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Ongoing Research Protocols

Leon Axel, MD, PhD Principal Investigator

  • MRI Evaluation of the Effects of Coronary Artery Disease
  • Quantitative MR Imaging of Regional Heart Wall Motion
  • Multimodality Cardiac Image Registration and Analysis
  • Evaluation of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods in Congenital Heart Disease

Joshua Becker, MD Principal Investigator

  • The Effect of Radio-opaque contrast Media upon GFR

Qun Chen, PhD Principal Investigator

  • Tissue Tagging MRI of Regional Lung Mechanics

Oded Gonen, PhD Principal Investigator

  • Higher Speed, Field and Spatial MRI
  • Serial Brain 3D 1H NMR Spectroscopy in Multiple Sclerosis

Robert Grossman, MD Principal Investigator

  • Quantitative MR Imaging and Proton Spectroscopy in Multiple Sclerosis

  • Quantitative MR Imaging and 1H-MRS in Traumatic Brain Injury

Joseph Helpern, MD Principal Investigator

  • High-Field (3T) MRI Assessment of the Biophysical Environment of the Alzheimer's Brain

Matilde Inglese, MD, PhD Principal Investigator

  • Novel MRI and 1H MRS Markers in Primary Progressive MS

Glyn Johnson, PhD Principal Investigator

  • Pulmonary Gas Flow Measurement Using 3 HE MR
  • Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods in Congenital Heart Disease

Elissa Kramer, MD Principal Investigator

  • A Phase 1 Study of Combination Yttrium-90 MX-DTPA Humanized BrE-3 Monoclonal Antibody (90 Y huBrE-3) and Capecitabine in Metastatic/Recurrent Breast Cancer

Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD Principal Investigator

  • MR and Scintigraphic Evaluation of Renal Function
  • ACE-Inhibitor-Enhanced MR Evaluation of Renovascular Hypertension
  • MR Evaluation of Renal Transplants
  • MRI Measurements of Renal Function
  • Evaluation of Hepatobiliary MRI Software and Hardware
  • Evaluation of Cardiovascular MRI Software and Hardware

Michael Macari, MD Principal Investigator

  • CT Colonography Without Bowel Cleansing

Georgeann McGuinness, MD Principal Investigator

  • Inhalational Injury Sustained by Firefighters on 9/11/01
  • Detection and Quantitation Using 3 HeMR of Sub-clinical Airway Disease in Asthma
  • Technical Development of 3 HeMR in Respiratory Disorders

Linda Moy, MD Principal Investigator

  • Can the Specificity of MRI Breast Imaging be Improved by Fusing 3D MRI Volume Data Sets with FDG PET/CT?

Barbara Srichia-Parsia, MD Principal Investigator

  • Myocardial Injury and Dysfunction in Type II Diabetic Patients Undergoing PTCA
  • Myocardial Viability: Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging vs. Myocardial Scinitgraphy