Kisoo Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Radiology
School of Medicine
Dr. Kim is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF. His research interests fall in the fields of MR-guided focused ultrasound, quantitative MRI, transcranial focused ultrasound, and thermal treatments such as thermal ablation and hyperthermia.
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Dr. Kim's research falls under two themes: 1) advancing MRI methods relevant to MR-guided focused ultrasound through the development of MRI methods, imaging processing, and optimizing the reconstruction pipeline. 2) developing sophisticated sonication strategies for drug delivery and volumetric thermal therapy, and effectively applying these methods to the existing or new focused ultrasound system.
Through a multidisciplinary approach, he continues to push the frontiers of MR-guided focused ultrasound, advancing the method for improved patient outcomes.
Currently, he is the NIDCR K99 awardee (2023-2025) and Trainee Representative of the Interventional MR Study Group in the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2024-2025).
Awards
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- Bruce Hasegawa Award, The 20th Annual Imaging Research Symposium, UCSF, 2023
- Best Poster Award, The 17th Annual imaging Research Symposium, UCSF, 2020
- Young Investigator Award, The 7th International symposium on Focused Ultrasound, FUS Foundation, 2020
- Magna Cum Laude Merit Award, ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada, 2019
Education & Training
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- Ph.D Biotechnology ICube, CNRS, University of Strasbourg 2019
- MSc Biomedical Engineering Kyung Hee University 2016
- BS Biomedical Engineering Kyung Hee University 2014
Interests
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- Quantitative MRI
- Hyperthermia
- Therapeutic Ultrasound
- MR guided Focused Ultrasound
- MR Thermometry
Websites
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- Focused Ultrasound Lab (radiology.ucsf.edu)
- Respiratory motion simulator (open source) (github.com)
Grants and Projects
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- Advancing Methods for MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Hyperthermia for Head and Neck Cancer, NIH/NIDCR, 2023-2025
- Contrast-free MRI methods for assessment of blood-brain barrier opening upon MR-guided low-intensity focused ultrasound treatment, UCSF, 2023-2024
- Development of Real-time Magnetic Resonance (MR) Thermometry and quantitative MR imaging to assess response in MR-guided Focused Ultrasound thermal therapy, UCSF, 2021-2022
Publications (13)
Top publication keywords:
Organ MotionElasticity Imaging TechniquesElectric ConductivityElectric CapacitanceBody TemperatureHyperthermia, InducedFibromatosis, AggressiveMagnetite NanoparticlesNanoparticlesPhantoms, ImagingSonicationRadio WavesHigh-Intensity Focused Ultrasound AblationThermometryMagnetic Resonance Imaging
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Volumetric hyperthermia delivery using the ExAblate Body MR-guided focused ultrasound system.
International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 2024 Kim K, Gupta P, Narsinh K, Diederich CJ, Ozhinsky E -
Technical advances in motion-robust MR thermometry
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2024 Kim K, Narsinh K, Ozhinsky E -
MR Thermometry during Transcranial MR Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Procedures: A Review.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2023 Mattay RR, Kim K, Shah L, Shah B, Sugrue L, Safoora F, Ozhinsky E, Narsinh KH -
Estimate of fetal brain temperature using proton resonance frequency thermometry during 3 Tesla fetal magnetic resonance imaging.
Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery 2023 Ellison J, Kim K, Li Y, Mu X, Glenn O, Ozhinsky E, Peyvandi S, Xu D -
MR-guided focused ultrasound therapy of extra-abdominal desmoid tumors: a multicenter retrospective study of 105 patients.
European radiology 2023 Düx DM, Baal JD, Bitton R, Chen J, Brunsing RL, Sheth VR, Rosenberg J, Kim K, Ozhinsky E, Avedian R, Ganjoo K, Bucknor M, Dobrotwir A, Ghanouni P
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Motion-robust, multi-slice, real-time MR thermometry for MR-guided thermal therapy in abdominal organs.
International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 2023 Kim K, Diederich C, Narsinh K, Ozhinsky E -
Technical note: Low-cost MR-compatible pneumatic respiratory organ motion simulator for the development of MR-guided thermal therapy.
Medical physics 2022 Kim K, Jones P, Diederich C, Ozhinsky E -
Sonication strategies toward volumetric ultrasound hyperthermia treatment using the ExAblate body MRgFUS system.
International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 2021 Kim K, Zubair M, Adams M, Diederich CJ, Ozhinsky E -
Simultaneous fat-referenced proton resonance frequency shift thermometry and MR elastography for the monitoring of thermal ablations.
Magnetic resonance in medicine 2019 Kim K, Breton E, Gangi A, Vappou J -
Correction of B0 Drift Effects in Magnetic Resonance Thermometry using Magnetic Field Monitoring Technique
Concept Magn Reson B 2016 Daniel Hernandez, Ki Soo Kim, Eric Michel, Soo Yeol Lee -
Nanoparticle-mediated radiofrequency capacitive hyperthermia: A phantom study with magnetic resonance thermometry.
International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 2015 Kim KS, Lee SY -
Time-multiplexed two-channel capacitive radiofrequency hyperthermia with nanoparticle mediation.
Biomedical engineering online 2015 Kim KS, Hernandez D, Lee SY -
Feasibility Study on Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia in Low Field MRI
Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research 2014 Kim KS, Cho MH, Lee SY