{"result":[{"lastName":"Cheng","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Associate Professor,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Associate Professor,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8033&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher Cheng","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Christopher_Cheng","researchInterest":"medical device design, hemodynamics, vascular disease, vessel biomechanics, exercise physiology, congenital heart disease, magnetic resonance imaging"},{"lastName":"Pelc","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4111&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norbert Pelc","firstName":"Norbert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Norbert_Pelc","researchInterest":"Broadly, Dr. Pelc is interested in the physics, engineering and mathematics of medical imaging, especially computed tomography, digital x-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and hybrid multimodality systems.  His current research is concentrated in the development of computed tomography systems with higher image quality and dose efficiency, in the characterization of system performance, and in the development and validation of new clinical applications."},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Electrical Engineering - Information Systems Laboratory"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Electrical Engineering - Information Systems Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11940&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bob Hu","firstName":"Bob","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/cancer/physician/Bob_Hu","researchInterest":"Cardiac Imaging, vascular imaging"},{"lastName":"Rutt","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11273&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brian Rutt","firstName":"Brian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Brian_Rutt","researchInterest":"My research interests center on MRI research, including high-field and high-resolution MRI technology development as well as applications of advanced MRI techniques to studying the brain, cardiovascular system and cancer."},{"lastName":"Fleischmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovacular Imaging"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4591&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dominik Fleischmann","firstName":"Dominik","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Dominik_Fleischmann","researchInterest":"Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging \r\nImage Post-processing\r\nContrast Medium Dynamics"},{"lastName":"Pauly","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Electrical Engineering","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7223&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John M. 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McConnell, MD, MSEE","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Michael_McConnell","researchInterest":"Clinical and molecular Imaging of cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysms, and vascular inflammation."},{"lastName":"Nishimura","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8071&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dwight Nishimura","firstName":"Dwight","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Dwight_Nishimura","researchInterest":"medical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging"},{"lastName":"Dake","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Endovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael D. Dake","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Michael_Dake","researchInterest":"Improved endovascular procedures and devices to treat aortic lesions, peripheral arterial disease and venous abnormalities. Focused interest in drug-eluting stents and balloons, endovascular stent-grafts, including branched aortic devices and techniques for the endovascular management of aortic dissection. Current clinical research projects include drug-eluting stents for superficial femoral arterial disease and multiple device trials to evaluate stent-grafts for the treatment of aortic lesions."},{"lastName":"Vasanawala","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric and Abdominal MRI"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Diagnostic Techniques"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8162&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shreyas Vasanawala, MD/PhD","firstName":"Shreyas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Shreyas_Vasanawala","researchInterest":"Our group is focused on developing new MRI techniques.  In particular, we are increasing the speed of MRI."},{"lastName":"Sommer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"abdominal imaging and uroradiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4310&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"F Sommer","firstName":"F","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/F_Sommer","researchInterest":"Studies include development and preliminary clinical evaluation of advanced techniques for ultrasonic imaging and tissue characterization. A number of studies are ongoing involving advanced techniques of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy with application to the GU tract."},{"lastName":"Lutz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Musculoskeletal Radiology"},{"focus":"Body Imaging"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8960&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amelie Lutz","firstName":"Amelie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Amelie_Lutz","researchInterest":"Molecular imaging in oncology\r\nCellular imaging of musculoskeletal inflammatory diseases\r\nKinematic musculoskeletal imaging\r\nMagnetic resonance imaging of hepatic disorders"},{"lastName":"Olcott","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eric Olcott","firstName":"Eric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Eric_Olcott","researchInterest":"Body imaging utilizing CT, ultrasound and MRI; magnetic, resonance angiography; imaging of trauma; angiography,, interventional radiology and CT angiography, and imaging guidance of, invasive procedures using CT, ultrasound and magnetic resonance"},{"lastName":"Daldrup-Link","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Radiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Oncology Imaging"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18936&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Heike Daldrup-Link","firstName":"Heike","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Heike_Daldrup-Link","researchInterest":"Our Research Group develops non-invasive cellular imaging techniques that can generate detailed information about specific cell populations in the body. The ultimate goal of this research is to determine tumor characteristics which are linked to poor prognosis, to develop, direct and monitor related targeted therapies and to monitor stem cell therapies that regenerate physiologic cell populations. 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Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Fann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4014&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Fann","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/James_Fann","researchInterest":"Cardiac surgery simulation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac valve disease, thoracic aortic disease"},{"lastName":"Pauly","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4558&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kim Butts Pauly","firstName":"Kim","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kim_Pauly","researchInterest":"My current research interests lie in the area of magnetic resonance and MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound for  minimally invasive cancer therapy and neuromodulation."},{"lastName":"Napel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4647&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandy Napel","firstName":"Sandy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sandy_Napel","researchInterest":"My research seeks to advance the clinical and basic sciences in radiology, while improving our understanding of biology and the manifestations of disease, by pioneering methods in the information sciences that integrate imaging, clinical and molecular data. A current focus is on content-based radiological image retrieval and integration of imaging features with clinical and molecular data for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapy planning decision support."},{"lastName":"Hargreaves","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6626&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brian Hargreaves","firstName":"Brian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Brian_Hargreaves","researchInterest":"I am interested in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications including cardiovascular, abdominal, breast and musculoskeletal imaging. These applications require development of faster and more efficient MRI methods that provide improved diagnostic contrast compared with current methods. My work includes novel excitation schemes, efficient imaging methods and reconstruction tools.  Please see my research site (above) for most up-to-date information."},{"lastName":"Miller","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"valve repair and replacement"},{"focus":"Thoracic Aortic surgery"},{"focus":"mitral repair"},{"focus":"Valve-sparing aortic root replacement"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4170&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"D. 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Current projects include MRI and MRS at high magnetic fields and metabolic imaging using hyperpolarized 13C-labeled MRS."},{"lastName":"Wexler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7024&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lewis Wexler","firstName":"Lewis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Lewis_Wexler","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ashley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"Inherited cardiovascular disease"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Genomic medicine"},{"focus":"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathy, Dilated"},{"focus":"Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7578&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Euan A. 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