Clinical Focus

• Diagnostic Radiology
• Pediatric and Abdominal MRI
• Cardiovascular Diagnostic Techniques

Administrative Appointments

• Co-Director of MRI, Stanford (2011 - present)
• Chief, Body MRI, Stanford (2011 - present)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Shilpy Chowdhury,  Umar Tariq

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Biophysics
• Radiology

Internet Links

• Webpage

Current Research Interests

Our group is focused on developing new MRI techniques, and in particular, developing novel applications for children. We take a comprehensive approach, exploring novel hardware, MRI pulse sequence techniques, and motion correction methods. These approaches are then evaluated for cardiovascular, abdominal, and musculoskeletal pediatric MRI exams. Additionally, we seek to develop quantitative MRI methods, including those for cardiovascular function, renal function, and tumor perfusion.

Clinical Trials

• An Investigational Pilot Study to Evaluate Sildenafil for the Treatment of Lymphatic Malformations Recruiting
• Feasibility of Using Real-time Cine-MRI for Treating Moving & Deforming Tumors Completed
• PET/CT and Whole-Body MRI for Detection of Skeletal and Soft Tissue Metastases Suspended

Publications

• Coil compression for accelerated imaging with Cartesian sampling. Zhang T, Pauly JM, Vasanawala SS, Lustig M. Magn Reson Med. 2012
• DIfferential subsampling with cartesian ordering (DISCO): A high spatio-temporal resolution dixon imaging sequence for multiphasic contrast enhanced abdominal imaging. Saranathan M, Rettmann DW, Hargreaves BA, Clarke SE, Vasanawala SS. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2012
• Estimation of liver T₂ in transfusion-related iron overload in patients with weighted least squares T₂ IDEAL. Vasanawala SS, Yu H, Shimakawa A, Jeng M, Brittain JH. Magn Reson Med. 2012; 67 (1): 183-90
• Nonrigid motion correction in 3D using autofocusing withlocalized linear translations. Cheng JY, Alley MT, Cunningham CH, Vasanawala SS, Pauly JM, Lustig M. Magn Reson Med. 2012
• Rapid pediatric cardiac assessment of flow and ventricular volume with compressed sensing parallel imaging volumetric cine phase-contrast MRI. Hsiao A, Lustig M, Alley MT, Murphy M, Chan FP, Herfkens RJ, Vasanawala SS. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012; 198 (3): W250-9