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Ananth Maduranthakam, Ph.D.

Ananth Maduranthakam, Ph.D.

Faculty Profile

Madhuranthakam Lab

Interests: Research and Clinical

Dr. Madhuranthakam’s research interests focus on the development of novel techniques to improve the clinical utility of MRI. His laboratory specializes in understanding and applying MR physics to exploit the variations in human anatomy and physiology to develop these novel techniques. A primary area of research involves non-contrast perfusion imaging using arterial spin labeled (ASL) MRI applied to brain, kidneys, and lungs. Another area of research includes fast and robust whole body MRI techniques for the detection and therapy response assessment of bone lesions. He is evaluating several of these techniques that are developed in his lab, in clinical trials.

Daniel Costa, M.D.

Daniel Costa, M.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research and Clinical

Prostate cancer. Dr. Costa is an abdominal imaging radiologist with expertise in prostate cancer imaging. Specific areas of interest include the role of multiparametric MR imaging in the early detection and characterization of prostate cancer; MRI-ultrasound targeted fusion biopsy of the prostate; registration of histopathologic images with in vivo MRI data; and MRI-guided prostate cancer focal therapy.

David Fetzer, M.D.

David Fetzer, M.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research

Quantitative and computational imaging, multimodality imaging, hepatic fibrosis quantification, perfusion, and the effects of motion and physiologic processes on quantitative techniques. Dr. Fetzer’s complementary background in imaging science and interest in translational research constitute a foundation for his work in multimodality comparison and quantification, particularly in hepatobiliary, renal, and thyroid imaging.

Gaurav Khatri, M.D.

Gaurav Khatri, M.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research and Clinical

Hepatobiliary and pancreatic MRI, MRI of rectal cancer, pelvic floor imaging, and imaging in gastrointestinal oncology. Dr. Khatri’s interest in hepatobiliary MRI stems from his fellowship work in liver MRI, as well as his current association with clinicians as part of the Hepatocellular Carcinoma and GI Malignancy disease-oriented teams. He helped launch the MR Enterography and MR Defecography programs at UT Southwestern. Dr. Khatri serves as the radiology lead for the pancreatic cancer prevention and rectal cancer clinical and research programs at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He works with clinicians and the Body MRI faculty to research and improve MR imaging techniques and applications in those areas.

Keith Hulsey, Ph.D.

Keith Hulsey, Ph.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research

Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI), MR spectroscopy, MR coil design, multinuclear MR, imaging informatics. Dr. Hulsey's research focuses on the development of quantitative Magnetic Resonance techniques. A major portion of this effort is directed toward developing quantitative measures of DWI for cancer detection and assessment of treatment response. He is also involved in the quantification of fat fraction in various organs using MR spectroscopy. Another area of his research is directed toward radio frequency (rf) coil design. This includes building and modeling coils for multinuclear imaging and spectroscopy as well as testing coils for high field proton imaging. Dr. Hulsey has managed the deployment of a research PACs for de-identification, storage, and retrieval of research images within the Department of Radiology. He consults with many other researchers to provide workflows for data compilation and ensured data integrity for their imaging studies.

Robert Lenkinski, Ph.D.

Robert Lenkinski, Ph.D.

One of Dr. Lenkinski’s major research interests is in clinical applications of in vivo MRI and spectroscopy. He is also developing in vivo multinuclear MRI methods, primarily Na-23. A more recent area of interest has been molecular imaging, which involves the development of novel MR and optical-based imaging contrast.

Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.

Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research and Clinical

MR imaging, spectroscopy, and physics; quantitative and computational imaging; liver imaging; and contrast media. Dr. Yokoo is an abdominal radiologist with interest and expertise in liver MR and image analysis/processing. His main research focus is on the development and validation of emerging quantitative MR imaging techniques, such as liver fat, iron, fibrosis, and inflammation.

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