Bill Overall
biography :: conference marerials
Bill Overall received his BSE degree in biomedical
and electrical engineering from Duke University in 1996. He went on to a PhD
degree in electrical engineering at Stanford, developing novel acquisition techniques
for efficient contrast manipulation in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.
He has multiple patents pending for steady-state contrast manipulation techniques
using MRI, including one method that can acquire high-quality MR angiograms
without the injection of any contrast agent. Mr. Overall also co-invented a
novel computer input device using ultrasound techniques, and has developed laser
and polarimetry technology for an early stage start-up dedicated to providing
hyperpolarized gases for use in high-resolution lung imaging. Dr. Overall is
a research associate in the Electrical Engineering Department's Information
Systems Laboratory.