Curtis
A. Corum (Curt)
Center for
Magnetic Resonance Research
University of Minnesota
2021 6th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
corum@cmrr.umn.edu
http://www.cmrr.umn.edu/%7Ecorum
(612) 625-2001
(612) 626-2004 fax
Goal:
Seeking a
challenging academic research and teaching position or research and
development position in industry.
My expertise is in magnetic resonance, medical imaging, imaging and
display systems, visual
and color science, optical systems design, and optoelectronics.
Employment
:
2001-2004 Optical Sciences
Center, University of Arizona
Tucson,
AZ
Graduate Research Associate, Biological
Magnetic Resonance Group, Adviser Prof. Art
Gmitro
Conducted research on distant dipolar field/multiple quantum coherence
in MRI and MRS.
Carried out theoretical, computational, and experimental studies of
nmr spin systems.
Designed, developed and programmed novel MRS and MRI sequences.
See iMQC-MRI page: http://www.cmrr.umn.edu/%7Ecorum/mq_mri.html
1999-2001 Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Gamma Ray Imaging
Conducted
research on tomographic medical imaging systems for Nuclear Medicine.
Scintillation/Semiconductor Gamma Cameras, Systems, Algorithms, Performance Assessment.
Carried out theoretical and computational studies of inverse problems and image reconstruction.
Designed curricula and instructed intensive LabVIEW summer course 2000, 2001.
1996-1999 Intel
Corporation Chandler, AZ
Senior Engineer, Electronic Imaging and Display Systems
Designed,
modeled, and prototyped liquid crystal on silicon light valve based
display systems.
Provided expertise in electronic imaging systems, optical system
design, image/color science.
Modeled, designed, and tested image sensors, still and video camera
systems including the i80971AC CMOS image sensor, imaging module, and
dual-mode camera kit.
1992-1996 Lucid Technologies, Inc.
Rochester, NY
Staff Optoelectronic Systems Engineer
Designed and developed flexible manufacturing, test and quality software in LabVIEW.
Co-designed optics and optoelectronics, firmware, software, & design for manufacturability for the Colortron spectrophotometer.
Developed trans-dermal digital Nomarski microscope prototype as SBIR research.
Developed
LabVIEW software for compact laser confocal scanning microscope system.
Experienced with PC, Unix/X, and embedded application programming
including LabVIEW "G", C, C++, Pascal, Fortran, Basic, assembly.
1992-1993 Institute of Optics, University of Rochester Rochester, NY
Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant
Built interferometric test instrument for investigating fiber optic coupling assemblies and other diode laser based optical systems.
Conducted lab and discussion sections as teaching assistant for geometric optics.
1991-1992
I.B.M. Almaden Research Center
San Jose, CA
Co-op Intern in Storage Systems and Technology, Exploratory Optical
Studies Group
Assisted in
all aspects of development of hybrid integrated optical read/write head
systems for optical disk based storage including design, testing,
processing.
Continued development of automated optical media groove inspection instrument.
Responsible for
characterization of thin film optical waveguides, collaborated on
computer controlled propagation loss measurement instrument.
Teaching/Lecturing:
2006 University of Minnesota, CMRR, Minneapolis, MN
Designed curriculum and lectured for BPhys8293 -
Advanced Topics in MRI – Diffusion section
2001 University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ
Designed curriculum and instructed 5-session LabVIEW 101 course with
hands-on laboratory.
2000 University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ
Designed curriculum and instructed 6-session LabVIEW 101 short course.
1992 University of Rochester, Institute of Optics, Rochester, NY
Optics Laboratory Instructor, TA, and Grader for core undergraduate
Geometrical Optics class.
1990 Private English Instructor, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Team-taught after-school English class to 5th grade native
Taiwanese/Mandarin speakers.
1990 GTE Language School, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Instructed group and individual English language classes.
1990 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Physics Laboratory Instructor, undergraduate Thermodynamics and Optics.
1988 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Grader for upper division Physics course, Electricity and Magnetism.
Patents:
6,556,242 Dual mode signal processing system for video and still image data
6,205,244 Method for imager device color calibration utilizing light-emitting diodes or other spectral light sources
6,178,046 Anti-aliasing diffractive aperture and method of using same
6,169,280 Light selective element for imaging applications
6,151,069 Dual mode digital camera for video and still operation
6,101,287 Dark frame subtraction
6,020,582 Light selective element for imaging applications
5,940,217 Anti-aliasing diffractive aperture and optical system using the same
5,844,681 Spectral densitometer
Fast and Quiet MRI
Using a Swept Radiofrequency
Djaudat Idiyatullin, Curt Corum, Jang-Yeon Park and Michael Garwood
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 181(2):342-9, 2006
Uncovering of
intracellular water in cultured cells
J.P. Galons, S. Lope-Piedrafita, J. L. Divijak, C. Corum, R. J.
Gillies, T.P. Trouard.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1, pp 79-86, 2005.
Spatially Varying
Steady
State Longitudinal Magnetization in Distant
Dipolar Field-based Sequences
Curtis
A. Corum,
Arthur F. Gmitro
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Volume 171, Issue 1,
November 2004,
Pages 131-134
Proceedings:
Introduction
to SWIFT (Sweep Imaging with Fourier Transformation) for Magnetic
Resonance Imaging of Materials
Curt Corum, Djaudat Idiyatullin, Steen Moeller, Jang-Yeon Park
and Michael Garwood
Materials Research Society Fall 2006 Meeting, section MM
A Dual Mode Digital Camera For Digital Still Imaging And Video Conferencing
Metz, W.A.; Bakhle, A.; Booth, J.; Corum, C.; Dunton, R.;
International Conference on Consumer Electronics,
ICCE 1998
Digest of Technical Papers. June 2-4, 1998, Page(s): 94 -95
Abstracts:
Signal Processing and Image Reconstruction
for SWIFT
C. A. Corum, S. Moeller, D. Idiyatullin and M. Garwood, ISMRM
2007
Progress in Rapid and Short Acquisition Time Imaging with SWIFT
C. A. Corum, D. Idiyatullin, S. Moeller, K Bricker, J. M.
Ellermann, and M. Garwood,
ISMRM 2007
Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Single-Voxel MRS Measurement of Apparent
Diffusion Coefficient of Water
C. A. Corum, A. D. McIntosh, A. L. Styczynski, N. J. Powell, J.
R. Kruse, P. J. Bolan, M. Nelson, T. H. Emory, D. Yee, T. M. Tuttle, L.
I. Everson, and M. Garwood
ISMRM 2006
Evaluation of 118 Women with Radiographic Breast Abnormalities Using
High Field Quantitative ¹H MRS and DCE MRI in Vivo
A. D. McIntosh, P. J. Bolan, S. Meisamy, C. Corum, A.
Styczynski, and L. Everson
RSNA 2005
First Results with “LASER” Localized HOMOGENIZED
C. Corum, M. Garwood
ENC 2005
Experimental
and Theoretical study of TR and T1 Effects on Steady State Mz in
Distant
Dipolar Field-based Sequences
Experimental
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference
Curtis A. Corum;
Arthur F. Gmitro
P01-016, April 20,
ENC 2004, Asilomar
Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
Professional Affiliations: ISMRM, IEEE, SPIE, OSA, APS
Education:
Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Ph.D. "Magnetic Resonance with the Distant Dipolar Field"
Dec. 2004, Advisor Prof. Art
Gmitro
Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
M.S. Optical Engineering., 1993
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
M.S., Physics, Concentration: Scientific Computation., 1992
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
B.S. Physics, cum laude, Concentration: Lasers & Optics, Minor: Mathematics., 1990
References:
On Request