Faculty & Staff

Christopher H. Sotak

Professor

Faculty Listing
Office: Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, 4004
Phone: +1-508-831-5617
Fax: +1-508-831-5441
csotak@wpi.edu

Educational Background

B.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1975
M.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1980
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1983
M.B.A., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1995

Research & Teaching Interests

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluation of therapeutic interventions in stroke; MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) methods for evaluation of tumor oxygenation and response to therapy; characterization of structural information in fluid-saturated porous media using diffusion-weighted MRI/MRS

IQP Advising Interests

Impact of new technologies in health care; economics of health care; effect of technology on social systems; technology and organizational behaviors; computers & education; education & technological literacy

Research

Development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for the evaluation of therapeutic interventions in acute stroke.
Development of fluorine-19 (¹⁹F) MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) methods for measuring tumor oxygenation and evaluating adjuvants for tumor therapy.
Characterization of structural information in fluid saturated porous media using diffusion imaging and spectroscopy.

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Recent Publications

Multispectral Tissue Characterization in a RIF-1 Tumor Model: Monitoring the ADC and T2 Responses to Single-Dose Radiotherapy. Part II, Erica C. Henning, Chieko Azuma, Christopher H. Sotak, and Karl G. Helmer, Magn. Reson. Med. 57, 513-519 (2007).
Multispectral Quantification of Tissue Types in a RIF-1 Tumor Model with Histological Validation. Part I, Erica C. Henning, Chieko Azuma, Christopher H. Sotak, and Karl G. Helmer, Magn. Reson. Med. 57, 501-512 (2007).
A Paramagnetic Contrast Agent for Detecting Tyrosinase Activity, Manuel Querol, David G. Bennett, Christopher Sotak, Hye Won Kang, and Alexei A. Bogdanov, Jr., ChemBioChem, in press (DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700157).
Visualization of Cortical Spreading Depression Using Manganese-Enhanced MRI, Erica C. Henning, Xiangjun Meng, Marc Fisher, and Christopher H. Sotak, Magn. Reson. Med. 53, 851-857 (2005).
Perfusion and Diffusion Imaging in Acute Focal Cerebral Ischemia: Temporal Versus Spatial Resolution, Juergen Bardutzky, Qiang Shen, James Bouley, Christopher H. Sotak, Timothy Q. Duong, and Marc Fisher, Brain Res. 1043, 155-162 (2005).

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