Lab Members

Clive Musonza, M.D., M.P.H.

Clive Musonza, M.D., M.P.H.

Interests: Research and Clinical

Dr. Musonza is a clinician scientist-track diagnostic radiology resident with clinical interests in Body/Abdominal Imaging and Nuclear Medicine. Research interests include use multi-parametric MR or PET/MR in characterization of tumors. Additional research interests include Imaging Informatics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.

Emin Albayrak, M.D.

Emin Albayrak, M.D.

Interests: Research

MR imaging, genitourinary imaging. Dr. Albayrak is an interventional radiology fellow with an interest in genitourinary cancers. His research focuses on imaging of renal cell carcinoma, radiomics in kidney tumors, 3D modeling and segmenting of the primary tumors and metastasis.

Farzad Tahmasebi, M.D.

Farzad Tahmasebi, M.D.

Interests: Research

Body/abdominal imaging, genitourinary imaging. Dr. Tahmasebi is a research associate with a strong focus on Kidney cancers. His research interest focuses on primary renal malignancy, prostate malignancy, segmenting and 3d modeling of renal cell carcinoma and metastasis.

Junyu "Richard" Guo, Ph.D.

Junyu "Richard" Guo, Ph.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research

Deep learning applications in MRI; MRI multi-parametric quantitation; Body MRI free breathing imaging; MR Spectroscopic Imaging applications. Dr. Guo is an MR physicist with expertise in deep learning applications and multi-parametric quantifications in body MRI. His research interest includes applying deep learning techniques to improve clinical diagnosis and staging, developing advanced MRI techniques for multi-parametric quantification and fast free-breathing MR acquisition.

Mahsa Taherzadeh, M.D.

Mahsa Taherzadeh, M.D.

Interests: Research

Genitourinary imaging, MR imaging, computed tomography imaging. Dr. Taherzadeh is an abdominal imaging fellow with an interest in genitourinary cancer imaging. Her research interests include studying imaging features of different types of kidney lesions, segmenting and 3D modeling of primary renal tumors, and metastatic lesions in MRI and CT images.

Name Hoang Le, Ph.D.

Nam Hoang Le, Ph.D.

Interests: Research

Medical imaging, medical physics, image processing, image analysis, signal processing, artificial intelligence, and applications of new computing techniques for healthcare. Dr. Le is an electrical engineer with expertise in medical imaging, signal processing, and applications of computing techniques such as deep learning and algorithms for understanding medical images and data. His research focus includes medical image processing and understanding, MRI signal acquisition and reconstruction, image segmentation, and applications of emerging computing technologies such as graph theory, machine learning, and deep learning in healthcare.

Qing Yuan, Ph.D.

Qing Yuan, Ph.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research and Clinical

Application of advanced MRI and MRS techniques in clinical studies, quantitative multiparametric MR imaging for cancer research, fat quantification using MRI and MRS, and iron overload. Dr. Yuan’s research focus is to develop quantitative methods for dynamic contrast enhancement, diffusion, and oxygen-enhanced MRI. She works closely with radiologists, fellows, and technologists to improve clinical MRI protocols.

Yin Xi, Ph.D.

Yin Xi, Ph.D.

Faculty Profile

Interests: Research

Study design, statistical methodology, reader agreement and reproducibility, predictive modeling, radiomics. Dr. Xi is a statistician with expertise in statistical modeling. His main research focus is the MR imaging-based growth projection and risk stratification of small renal masses.