Christopher J. Hardy | |
|---|---|
| Born | New Jersey |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University UIUC |
| Known for | Cardiac MR Imaging and Spectroscopy, NMR Pulse Design, Real-Time Interactive MRI |
| Awards | Fellow, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2010; Fellow APS 2002, Fellow American Institute for medical and biological Engineering 2003; GE Coolidge Fellow, GE Whitney Award 1989, 94, 97, 2005 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied Physics, Cardiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Institutions | GE Global Research |
| Academic advisors | William A. Edelstein |
Christopher J. Hardy (born 1955) is an American physicist and inventor of several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) subsystem technologies for use in real time MRI [1] and cardiac MR imaging and spectroscopy. [2]
Hardy obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in March, 1983. He is currently a principal scientist and Coolidge Fellow at General Electric. He developed the first graphical approach that allowed physicians to explore anatomy in real time during cardiac MRI, [3] as opposed to viewing groups of images at a later time, and he also developed a technique that improved imaging speed. [4] Both accomplishments have gained widespread use. He has also led the teams that developed 32 channel [5] and 128 channel [6] General Electric MRI systems.
Hardy has written 98 [7] research papers and 54 patents. [8]