{"result":[{"lastName":"Pelc","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4111&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norbert Pelc","firstName":"Norbert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/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":"Taylor","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Mechanical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6076&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Charles A. Taylor","firstName":"Charles","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Charles_Taylor","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular Bioengineering, Simulation-Based Medical Planning, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Image-Based Geometric Modeling, Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics."},{"lastName":"Herfkens","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4103&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Herfkens","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Robert_Herfkens","researchInterest":"Imaging of myocardial diseases with magnetic resonance, imaging and spectroscopy"},{"lastName":"Silverman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3920&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norman H. Silverman","firstName":"Norman","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Norman_Silverman","researchInterest":"My research interests center around cardiac ultrasound. I am currently working on several areas in the development of human cardiac ultrasound.\r\n\r\nThese are fetal cardiac ultrasound. intraoperative and transesophageal ultrasound imaging in children,  imaging potiential for ultrasound two and three dimensional modalities in children with congenital heart disease"},{"lastName":"Fleischmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4591&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dominik Fleischmann","firstName":"Dominik","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Dominik_Fleischmann","researchInterest":"Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging \r\nImage Post-processing\r\nContrast Medium Dynamics"},{"lastName":"Reddy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric "}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3807&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"V. Mohan Reddy","firstName":"Vadiyala","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Vadiyala_Reddy","researchInterest":"fetal heart surgery, surgery of premature and very low birthweight neonates, cerebral protection during heart surgery"},{"lastName":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Michael_McConnell","researchInterest":"Imaging cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease.  Projects include cellular and structural characterization of atherosclerotic plaque by MRI, optical imaging (bioluminescence and fluorescence) of vascular inflammation, as well as noninvasive coronary angiography by MRI and MRI- guided cardiovascular interventions.  Additional collaborative projects include real-time cardiac MRI and multi-modality imaging of cardiac stem cell trans"},{"lastName":"Pauly","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Elec Engr-Info Systems Lab"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Elec Engr-Info Systems Lab","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7223&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John M. Pauly","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/John_Pauly","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kvitting","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10450&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John-Peder Escobar Kvitting","firstName":"John-Peder","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/John-Peder_Kvitting","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Rosenthal","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathies"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Right Ventricle"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4476&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Rosenthal","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/David_Rosenthal","researchInterest":"Research interests include the study of Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and ventricular dysfunction in children, from a clinical perspective.  Investigations include clinical trials of medications for  heart failure, cardiac resynchronization, and development of methods for evaluation of right ventricular function."},{"lastName":"Rubin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Thoracic Imaging"},{"focus":"CT Angiography"},{"focus":"Computed Tomography"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4076&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D.","firstName":"Geoffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Geoffrey_Rubin","researchInterest":"Dr. Rubin's research interests focus on cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging. He and his team are developing novel methods for automated detection of lung nodules in CT data and are investigating the impact of CAD on the diagnostic performance of radiologists interpreting lung CT scans.\r\n\r\nHe also develops novel noninvasive vascular and cardiac imaging techniques and post-processing algorithms with emphasis on three- and four-dimensional acquisition, visualization and quantitation using MDCT."},{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4548&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Terry Robinson","firstName":"Terry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Terry_Robinson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Yang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6101&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Phillip Yang, MD","firstName":"Phillip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Phillip_Yang","researchInterest":"Dr. Yang's research interest focuses on the comprehensive diagnosis of ischemic heart disease using cardiac MRI. Specifically, he is using novel MR imaging sequences that enable rapid and integrated imaging of the coronary arteries as well as assessment of LV function, cardiac perfusion, and myocardial viability. By combining the chemical sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance with high spatial and temporal resolution, a wide range of biological events spanning from molecular to physiologic "},{"lastName":"Schnittger","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4659&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingela Schnittger, MD","firstName":"Ingela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ingela_Schnittger","researchInterest":"My main research continues to be in the field of echocardiography. Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Feinstein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Defects"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities"},{"focus":"Cardiac Catheterization"},{"focus":"Biomechanical Engineering / Bioengineering"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4396&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD, MPH","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Jeffrey_Feinstein","researchInterest":"Research interests include (1) computer simulation and modeling of cardiovascular physiology with specific attention paid to congenital heart disease and its treatment, (2) development and testing of transcatheter therapies for the treatment of congenital heart disease, and (3) the evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary vascular disease."},{"lastName":"Leung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4234&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ann Leung","firstName":"Ann","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ann_Leung","researchInterest":"High-resolution computed tomography of the thorax, particularly its application in the setting of acute lung disease in the immunocompromised host; quantitative assessment of abnormalities using thin-section CT; and enhancement characteristics of lung cancers on CT and MRI"},{"lastName":"Dake","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Endovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Acting Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael D. Dake","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/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":"Mitchell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Cardiac Valve Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3999&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"R. Scott Mitchell","firstName":"R","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/R_Mitchell","researchInterest":"Research Interests: Disease of the aorta, congenital and acquired. Treatment of aortic pathology, including development of stent graft systems. Patterns of disease in patients treated with mediastinal radiation. Valvular heart disease, especially aortopathy associated with congenital bicuspid aortic valve."},{"lastName":"Roos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7964&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Justus E. Roos","firstName":"Justus","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Justus_Roos","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular Imaging\r\nThoracic Imaging\r\nCT and MR data Postprocessing"},{"lastName":"Willmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8459&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Juergen K. Willmann, M.D.","firstName":"Juergen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Juergen_Willmann","researchInterest":"My lab focuses on the development and clinical translation of novel molecular and functional imaging strategies with special focus on abdominal and pelvic diseases."},{"lastName":"Cukur","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Electrical Engineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14854&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tolga Cukur","firstName":"Tolga","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Tolga_Cukur","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Napel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Medicine - BMIR"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4647&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandy Napel","firstName":"Sandy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Sandy_Napel","researchInterest":"My primary interests are in developing diagnostic and therapy-planning applications and strategies for the acquisition, visualization and computer aided interpretation of multi-dimensional medical imaging data."},{"lastName":"Hargreaves","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6626&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brian Hargreaves","firstName":"Brian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/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":"Sze","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4714&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Sze","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Daniel_Sze","researchInterest":"Transarterial administration of chemotherapeutics, radioactive microspheres, and biologics for the treatment of unresectable tumors; Stent and Stent-graft treatment of peripheral vascular diseases, aneurysms, aortic dissections; management of portal hypertension (TIPS); Percutaneous treatment of complications of organ transplantation; Venous reconstruction; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided interventions."},{"lastName":"Grissom","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Electrical Engineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10269&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William A Grissom","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/William_Grissom","researchInterest":"I am currently working on two projects. One is in the lab of Dr. Kim Butts Pauly, focusing on the development of methods for robust MR thermometry for monitoring thermal therapy. The other is in the lab of Dr. John Pauly, working with Dr. Adam Kerr on the development of parallel RF transmission in MRI."}]}