Research


Publications, since 2016
[42] Cooldown and ramp test of a low-cryogen, lightweight, head-only 7T MRI magnet, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 36(3), 4400305 (2025), Anbo Wu, J. Ricci, M. Xu, V. Soni, G. Conte, C. Van Epps, M. Parizh, W. Stautner, Y. Hua, S.-K. Lee, M. Vermilyea, D. T-B. Yeo, T. K-F. Foohttps://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2025.3619470
[41] Prospective compensation of second-order concomitant fields in a high-performance gradient system using a second-order harmonic shim coil, Magn Res Med (Oct 2025, online), Afis Ajala, T. K.-F Foo, S.-K. Lee. Journal link (need access for full text)
[40] Susceptibility-induced off-resonance calculation methods in MRI 2025 Sep; 29(3): 137-144, S.-K. Lee. Journal link
[39] Derivation and properties of the convolution model for MRI gradient-induced cardiac stimulation, Physics in Medicine and Biology 70(19), 195007 (Sept 2025), S.-K. Lee, T.P. Eagan, D.T.B. Yeo. Journal link (need access for full text)
[38] Responses to membrane potential-modulating ionic solutions measured by magnetic resonance imaging of cultured cells and in vivo rat cortex, eLife (July 2025), Kyeongseon Min, Sungkwon Chung, S.-K. Lee, J. Lee, P.T. Toi, D. Kim, J.S. Lee, J.-Y. Park. Journal link
[37] Engineering clinical transition of OGSE diffusion MRI, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (May 2025), A. Zhu, E.S. Michael, H. Li, T. Sprenger, Y. Hua, S.-K. Lee, D.T.B. Yeo, J.A. McNab, F. Hennel, E. Fieremans, D. Wu, T.K.F. Foo, D.S. Novikov. Early view
[36] Modeling and measurement of lead tip heating of implanted wires with loops, Physics in Medicine and Biology (April 2025), L. Bardwell Speltz, S.-K. Lee, Y. Shu, M. A. Bernstein. Early access link
[35] Insertable, dual-density dielectric barrier for acoustic pressure level reduction in a high-performance human head-only MRI system, Magn. Reson. Imaging (Sept 2024), S.-K. Lee, M. Tarasek, K. Park, Desmond T.-B. Yeo, Thomas K.-F. Foo, Journal link
[34] Eddy current heating of metallic shells and plates: Application to gradient-induced conductor heating in MRI, S.-K. Lee, M. Tarasek, K. Li, Dan Spence, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Aug 2024), Early View 
[33] Theory and mitigation of motional eddy current in high-field eddy current shielding, S.-K. Lee and Y. Hua, Journal of Applied Physics (July 2024) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0210709.

[32] Modeling and measurement of lead tip heating and resonant length for implanted, insulated wires, by LJB Speltz, S-K Lee, Y Shu, MR Tarasek, JD Trzasko, TKF Foo, MA Bernstein, Early View (May 2024) MRM link

[31] Retrospective correction of second-order concomitant fields in 3D axial stack-of-spirals imaging on a high-performance gradient system, Afis Ajala, N. Abad, T. K. F. Foo, S.-K. Lee, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Early View (April 2024), http://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.30113
[30] Generalized magnetostatic target field method for shielded magnetic field coils in a separable coordinate system, S.-K. Lee and John Schenck, Journal of Applied Physics 133, 174504 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0151057.
[29][Retracted in 2025] In vivo direct imaging of neuronal activity at high temporospatial resolution, P.T. Toi, H.J. Jang, K. Min, S.P. Kim, S-K. Lee, J. Lee, K. Kwang, J-Y. Park, Science 378 (6616), 160-168 (2022) https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abh4340 
[28] Calibration of concomitant field offsets using phase contrast MRI for asymmetric gradient coils, N. Abad, S-K. Lee, A. Ajala, M-H. In, L.M. Frigo, C. Bhushan, H.D. Morris, Y. Hua, V.B. Ho, M.A. Bernstein, T.K.F. Foo,  Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 89(1), 262-275 (2023) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrm.29452
[27] Multiturn planar inductor for the improvement of signal-to-noise ratio response in magnetic resonance microscopy, Byung-Pan Song, Hyeong-Seop Kim, Sung-Jun Yoon, Daniel Hernandez, Kyoung-Nam Kim, Seung-Kyun Lee, IEEE Access (2022, Early access)  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9826731
[26] Systematic dimensional analysis of the scaling relationship for gradient and shim coil design parameters, Seung-Kyun Lee, Matt A. Bernstein, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2022, Early view) https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29316
[25] Customized radiofrequency phased-array coil combining transmit-only, receive-only, and transmit/receive coils for magnetic resonance imaging of visual cortex at 7 Tesla, Hyeong-Seop Kim, Byung-Pan Song, Royoung Kim, Woo-chul Choi, Donghyuk Kim, Won Mok Shim, Kyoung-Nam Kim, Seung-Kyun Lee, IEEE Access (2022, Early access)   https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9757181
[24] Rapid calculation of static magnetic field perturbation generated by magnetized objects in arbitrary orientations, Seok-Jin Yeo, So-Hee Lee, Seung-Kyun Lee, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2021) (Early view) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mrm.29037.
[23] Therapeutic quadrisected annular array for improving magnetic resonance compatibility, Seoyun Chang, Hyunkyung Na, Minseok Koo, Taewon Choi, Younghoon Kim, Sun Ah Park, Seung-Kyun Lee, Jinhyoung Park, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2021) (Early view) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9462558
[22] Extra-basal ganglia iron content and non-motor symptoms in drug-naïve, early Parkinson’s disease, Minkyeong Kim, Seulki Yoo, Doyeon Kim, Jin Whan Cho, Ji Sun Kim, Jong Hyun Ahn, Jun Kyu Mun, Inyoung Choi, Seung-Kyun Lee, Jinyoung Youn, Neurological Sciences (2021) (online) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-021-05223-0.
[21] Line scan-based rapid magnetic resonance imaging of repetitive motion, Hankyeol Lee, Jeongtaek Lee, Jang-Yeon Park, Seung-Kyun Lee, Scientific Reports 11:4505 (2021). (online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83954-y 
[20] Radio-frequency vector magnetic field mapping in magnetic resonance imaging, Seung-Kyun Lee, Sukhoon Oh, Hyeong-Seop Kim, Byung-Pan Song, IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2020, Early view) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9286769
[19] Magnetic susceptibility imaging of human habenula at 3T, Seulki Yoo, Joo-won Kim, John F. Schenck, Seung-Kyun Lee, Scientific Reports 10:19357 (2020). (online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75733-y
[18] An equal-TE ultrafast 3D gradient-echo imaging method with high tolerance to magnetic susceptibility artifacts: Application to BOLD functional MRI, Jae-Kyun Ryu, Won Beom Jung, Jaeyong Yu, Jeong Pyo Son, Seung-Kyun Lee, S-G Kim, Jang-Yeon Park, Magn Reson Med 2020 (early view). (online) https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28564
[17] Feasibility of head-tilted brain scan to reduce susceptibility-induced signal loss in the prefrontal cortex in gradient echo-based imaging, Seulki Yoo, Hayoung Song, S-G Kim, Won Mok Shim, Seung-Kyun Lee, Neuroimage 223, 117265 (2020). (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117265
[16] Strategies for rapid reconstruction in 3D MRI with radial data acquisition: fast 3D Fourier transform vs two-step 2D filtered back projection, Jinil Park, Jeongtaek Lee, Joonyeol Lee, Seung-Kyun Lee, Jang-Yeon Park, Scientific Reports 10:13813 (2020). (online) https://rdcu.be/b6giB.
[15] Inductively coupled RF coil for imaging a 40 um-thick histology sample in a clinical MRI scanner, Byung-Pan Song, Hyeong-Seop Kim, Kyoung-Nam Kim, Seung-Kyun Lee, Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 77(1):87-93 (2020). (online) https://link.springer.com/article/10.3938/jkps.77.87
[14] Experimental setup for bulk susceptibility effect-minimized, multi-orientation MRI of ex vivo tissue samples, So-Hee Lee, Min-Jun Han, Joonyeol Lee, Seung-Kyun Lee, Medical Physics 47:3032-3043 (2020). (online) https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.14174
[13] Fabrication of a spherical inclusion phantom for validation of magnetic resonance-based magnetic suscepitiblility imaging, Jun-Ho Kim, Jung-Hyun Kim, So-Hee Lee, Jin-Hyoung Park, Seung-Kyun Lee, PLOS ONE, 2019
(online)https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220639
[12] High resolution numerical simulation of respiration-induced dynamic B0 shift in the head in high-field MRI, S-H Lee, J-S Barg, S-J Yeo, S-K Lee, Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2019;23:38-45
(online)https://www.i-mri.org/DOIx.php?id=10.13104/imri.2019.23.1.38
[11] Electrical properties tomography: Available contrast and reconstruction capabilities, I Hancu, J Liu, Y Hua, S-K Lee, Magn Res Med ,
2019;81:803–81

(online)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mrm.27453
[10] Efficient experimental design for measuring magnetic susceptibility of arbitrarily shaped materials by MRI, Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Seon-ha Hwang, Seung-Kyun Lee, 2018;22:141-149
(online)
https://synapse.koreamed.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/1040IMRI/imri-22-141.pdf
[9] Lightweight, compact, and high-performance 3T MR system for imaging the brain and extremities, Thomas K.F. Foo and others, Magn Res Med (online), 2018;80:2232-2245

(online)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mrm.27175
[8] Rapid, theoretically artifact-free calculation of static magnetic field induced by voxelated susceptibility distribution in an arbitrary volume of interest, Seung-Kyun Lee, Seon-Ha Hwang, Ji-Seong Barg, Seok-Jin Yeo, Magn Res Med, 2018;80:2109-2121

(online)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mrm.27161
[7] B0 concomitant field compensation for MRI systems employing asymmetric transverse gradient coils, Paul T. Weavers, Shengzhen Tao, Joshua Trzasko, Louis Frigo, Yunhong Shu, Matt Frick, Seung-Kyun Lee, Thomas K Foo, Matt A Bernstein, Magn Res Med, 2017;79:1538-1544
(online)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrm.26790/abstract
[6] Gradient nonlinearity calibration and correction for a compact, asymmetric magnetic resonance imaging gradient system, S. Tao, JD Trzasko, JL Gunter, PT Weavers, Y Shu, J Huston III, SK Lee, ET Tan, MA Bernstein, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2016;62: N18-N31

(online)https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/aa524f/meta
[5] Nuclear paramagnetism-induced MR frequency shift and its implications for MR-based magnetic susceptibility measurement, Jinil Park, Jeongtaek Lee, Jang-Yeon Park, Seung-Kyun Lee, Magn Res Med, 2016; 77: 848-854

(online) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrm.26570/full
[4] Distortion correction in diffusion weighted imaging of the breast: performance assessment of prospective, retrospective and combined (prospective+ retrospective) approaches, I. Hancu, S-K. Lee, K. Hulsey, R. Lenkinski, D. Holland, J. Sperl, E.T. Tan. Magn Res Med, 2017; 78: 247-253 

(online)http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrm.26328/epdf
[3] Gradient Pre-Emphasis to Counteract First-Order Concomitant Fields on Asymmetric MRI Gradient Systems, S. Tao, P. Weavers, J. Trzasko, Y. Shu, J. Huston III, S-K. Lee, L. Frigo, M. Bernstein. Magn Res Med, 2016; 77: 2250-2262

(online)http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrm.26315/abstract
[2] High Slew-Rate Head-Only Gradient for Improving Distortion in Echo Planar Imaging: Preliminary Experience, E.T. Tan, S-K. Lee, P. Weavers, D. Graziani, J. Piel, Y. Shu, J. Huston III, M. Bernstein, T. Foo, J. Magn Res Imaging, 2016; 44: 654-664 

(online) JMRI, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmri.25210/pdf
[1] Compact three-tesla magnetic resonance imager with high-performance gradients passes ACR image quality and acoustic noise tests, P. Weavers, Y. Shu, S. Tao, J. Huston III, S-K. Lee, D. Graziani, J-B. Mathieu, J. Trzasko, T. Foo, M. Bernstein, Med Phys, 2016; 43: 1259-1264 

(online)http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapm/journal/medphys/43/3/10.1118/1.4941362