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Nathan Hageman

Nathan Hageman
MSTP (MD / Ph.D) Student
nhageman@loni.ucla.edu


Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
635 Charles E. Young Drive South, Suite 225
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7334
Education
B.A. Johns Hopkins University, 2000 (Majors in Chemistry, Physics, & Biology) Accepted in MSTP (MD/Ph.D) Program at UCLA School of Medicine, 2000
Experience
May 2001 - Present: Arthur Toga, Ph.D - Laboratory of NeuroImaging Department of Neurology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. September 1997 - May 2000: Paula M. Pitha. Ph.D - Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Honors
Organization for Human Brain Mapping Travel Fellowship, 2003
Research
My research focuses on developing algorithms for the analysis of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI or DTI). DT-MRI is an in vivo imaging method for the segmentation of white matter in the brain. I am developing methods that use the infor
Projects
PDE based tractography algorithm development DT-MRI phantom development DTI analysis tool suite development DTI clinical collaborations
Skills
Software development (C++, openGL, Tcl/Tk, Matlab, Maple) Physical system based modeling Mathematical modeling and coding 3D image display and analysis method development Wet lab skills in genetics, molecular biology, protein chemistry, and neurobiology Patient contact experience Pre-rotation medical school curriculum graduate
 
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