Charles Dumoulin, PhD
Title
Scientific Director
Appointment
Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
charles.dumoulin@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-7721
Fax
513-636-3754
Credentials
PhD: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Awards and Honors
General Electric Global Research Whitney Technical Achievement Award, 2005
Research
High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Physics
- Novel pulse sequences
- Spin pre-polarization
- Engineering
- RF and digital subsystems
- Ancillary equipment (e.g. in-room controls, isolation modules etc.)
- System integration
- Custom MR scanners
- 32-channel MR system
- Neonate MRI system
- Application software development
- Multi-function MR Angiography
- MR tracking and real-time system control
- Whole body MR imaging
- Coils
- Endorectal coils
- High-channel count phased array coils
- Birdcage body coils
- Flat Transmit coils
MR Applications
- MR Spectroscopy
- MR Angiography
- Physiologic imaging
- Quantitative flow measurement
- Flow patterns in blood vessels
- Glomerular Filtration Rate
- Dynamic joint motion
- Neonatal MR
- Interventional MR
- Catheter tracking
- High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
- MR-guided Electrophysiology
- Stroke
Minimally Invasive Interventions
- Radiofrequency device tracking
Research Grants and Contracts
Current
NIH 1R01CA121163-01A1.
MR-Image Guided Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Liver and Renal Cancer
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2011
Co-PI, Principal Investigator for Stanford subcontract
Completed
NIH 1R33CA88102-01
MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer
April 1, 2001 - March 31, 2004
Principal Investigator
NIH 1R33CA88214-01
Improved MRI/MRS for Biopsy Guidance of Prostate Cancer (Joint proposal with UCSF)
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2003
Co-PI, Principal Investigator for GE subcontract
US Army Grant DAMD17-99-1-9008
Hand-Held Probe for MR Image-Guided Biopsy and Treatment of Prostate Cancer
November 1, 1999 - March 31, 2001
Principal Investigator
Clinical Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (U.K) GR/M 28989
Improved Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Vascular Fluid Dynamics, Diagnosis and Interventions
August 21, 1998 - August 20, 1999
Visiting fellowship for Charles L. Dumoulin
Publications, Most Recent
Dumoulin CL, Mallozzi RP, Darrow RD, Schmidt EJ. Phase-Field Dithering for Active Catheter Tracking. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. (submitted).
Schmidt EJ, Mallozzi RP, Thiagalingam A, Holmvang G, d’Avila A, Guhde R, et al. Electro-Anatomic Mapping and Radio-Frequency Ablation in Porcine Models of Atrial Fibrillation Using Magnetic Resonance Catheter Tracking.Circulation (submitted).
DeMan B, Pelc N, Dumoulin CL,Bernstein T. Propagation of quantum noise in multiplexed x-ray imaging.SPIE (submitted).
Schmidt EJ, Yoneyama R, Dumoulin CL, Darrow RD, Klein E, Hayase M. Detailed 3D Coronary Motion Tracking in Swine Models Using MR Tracking Catheters.Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2009;29:86-98.
Dukkipati SR, Mallozzi R, Schmidt EJ, d’Avila A, Holmvang G, Guhde R, et al. Electroanatomic Mapping of the Left Ventricle in a Porcine Model of Chronic Myocardial Infarction using Magnetic Resonance-Tracking.Circulation DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.738229 (August 4, 2008).
Feng L, Dumoulin CL, Dashnaw S, Darrow RD, DeLaPaz R, Bishop PL, Pile-Spellman J. Feasibility of Stent Placement in Carotid Arteries with Real-time MR Imaging Guidance in Pigs.Radiology 2005;234:558-62.
Feng L, Dumoulin CL, Dashnaw S, Darrow RD, Guhde R, DeLaPaz R, Bishop PL, Pile-Spellman J. Transfemoral Catheterization of Carotid Arteries With Real-Time MR Imaging Guidance in Pigs.Radiology 2005;234:551-7.
US Patents
Three axis angle invariant RF coil assembly and method and system employing same. Watkins RD, Dumoulin CL, Giaquinto RO. (7,391,213)
MRI Method for Simultaneous Phase Contrast Angiography and Invasive Device Tracking. Dumoulin CL. (7,307,420)
Multi-turn Element RF Coil Array for Multiple Channel MRI. Giaquinto RO, Cline HE, Hardy CJ, Dumoulin CL, Bottomley PA. (7,282,915)
Method and system for extended volume imaging using MRI with parallel reception. Zhu Y, Dumoulin CL. (7,009,396).
Switchable Transmit Array Coil. Dumoulin CL, Giaquinto RO. (6,940,282).
Phased array coil assembly and method and system for employing the same. Dumoulin CL, Watkins RD, Giaquinto RO. (6,914,432).
Method and system for accelerated imaging using parallel MRI. Hardy CJ, Dumoulin CL. (6,876,199).
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