Yaewon Kim, PhD Senior BioEngineer UCSF Profile Publications Development and First-in-Human Translation of Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Alpha-Ketoglutarate MR Spectroscopy in the Brain. A data-driven approach for improved quantification of in vivo metabolic conversion rates of hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate. Clinical Translation of Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic Probes for Glioma Imaging. Spatially constrained hyperpolarized 13C MRI pharmacokinetic rate constant map estimation using a digital brain phantom and a U-Net. Translation of hyperpolarized [13C,15N2]urea MRI for novel human brain perfusion studies. Advanced Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic Imaging Protocol for Patients with Gliomas: A Comprehensive Multimodal MRI Approach. See All Publications