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Sung-Min Sohn, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research CMRR
2021 6th St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-626-6179
sohnx021@umn.edu
sohn.sungmin@gmail.com

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Sung-Min Sohn is an assistant professor in Department of Radiology at University of Minnesota Medical School. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2002 and 2004, and the Ph.D. degree from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, in 2013. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Circuit Design Engineer with the Analog and Mixed signal Circuit Group, LG Electronics, Seoul Korea. His current research interests include RF/analog/digital circuits and systems for MRI electronics and novel RF coil and interface hardware design. He was awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIH (NIBIB) as one of five awardees in the field of biomedical imaging and bioengineering in 2016. This grant support him to became an independent faculty member with ~ 1M dollars for five years (Feb. 2016 – Jan. 2021).

Research Interests:

  • Automatic RF Signal Tuning and Matching System for MR Imaging and Spectroscopy (NIH, K99EB020058, PI: Sung-Min Sohn)
  • Imaging Brain Function in Real World Environments & Populations with Portable MRI (NIH, R24MH105998, PIs:, Michael Garwood, J.Thomas Vaughan)
  • Human MRI to 9.4T and Beyond (NIH, R01EB006835, PI: J.Thomas Vaughan)

Selected Publications:

Sohn S-M, J. T. Vaughan, R. L. Lagore, M. Garwood, and D. Idiyatullin, "In vivo MR imaging with simultaneous RF transmission and reception," Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 76, pp. 1932-1938, 2016.

S. M. Sohn, A. Gopinath, and J.T. Vaughan, “A Compact, High Power Capable, and Tunable High Directivity Microstrip Coupler” in Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, pp. 3217-3223, 2016. (DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2016.2602835)

Sung-Min Sohn, Lance DelaBarre, Anand Gopinath, and J.Thomas Vaughan, “Design of Electrically Automated RF Transceiver Head Coil in MRI,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circuits and Systems., vol.9, no.5, pp.725-732, Oct. 2015. (DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2014.2360383)

Sung-Min Sohn, Lance DelaBarre, Anand Gopinath, and J.Thomas Vaughan, “RF Head Coil Design with Improved RF Magnetic Near-Fields Uniformity for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Systems,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., vol. 62, no. 8, pp. 1784-1789. Aug. 2014. (DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2331621)

Can E Akgun, Lance DelaBarre, Hyoungsuk Yoo, Sung-Min Sohn, Carl J Snyder, Gregor Adriany, Kamil Ugurbil, Anand Gopinath, and J Thomas Vaughan, “Stepped Impedance Resonators for High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 327-333, Feb. 2014. (DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2250973)

S-M. Sohn, J. Thomas Vaughan and Anand Gopinath, “An interdigitated Split-Ring Resonator for Metamaterials,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 53, No. 1 page(s) 174-177, Jan. 2011. (DOI: 10.1002/mop.25683)

Sung-Min Sohn, Sung-Hyun Yang, Sang-Wook Kim, Kug-Hyun Baek, and Woo-Hyun Paik, “SoC design of an auto-focus driving image signal processor for mobile camera applications,” Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Volume 52, Issue 1, Page(s):10 – 16, Feb. 2006. (DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2006.1605018)

Sung-Min Sohn, Soo-Hwan Kim, Suh-Ho Lee, Kwang-Jin Lee, and Suki Kim, “A CMOS image sensor (CIS) architecture with low power motion detection for portable security camera applications,” Consume Electronics IEEE Transactions on Volume 49, Issue 4, Page(s):1227 – 1233, Nov. 2003. (DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2003.1261221)