang ES, Wu EX (2003) Preliminary in Vivo Studies of Microbubbles As MRI Susceptibility Contrast Agent, Proceeding of 11th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 418 pages
  • Wu EX, Wong KK, Andrassy M, Tang H (Apr 2003) High-resolution in Vivo CBV Mapping With MRI in Wild-type Mice, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 49 (4), 765-70
  • Li G, Liu HL, Cheung RT, Hung YC, Wong KK, Shen GG, Ma QY, Yang ES (Mar 2003) An FMRI Study Comparing Brain Activation Between Word Generation and Electrical Stimulation of Language-implicated Acupoints, Human Brain Mapping, 18 (3), 233-8
  • Fang J, Chow MS, Chan KC, Wong KK, Shen GX, Gao E, Yang ES, Ma QY (Jun 2002) Design of Superconducting MRI Surface Coil By Using Method of Moment, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 12 (2), 1823-7
  • Wong KK, Sun JG, Li G, Leung CT, Mak HY, Cao G, Ma QY, Yang ES (2002) Quantitative Assessment of Functional MRI in Sensorimotor Function Recovery of Stroke, Proceeding of 10th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1528 pages
  • Chan KC*, Yeung SM*, Wong KK*, Leung CT, Wu EX, Ma QY, Shen GX, Rong ZR, Lam KH, Watkins KL, Yang ES (2001) Open Vertical Mobile 0.22T MRI System for Veterinary/Human Extremities Imaging, Proceeding of 9th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1144 pages
  • Li G, Wong KK, Leung CT, Ma QY, Yang ES, Chan HM, Wong V, Li R (2000) Use of Functional MRI to Evaluate Correlation Between Acupoints and Brain Cortex Activities: Comparison Between Conventional and Electrical Acupuncture, Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS Asia-Pacific Conference on Biomedical Engineering, 796-797 pages
  • Wu EX, Kline RP, Petrylak D, Wong KK, Ma QY, DeLaPaz RL, Alderson PO, Katz J (1999) Assessment of Chemotherapeutic Effects Using Intracellular Sodium Weighted MRI, Proceeding of 7th International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 312 pages

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