The Imaging of Musculoskeletal Function (IMF) Group works on the development and clinical translation of novel imaging technologies geared toward studying musculoskeletal function and detection of musculoskeletal disease at the earliest stage. Our group is developing novel PET and MRI methods to study early and reversible tissue changes at the cellular and molecular level, functional imaging of joint mechanics, physiology and tissue microstructure, and rapid and comprehensive MRI methods for early, low-cost, and precise detection of musculoskeletal disease.
Our group is part of the Musculoskeletal Division of the Department of Radiology, Radiological Sciences Lab, School of Medicine and Stanford University.
Recent Publications
Barbieri M, Chaudhari A, Moran C, Gold G, Hargreaves B, Kogan F. A Method for Measuring B0 Field Inhomogeneity using Quantitative DESS(qDESS). Magn Reson Med 2023;89(2):577-593 (Cover Image) [MRM Link]
Watkins L, Haddock B, Mackay J, Uhlrich S, Mazzoli V, Gold G, Kogan F. [18F]NaF PET-MRI Detects Increased Metabolic Bone Response to Loading Stress in Osteoarthritic Knees. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2022;30(11):1515-1525 [OAC Link]
Sandford H, MacKay J, Watkins L, Gold G, Kogan F, Mazzoli V. Gadolinium-Free Assessment of Synovitis Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. 2021 NMR in Biomedicine [Early View] [NBM Link]
Thoenen J, Stevens K, Turmesezi T, Chaudhari A, Watkins L, McWalter E, Hargreaves B, Gold G, MacKay J, Kogan F. Non-Contrast MRI of Synovitis in the Knee Using Quantitative DESS. European Radiology [Early View] [EurRad Link]
MacKay J, Watkins L, Gold G, Kogan F. [18F]NaF PET-MRI provides direct in-vivo evidence of the association between osseous metabolic activity and adjacent synovitis in knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. [Early View] [OAC Link]
Watkins L, MacKay J, Haddock B, Mazzoli V, Uhlrich S, Gold G, Kogan F. Kinetic Modeling of [18F]Sodium Fluoride PET Uptake for Quantitative Assessment of Subchondral Bone Perfusion and Mineralization in Knee Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2021; 29:849-858 [OAC Link]
Crowder H, Mazzoli V, Black M, Watkins L, Kogan F, Hargreaves B, Levenston M, Gold GE. Characterizing the Transient Response of Knee Cartilage to Running: Decreases in Cartilage T2 of Female Recreational Runners. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. [Early View] [JOR Link]
