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Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Imaging Science

Contact Information

Room: 76-2132
Voice: 585 475-2904
Fax: 585 475-5988
E-mail: jphsch@rit.edu
Web Page www.cis.rit.edu/people/faculty/hornak

Department of Chemistry
85 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623-5603

Specialization

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Imaging Science
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Education

B.S., 1976, Utica College
M.S., 1978, Purdue University
Ph.D., 1982, University of Notre Dame

 Joe Hornak
Publications
  1. R.W. Fessenden, J.P. Hornak, B. Venkataraman, Electron Spin-Lattice Relaxation Times of Transient Free Radicals, J. Chem. Phys. 74:3694-3704 (1981).
  2. D. Behar, R.W. Fessenden, J.P. Hornak, ESR and Pulse Radiolysis Investigation of the Radiolysis of Sodium Vinyl Sulfonate, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 20:267-273 (1982).
  3. J.P. Hornak, Spin Relaxation Times and Chemically Induced Dynamic Electron Spin Polarization of Transient Free Radicals, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 1982, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI.
  4. J.P. Hornak, J.H. Freed, ELDOR Spin-Echoes and Slow Motions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 101:115-119 (1983).
  5. J.P. Hornak, J.H. Freed, Electron Spin Echoes with a Loop-Gap Resonator, J. Magn. Reson. 62:311-313 (1985).
  6. P.G. Barkley, J.P. Hornak, J.H. Freed, Surface-Suppressed Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopies, J. Chem. Phys. 84:1886-1900 (1985).
  7. J.P. Hornak, J.K. Moscicki, D.J. Schneider, J.H. Freed, Diffusion Coefficients in Anisotropic Fluids by ESR Imaging of Concentration Profiles, J. Chem. Phys. 84:3387-3395 (1986).
  8. J.P. Hornak, J.H. Freed, Spectral Rotation in Pulsed ESR Spectroscopy, J. Magn. Reson. 67:501-518 (1986).
  9. J.P. Hornak, T.L. Ceckler, R.G. Bryant, Phosphorous-31 NMR Spectroscopy Using a Loop-Gap Resonator, J. Magn. Reson. 68:319-322 (1986).
  10. J.P. Hornak, J. Szumowski, D. Rubens, J. Janus, R.G. Bryant, Breast MR Imaging With Loop-Gap Resonators, Radiology 161:832-834 (1986).
  11. J.P. Hornak, J. Szumowski, R.G. Bryant, Elementary Single Turn Solenoids Used as the Transmitter and Receiver in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, J. Magn. Res. Imag. 5:233-237 (1987).
  12. T.L. Ceckler, R.G. Bryant, J.P. Hornak, Noise Reduction in Wide Bore Magnets Using a Patient Cage, Magn. Reson. Med. 5:173-174 (1987).
  13. J.P. Hornak, J. Szumowski, R.G. Bryant, Magnetic Field Mapping, Magn. Reson. Med. 6:158-163 (1988).
  14. J.P. Hornak, E. Marshall, J. Szumowski, R.G. Bryant, MRI of Extremities using Perforated Single Turn Solenoids, Magn. Reson. Med. 7:442-448 (1988).
  15. J.P. Hornak, R.G. Bryant, Radio Frequency Homogeneity, Texas A. & M. University NMR Newsletter, 350:40 (Nov. 1987).
  16. E.A. Marshall, J.J. Listinsky, T.L. Ceckler, J. Szumowski, R.G. Bryant, J.P. Hornak, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using a Ribbonator: Hand and Wrist, Magn. Reson. Med. 9:369-378 (1989).
  17. D.S. Browne, P.E. Ellsworth, J.P. Hornak, Teaching MRI Using Computer Animation, J. Chem. Ed. 66:647-648 (1989).
  18. S. Totterman, S.L. Weiss, J. Szumowski, R.W. Katzberg, J.P. Hornak, H.M. Proskin, J. Eisen, MR Fat Suppression Technique In The Evaluation Of Normal Structures Of The Knee, J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 13:473-479 (1989).
  19. J.P. Hornak, A.C. Smith, J. Szumowski, Relaxation Time Studies by CSI - Phantom Studies, Magn. Reson. Med. 13:398-406 (1990).
  20. J.P. Hornak, A. Blaakman, D. Rubens, S. Totterman, Multispectral Image Segmentation of Breast Pathology, SPIE Image Processing 1445:523-533 (1991).
  21. J.P. Hornak, M. Spacher, R.G. Bryant, A Modular Low Frequency ESR Spectrometer, Meas. Sci. Technol. 2:520-522 (1991).
  22. J. Gong, J.P. Hornak, A Fast T1 Algorithm, J. Magn. Reson. Imag. 10:623-626 (1992).
  23. Y. Chen, E.R. Dougherty, S.M. Totterman, J.P. Hornak, Classification of Trabecular Structure in Magnetic Resonance Images Based on Morphological Granulometries, Magn. Reson. Med. 29:358-370 (1993).
  24. L.M. Fletcher, J.B. Barsotti, J.P. Hornak, A Multispectral Analysis of Brain Tissues, Magn. Reson. Med. 29:623-630, (1993).
  25. E. Szczepaniak, J.P. Hornak, ESR Imaging Based on the Modulation Field Phase, J. Magn. Reson. 104A:315-320 (1993).
  26. S.D. Szeglowski, J.P. Hornak, Asymmetric Single-Turn Solenoid for MRI of the Wrist, Magn. Reson. Med. 30:750-753 (1993).
  27. X. Li, J.P. Hornak, Accurate Determination of T2 Images in MRI, Imaging Science and Technology 38:154-157 (1993).
  28. J.E. Roe, W.E. Prenttice, J.P. Hornak, A Multipurpose MRI Phantom Based on a Reverse Micelle Solution. Magn. Reson. Med. 35:136-141 (1996).
  29. J.E. Roe, D.D. Ramanan, J.P. Hornak, M. Kotlarchyk, Application of Dense Microemulsions to Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Physica A 231:359-367 (1996).
  30. W. Windig, J.P. Hornak, B. Antalek, Multivariate Image Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Images with the Direct Exponential Curve Resolution Algorithm (DECRA). Part 1: Algorithm and Model Study. J. Magn. Reson. 132:298-306 (1998).
  31. B. Antalek, J.P. Hornak, W. Windig, Multivariate Image Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Images with the Direct Exponential Curve Resolution Algorithm (DECRA). Part 2: Application to Human Brain Images. J. Magn. Reson. 132:307-315 (1998).
  32. L.J. Schwartz, C.L. DeCiantis, S. Chapman, B.K. Kelley, J.P. Hornak, Motions of Water, Decane, and AOT in Reverse Micelle Solutions. Langmuir 15:5461-5466 (1999).
  33. J.P. Hornak, Teaching NMR Using Online Textbooks. Molecule 4 353-365 (1999).
  34. D.H. Chang, J.P. Hornak, Fingerprint Recognition through Circular Sampling. Imaging Science and Technology, 44:560-564 (2000).

Department of Chemistry
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