Christopher J. Hardy Explained
Christopher J. Hardy |
Birth Place: | New Jersey |
Citizenship: | American |
Fields: | Applied Physics, Cardiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
Workplaces: | GE Global Research |
Alma Mater: | Princeton University UIUC |
Academic Advisors: | William A. Edelstein |
Known For: | Cardiac MR Imaging and Spectroscopy, NMR Pulse Design, Real-Time Interactive MRI |
Awards: | Fellow, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2010; Fellow APS 2002, Fellow American Institute for medical and biological Engineering 2003; GE Coolidge Fellow, GE Whitney Award 1989,94,97,2005 |
Christopher J. Hardy (born 1955) is an American physicist and inventor of several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) subsystem technologies for use in real time MRI[1] and cardiac MR imaging and spectroscopy.[2]
Biography
Hardy obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in March, 1983. He is currently a principal scientist and Coolidge Fellow at General Electric. He developed the first graphical approach that allowed physicians to explore anatomy in real time during cardiac MRI,[3] as opposed to viewing groups of images at a later time, and he also developed a technique that improved imaging speed.[4] Both accomplishments have gained widespread use. He has also led the teams that developed 32 channel[5] and 128 channel[6] General Electric MRI systems.
Hardy has written 98 research papers and 54 patents.[7]
Awards and honors
- 1986,1993 Inventor of the Year, Eastern New York Patent Law Association
- 1988 Distinguished Inventor, Intellectual Property Owners, Inc. (Washington, DC)[8]
- 1989, 1994, 1997, 2005 GE Whitney Gallery of Technical Achievers / Whitney Award
- 1996 GE Gold Patent Medallion
- 2002 Fellow, American Physical Society [9]
- 2003 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering [10]
- 2008 Redington Award for Imaging Technologies
- 2010 Fellow, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine [11]
- 2010 GE Coolidge Fellow
- 2011, 2012 Distinguished Reviewer, Magn Reson Med, J Magn Reson Imag
Selected works
- Gary H. Glover. Edelstein WA, Glover GH, Hardy CJ, Redington RW . The intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio in NMR imaging . Magnetic Resonance in Medicine . 3 . 4 . 604–18 . August 1986 . 3747821 . 10.1002/mrm.1910030413. 21480135 .
- Weiss RG, Bottomley PA, Hardy CJ, Gerstenblith G . Regional myocardial metabolism of high-energy phosphates during isometric exercise in patients with coronary artery disease . The New England Journal of Medicine . 323 . 23 . 1593–600 . December 1990 . 2233948 . 10.1056/NEJM199012063232304. free .
- Zhu Y, Hardy CJ, Sodickson DK, etal . Highly parallel volumetric imaging with a 32-element RF coil array . Magnetic Resonance in Medicine . 52 . 4 . 869–77 . October 2004 . 15389961 . 2819016 . 10.1002/mrm.20209.
- Hardy CJ, Giaquinto RO, Piel JE, etal . 128-channel body MRI with a flexible high-density receiver-coil array . Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging . 28 . 5 . 1219–25 . November 2008 . 18972330 . 10.1002/jmri.21463. 20394600 .
Selected Patents
- Hardy, Christopher J, " Method for calculating wave velocities in blood vessels" [12]
- L. Marinelli, CJ Hardy, "Method for reconstructing images" [13]
- Hardy, C.J. and Sasikanth Manipatruni, General Electric Co, 2014. Photonic system and method for optical data transmission in medical imaging systems. U.S. Patent 8,847,598.
Notes and References
- Hardy CJ, Darrow RD, Pauly JM, etal . Interactive coronary MRI . Magnetic Resonance in Medicine . 40 . 1 . 105–11 . July 1998 . 9660560 . 10.1002/mrm.1910400115. 25304785 .
- Hardy CJ, Weiss RG, Bottomley PA, Gerstenblith G . Altered myocardial high-energy phosphate metabolites in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy . American Heart Journal . 122 . 3 Pt 1 . 795–801 . September 1991 . 1877457 . 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90527-o.
- Hardy CJ, Darrow RD, Nieters EJ, etal . Real-time acquisition, display, and interactive graphic control of NMR cardiac profiles and images . Magnetic Resonance in Medicine . 29 . 5 . 667–73 . May 1993 . 8505903 . 10.1002/mrm.1910290514. 6302731 .
- Hardy . Christopher J. . Cline . Harvey E. . 1989 . Broadband nuclear magnetic resonance pulses with two-dimensional spatial selectivity . Journal of Applied Physics . 66 . 4 . 1513–6 . 1989JAP....66.1513H . 10.1063/1.344411. free .
- Hardy CJ, Cline HE, Giaquinto RO, Niendorf T, Grant AK, Sodickson DK . 32-element receiver-coil array for cardiac imaging . Magnetic Resonance in Medicine . 55 . 5 . 1142–9 . May 2006 . 16596635 . 2819007 . 10.1002/mrm.20870.
- Hardy CJ, Giaquinto RO, Piel JE, etal . 128-channel body MRI with a flexible high-density receiver-coil array . Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging . 28 . 5 . 1219–25 . November 2008 . 18972330 . 10.1002/jmri.21463. 20394600 .
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- Web site: Archive (1990-present) . Aps.org . 2011-07-27 . 2012-07-09.
- Web site: College of Fellows . AIMBE . 2012-05-11 . 2012-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020032831/http://www.aimbe.org/members/college-of-fellows/ . 2013-10-20 .
- Web site: Society Award Winners « ISMRM . Ismrm.org . 2012-07-09.
- Web site: Method for calculating wave velocities in blood vessels .
- Web site: Patent US7977943 - Method and system for reconstructing images - Google Patents . 2012-07-09.