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Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

I am interested in brain function during upper limb movements, using functional MRI.

Peer Reviewed Publications

-- Krainak DM, Parrish TB, Dewald JP. A method to capture six-degrees-of-freedom mechanical measurements of isometric shoulder and elbow torques during event-related fMRI. J Neurosci Methods. 2007 Apr 15;161(2):314-22.

Book Chapters

-- Tran BQ, Krainak DM, Lauderdale DE, and Winters JM. Video Telephony in Tele-Health Care: Accessible and Emerging Technologies. Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications, Information, and Healthcare Technologies. Eds. Winters JM, Robisnson CJ, Simpson RC, Vanderheiden GC. Resna Press. 2002. Chapter 13. p. 119-127.

Abstracts and Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

-- Levy R, Cope L, Krainak D, Hulvershorn J, Parrish TB. Functional MRI Does Not Improve the Accuracy of Motor Localization in Neurosurgical Procedures in the Stroke Affected Brain: An fMRI/Anatomic Study. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 57th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. September 15-20, 2007.

-- Cope L, Krainak D, Hulvershorn J, Parrish TB. Accuracy of Localization of the Motor Hand Area (MHA) of M1 in Stroke Subjects. Human Brain Mapping Organization 13th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. June 10-14, 2007. Poster.

-- Krainak DM, Parrish TB, Dewald JPA. fMRI of the cortex during six DOF mechanical measurements of upper limb isometric torques. Society for Neuroscience 35th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. November 12-16, 2005. Poster.

-- Krainak DM, Parrish TB, Dewald JPA. FMRI brain imaging during six DOF mechanical measurements of upper limb isometric contractions. Combined XXth ISB and 29th ASB meetings. Cleveland, OH. July 31 - August 6, 2005. Podium presentation.

-- Long LR, Antani S, Lee DJ, Krainak DM, Thoma GR. Biomedical information from a national collection of spine x-rays: film to content-based retrieval. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging: PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems, 15-20 February 2003, San Diego, CA, SPIE Vol. 5033: 70-84.

-- Antani S, Long LR, Krainak DM, Thoma GR. A content-based image retrieval system for vertebral images Poster paper IMAG-2, NIH Research Festival 2002, Bethesda, MD; October 2002; http://festival02.nih.gov

-- Krainak DM, Long LR, Thoma GR. "Content-based image retrieval for a spinal x-ray image database." Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #4685. PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation Conference 4685. Tuesday-Thursday 26-28 February 2002.

-- Long LR, Krainak DM, Thoma GR. "Identifying image structures for content-based retrieval of digitized spine x-rays." Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #4684. Medical Imaging: Image Processing, Conference 4684. Monday-Friday, 25-29 February 2002.

-- Krainak DM, Long LR, Thoma GR. "Content-based image retrieval for spinal x-rays." National Institutes of Health Poster Day 2002 - Summer Research Program. August 8, 2002. Communications Engineering Branch NLM/National Institutes of Health.

-- Krainak DM, Long LR, Thoma GR. "A method of content-based image retrieval for a spinal x-ray image database." National Institutes of Health Poster Day 2001 - Summer Research Program. August 9, 2001. Communications Engineering Branch NLM/National Institutes of Health.

-- Krainak DM, Belnap DM, Steven AC. "Fixing Fuzziness: Determining Defocus and Astigmatism in Cryo-Electron Micrographs." National Institutes of Health Poster Day 2000 - Summer Research Program. August 3, 2000. Laboratory of Structural Biology, NIAMS/National Institutes of Health.

Technical Reports

-- Tran BQ, Krainak DM, Winters JM. "Performance evaluation of commercial POTS-based videoconferencing systems." Tech Report HCTR-11-v1.0., Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, D.C.