Seminars

          Ciprian Catana, MD, PHD Director of Integrated PET/MR Imaging Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging Department of Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract The integration of positron emission tomography…

          Florian J. Fintelmann, MD Associate Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract Short Bio Dr. Florian J. Fintelmann is a physician-scientist in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA, and…

          Jeremy Wolfe, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology and Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract Your powers of vision and visual cognition are quite amazing. For example, an expert can look at a mammogram for a quarter of…

          Fides Schwartz, MD Research Associate in Radiology Harvard Medical School Lead Investigator Center of Advanced CT Translation and Innovation (CACTI) Brigham and Women’s Hospital Abstract Photon-counting Computed Tomography (PCCT) has emerged as a transformative technology…

          Sharath Bhagavatula, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Novel image-guided interventional methods have the potential to significantly improve cancer diagnosis and treatment, but the…

          Stephan Maier, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Numerous quantitative parameters, such as spatial dimensions, volume, nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation, velocity, and diffusion can be measured…

          Sila Kurugol, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology Director of Quantitative Intelligent Imaging Lab Department of Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical Abstract The presentation will highlight recent advancements in two key MRI sequences for…

          Bingxin Zhao, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Statistics and Data Science University of Pennsylvania Abstract Large-scale imaging genetics data are opening new directions for a multi-organ understanding of human health. In this presentation, we will…

          Peter Caravan, PhD Co-Director, Institute for Innovation in Imaging (i3) Department of Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract Contrast enhanced MR utilizes small, hydrophilic gadolinium chelates that freely distribute in…

        Nadya Shusharina, PhD Instructor in Radiation Oncology Massachusetts General Hospital Abstract I will present our ongoing work to develop a microscopic tumor spread model for soft tissue sarcoma (STS) and glioma that is based on pre-treatment…

          Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, MBA, PhD Waldemar von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Deputy Dean for Biomedical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine Chair, Section of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Abstract…

          Sanghoon Kim, MD, MSc Research Fellow (T32) Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Abstract 2HG is the specific biomarker for the IDH mutation in gliomas. To get the correct spectrum analysis, precise basis set…

          Susie Huang, MD, PhD Associate Professor, HMS Radiologist, MGH Abstract Less is known about the structure-function relationship in the human brain than in any other organ system. The challenge of studying brain structure is that…

          Zhou Lan, PhD Instructor in Medicine, HMS Biostatistics Investigator, BWH Abstract Diffusion MRI is a popular imaging technique to investigate the tissue microstructure. The diffusion MRI data has been routinely used for various medical applications.…

Denis Rancourt Peng, MScA, PhD Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Sherbrooke University Quebec City, Canada Abstract Solid tumors are complex biological systems that have been barely studied from a biomechanical point of view. Literature suggests that tumors produce significant heat.…

Ali Uneri, PhD Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering Co-Director, Carnegie Center for Surgical Innovation Johns Hopkins University Abstract Intraoperative imaging provides in situ, real time information on the progress of the surgery and location of surgical devices. When paired…

Gabor Fichtinger, Dr.Univ. Professor and Canada Research Chair in Computer-Integrated Surgery Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada Abstract Point-of-care-ultrasound guided therapies and interventions, shortly POCUS-IGT, enables treatment at the bedside, whether in an urban hospital, rural clinic, or mobile care unit. The potential…

Anthony Samir, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology Service Chief, Body Ultrasound MGH, Director, MGH Center for Ultrasound Research & Translation Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract In this talk, Dr. Samir will introduce the concept of combining machine learning algorithms…

Anand Kumar, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract My talk will focus on our efforts towards applying fluorescence lifetime imaging in preclinical to clinical settings. I will discuss challenges facing the measurement…

Fan Zhang, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Diffusion MRI is an advanced imaging technique that measures the random molecular motion or diffusion of water molecules. It enables estimation of the underlying…

Aaron Sodickson, MD, PhD Division Chief, Emergency Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Raphael Cohen Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Emergency Radiology and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Aaron Sodickson, MD, PhD, FASER is Associate Professor of Radiology…

Guigen Liu, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Individualized treatment of cancers and many other complex diseases is still a challenge because of the lack of clinically reliable information that uncovers the…

Holden Wu, PhD Associate Professor of Radiological Sciences and Bioengineering Department of Radiological Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has unique advantages for guiding percutaneous interventions, including exquisite soft-tissue contrast,…

Kishore Rajendran, PhD Associate Consultant, Radiology Research Assistant Professor of Radiology CT Clinical Innovation Center Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Abstract Photon-counting-detector (PCD) CT system has been recently introduced for clinical use. In this talk, the fundamental detection mechanism of PCDs…

Michael Jerosch-Herold, PhD Director of Cardiac Imaging Physics Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract Myocardial T1 mapping provides novel biomarkers of adverse myocardial tissue remodeling that have proven valuable for risk stratification. Most applications…

Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH Director of Nuclear Cardiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract Systemic amyloidoses are heterogeneous group of protein misfolding disorders where misfiled proteins form amyloid fibrils which deposit in the various organs…

Robert Mulkern, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract The Brigham was a hot bed of magnetic resonance activity in the 1980’s with proton relaxation measurements of tissues playing an important role…

Sanghoon Kim, MD Research Fellow (T32) Department  of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Sodium is one of the essential components of in-vivo cellular homeostasis. This implies that small concentration changes due to various disease processes can…

Viviany R. Taqueti, MD, MPH Director, Cardiac Stress Laboratory Assistant Professor of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Conventional approaches to diagnostic testing in stable ischemic heart disease (IHD), designed primarily for the identification of obstructive coronary…

Bharti Khurana, MD Associate Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Director, Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center Abstract Early diagnosis of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) represents a critical unmet medical and social need.…

Pietro Nardelli, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) is a term used to indicate any condition that affects the blood vessels along the route between the heart…

Haoyin Zhou, PhD Instructor in  Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) is the preferred treatment for liver tumors compared to traditional open surgery due to low blood loss, less…

Andriy Fedorov, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) (https://datacommons.cancer.gov/) aims to establish a national cloud-based data science infrastructure. Imaging Data Commons…

Paul B. Shyn, MD Associate Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Clinical PET/CT was a disruptive technology that blended molecular imaging with anatomic imaging and led to astounding results. The adoption of…

Assaf Tal, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Chemical and Biological Physics Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Abstract In this seminar, I will present new methods in magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) we've been working on in the lab. The talk will…

Robert C. Gentleman, PhD Executive Director, Center for Computational Biomedicine Harvard Medical School Abstract I will discuss why I believe we are coming to an important inflection where it is important to carefully curate and integrate data resources and to…

Gonzalo Vegas Sanchez-Ferrero, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Quantitative analysis of CT images in multicenter studies involves dealing with intrinsic disparities in the density measures due to differences in the…

Sughra Raza, MD Associate Professor of Radiology Harvard medical School Lisa Becker, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium Short Bio: Sughra is currently Associate Professor of Radiology at HMS and has worked as a breast imaging radiologist at Brigham &…

Marco Palombo, PhD UKRI Future Leaders Fellow Centre for Medical Image Computing Department of Computer Science University College London Abstract Prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis requires transrectal biopsy, which is invasive and prone to error. VERDICT [1,2] is a non-invasive imaging…

Leah H. Portnow, MD Instructor in Radiology Breast Imaging Division Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract In a retrospective review of 200 screening full field digital mammograms, the effect of BI-RADS® 5th edition (5th-ed) guidelines on inter- and…

Lauren Jean O'Donnell, PhD Associate Professor in Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Our recent research demonstrates that white matter fiber tracts can be automatically identified from diffusion MRI tractography across the lifespan. This enables novel analyses…

Katherine Breedlove, PhD Research Associate in Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has proven to be a challenging injury to study. It presents with a complex set of symptoms, highly individualized and dependent…

Ron Kikinis, MD B. Leonard Holman Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Founding Director, Surgical Planning Laboratory Vice-Chair for Biomedical Informatics Research Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Abstract Artificial Intelligence is a technology inspired by biology which is…

Raúl San José Estépar, PhD Lead Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Abstract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic, inflammatory lung disease that arises from exposure to cigarette smoke and other inhaled…

Sarah Frisken, PhD Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Abstract In this talk, I will present preliminary results for our new efforts to generate patient-specific models of cerebral blood vessels for planning surgical treatment…

Louise Clark, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School Abstract In the treatment of most solid tumors, surgical excision of the gross and microscopic cancer cells is an integral part of the therapeutic pathway. Determining the…

Pedro Moreira, PhD Research fellow in Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Abstract Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men, with more than 170,000 estimated new cases in the US yearly. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of…

Abstract Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) at ultra-high field (≥7T) benefit from improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spectral dispersion. This enables potential clinical applications that involve the reliable measurement of low-concentration metabolites with high sensitivity, spatial and…

Gregory DePrisco, MD Diagnostic Radiologist Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), Texas Abstract Uterus transplantation is emerging as a treatment for absolute uterine factor infertility. The selection process of donors and recipients is vital to a transplant program's success, particularly as regards live…

Jeffrey Duryea, PhD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Research Faculty Member, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Abstract Radiological imaging is a proven technology for assessing structural changes produced by knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Conventional radiography is limited since it cannot…