Eric G. Stinson, Ph.D.

Mayo Graduate School - Rochester, Minnesota
Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate, 2008-2014

McGill University - Montreal, Canada
Medical Physics Master of Science, 2006-2008

Saint John's University - Collegeville, Minnesota
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, Cum Laude, 2002-2006

Mayo Clinic Department of Radiology - Rochester, Minnesota
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2014-Present

• Dixon-based contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography.
• Magnetic resonance imaging for detection and characterization of prostate cancer.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Rochester, Minnesota
Ph.D. Candidate, 2008-2014

• Developed and validated an improved reconstruction for SENSE-accelerated subtracted contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography.
• Characterized the SNR and CNR improvement of Dixon- vs. subtraction-type contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography.
• Implemented a robust single-echo Dixon-based method for contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography.

McConnell Brain Imaging Center - Montreal, Canada
Master's Researcher, 2007-2008

• Implemented and tested a distortion correction algorithm for diffusion weighted images.

Saint John's University - Collegeville, Minnesota
Undergraduate Researcher, 2005-2006

• Helped design and write a suite of programs to aid in the search and analysis of ion cyclotron waves.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Rochester, Minnesota
Teaching Assistant, 2010-2012

Lectured, corrected problem sets, tutored graduate students, and provided administrative support for:

• Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Fall Quarter, 2011)
• Laboratory Methods in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Winter Quarter, 2012)
• Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series (Fall Quarter, 2010 - Fall Quarter, 2012)

McGill University - Montreal, Canada
Teaching Assistant, 2008

Developed and corrected problem sets, and tutored graduate students for:

• Introduction to Medical Imaging Physics (Spring Semester, 2008)

Saint John's University - Collegeville, Minnesota
Teaching Assistant and Math Center Aide, 2003-2006

Led class sessions in the professor’s absence, attended class and corrected homework, instructed students in proper study habits, taught basic mathematics skills for:

• Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Fall Semester, 2003 & Spring Semester, 2005)
• Fundamentals of Mathematics (Spring Semester, 2006)

Nathan Huber
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2016

Project Title: Development and Characterization of a Flow Resistive Perfusion Phantom

Elliot Weiss
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2015

Project Title: Evaluating Phase Estimation Techniques in MRI Images Accelerated Using SENSE Encoding and Homodyne Processing

Societies

International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
2008-Present, Member
2015-Present, Co-Organizer: Artifact Gameshow Educational Session

Journal Review

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2015-Present, Distinguished Reviewer

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2015-Present, Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2015-Present, Reviewer

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Paul Weavers, Stephen Riederer
Dixon-type and subtraction-type contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: A theoretical and experimental comparison of SNR and CNR
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (MRM)
Volume 74, Issue 1, pages 81–92, July 2015
PubMed - Wiley

Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Casey Johnson, Joshua Trzasko, Phillip Young, Stephen Riederer
Vascular Masking for Improved Unfolding in 2D SENSE-Accelerated 3D Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI)
Volume 39, Issue 5, pages 1161–1170, May 2014
PubMed - Wiley

Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Adam Froemming, Akira Kawashima, Phillip Young, Brent Warndahl, Roger Grimm, Armando Manduca, Stephen Riederer, Joshua Trzasko
Advanced image reconstruction strategies for 4D prostate DCE-MRI: steps toward clinical practicality
Proceedings of SPIE 2015, Wavelets and Sparsity XVI
Paper 9597-3
SPIE

Eric Stinson, Phillip Young, Joel Fletcher, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
Dual-Echo Dixon Imaging in the Presence of Large Field Inhomogeneities
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 102nd Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, USA: November 2016.
Trainee Research Prize winner.

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, James Glockner, Phillip Young, Stephen Riederer
Feasibility of Time-Resolved 3D Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography with Single-Echo Dixon Background Suppression at 3.0T
28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Chicago, Illinois, USA: September 2016.
Potchen Award (best oral presentation by a Trainee) – first runner-up.

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
Effect of Gadolinium-Induced Susceptibility on First-Pass Single-Echo Dixon CE-MRA and Methods for Correction
24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Singapore: May 2016. Abstract #2673.

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Eric Borisch, Phillip Young, Joel Fletcher, Stephen Riederer
Contrast-Enhanced Perianal Fistula Imaging with Dixon-Based Fat Suppression
24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Singapore: May 2016. Abstract #2973.

Eric Stinson, Stephen Riederer, Joshua Trzasko
Accelerated Dynamic MRI Reconstruction with Sequential Low Rank Matrix Completion and Parallel Imaging
24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Singapore: May 2016. Abstract #4208.

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Eric Borisch, Phillip Young, Stephen Riederer
Contrast-Enhanced Perianal Fistula Imaging with Dixon-Based Fat Suppression
27th Annual International Workshop on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA: September 2015.

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
Effect of Gadolinium-Induced Susceptibility on First-Pass Single-echo Dixon CE-MRA
26th Annual International Workshop on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Rome, Italy: September 2014.

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Paul Weavers, Stephen Riederer
SNR and CNR Comparison of Single-Echo Dixon and Subtraction Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography
22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Milan, Italy: May 2014. Abstract #240
ISMRM Merit Award – Summa Cum Laude

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
Homodyne Reconstruction for Single-Echo Dixon Imaging
22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Milan, Italy: May 2014. Abstract #1628

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
SNR and CNR in Subtraction and Dixon CE-MRA: Theory, Phantoms, and In Vivo Measurements
25th Annual International Workshop on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in New York City, New York, USA: August 2013.

Eric Stinson, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
SNR and CNR Performance Comparison in Dixon- Vs. Subtraction-Type Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography
21st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Salt Lake City, Utah: April 2013. Abstract #4458

Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Casey Johnson, Stephen Riederer
Vessel-Mimicking Mask for Improved SENSE Unfolding in Thigh and Calf CE-MRA
24th Annual International Workshop on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Utrecht, the Netherlands: September 2012. Abstract #P6.9
Passariello Award (best poster by a Trainee) – first runner-up.

Eric Stinson, Casey Johnson, Stephen Riederer
Vessel-Mimicking Mask for Improved Unfolding in SENSE-Accelerated CE-MRA
20th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Melbourne, Australia: May 2012. Abstract #2536

Soudabeh Kargar, Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Adam Froemming, Akira Kawashima, Lance Mynderse, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
Patient-Specific vs. Population-Based Arterial Input Function in Perfusion Estimation for DCE-MRI of the Prostate
28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Chicago, Illinois, USA: September 2016.

Soudabeh Kargar, Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Adam Froemming, Akira Kawashima, Lance Mynderse, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
Robust and Efficient Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimation: Application to Prostate DCE-MRI
24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Singapore: May 2016. Abstract #2463.

Soudabeh Kargar, Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Adam Froemming, Akira Kawashima, Lance Mynderse, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
An Efficient Variable Projection Strategy for Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimation in Prostate DCE-MRI
ISMRM Workshop on Data Sampling and Image Reconstruction in Sedona, Arizona, USA: January 2016. Poster #34.

Soudabeh Kargar, Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Adam Froemming, Akira Kawashima, Lance Mynderse, Joshua Trzasko, Stephen Riederer
Robust and Efficient Estimation of Optimum Perfusion Parameters in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI of the Prostate
27th Annual International Workshop on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA: September 2015.

Roger Grimm, Eric Stinson, Richard Ehman
Combining Conjugate and Non-Conjugate Wave Data for Faster Elastography
23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Toronto, Canada: June 2015. Abstract #2523.

Paul Weavers, Jacob Gloe, Eric Stinson, Phillip Rossman, Thomas Hulshizer, Stephen Riederer
Triangular Receiver Coils to Support Superior/Inferior Acceleration
23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Toronto, Canada: June 2015. Abstract #3125.

Petrice Mostardi, Eric Stinson, Eric Borisch, Stephen Riederer
Integrated Calibration for Time-Resolved CE-MRA
23rd Annual International Workshop on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Banff, Canada: September 2011. Abstract #13.21

Petrice Mostardi, Eric Stinson, Thomas Hulshizer, Phillip Rossman, Stephen Riederer
Development of a Receiver Coil Array for 2D Accelerated Imaging of the Complete Neurovascular System
19th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Montreal, Canada: May 2011. Abstract #1885

Jun Chen, Kevin Glaser, Eric Stinson, Jennifer Kugel, Richard Ehman
Non-Contact Driver System for MR Elastography of the Breast
19th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Montreal, Canada: May 2011. Abstract #3490

• Trainee Research Prize (11/2016): Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 102nd Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Potchen Award (best oral presentation by a Trainee) - First Runner-up (09/2016): 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography - Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Travel Award (09/2016): 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography - Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Travel Award (09/2015): 27th Annual International Magnetic Resonance Angiography Working Group - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Travel Award (09/2014): 26th Annual International Magnetic Resonance Angiography Working Group - Rome, Italy
• ISMRM Merit Award – Summa Cum Laude (05/2014): 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Milan, Italy
• Travel Awards (2012-2014): Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
• Travel Award (08/2013): 25th Annual International Magnetic Resonance Angiography Working Group - New York City, New York, USA
• Travel Award (09/2012): 24th Annual International Magnetic Resonance Angiography Working Group - Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Poster Award (09/2012): 24th Annual International Magnetic Resonance Angiography Working Group - Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Eagle Scout (2002): The Boy Scouts of America