Trong-Kha Truong
Associate Professor in Radiology
My research involves the development of novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coil technologies; image acquisition, reconstruction, and artifact correction methods; and contrast mechanisms for various MRI applications in the human brain and body such as functional and diffusion MRI.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in Radiology, Radiology, Clinical Science Departments 2021
- Member of the Center for Brain Imaging and Analysis, Duke-UNC Center for Brain Imaging and Analysis, Institutes and Centers 2006
Contact Information
- 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Davison 414, Box 3918, Durham, NC 27710
- Brain Imaging and Analysis Ctr, Box 3918, Durham, NC 27710
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trongkha.truong@duke.edu
(919) 684-1216
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MR Engineering Lab
- Background
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in Radiology, Radiology, Clinical Science Departments 2017 - 2020
- Assistant Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Clinical Science Departments 2011 - 2017
- Medical Center Instructor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology, Clinical Science Departments 2006 - 2011
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Wireless MRI: integrated RF/wireless coil and electronics design for a flexible 8-channel AIR coil array awarded by GE Healthcare 2022 - 2027
- Integrated Hyperband-MUSE Acquisition and Orchestra Reconstruction Pipeline awarded by GE Healthcare 2023 - 2024
- High Fidelity Diffusion MRI for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Stem Cell Therapy awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2023
- Next-generation high-resolution diffusion MRI resolving cortical columns and layers in vivo awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2022
- A High-Performance 3T MRI for Brain Imaging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2022
- High Resolution Intracortical DTI for Early Detection of Alzheimer¿s Disease awarded by Neuroradiology Education and Reserach Foundation (formerly Foundation of the ASNR) 2016 - 2020
- Integrated RF/shim body coil array for MRI with localized shimming awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
- Integrated Parallel Reception, Excitation, and Bo Shimming awarded by GE Healthcare 2016 - 2018
- Path Toward MRI with Direct Sensitivity to Neuro-Electro-Magnetic Oscillations awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
- Magnetic resonance imaging with inherent local shimming awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
- A Compute Cluster for Brain Imaging and Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2017
- Direct MRI of Neuroelectric Activity for Animal Neuroimaging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2016
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cortical Neuronal Activity awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2015
- Direct MRI of Neuroelectric Activity awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2010
- High Fidelity fMRI awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2010
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External Relationships
- GE Healthcare
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Ma, Yixin, Iain P. Bruce, Chun-Hung Yeh, Jeffrey R. Petrella, Allen W. Song, and Trong-Kha Truong. “Column-based cortical depth analysis of the diffusion anisotropy and radiality in submillimeter whole-brain diffusion tensor imaging of the human cortical gray matter in vivo.” Neuroimage 270 (April 15, 2023): 119993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.119993.Full Text Link to Item
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Cuthbertson, Jonathan D., Trong-Kha Truong, Robert Stormont, Fraser Robb, Allen W. Song, and Dean Darnell. “An iPRES-W Coil Array for Simultaneous Imaging and Wireless Localized B0 Shimming of the Cervical Spinal Cord.” Magn Reson Med 88, no. 2 (August 2022): 1002–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29257.Full Text Link to Item
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Darnell, Dean, Trong-Kha Truong, and Allen W. Song. “Recent Advances in Radio-Frequency Coil Technologies: Flexible, Wireless, and Integrated Coil Arrays.” J Magn Reson Imaging 55, no. 4 (April 2022): 1026–42. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.27865.Full Text Link to Item
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Willey, Devin, Dean Darnell, Allen W. Song, and Trong-Kha Truong. “Application of an integrated radio-frequency/shim coil technology for signal recovery in fMRI.” Magn Reson Med 86, no. 6 (December 2021): 3067–81. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28925.Full Text Link to Item
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Diaz, Michele T., Micah A. Johnson, Deborah M. Burke, Trong-Kha Truong, and David J. Madden. “Age-related differences in the neural bases of phonological and semantic processes in the context of task-irrelevant information.” Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 19, no. 4 (August 2019): 829–44. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-00671-2.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Kenneth C. Roberts, Marty G. Woldorff, and Allen W. Song. “Toward direct MRI of neuro-electro-magnetic oscillations in the human brain.” Magn Reson Med 81, no. 6 (June 2019): 3462–75. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.27654.Full Text Link to Item
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Darnell, Dean, Jonathan Cuthbertson, Fraser Robb, Allen W. Song, and Trong-Kha Truong. “Integrated radio-frequency/wireless coil design for simultaneous MR image acquisition and wireless communication.” Magn Reson Med 81, no. 3 (March 2019): 2176–83. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.27513.Full Text Link to Item
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Darnell, Dean, Yixin Ma, Hongyuan Wang, Fraser Robb, Allen W. Song, and Trong-Kha Truong. “Adaptive integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming (iPRES-A) with microelectromechanical systems switches.” Magn Reson Med 80, no. 1 (July 2018): 371–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.27007.Full Text Link to Item
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Hu, Zhangxuan, Xiaodong Ma, Trong-Kha Truong, Allen W. Song, and Hua Guo. “Phase-updated regularized SENSE for navigator-free multishot diffusion imaging.” Magn Reson Med 78, no. 1 (July 2017): 172–81. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26361.Full Text Link to Item
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Darnell, Dean, Trong-Kha Truong, and Allen W. Song. “Integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming (iPRES) with multiple shim loops per radio-frequency coil element for improved B0 shimming.” Magn Reson Med 77, no. 5 (May 2017): 2077–86. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26267.Full Text Link to Item
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Chu, Mei-Lan, Hing-Chiu Chang, Hsiao-Wen Chung, Trong-Kha Truong, Mustafa R. Bashir, and Nan-kuei Chen. “POCS-based reconstruction of multiplexed sensitivity encoded MRI (POCSMUSE): A general algorithm for reducing motion-related artifacts.” Magn Reson Med 74, no. 5 (November 2015): 1336–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.25527.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Allen W. Song, and Nan-Kuei Chen. “Correction for Eddy Current-Induced Echo-Shifting Effect in Partial-Fourier Diffusion Tensor Imaging.” Biomed Res Int 2015 (2015): 185026. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/185026.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Dean Darnell, and Allen W. Song. “Integrated RF/shim coil array for parallel reception and localized B0 shimming in the human brain.” Neuroimage 103 (December 2014): 235–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.052.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Arnaud Guidon, and Allen W. Song. “Cortical depth dependence of the diffusion anisotropy in the human cortical gray matter in vivo.” Plos One 9, no. 3 (2014): e91424. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091424.Full Text Link to Item
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Pourtaheri, Navid, Trong-Kha Truong, and Craig S. Henriquez. “Electromagnetohydrodynamic modeling of Lorentz effect imaging.” J Magn Reson 236 (November 2013): 57–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2013.08.011.Full Text Link to Item
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Han, Hui, Allen W. Song, and Trong-Kha Truong. “Integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming (iPRES).” Magn Reson Med 70, no. 1 (July 2013): 241–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24766.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Nan-kuei Chen, and Allen W. Song. “Inherent correction of motion-induced phase errors in multishot spiral diffusion-weighted imaging.” Magn Reson Med 68, no. 4 (October 2012): 1255–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24124.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Nan-kuei Chen, and Allen W. Song. “Dynamic correction of artifacts due to susceptibility effects and time-varying eddy currents in diffusion tensor imaging.” Neuroimage 57, no. 4 (August 15, 2011): 1343–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.008.Full Text Link to Item
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Hayes, Scott M., Elsa Baena, Trong-Kha Truong, and Roberto Cabeza. “Neural mechanisms of context effects on face recognition: automatic binding and context shift decrements.” J Cogn Neurosci 22, no. 11 (November 2010): 2541–54. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2009.21379.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Nan-Kuei Chen, and Allen W. Song. “Application of k-space energy spectrum analysis for inherent and dynamic B0 mapping and deblurring in spiral imaging.” Magn Reson Med 64, no. 4 (October 2010): 1121–27. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.22485.Full Text Link to Item
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Song, A. W., and T. K. Truong. “Apparent diffusion coefficient dependent fMRI: Spatiotemporal characteristics and implications on calibrated fMRI.” International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology 20, no. 1 (March 1, 2010): 42–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/ima.20220.Full Text
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Smith, David V., Benjamin Y. Hayden, Trong-Kha Truong, Allen W. Song, Michael L. Platt, and Scott A. Huettel. “Distinct value signals in anterior and posterior ventromedial prefrontal cortex.” J Neurosci 30, no. 7 (February 17, 2010): 2490–95. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3319-09.2010.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, and Allen W. Song. “Cortical depth dependence and implications on the neuronal specificity of the functional apparent diffusion coefficient contrast.” Neuroimage 47, no. 1 (August 1, 2009): 65–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.04.045.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Alexandru Avram, and Allen W. Song. “Lorentz effect imaging of ionic currents in solution.” J Magn Reson 191, no. 1 (March 2008): 93–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2007.12.005.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Bin Chen, and Allen W. Song. “Integrated SENSE DTI with correction of susceptibility- and eddy current-induced geometric distortions.” Neuroimage 40, no. 1 (March 1, 2008): 53–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.12.001.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, and Allen W. Song. “Single-shot dual-z-shimmed sensitivity-encoded spiral-in/out imaging for functional MRI with reduced susceptibility artifacts.” Magn Reson Med 59, no. 1 (January 2008): 221–27. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.21473.Full Text Link to Item
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Song, Allen W., Hua Guo, and Trong-Kha Truong. “Single-shot ADC imaging for fMRI.” Magn Reson Med 57, no. 2 (February 2007): 417–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.21135.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, and Allen W. Song. “Finding neuroelectric activity under magnetic-field oscillations (NAMO) with magnetic resonance imaging in vivo.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, no. 33 (August 15, 2006): 12598–601. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0605486103.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Donald W. Chakeres, Douglas W. Scharre, David Q. Beversdorf, and Petra Schmalbrock. “Blipped multi gradient-echo slice excitation profile imaging (bmGESEPI) for fast T2 * measurements with macroscopic B0 inhomogeneity compensation.” Magn Reson Med 55, no. 6 (June 2006): 1390–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.20916.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Jennifer L. Wilbur, and Allen W. Song. “Synchronized detection of minute electrical currents with MRI using Lorentz effect imaging.” J Magn Reson 179, no. 1 (March 2006): 85–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2005.11.012.Full Text Link to Item
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Donald W. Chakeres, David Q. Beversdorf, Douglas W. Scharre, and Petra Schmalbrock. “Effects of static and radiofrequency magnetic field inhomogeneity in ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging.” Magn Reson Imaging 24, no. 2 (February 2006): 103–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2005.09.013.Full Text Link to Item
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Kelly, D., J. E. Wegrowe, T. K. Truong, X. Hoffer, and J. P. Ansermet. “Spin-polarized current-induced magnetization reversal in single nanowires.” Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 68, no. 13 (January 1, 2003). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.134425.Full Text
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Truong, Trong-Kha, Bradley D. Clymer, Donald W. Chakeres, and Petra Schmalbrock. “Three-dimensional numerical simulations of susceptibility-induced magnetic field inhomogeneities in the human head.” Magn Reson Imaging 20, no. 10 (December 2002): 759–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0730-725x(02)00601-x.Full Text Link to Item
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Wegrowe, J. E., D. Kelly, T. Truong, P. Guittienne, and J. P. Ansermet. “Magnetization reversal triggered by spin-polarized current in magnetic nanowires.” Europhysics Letters 56, no. 5 (December 1, 2001): 748–54. https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2001-00584-7.Full Text
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