Beck Olson
Programmer Analyst IV
Radiology
School of Medicine

Scientific software developer with a focus on data visualization, algorithms and image processing. An advocate of open-source software with a focus on building tools to apply new technologies to cutting-edge science.

Education & Training

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• B.S. Physics with Specialization in Computation Physics Physics University of California San Diego 1999

Interests

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• Image Processing
• Software Development Process
• Computer Simulation
• Open Source Software
• Physics
• Mobile Application Development
• High Performance Computing
• Precision Medicine
• Web Application Development
• Scientific Software

Websites

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• SIVIC (sivic.sourceforge.net)
• LinkedIn profile (linkedin.com)
• github profile (github.com)

Publications (13)

Top publication keywords:
Evoked Potentials, AuditoryBrain NeoplasmsLactic AcidCarbon-13 Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyGluconeogenesisMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyGliomaGlioblastomaCarbon IsotopesIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMagnetic Resonance ImagingInformation TheoryMetabolomeBevacizumabPyruvic Acid

• Implementation and prospective real-time evaluation of a generalized system for in-clinic deployment and validation of machine learning models in radiology.
  PLOS digital health 2023 Hawkins JR, Olson MP, Harouni A, Qin MM, Hess CP, Majumdar S, Crane JC
• Improving the noninvasive classification of glioma genetic subtype with deep learning and diffusion-weighted imaging.
  Neuro-oncology 2022 Cluceru J, Interian Y, Phillips JJ, Molinaro AM, Luks TL, Alcaide-Leon P, Olson MP, Nair D, LaFontaine M, Shai A, Chunduru P, Pedoia V, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Chang SM, Lupo JM
• Recurrent tumor and treatment-induced effects have different MR signatures in contrast enhancing and non-enhancing lesions of high-grade gliomas.
  Neuro-oncology 2020 Cluceru J, Nelson SJ, Wen Q, Phillips JJ, Shai A, Molinaro AM, Alcaide-Leon P, Olson MP, Nair D, LaFontaine M, Chunduru P, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Cha S, Chang SM, Berger MS, Lupo JM
• Hyperpolarized 13 C MRI data acquisition and analysis in prostate and brain at University of California, San Francisco.
  NMR in biomedicine 2020 Crane JC, Gordon JW, Chen HY, Autry AW, Li Y, Olson MP, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB, Larson PEZ, Xu D
• Metabolic Profiling of IDH Mutation and Malignant Progression in Infiltrating Glioma.
  Scientific reports 2017 Jalbert LE, Elkhaled A, Phillips JJ, Neill E, Williams A, Crane JC, Olson MP, Molinaro AM, Berger MS, Kurhanewicz J, Ronen SM, Chang SM, Nelson SJ

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• Association of early changes in 1H MRSI parameters with survival for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma receiving a multimodality treatment regimen.
  Neuro-oncology 2017 Nelson SJ, Kadambi AK, Park I, Li Y, Crane J, Olson M, Molinaro A, Roy R, Butowski N, Cha S, Chang S
• Serial analysis of 3D H-1 MRSI for patients with newly diagnosed GBM treated with combination therapy that includes bevacizumab.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2016 Nelson SJ, Li Y, Lupo JM, Olson M, Crane JC, Molinaro A, Roy R, Clarke J, Butowski N, Prados M, Cha S, Chang SM
• Detection of localized changes in the metabolism of hyperpolarized gluconeogenic precursors 13 C-lactate and 13 C-pyruvate in kidney and liver.
  Magnetic resonance in medicine 2016 von Morze C, Chang GY, Larson PE, Shang H, Allu PK, Bok RA, Crane JC, Olson MP, Tan CT, Marco-Rius I, Nelson SJ, Kurhanewicz J, Pearce D, Vigneron DB
• Magnetic resonance analysis of malignant transformation in recurrent glioma.
  Neuro-oncology 2016 Jalbert LE, Neill E, Phillips JJ, Lupo JM, Olson MP, Molinaro AM, Berger MS, Chang SM, Nelson SJ
• Precision medicine in chronic disease management: The multiple sclerosis BioScreen.
  Annals of neurology 2014 Gourraud PA, Henry RG, Cree BA, Crane JC, Lizee A, Olson MP, Santaniello AV, Datta E, Zhu AH, Bevan CJ, Gelfand JM, Graves JS, Goodin DS, Green AJ, von Büdingen HC, Waubant E, Zamvil SS, Crabtree-…
• SIVIC: Open-Source, Standards-Based Software for DICOM MR Spectroscopy Workflows.
  International journal of biomedical imaging 2013 Crane JC, Olson MP, Nelson SJ
• Human sensory-evoked responses differ coincident with either "fusion-memory" or "flash-memory", as shown by stimulus repetition-rate effects.
  BMC neuroscience 2006 Jewett DL, Hart T, Larson-Prior LJ, Baird B, Olson M, Trumpis M, Makayed K, Bavafa P
• The use of QSD (q-sequence deconvolution) to recover superposed, transient evoked-responses.
  Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 2004 Jewett DL, Caplovitz G, Baird B, Trumpis M, Olson MP, Larson-Prior LJ