Honors and Awards
- Summer Research Scholarship, University of Technology, Sydney (1994)
- Research Traineeship and Graduate Scholarship, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada - UWO (1995-1999)
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, Medical Research Council, Canada (1999-2002)
- First Place, Young Investigator’s Competition, The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (1999)
- Fellowship Research Trainee Prize, Radiological Society of North America - Physics Subcommittee (2000)
- Cum Laude Award, The Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance (2001)
- Faculty Scholar in Translational Research Award, The Baxter Foundation (2004)
- Fellowship Research Trainee Prize (Zhu, PhD candidate), RSNA 2005 Physics Subcommittee, Radiological Society of North America (2005)
- Greenfield award for best paper (non radiation dosimetry) published in Medical Physics in 2005, Medical Physics (2006)
Professional Education
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Postdoc, Stanford University
Fellowship (2002)
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Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
Medical Biophysics (1999)
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M.S., University of Toronto
Medical Biophysics (1992)
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B.S., University of Toronto
Physics (1989)
Publications
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Time-resolved three-dimensional imaging of the left atrium and pulmonary veins in the interventional suite--a comparison between multisweep gated rotational three-dimensional reconstructed fluoroscopy and multislice computed tomography.
Al-Ahmad A,
Wigström L, Sandner-Porkristl D, Wang PJ, Zei PC, Boese J, Lauritsch G, Moore T, Chan F, Fahrig R.
Heart Rhythm.
2008;
5
(4):
513-9
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Scatter correction method for X-ray CT using primary modulation: theory and preliminary results.
Zhu L,
Bennett NR, Fahrig R.
IEEE Trans Med Imaging.
2006;
25
(12):
1573-87
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Performance of a static-anode/flat-panel x-ray fluoroscopy system in a diagnostic strength magnetic field: a truly hybrid x-ray/MR imaging system.
Fahrig R,
Wen Z, Ganguly A, DeCrescenzo G, Rowlands JA, Stevens GM, Saunders RF, Pelc NJ.
Med Phys.
2005;
32
(6):
1775-84
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Experimental study of intracranial hematoma detection with flat panel detector C-arm CT.
Arakawa H,
Marks MP, Do HM, Bouley DM, Strobel N, Moore T, Fahrig R.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol.
2008;
29
(4):
766-72
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A hybrid radiography/MRI system for combining hysterosalpingography and MRI in infertility patients: initial experience.
Freeman-Walsh CB,
Fahrig R, Ganguly A, Rieke V, Daniel BL.
AJR Am J Roentgenol.
2008;
190
(2):
W157-60
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Shimming with permanent magnets for the x-ray detector in a hybrid x-ray/ MR system.
Wen Z,
Fahrig R, Williams ST, Pelc NJ.
Med Phys.
2008;
35
(9):
3895-902
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An Efficient Estimation Method for Reducing the Axial Intensity Drop in Circular Cone-Beam CT.
Zhu L,
Starman J, Fahrig R.
Int J Biomed Imaging.
2008;
2008
242841
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Determination of 3-dimensional zonal renal volumes using contrast-enhanced computed tomography.
Sommer G,
Bouley D, Frisoli J, Pierce L, Sandner-Porkristl D, Fahrig R.
J Comput Assist Tomogr.
2007 Mar-Apr;
31
(2):
209-13
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Study of increased radiation when an x-ray tube is placed in a strong magnetic field.
Wen Z,
Pelc NJ, Nelson WR, Fahrig R.
Med Phys.
2007;
34
(2):
408-18
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Quantitative evaluation of the relaxivity effects of iodine on GD-DTPA enhanced MR arthrography.
Ganguly A,
Gold GE, Butts Pauly K, Mayer D, Moseley MM, Pelc NJ, Fahrig R.
J Magn Reson Imaging.
2007;
25
(6):
1219-25
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A short-scan reconstruction for cone-beam CT using shift-invariant FBP and equal weighting.
Zhu L,
Yoon S, Fahrig R.
Med Phys.
2007;
34
(11):
4422-38
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Investigation of electron trajectories of an x-ray tube in magnetic fields of MR scanners.
Wen Z,
Fahrig R, Conolly S, Pelc NJ.
Med Phys.
2007;
34
(6):
2048-58
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation in a polycystic liver facilitated by hybrid cross-sectional/angiographic imaging.
Sze DY,
Strobel N, Fahrig R, Moore T, Busque S, Frisoli JK.
J Vasc Interv Radiol.
2006;
17
(4):
711-5
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Dose and image quality for a cone-beam C-arm CT system.
Fahrig R,
Dixon R, Payne T, Morin RL, Ganguly A, Strobel N.
Med Phys.
2006;
33
(12):
4541-50
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A prototype table-top inverse-geometry volumetric CT system.
Schmidt TG,
Star-Lack J, Bennett NR, Mazin SR, Solomon EG, Fahrig R, Pelc NJ.
Med Phys.
2006;
33
(6):
1867-78
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Optimization of a tomosynthesis system for the detection of lung nodules.
Pineda AR,
Yoon S, Paik DS, Fahrig R.
Med Phys.
2006;
33
(5):
1372-9
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Truly hybrid X-ray/MR imaging: toward a streamlined clinical system.
Ganguly A,
Wen Z, Daniel BL, Butts K, Kee ST, Rieke V, Do HM, Pelc NJ, Fahrig R.
Acad Radiol.
2005;
12
(9):
1167-77
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X-ray compatible radiofrequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging.
Rieke V,
Ganguly A, Daniel BL, Scott G, Pauly JM, Fahrig R, Pelc NJ, Butts K.
Magn Reson Med.
2005;
53
(6):
1409-14
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Robust x-ray tubes for use within magnetic fields of MR scanners.
Wen Z,
Fahrig R, Pelc NJ.
Med Phys.
2005;
32
(7):
2327-36
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A three-dimensional reconstruction algorithm for an inverse-geometry volumetric CT system.
Schmidt TG,
Fahrig R, Pelc NJ.
Med Phys.
2005;
32
(11):
3234-45
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MR-guided transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation with use of a hybrid radiography/MR system.
Kee ST,
Ganguly A, Daniel BL, Wen Z, Butts K, Shimikawa A, Pelc NJ, Fahrig R, Dake MD.
J Vasc Interv Radiol.
2005;
16
(2 Pt 1):
227-34
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Co-registration of x-ray and MR fields of view in a hybrid XMR system.
Yu H,
Fahrig R, Pelc NJ.
J Magn Reson Imaging.
2005;
22
(2):
291-301
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An inverse-geometry volumetric CT system with a large-area scanned source: a feasibility study.
Schmidt TG,
Fahrig R, Pelc NJ, Solomon EG.
Med Phys.
2004;
31
(9):
2623-7
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Pair of resonant fiducial markers for localization of endovascular catheters at all catheter orientations.
Kuehne T,
Fahrig R, Butts K.
J Magn Reson Imaging.
2003;
17
(5):
620-4
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First use of a truly-hybrid X-ray/MR imaging system for guidance of brain biopsy.
Fahrig R,
Heit G, Wen Z, Daniel BL, Butts K, Pelc NJ.
Acta Neurochir (Wien).
2003;
145
(11):
995-7; discussion 997
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A truly hybrid interventional MR/X-ray system: feasibility demonstration.
Fahrig R,
Butts K, Rowlands JA, Saunders R, Stanton J, Stevens GM, Daniel BL, Wen Z, Ergun DL, Pelc NJ.
J Magn Reson Imaging.
2001;
13
(2):
294-300
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Truly hybrid interventional MR/X-ray system: investigation of in vivo applications.
Fahrig R,
Butts K, Wen Z, Saunders R, Kee ST, Sze DY, Daniel BL, Laerum F, Pelc NJ.
Acad Radiol.
2001;
8
(12):
1200-7
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Filtered backprojection for modifying the impulse response of circular tomosynthesis.
Stevens GM,
Fahrig R, Pelc NJ.
Med Phys.
2001;
28
(3):
372-80
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