{"result":[{"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":"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":"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":"Herfkens","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4103&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Herfkens","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Robert_Herfkens","researchInterest":"Imaging of cardiovascular diseases with CT, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy"},{"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":"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":"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":"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":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Preventive Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Mobile Health"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael V. 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":"Spielman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4711&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Spielman","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Daniel_Spielman","researchInterest":"My research interests are in the field of medical imaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging and in vivo spectroscopy. Current projects include MRI and MRS at high magnetic fields and metabolic imaging using hyperpolarized 13C-labeled MRS."},{"lastName":"Fahrig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3865&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rebecca Fahrig","firstName":"Rebecca","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Rebecca_Fahrig","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Bammer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"},{"appointment":"Phys Sci Res Assoc (PI Waiver),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Pediatric Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6123&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Roland Bammer","firstName":"Roland","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Roland_Bammer","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34611&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jin Hyung Lee","firstName":"Jin Hyung","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jin Hyung_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"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. We have a strong focus on translational, bench-to-bedside research."},{"lastName":"Gold","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4705&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Garry Gold","firstName":"Garry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Garry_Gold","researchInterest":"My primary focus is application of new MR imaging technology to musculoskeletal problems.  Current projects include: Rapid MRI for Osteoarthritis, Weight-bearing cartilage imaging with MRI, and MRI-based models of muscle.  We are studing the application of new MR imaging techniques such as rapid imaging, real-time imaging, and short echo time imaging to learn more about biomechanics and pathology of bones and joints."},{"lastName":"Zaharchuk","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Neuroradiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7723&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Greg Zaharchuk","firstName":"Greg","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Greg_Zaharchuk","researchInterest":"Imaging of cerebral hemodynamics with MRI and CT\r\nNoninvasive oxygenation measurement with MRI\r\nClinical imaging of cerebrovascular disease\r\nImaging of cervical artery dissection\r\nMR/PET in Neuroradiology\r\nResting-state fMRI for perfusion imaging and stroke"},{"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":"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":"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. Craig Miller, M.D.","firstName":"D","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/D_Miller","researchInterest":"Cardiac and heart valve disease with  experimental laboratory large animal projects focused on the investigation of left ventricular and cardiac mechanics, bioenergetics, and LV and mitral valve physiology and pathophysiology.  Current thrust is aimed at understanding the mitral valve and subvalvular mitral apparatus and transmural LV wall strains, thickening, and myolaminar fiber-sheet mechanics.\r\n\r\nClinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aortic dissection, aneurysm) and "},{"lastName":"Schmiedeskamp","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20217&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Heiko Schmiedeskamp","firstName":"Heiko","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Heiko_Schmiedeskamp","researchInterest":"Novel acquisition techniques for quantitative perfusion MRI in stroke and tumor patients"},{"lastName":"McNab","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=33929&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jennifer A McNab","firstName":"Jennifer","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jennifer_McNab","researchInterest":"I am interested in developing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods that provide more detailed information about the structural and functional micro-architecture of the brain compared to current methods. This requires new MRI contrast mechanisms, strategic encoding and reconstruction schemes, physiological monitoring,  brain tissue modeling and validation. Applications of these methods include neurodevelopment, plasticity, aging, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy."},{"lastName":"Fearon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Percutaneous aortic valve"},{"focus":"Aortic Stenosis"},{"focus":"Coronary Physiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5950&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Fearon, MD","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/William_Fearon","researchInterest":"Dr. Fearon's general research interest is coronary physiology.  In particular, he is investigating invasive methods for evaluating the coronary microcirculation.  His research is currently funded by an NIH R01 Award."},{"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":"Yeung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Chronic Total Occlusions"},{"focus":"Complex Coronary Angioplasty"},{"focus":"Mitral Valvuloplasty"},{"focus":"Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement"},{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4228&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan Yeung, MD","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Alan_Yeung","researchInterest":"Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States. Our group is interested in studying both the early and late phases of atherosclerosis so that we can better develop prevention and treatment strategies."},{"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"}]}