Eric Peterson
Director Of MRI at Vista.ai
San Carlos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Peterson is a director-level MRI scientist and software leader with over 15 years in magnetic resonance and a decade of hands-on software delivery, currently guiding development of HeartVista’s cardiac MRI package from strategy through sprint execution. He blends deep technical expertise in pulse sequence programming, image reconstruction, and AI-driven localization with product-minded project management, shipping FDA-cleared clinical tools while still contributing code. His research background spans clinical stroke imaging, high-resolution 3D diffusion for brain connectivity, cancer metabolism with hyperpolarized 13C, and neuroimaging of addiction and respiratory disease—giving him a rare bridge between cutting-edge MRI science and robust clinical software. Based in the Bay Area, he thrives on leading thoughtful teams that tackle thorny imaging problems and has a track record of integrating native vendor sequences alongside in-house capabilities to expand clinical utility.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBS Biomedical/Medical Engineering, BS Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of Iowa
Github Skills (44)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
eric-pedersen/mixed-effect-gams
Feb 2016 - Jun 2020
Repo for tutorial/paper on mixed-effect GAMs
Contributions:3 releases, 350 commits, 35 PRs in 4 years 5 months
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eric-pedersen/groundfish-data-analysis
Oct 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:6 releases, 40 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
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