Kevin M. Koch PhD | Associate Professor of Radiology

Kevin M. Koch, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering; Director, Center for Imaging Research (CIR); Section of Imaging Research, Division of Imaging Sciences

Locations

Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Radiology

Contact Information

Biography

Education

PhD, Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2006
BS, Physics, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 2001

Research Interests

Metal artifact reduction methods for MRI
A number of groups, both academic and industrial have been developing and improving 3D Multi-Spectral Imaging (3D-MSI) techniques for reducing metal artifacts around large and high magnetic-susceptibility metallic devices. In my former position in the Applied Science Laboratory at GE-Healthcare, I was the lead developer of the 3D-MSI technology that was eventually released as the MAVRIC SL product application. At MCW, I am continuing my projects that seek to further improve 3D-MSI and help to establish this technology as a clinical standard of care for assessment of soft-tissue and bone pathology in the near vicinity of implanted instrumentation.

Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping in MRI
I am also developing new applications and methods in the field of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM). QSM is a mechanism using MR information to determine the effective magnetic susceptibility of biological tissues. This information can aid in assessing an evolving number of clinical conditions. In particular, my group is examining the application of QSM to Traumatic Brain Injury.

More information can be found at my research laboratory page at the MCW Center for Imaging Research.

Prevalence of potentially clinically significant MRI findings in athletes with and without sport-related concussion.

(Klein AP, Tetzlaff JE, Bonis JM, Nelson LD, Mayer A, Huber DL, Harezlak J, Mathews VP, Ulmer JL, Sinson GP, Nencka AS, Koch KM, Wu YC, Saykin AJ, DiFiori JP, Giza CC, Goldman J, Guskiewicz KK, Mihalik J, Duma SM, Rowson S, Brooks A, Broglio SP, McAllister T, McCrea M, Meier T.) J Neurotrauma. 2019 Jan 08.
Cerebral blood flow in acute concussion: preliminary ASL findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium.

(Wang Y, Nencka AS, Meier TB, Guskiewicz K, Mihalik JP, Alison Brooks M, Saykin AJ, Koch KM, Wu YC, Nelson LD, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, McCrea MA.) Brain Imaging Behav. 2018 Aug 29.
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping after Sports-Related Concussion.

(Koch KM, Meier TB, Karr R, Nencka AS, Muftuler LT, McCrea M.) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Jul;39(7):1215-1221.
Peripheral nerve diffusion tensor imaging: Overview, pitfalls, and future directions.

(Jeon T, Fung MM, Koch KM, Tan ET, Sneag DB.) J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 May;47(5):1171-1189.
Acute White-Matter Abnormalities in Sports-Related Concussion: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium.

(Mustafi SM, Harezlak J, Koch KM, Nencka AS, Meier TB, West JD, Giza CC, DiFiori JP, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, LaConte SM, Duma SM, Broglio SP, Saykin AJ, McCrea M, McAllister TW, Wu YC.) J Neurotrauma. 2018 Nov 15;35(22):2653-2664.
Stability of MRI metrics in the advanced research core of the NCAA-DoD concussion assessment, research and education (CARE) consortium.

(Nencka AS, Meier TB, Wang Y, Muftuler LT, Wu YC, Saykin AJ, Harezlak J, Brooks MA, Giza CC, Difiori J, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, LaConte SM, Duma SM, Broglio S, McAllister T, McCrea MA, Koch KM.) Brain Imaging Behav. 2018 Aug;12(4):1121-1140.
Fully phase-encoded MRI near metallic implants using ultrashort echo times and broadband excitation.

(Wiens CN, Artz NS, Jang H, McMillan AB, Koch KM, Reeder SB.) Magn Reson Med. 2018 04;79(4):2156-2163.
Off-resonance based assessment of metallic wear debris near total hip arthroplasty.

(Koch KM, Koff MF, Bauer TW, Shah PH, Nencka AS, Sivaram Kaushik S, Potter HG.) Magn Reson Med. 2018 03;79(3):1628-1637.
Multispectral diffusion-weighted imaging near metal implants.

(Koch KM, Bhave S, Gaddipati A, Hargreaves BA, Gui D, Peters R, Bedi M, Mannem R, Kaushik SS.) Magn Reson Med. 2018 02;79(2):987-993.
Imaging near orthopedic hardware.

(Koff MF, Burge AJ, Koch KM, Potter HG.) J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 07;46(1):24-39.
Metallic implant geometry and susceptibility estimation using multispectral B field maps.

(Shi X, Yoon D, Koch KM, Hargreaves BA.) Magn Reson Med. 2017 06;77(6):2402-2413.
Quantifying metal-induced susceptibility artifacts of the instrumented spine at 1.5T using fast-spin echo and 3D-multispectral MRI.

(Kaushik SS, Karr R, Runquist M, Marszalkowski C, Sharma A, Rand SD, Maiman D, Koch KM.) J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 01;45(1):51-58.

Kevin Koch, PhD