Quantitative Biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence in Musculoskeletal Imaging
Our lab focuses on quantitative imaging of the musculoskeletal systems to identify biomarkers and assess the progression and severity of diseases and pain. Our primary objective is informing clinicians to improve treatment strategies and ultimately enhance the quality of life for patients affected by musculoskeletal conditions. The conditions we focus on are hip and knee joint osteoarthritis and degeneration as well as back pain and injury. To achieve this, we leverage artificial intelligence and develop/employ a range of techniques including MRI sequence development and end-to-end processing of imaging data.
Our lab is led by Professor Sharmila Majumdar and is a part of the Musculoskeletal and Quantitative Imaging Research Group (MQIR) group in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF.
Research
Chronic low back pain is a leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting 1 in 5 adults.
A 2D U-Net was trained to generate synthetic T1rho maps from T2 maps for knee MRI to explore the feasibility of domain adaptation to enrich existing datasets or for faster image…
Analyzing the complex pathophysiology of knee and hip joint degeneration and impact of gait biomechanics in hip OA patients (KICK-Study)
In recent years, low-field (0.55T) MRI scanners have experienced a renaissance with novel technical developments ensuring high-quality image acquisition with improved resolution, SNR,…
This extensive body of work is propelled by data-driven methodologies to advance our understanding of osteoarthritis (OA) and its implications for patient outcomes and disease…
Simultaneous Imaging of Tissue Biochemistry and Metabolism Associated with Biomechanics in Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis (PFJOA)
The primary objectives of this research project are to develop quantitative MRI techniques to assess the quality of tendons and muscles within the rotator cuff. Rotator cuff tears are…
We are currently working on collecting, annotating, and distributing 3D high-resolution knee MRI data, specifically related to knee osteoarthritis.
Staff and Researchers
Graduate Students
Staff
Alumni
- Hamza Alizai, MD
- Thomas Baum, MD
- Rupsa Bhattacharjee, PhD
- Radu Bolbos, PhD
- Julio Carballido-Gamio, PhD
- Nathaniel Calixto
- Ko Chiba, MD, PhD
- Alexander Dillon
- Frank Ezekiel
- Jenny Folkesson, PhD
- Matthew Gallo
- Aditi Guha
- Ahi Sema Issever, MD
- Bjorn Jobke, MD
- Pia Jungmann, MD
- Dimitrios Karampinos, PhD
- Subburaj Karupppasamy, PhD
- Martin Kretschmar, MD
- Deepak Kumar, PhD
- Daniel Kuo
- Hans Liebl, MD
- Melissa Lu
- Megan Marsh
- Gerd Melkus, Dr. rer. nat.
- Geetha Mohan, PhD
- Lorenzo Nardo, MD
- Narihiro Okazaki, PhD
- Janina Patsch, MD, PhD
- Jean-Baptiste Pialat, MD
- Prachi Pandit, PhD
- Allison Randolph V
- Colin Russell
- Kiyoshi Sada, PhD
- Benedikt J. Schwaiger, MD
- Dragana Savic, M.Sc and B.Sc.
- Joseph Schooler
- Choongsoo Shin, PhD
- Justin Singh
- Martin Solka
- Carmen Taylor, PhD
- Anand Venkatachari
- Cory Wyatt, PhD
- Zhihong Zhang
- Jin Zuo, PhD
Students
- Fayyaz Ahamed
- Greg Bernstein
- Sarina Bhandari
- Kevin Charette
- Justin Cheung
- Rohit Curucundhi
- Shiktij Dave
- Maxim Daud
- Isabel Dominik
- Jasmine Edelstein
- Charles Fang
- Kevin Gao
- Ayushi Gautam
- Janet Goldenstein
- Riti Gupta
- Tanvi Gupta
- Lindsay Hendrickson
- Madeline Hess
- Jeremy Huang
- Bryce Huerta
- Karim Ibrahim
- Ankita Inamdar
- Gaurav Inamdar
- Nathan Jenkins
- Hannah Jergas
- Solomon Joseph
- Devashish Joshi
- Japdeep Kaur
- Carla Kinnunen
- Joseph Knox
- Christina Kurhanewicz
- Sean Lee
- Erika Legernes
- Taylor Leong
- Lawrence Leung
- Alan Kar-Ming Li
- Trisha Lian
- Katrina Lin
- Lauren Lo
- Kimberly Loo
- Victoria Louie
- George Lu
- Justin Lucas
- Stephen Markham
- Kira McPolin
- Katherine Miclau
- Maya Mundada
- Divya Narayanan
- Hash Nattagh
- Priya Nimbalkar
- Ezinna Nnabue
- Adam Noworolski
- Charles Ouyang
- Alex Pai
- Boyu Pang
- Joyce Pang
- Kayla Panora
- Ishaan Parikh
- Danielle Perez
- Ping Quach
- Sweta Ramachandran
- Adan Romero
- Kiran Sekhon
- Karl Saldanha
- Ehsan Saadat
- Arman Serebrakian
- Swetha Shanbhag
- Sarmad Siddiqui
- Arpita Singhal
- Miki Sode
- Layla Souza
- Derek Speer
- Zoe Swann
- Anna Vardapetyan
- Seth Vigneron
- Yung Wang
- Matthew Zhao
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Contact Us
Larson Advanced Imaging Group
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San Francisco, CA 94158
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