Christopher M. Walker, Ph.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Walker, C.M., Lee, J., Ramirez, M.S., Schellingerhout, D., Millward, S. & Bankson, J.A.. A catalyzing phantom for reproducible dynamic conversion of hyperpolarized [1-(1)(3)C]-pyruvate. PLoS One 8, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23977006.

Abstracts

1. Walker, C.M., Stafford, R.J. & Hwang, K.. Metal Artifact Reduction for MRI of a Magnetic Fiducial. American Association of Physics in Medicine, 2019.
2. Walker, C.M. & Bankson, J.A.. Multi-Slice Correction for Metabolic Rate Quantification of Hyperpolarized Pyruvate. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2019.
3. Xu, Z., Niedzielski, J.S., Michel, K.A., Walker, C.M., Einstein, S.A., Bankson, J.A.. Symmetry Preserved Rectilinear Transform(SPRT): Optimized Reconstruction of Echo Planar Spectroscopic Image for Hyperpolarized [1-13C]-Pyruvate. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2019.
4. Walker, C.M., Bankson, J.A.. Effects of Non-Ideal Spectral-Spatial Excitation Slice Profile On Quantitative Analysis of Metabolism Using Hyperpolarized Pyruvate. American Association of Physics in Medicine, 2018.
5. Walker, C.M., Bankson, J.A.. Slice profile induced errors in metabolic quantification of hyperpolarized pyruvate. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2018.
6. Walker, C.M., Michel, K.A., Sun, C., Zielinski, R.J., Priebe, W., Schellingerhout, D. & Bankson, J.A.. Combined Hyperpolarized Pyruvate and Lactate as a Proxy for Hyperpolarized Urea to Measure Tissue Perfusion. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2017.
7. Walker, C.M., Bankson, J.A.. Instantaneous Excitation Loss Modeling Can Improve Metabolic Quantification of Hyperpolarized Pyruvate. Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2017.
8. Walker, C.M., Bankson, J.A.. Quantitative Evaluation of Excitation Angle Strategy Effects on Detection Accuracy of Hyperpolarized Pyruvate Metabolism. American Association of Physics in Medicine, 2017.
9. Michel, K.,Walker, C.M., Chen, Y., Delacerda, J., Lai, S. & Bankson, J.. Simulation of Hyperpolarized Perfusion MRI with a Segmented Snapshot Acquisition. Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2017.
10. Sun, C.,Walker, C.M., Michel, K., Bankson, J.. Effects of Fit Degrees of Freedom on Pharmacokinetic Analysis. Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2017.
11. Walker, C.M., Bankson, J.A.. Evaluation of Excitation Angle Error Effect on Quantification of Hyperpolarized Pyruvate. World Molecular Congress, 2016.
12. Walker, C.M., Bankson, J.A.. A novel Bloch-McConnell simulator for perfused hyperpolarized substrates. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2015.
13. Bankson, J.A., Walker, C.M., Chen, Y., Lai, S.Y. & Hazle, J.D.. Metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized [1-13C]-pyruvate and DCE-MRI. American Association of Cancer Research, 2015.
14. Bankson, J., Walker, C.M., Stefan, W., Fuentes, D., Merritt, M., Chen, Y., Malloy, C., Sherry, D., Lai, S. & Hazle, J.. Model-Based Reconstruction of Hyperpolarized [1-13C]-Pyruvate. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2015.
15. Walker, C.M., Ramirez, M.S., Jaehyuk, L. & Bankson, J.A.. A Multi-Compartment Phantom for Controlled and Heterogeneous Conversion of Hyperpolarized [1-13C]-Pyruvate to Lactate. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2014.
16. Ramirez, M.S., Lee, J., Chen, Y., Walker, C.M., Lai, S.Y., Bankson, J.A.. Multi Gradient and Spin-Echo Radial Acquisition for Hyperpolarized 13C MRSI. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2014.
17. Walker, C.M., Lee, J., Ramirez, M., So, J., Schellingerhout, D. & Bankson, J.. A Single Enzyme Dynamic Hyperpolarized Phantom. CPRIT Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research, 2012.
18. Springer, A., Walker, C.M., Shkumat, N. & Mawlawi, O.. Investigating detectability performance of a positron emission mammography system as a function of phantom thickness. AAPM/COMP, 2011.
19. Fuentes, D., Elliott, A., Shetty, A., Walker, C.M.,Stafford, J.R. Thermal Image Reconstruction of In Vivo Nanoparticle Concentrations for MR-Guided Laser Induced Thermal Therapy Optimization. ASME Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, 2010.
20. Fuentes, D., Elliott, A., Shetty, A., Walker, C.M., Stafford, J.R.. Temperature Imaging Validation of a Bioheat Transfer Model for LITT. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2010.
21. Walker, C.M., Hough, D.. Magnetic Fields in Quasar Jets and their Environments. Texas and Four Corners Sections of APS, AAPT, 2008.