Research Associate, Department of Radiology
Email: jk636@cam.ac.uk
Research interests
Dr. Joshua Kaggie is a post-doctoral researcher who recently joined the University of Cambridge Radiology Department from the University of Utah. His research interests include the use of sodium and T1rho MRI for detecting cancer and osteoarthritis, ultra-short TE imaging, and the development of radiofrequency coils and arrays.
T1rho and sodium MRI may be early indicators of osteoarthritis through either relaxivity or concentration changes, respectively. We are currently evaluating these techniques in both healthy and diseased subjects to determine whether these will be useful biomarkers for early osteoarthritis detection.
Key publications
Kaggie JD, Goodrich KC, Kim S-E, Beck MJ, Parker DL, Merrill R, Abele TA, Wiggins R, Oakley GM and Hadley JR. (2015) An improved RF and gradient coil system for high resolution in vivo guinea pig cochlea imaging on a 3T clinical magnet. Concepts Magn.Reson. 44(4);189-101. doi:10.1002/cmr.b.21272
Goodrich KC, Hadley J R, Kim S.-E, Kaggie JD, Handler WB, Chronik BA, Bolster BD and Parker DL. (2014) Peripheral nerve stimulation measures in a composite gradient system. Concepts Magn. Reson. 44: 66–74.
Kaggie JD, Hadley JR, Badal J, Campbell JR, Park DJ, Parker DL, Morrell G, Newbould RD, Wood AF and Bangerter NK. (2014) A 3 T sodium and proton composite array breast coil. Magn Reson Med. 71: 2231–2242.
Park DJ, Bangerter NK, Javed A, Kaggie J, Khalighi MM, and Morrell GR. (2013) A statistical analysis of the Bloch-Siegert B1 mapping technique. Phys Med Biol. Aug 21;58(16);5673-91.
Allen SP, Morrell GR, Peterson B, Park D, Gold GE, Kaggie JD and Bangerter NK. (2011) Phase-sensitive sodium B1 mapping. Magn Reson Med. 65; 1125–1130.
Areas of expertise
MRI, sodium, proteoglycans, image processing, physics