Seong-Eun Kim

Seong-Eun Kim, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Radiology & Imaging Sciences

Successful research scientist with 25 years experience in academic and clinical environments. Performed and managed research projects with various collaborators, including clinicians and other scientists, relating to novel medical imaging techniques and their clinical validation, mostly in clinical MRI systems. In possession of technical knowledge and skills in advanced imaging techniques and applications. Substantial experience in understanding the critical issues in clinical and research environments. Fluent in English and Korean.

Education History

Undergraduate Ewha Womans University
 BS
Graduate Training University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 MS
Doctoral Training University of Colorado Boulder
 PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Colorado School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Kim TH, Zollinger L, Shi XF, Kim SE, Rose J, Patel AA, Jeong EK (2010). Quantification of diffusivities of the human cervical spinal cord using a 2D single-shot interleaved multisection inner volume diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging technique. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 31(4), 682-7. (Read full article)
  2. Park JK, Kim SE, Trieman GS, Parker D, Jeong EK (2011). High-resolution diffusion-weighted imaging of neck lymph nodes using 2D-single-shot interleaved multiple inner volume imaging diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging at 3T. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 32(7), 1173-7. (Read full article)
  3. McLaughlin MS, Hinckley PJ, Treiman SM, Kim SE, Stoddard GJ, Parker DL, Treiman GS, McNally JS (2015). Optimal Prediction of Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage Using Clinical and Lumen Imaging Markers. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 36(12), 2360-6. (Read full article)
  4. Eisenmenger LB, Aldred BW, Kim SE, Stoddard GJ, de Havenon A, Treiman GS, Parker DL, McNally JS (2016). Prediction of Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage Using Adventitial Calcification and Plaque Thickness on CTA. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 37(8), 1496-503. (Read full article)
  5. McNally JS, Burton TM, Aldred BW, Kim SE, McLaughlin MS, Eisenmenger LB, Stoddard GJ, Majersik JJ, Miller DV, Treiman GS, Parker DL (2016). Vitamin D and Vulnerable Carotid Plaque. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 37(11), 2092-2099. (Read full article)
  6. McNally JS, Sakata A, Alexander MD, Dewitt LD, Sonnen JA, Menacho ST, Stoddard GT , Kim SE, de Havenon AH (June 2021). Vessel Wall Enhancement on Black-Blood MRI Predicts Acute and Future Stroke in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 42(6), 1038-1045.
  7. Shi XF, Jeong EK, Kim SE, Kholmovski EG, Parker D (2009). Motion Artifact Correction in EPI- DTI with Real-Time 2D Self-Gating. NMR in biomedicine, 22(5), 545-50.
  8. Jeong EK, Sung YH, Kim SE, Chun Z, Mellon E, Shi X, Renshaw (2011). Measurement of Creatine- Kinase Reaction Rate on Human Brain using MT-ISIS and a volume 31P/1H RF coil at Clinical 3T MRI system. NMR in biomedicine, 25(7), 765-70.
  9. Kim SE, Parker DL, Roberts JA, Treiman GS, Alexander M, Baradaran H, de Havenon A, McNally J (2021). Differentiation of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid intraplaque hemorrhage using 3D high-resolution diffusion-weighted stack of stars imaging. NMR in biomedicine, e4582(Online ahead of print),
  10. Scott McNally J, Yoon HC, Kim SE, Narra KK, McLaughlin MS, Parker DL, Treiman G (2015). Carotid MRI Detection of Intraplaque Hemorrhage at 3T and 1.5T. Journal of neuroimaging, 25(3), 390-6. (Read full article)
  11. Parker DL, Goodrich KC, Roberts JA, Chapman BE, Jeong EK, Kim SE, Tsuruda JS, Katzman G (2003). The need for phase-encoding flow compensation in high-resolution intracranial magnetic resonance angiography. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 18(1), 121-7. (Read full article)
  12. Kim SE, Treiman GS, Roberts JA, Jeong EK, Shi X, Hadley JR, Parker D (2011). In vivo and ex vivo measurements of the mean ADC values of lipid necrotic core and hemorrhage obtained from diffusion weighted imaging in human atherosclerotic plaques. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 34(5), 1167-75. (Read full article)
  13. Adluru G, Chen L, Kim SE, Burgon N, Kholmovski EG, Marrouche NF, Dibella E (2011). Three-dimensional late gadolinium enhancement imaging of the left atrium with a hybrid radial acquisition and compressed sensing. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 34(6), 1465-71. (Read full article)
  14. Kim SE, Roberts JA, Eisenmenger LB, Aldred BW, Jamil O, Bolster BD, Bi X, Parker DL, Treiman GS, McNally J (2017). Motion-insensitive carotid intraplaque hemorrhage imaging using 3D inversion recovery preparation stack of stars (IR-prep SOS) technique. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 45(2), 410-417. (Read full article)
  15. Seo HS, Kim SE, Rose J, Hadley JR, Parker DL, Jeong E (2013). Diffusion tensor imaging of extraocular muscle using two-dimensional single-shot interleaved multiple inner volume imaging diffusion-weighted EPI at 3 tesla. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 38(5), 1162-8.
  16. Kim SE, Jeong EK, Shi XF, Morrell G, Treiman GS, Parker D (2009). Diffusion-weighted imaging of human carotid artery using 2D single-shot interleaved multislice inner volume diffusion-weighted echo planar imaging (2D ss-IMIV-DWEPI) at 3T: diffusion measurement in atherosclerotic plaque. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 30(5), 1068-77.
  17. Layec G, Trinity JD, Hart CR, Kim SE, Groot HJ, Le Fur Y, Sorensen JR, Jeong EK, Richardson R (2014). In vivo evidence of an age-related increase in ATP cost of contraction in the plantar flexor muscles. Clinical science (London, England, 126(8), 581-92. (Read full article)
  18. Sung YH, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Shi XF, Kondo DG, Lundberg KJ, McGlade EC, Hellem TL, Huber RS, Nickerson BR, Kim SE, Jeong EK, Renshaw P (2013). Decreased frontal lobe phosphocreatine levels in methamphetamine users. Drug and alcohol dependence, 129(1-2), 102-9.
  19. Guo JY, Kim SE, Parker DL, Jeong EK, Zhang L, Roemer R (2005). Improved accuracy and consistency in T1 measurement of flowing blood by using inversion recovery GE-EPI. Medical physics, 32(4), 1083-93. (Read full article)
  20. Wang Y, Kim SE, DiBella EV, Parker D (2010). Flow measurement in MRI using arterial spin labeling with cumulative readout pulses--theory and validation. Medical physics, 37(11), 5801-10. (Read full article)
  21. Zhang L, Kholmovski EG, Guo J, Choi SE, Morrell GR, Parker D (2009). HASTE sequence with parallel acquisition and T2 decay compensation: application to carotid artery imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging, 27(1), 13-22. (Read full article)
  22. Jeong EK, Kim SE, Parker D (2003). High-resolution diffusion-weighted 3D MRI, using diffusion-weighted driven-equilibrium (DW-DE) and multishot segmented 3D-SSFP without navigator echoes. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 50(4), 821-9. (Read full article)
  23. Jeong EK, Kim SE, Guo J, Kholmovski EG, Parker D (2005). High-resolution DTI with 2D interleaved multislice reduced FOV single-shot diffusion-weighted EPI (2D ss-rFOV-DWEPI). Magnetic resonance in medicine, 54(6), 1575-9. (Read full article)
  24. Jeong EK, Kim SE, Kholmovski EG, Parker D (2006). High-resolution DTI of a localized volume using 3D single-shot diffusion-weighted STimulated echo-planar imaging (3D ss-DWSTEPI). Magnetic resonance in medicine, 56(6), 1173-81. (Read full article)
  25. Shi X, Kim SE, Jeong E (2010). Single-shot T1 mapping using simultaneous acquisitions of spin- and stimulated-echo-planar imaging (2D ss-SESTEPI). Magnetic resonance in medicine, 64(3), 734-42. (Read full article)
  26. Moon SM, Goodrich KC, Hadley JR, Kim SE, Zeng GL, Morrell GR, McAlpine MA, Chronik BA, Parker D (2011). Superelliptical insert gradient coil with a field-modifying layer for breast imaging. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 65(3), 863-72. (Read full article)
  27. Mendes J, Parker DL, Hulet J, Treiman GS, Kim S (2011). CINE turbo spin echo imaging. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 66(5), 1286-92. (Read full article)
  28. Tate Q, Kim SE, Treiman G, Parker DL, Hadley J (2013). Increased vessel depiction of the carotid bifurcation with a specialized 16-channel phased array coil at 3T. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 69(5), 1486-93. (Read full article)
  29. Beck M, Parker DL, Bolster BD, Kim SE, McNally S, Treiman GS, Hadley, J (2017). Interchangeable Receive-Only Carotid Coils for Simultaneous Imaging with Radio Frequency Head Coils at 3 Tesla. Magnetic resonance in medicine,
  30. Mendes J, Parker DL, Kim SE, Treiman G (2013). Reduced blood flow artifact in intraplaque hemorrhage imaging using CineMPRAGE. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 69(5), 1276-84.
  31. Alexander MD, de Havenon A, Kim SE, Parker DL, McNally J (2019). Assessment of quantitative methods for enhancement measurement on vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of intracranial atherosclerosis. Neuroradiology, 61(6), 643.
  32. de Havenon A, Mossa-Basha M, Shah L, Kim SE, Park M, Parker D, McNally J (2017). High-resolution vessel wall MRI for the evaluation of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. Neuroradiology, 59(12), 1193-1202.
  33. Shi XF, Carlson PJ, Kim TS, Sung YH, Hellem TL, Fiedler KK, Kim SE, Glaeser B, Wang K, Zuo CS, Jeong EK, Renshaw PF, Kondo D (2014). Effect of altitude on brain intracellular pH and inorganic phosphate levels. Psychiatry research, 222(3), 149-56. (Read full article)
  34. McNally JS, Hinckley PJ, Sakata A, Eisenmenger LB, Kim SE, De Havenon AH, Quigley EP, Iacob E, Treiman GS, Parker D (2018). Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Clinical Factors Associated With Ischemic Stroke in Patients Suspected of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke, 49(10), 2337.
  35. Hart CR, Layec G, Trinity JD, Liu X, Kim SE, Groot HJ, Le Fur Y, Sorensen JR, Jeong EK, Richardson R (2015). Evidence of Preserved Oxidative Capacity and Oxygen Delivery in the Plantar Flexor Muscles With Age. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 70(9), 1067-76. (Read full article)
  36. Terry CM, Kim SE, Li L, Goodrich KC, Hadley JR, Blumenthal DK, Parker DL, Cheung A (2009). Longitudinal assessment of hyperplasia using magnetic resonance imaging without contrast in a porcine arteriovenous graft model. Academic radiology, 16(1), 96-107. (Read full article)
  37. Sanders WG, Li H, Zhuplatov I, He Y, Kim SE, Cheung AK, Agarwal J, Terry C (2017). Autologous fat transplants to deliver glitazone and adiponectin for vasculoprotection. Journal of controlled release, 264, 237-246. (Read full article)
  38. Terry CM, Li L, Li H, Zhuplatov I, Blumenthal DK, Kim SE, Owen SC, Kholmovski E, Fowers KD, Rathi R, Cheung A (2012). In vivo evaluation of the delivery and efficacy of a sirolimus-laden polymer gel for inhibition of hyperplasia in a porcine model of arteriovenous hemodialysis graft stenosis. Journal of controlled release, 160(3), 459-67.
  39. Layec G, Trinity JD, Hart CR, Kim SE, Groot HJ, Le Fur Y, Sorensen JR, Jeong EK, Richardson R (2015). The impact of age on exercise-induced ATP supply during supra-maximal plantar flexion in humans. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 309(4), R378-88.
  40. Peckham ME, Anderson JS, Rassner UA, Shah LM, Hinckley PJ, de Havenon A, Kim SE, McNally J (2018). Low b-value diffusion weighted imaging is promising in the diagnosis of brain death and hypoxic-ischemic injury secondary to cardiopulmonary arrest. Critical care (London, England), 22(1), 160.
  41. Shi XF, Carlson PJ, Sung YH, Fiedler KK, Forrest LN, Hellem TL, Huber RS, Kim SE, Zuo C, Jeong EK, Renshaw PF, Kondo D (2015). Decreased brain PME/PDE ratio in bipolar disorder: a preliminary (31) P magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Bipolar disorders, 17(7), 743-52. (Read full article)
  42. Parker DL, Goodrich KC, Hadley JR, Kim SE, Moon SM, Chronik BA, Fontius U, Schmitt (2009). Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Composite (Dual) Gradients. Concepts in magnetic resonance. Part B, Magnetic resonance engineering, 35(2), 89-97. (Read full article)
  43. Merrill R, Hadley JR, Minalga E, Kholmovski EG, Vijayakumar S, Kim SE, Quigley EP, Parker DL, Rose (2012). An Improved 28 Channel Coil Array for Optic Nerve Imaging. Concepts in magnetic resonance. Part B, Magnetic resonance engineering, 41B(3), 73-84.
  44. Minalga E, Rose J, Choi SE, Jeong EK, Kholmovski E, Vijayakumar S, Parker D, Hadley (2011). A 20-Channel Coil for Improved Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Optic Nerve. Concepts in magnetic resonance. Part B, Magnetic resonance engineering, 39(8), 26-36.
  45. Terry CM, Zhuplatov I, He Y, Wun TC, Kim SE, Cheung A (2015). Assessment of Novel Anti- thrombotic Fusion Proteins for Inhibition of Stenosis in a Porcine Model of Arteriovenous Graft. PloS one, 10(9),
  46. McNally JS, Kim SE, Mendes J, Hadley JR, Sakata A, De Havenon AH, Treiman GS, Parker D (2017). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detection of Intraplaque Hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance insights, 10, 1-8.
  47. McNally JS, Havenon A, Kim SE, Wang C, Wang S, Zabriskie MS, Parker DL, Baradaran H, Alexander M (2021). Rabbit models of intracranial atherosclerotic disease for pathological validation of vessel wall MRI. The neuroradiology journal, 34(3), 193-199.
  48. Roberts JA, Kim SE, Yoon HY, McNally JS, Hadley JR, Findeiss LK, Treiman GS, Parker D (2011). Reproducibility of Lumen and Vessel Wall Measurements in Carotid Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 4, 1-7.
  49. McNally JS, Jaffey JA, Kim SE, Alexander MD, Shumway KL, Cohn LA, Parker DL, Day R (2019). Methemoglobin Modulation as an Intravascular Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Proof of Concept. 6, 416.
  50. Culleton S, Baradaran H, Kim SE, Stoddard G, Roberts J, Treiman G, Parker D, Duff K, McNally J (2022). MRI Detection of Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage and Postintervention Cognition. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 43(12), 1762-1769.
  51. Baradaran H, Culleton S, Stoddard G, Alexander MD, Romero JR, Hadley JR, Kim SE, Parker DL, McNally JS (2023). Association between high-risk extracranial carotid plaque and covert brain infarctions and cerebral microbleeds. Neuroradiology, 65(2), 287-295.
  52. Kim SE, McNally JS, Alexander MD, Zabriskie MS, Parker DL, Day RW (2023). Evaluation of methemoglobin as an intravascular contrast agent: T1 relaxation time effect in a rabbit model. Magnetic resonance imaging, in Print,
  53. Roberts J, Kim SE, Kholmovski EG, Hitchcock Y, Richards TJ, Anzai Y (2023). The arterial input function: Spatial dependence within the imaging volume and its influence on 3D quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for head and neck cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging, In Print,
  54. Kim SE, Roberts JA, Kholmovski EG, Hitchcock Y, Anzai Y (2024). T1 mapping for Head and Neck Cancer Patients undergoing Chemoradiotherapy: Feasibility of 3D Star of Star Imaging. . Magnetic resonance imaging, 112, 38-46.
  55. Judd W, Kim SE, Dzikiy J, Parker DL, Odéen (2025). Flexible, high spatial and temporal resolution absolute thermometry of MRI phantoms using ethylene glycol. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 94(3), 470-479.
  56. Malmberg MA, Odéen H, Kim SE, Parker DL (2025). The effect of concomitant gradient fields on MRI with long readout radial-based trajectories. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 94(3), 949-964.
  57. Akcicek EY, Hashemizadeh K, Akcicek H, Kim SE, Hadley JR, Roberts J, Wang X, Guo Y, Balu N, McNally JS, Parker DL, Yuan C, Ma X (2025). Qualitative and quantitative reproducibility of 3D MERGE and SNAP sequence for carotid vessel wall imaging across Siemens and Philips 3T scanners. Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery, 15(4), 3111-3122.

Review

  1. de Havenon A, Mossa-Basha M, Shah L, Kim SE, Park M, Parker D, McNally J (2017). High-resolution vessel wall MRI for the evaluation of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. Neuroradiology, 59(12), 1193-1202. (Read full article)
  2. Treiman GS, McNally JS, Kim SE, Parker D (2015). Correlation of Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage and Stroke Using 1.5 T and 3 T MRI. Magnetic resonance insights, 8(Suppl 1), 1-8. (Read full article)

Book Chapter

  1. Kim SE, Parker D (2012). Time-of-Flight Angiography. 39-50.