Tag: Vivek Prabhakaran

What We Published This Month (September 2022)

Lee, M.H., Zea, R., Garrett, J.W., Graffy, P.M., Summers, R.M., Pickhardt, P.J. Abdominal CT Body Composition Thresholds Using Automated AI Tools for Predicting 10-year Adverse Outcomes. Radiology (2022). Toia GV, Zamora D, Singleton M, Liu A, Tan E, Leng S, Shuman WP, Kanal KM, Mileto A. Detectability of Small Low-Attenuation Lesions With Deep Learning CT Image Reconstruction: …

What We Published This Month (March 2022)

Lin, W., Wilkinson, J.T., Barrett, K.E., Barnhart, T.E., Gott, M., Becker, K.V., Clark, A.M., Miller, A., Brown, G., DeLuca, M., Bartsch, R., Peaslee, G.F., Engle, J.W. Excitation function of 54Fe(p,α)51Mn from 9.5 MeV to 18 MeV. Nuclear Physics A, 1021, art. no. 122424. (2022).   Lee, S., Elton, D.C., Gulley, J.L., Pickhardt, P.J., Dahut, W.L., Madan, R.A., Pinto, …

Veena Nair & Nagesh Adluru Receive Their First R01 Grant

Veena Nair, PhD and Nagesh Adluru, PhD received their first R01 grant awarded as Principal Investigators from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Institute on Aging (NIA) for their project, “Stroke connectome MRI biomarkers for vascular contributions to cognitive impairments and dementia (VCID) risk assessment.” The team was awarded $3.5 million to be used over a 5-year …

Department of Radiology Awards Research Pilot Grants to Several Projects

Research is one of the core initiatives of the University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Radiology. Providing the necessary infrastructure and resources for investigators to be successful is key in supporting this initiative, and so the Department Research and Development Committee has awarded several pilot grants to projects. Take a look below at some of …

What We Published Last Month (December 2021)

Schreiter, N.A., Swietlik, J., Woods, M., Kleedehn, M. Inferior vena cava syndrome caused by postoperative positional changes in the liver. Clinical Imaging, 83, pp. 16-20. (2022).   Johnson, E.M., Martin, M.D., Sharma, R., Meyer, C.A., Kanne, J.P. Blastomycosis: The Great Pretender. Journal of Thoracic Imaging, 37 (1), pp. W5-W11. (2022).  Ubah, O.C., Lake, E.W., Gunaratne, G.S., Gallant, J.P., Fernie, M., Robertson, A.J., Marchant, J.S., …

Alan McMillan and Vivek Prabhakaran Receive R01 Connectome Grant

Imaging Sciences Associate Professor Alan McMillan, PhD and Neuroradiology Associate Professor Vivek Prabhakaran, MD, PhD were awarded a four-year epilepsy-dementia R01 connectome grant. The grant is for a collaborative project between the UW Departments of Radiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Medical Physics, and the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Epilepsy affects more than two million Americans and is the fourth …

Drs. Vivek Prabhakaran, Alan McMillan, and Veena Nair Receive NIH-NIA Funding for Delirium and Dementia Study

UWSMPH Department of Radiology Associate Professor Vivek Prabhakaran, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Alan McMillan, PhD, and Senior Scientist Veena Nair, PhD, are co-Is on a multidisciplinary 5-year project that recently received $3.6 million NIH-NIA R01 funding. The project, led by UW Department of Anesthesiology’s Assistant Professor Robert Sanders, MD, PhD, will clarify the overlapping pathology …

Artificial Intelligence Helping Radiology Researchers Discover New Frontiers to Enhance Future of Health Care

Scientists and researchers around the world are reaching an entirely new level of discovery with Artificial Intelligence (AI), using data to solve problems and enabling decisions in innovative new ways. AI remains a dominant conversation at scientific symposia across the globe and once again received top billing at RSNA and ISMRM annual meetings. One need …

Dr. Vivek Prabhakaran and Team Receive ~$2.25 Million Grant

Dr. Vivek Prabhakaran, Associate Professor of Neuroradiology, and his interdisciplinary team of researchers were recently awarded a prestigious five-year NIH-NINDS R01 grant. This grant is worth ~$2.25 million, and is focused on Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology research and its effects on the rehabilitation time of stroke patients. This team includes Professor Justin Williams, the …