Full Publication List
(Updated 2022.02.26)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
1. He Y., Santana MF., Staneviciute A., Pimentel MB., Yang F., Goes JP., Kawaji K., Vaicik MK., Abduladi R., Hibino N., and Papavasilious G. Cell‐Laden Gradient Hydrogel Scaffolds for Neovascularization of Engineered Tissues. Advanced Healthcare Materials. In Press (Jan 11, 2021).
2. Erley J., Tanacli R., Genovese D., Tapaskar N., Rashedi N., Bucius P., Kawaji K., Karagodin I., Lang RM., Kelle S., Mor-Avi V., and Patel AR. Myocardial Strain Analysis of the Right Ventricle: Comparison of Different Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Echocardiographic Techniques. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2020; 22:51; DOI: 10.1186/s12968-020-00647-7.
3. He Y., Santana MF., Moucka M., Quirk J., Shuaibi A., Pimentel M., Wexler S., Rashid MM., Cinar A., Georgiadis JG., Kawaji K., Vaicik MK., Venerus D., Papavasilious G. Immobilized RGD concentration and Proteolytic Degradation Synergistically Enhance Vascular Sprouting within Hydrogel Scaffolds of Varying Modulus. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition. 2020 Feb;31(3):324-349. DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2019.1692640.
4. Kawaji K., Nazir N., Blair JA., Mor-Avi V., Besser S., Matsumoto K., Goes JP., Dabir D., Stoiber L., Kelle S., Zamani SM., Holzhauser L., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Quantitative detection of changes in regional wall motion using real time strain-encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Magn Reson Img. 2020; 66:193-198. DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.08.033. PMID: 31484044
5. Erley J., Genovese D., Tapaskar N., Alvi N., Rashedi N., Besser SA., Kawaji K., Goyal N., Kelle S., Lang RM., Mor-Avi V., Patel AR. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance based evaluation of myocardial strain and relationship with late gadolinium enhancement. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 21, 46 (2019). DOI: 10.1186/s12968-019-0559-y.
6. Balaney B., Vembar M., Grass M., Singh A., Kawaji K., Landeras L., Chung J., Mor-Avi V., and Patel AR. Improved Visualization of the Coronary Arteries Using Motion Correction During Vasodilator Stress CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Eur J Radiology. In Press. Feb 10. 2019.
7. Singh A., Kawaji K., Goyal N., Nazir N., Beaser A., O’Keefe-Baker G., Addetia K., Lang RM., Tung R., Hu P., Mor-Avi V., and Patel AR. Feasibility of cardiac magnetic resonance wideband protocol in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators and its utility for defining scar. Am J Cardiol. 2019; 123(8):1329-1335. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.01.018.
8. Lapinskas T., Ziechang V., Erley J., Stoiber L., Schnackenburg B., Stehning C., Gebker R., Patel AR., Kawaji K., Steen H., Zaliunas R., Backhaus S., Schuster A., Makowski M., Giusca S., Korosoglous G., Pieske B., and Kelle S. Strain-encoded cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a new approach for fast estimation of left ventricular function. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 2019; 19: 52. DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-1031-5
9. Jeong Y., Christoforids GA., Saadat N., Kawaji K., Cantrell CG., Roth S., Niekrasz M., and Carroll TJ. Absolute Quantitative MR Perfusion and Validation against Stable-Isotope Microspheres. Magn Reson Med. 2019; 81(6):3567-3577. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27669.
10. Deh K., Kawaji K., Bulk M., Van Der Weerd L., Lind E., Spincemaille P., McCabe-Gillen K., Wang Y., and Nguyen TD. Multicenter reproducibility of quantitative susceptibility mapping in a gadolinium phantom using MEDI+0 automatic zero referencing. Magn Reson Med. 2019; 81(2):1229-1236 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27410.
11. Giusca S., Korosoglou G., Zieschang V., Stoiber L., Schnackenburg B., Stehning C., Gebker R., Pieske B., Schuster A., Backhaus S., Patel AR., Kawaji K., Pieske-Kraigher E., Steen H., Lapinskas T., and Kelle S. Reproducibility study on myocardial strain assessment using fast-SENC cardiac magnetic resonance Imaging. Scientific Reports. 2018; 8:14100. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32226-3.
12. Zaidi SJ., Cossor W., Singh A., Maffessanti F., Kawaji K., Woo J., Mor-Avi V., Roberson DA., Kutty S., and Patel AR. Three-dimensional analysis of regional right ventricular shape and function in repaired tetralogy of Fallot using cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Clinical Imaging. 2018; 52:106-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2018.07.007.
13. Kawaji K., Patel MB., Cantrell CG., Tanaka A., Marino M., Tamura S., Wang H., Wang Y., Carroll TJ., Ota T., and Patel AR. A fast, non-iterative approach for Accelerated High-Temporal Resolution cine-CMR using Dynamically Interleaved Streak removal in the Power-spectral Encoded domain with Low-pass-filtering (DISPEL) and Modulo-Prime Spokes (MoPS). Med Phys. 2017 Mar 24. DOI: 10.1002/mp.12234/
14. Kawaji K., Tanaka A., Patel MB., Wang H., Maffessanti F., Ota T., and Patel AR. 3D late gadolinium enhanced cardiovascular MR with CENTRA-PLUS profile/view ordering: Feasibility of right ventricular myocardial damage assessment using a swine animal model. Magn Res Img 2017. Jan 25;39:7-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2017.01.015.
15. Tanaka A., Kawaji K., Patel AR., and Ota T. The extracellular matrix patch implanted in the right ventricle evaluated with cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol to assess regional physio-mechanical properties. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Jan;24(1):82-89. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivw296.
16. Wang SC., Patel AR., Tanaka A., Wang H., Ota T., Lang RM., Carroll TJ., and Kawaji K. A novel profile/view ordering with a non-convex star shutter for high-resolution 3D volumetric T1 mapping under multiple breath-holds. Magn Res Med 2017. 77:2215–2224. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26303.
17. Patel MB., Mor-Avi V., Kawaji, K. Nathan S., Kramer CM., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Role of Resting Perfusion in the Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction using Vasodilator Stress Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Apr 1;117(7):1072-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.12.054.
18. Tanaka A., Kawaji K., Patel AR., Tabata Y., Burke MC., Gupta MP., and Ota T. Controlled Release of Growth Factor Enhances In-situ Reconstructive Remodeling of Tissue-Engineered Cardiac Patch. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Vol. 150, Issue 5. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.073.
19. Thimmappa ND., Cooper MA., Nguyen TD., Dutruel SP., Kawaji K., and Weinsaft JW. Electrocardiographic Pad for Efficient Cardiac MR Gating. Radiology, 2016. Feb;278(2):578-84. DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2015142318.
20. Kawaji K., Foppa M., Roujol S., Akcakaya M., Manning WJ., and Nezafat R. Whole Heart Coronary MRI with an Enlarged Acquisition Window. PLoS ONE 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112020.
21. Akcakaya M., Nam S., Basha T., Kawaji K., Tarokh V., and Nezafat R. An Augmented Lagrangian Based Compressed Sensing Reconstruction for Non-Cartesian Magnetic Resonance Imaging without Gridding and Regridding at Every Iteration. PLoS ONE 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107107.
22. Pflugi S., Roujol S., Akcakaya M., Kawaji K., Foppa M., Heydari B., Goddu B., Kissenger KV., Berg S., Manning WJ., Kozerke S., and Nezafat R. Accelerated Cardiac MR Stress Perfusion with Radial Sampling After Physical Exercise with an MR-compatible Supine Bicycle Ergometer. MRM 2015, 74(2) 384-95. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25405.
23. Roujol S., Weingartner S., Foppa M., Chow K., Kawaji K., Ngo LH., Kellman P., Manning WJ., and Nezafat R. Accuracy, Precision and Reproducibility of Four T1 Mapping Sequences: A Head-To-Head Comparison of MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA, and SAPPHIRE. Radiology 2014, 272(3) 683-689. DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14140296.
24. Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Nguyen TD., Thimmappa ND., Cooper MA., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Direct Coronary Motion Extraction from a 2D Fat Image Navigator for Prospectively Gated Coronary MR Angiography. MRM 2014. 71(2) 599-607. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24698.
25. Kawaji K., Nguyen TD., Zou Z., Reig B., Winchester PA., Shih A., Spincemaille P., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Three-dimensional flow-independent balanced steady-state free precession vessel wall MRI of the popliteal artery: Preliminary experience and comparison with flow-dependent black-blood techniques. JMRI 2011. 34: 696–701. DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22663.
26. Mendoza DD., Codella NC., Wang Y., Prince MR., Sethi S., Manoushagain SJ., Kawaji K., Min JK., LaBounty TM., Devereux RB, and Weinsaft JW. Impact of diastolic dysfunction severity on global left ventricular volumetric filling - assessment by automated segmentation of routine cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance. JCMR 2010 Jul 31; 12:46. DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-12-46.
27. Kawaji K., Codella NC., Prince MR., Chu CW., Shakoor A., LaBounty TM., Min JK., Swaminathan RV., Devereux RB., Wang Y., and Weinsaft JW. Automated Segmentation of Routine Clinical Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2009; Nov. 2(6) 476-84. DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.109.879304
28. Ghaghada K., Hawley C., Kawaji K., Annapragada A., and Mukundan S. Jr. T1 Relaxivity of Core-encapsulated Gadolinium Liposomal Contrast Agents—Effect of Liposome Size and Internal Gadolinium Concentration. Academic Radiology, 2008; 15:(10) 1259-1263. DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.04.018.
29. Schindera ST., Nelson RC., Mukundan S. Jr., Paulson EK., Jaffe TA., Miller CM., DeLong DM., Kawaji K., Yoshizumi TT., and Samei E. Hypervascular Liver Tumors: Low Tube Voltage, High Tube Current Multi–Detector Row CT for Enhanced Detection—Phantom Study. Radiology 2008; 246:125-132. DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070307.
Patents
1. Kawaji, K., Manning, WJ., and Nezafat, R. MRI methods and apparatus for flexible visualization of any subset of an enlarged temporal window. US Patent 9,702,956. Filed 05/09/2014. Issued 07/11/2017.
2. Cantrell CG., Kawaji K., Patel AR., and Carroll TJ. Combined Oxygen Utilization, Strain, and Anatomic Imaging with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Provisional US Patent 62/576,446. Filed 10/24/2017.
Conference Papers and Abstracts:
2021
1. Shuo Wang MD, Hena N. Patel MD, Tamari Miller MD, Keith Ameyaw MD, Akhil Narang MD, Keigo Kawaji PhD, Victor Mor-Avi PhD, Amit R. Patel MD. Myocardial perfusion reserve by stress CMR in non-ischemic and ischemic cardiomyopathy. ACC 2021.
2. Maeda T., Tamura S., Hayamizu S., and Kawaji K. Combination of temporal and spatial denoising methods for cine MRI. IEEE LifeTech 2021 (Oral).
3. Shuo Wang MD, Hena Patel MD, Tamari Miller MD, Keith Ameyaw MD, Akhil Narang MD, Daksh Chauhan, Simran Anand, Stephanie A. Besser BSc, Keigo Kawaji PhD, Victor Mor-Avi PhD, Amit R. Patel MD. Fully Automated Artificial Intelligent Algorithms for the Assessment of Biventricular Function in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: How Do They Compare to Clinical Experts? SCMR 2021 (Oral).
4. Shuo Wang MD, Hena Patel MD, Tamari Miller MD, Keith Ameyaw MD, Akhil Narang MD, Keigo Kawaji PhD, Victor Mor-Avi PhD, Amit R. Patel MD. Relationship between myocardial perfusion reserve and Left Ventricular Size and Function in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. SCMR 2021 (Poster).
5. Hena Patel, Shuo Wang, Swati Rao, Stephanie Besser, Satish Mishra, Spencer Carter, Amita Singh, Luis Landeras, Roderick Tung, Keigo Kawaji, and Amit R Patel. Impact of Wideband Late Gadolinium Enhancement CMR Imaging on Clinical Decision Making in Patients With ICD. SCMR 2021 (Poster).
2020
6. Shuo Wang, Hena Patel, Tamari Miller, Keith Ameyaw, Akhil Narang, Daksh Chauhan, Stephanie Besser, Keigo Kawaji, Qiang Tang, Victor Mor-Avi, Amit R Patel. Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Using Fully Automated Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for the Assessment of Right Ventricular Function From Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images. AHA 2020. Circulation 142 (Suppl_3), A16189-A16189
7. Shuo Wang, Hena Patel, Keith Ameyaw, Miller Tamari, Akhil Narang, Keigo Kawaji, Victor Mor-Avi, Amit R Patel. Validation of Fully Automated Deep Learning Based Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images. ACC 2020. J American College of Cardiology 75 (11_Supplement_1), 1685-1685.
8. Kawaji K., Maeda T., Chauhan D., Goes JP., Obioma B., Vaicik M., Tamura S., and Patel AR. A Varied Data Shape and Fidelity Probing Approach for Assessing Automated Deep Neural Network-Based Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Sorting Pipelines. CSCTR 2020. J Investigative Med 68(5):1032-1034.
9. Goes JP., Patel AR., Dimov AV., Koda Y., Staneviciute A., Vaicik MK., Wang H., Carroll TJ., Ota T., and Kawaji K. New Insights for SENC and QSM-CMR Techniques against Quantitative Reference Values from a Comprehensive Multimodal Tissue Engineered Assessment Protocol. SCMR 2020 (Poster). Orlando, FL.
10. Chauhan D., Besser SA., Kawaji K., Abdulkarim M., Anyanwu E., Getty N., Goes JP., Madduri R., Patel AR. Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Automatic Classification of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images: Is Deep Learning Necessary? SCMR 2020 (Poster). Orlando, FL.
11. Erley J., Tanacli R., Genovese D., Tapaskar N., Rashedi N., Bucius P., Kawaji K., Lang RM., Kelle S., Karagodin I., Mor-Avi V., and Patel AR. Agreement between Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Echocardiography Techniques for Assessment of Right-Ventricular Myocardial Strain. SCMR 2020 (Poster). Orlando, FL.
2019
12. Staneviciute A., Koda Y., Tung R., Hibino N., Ota T., Vaicik MK., and Kawaji K. Multimodal Assessment of In-situ 3d Net Mold System-derived Myocardial Patch. Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) Americas Conference Dec 2019 (Oral). Orlando, FL.
13. Koda Y, Kawaji K, Staneviciute A, Vaicik MK, Beaser A, Tung R, Matsushita M, Hibino N, Ota T. 3D Net Mold System Derived Myocardial Block: Initial Feasibility and Effect of in situ Regeneration. AHA 2019. Circulation 140 (Suppl_1), A10962-A10962.
14. Dhom M., Davis M, Julian A., Goes J., Correia T., Vaicik MK., and Kawaji K. Two Alternative LED Control System Designs for Pulse Oximetry-based Simulation of the Heart. BMES 2019 Annual Meeting (Poster). Philadelphia PA.
15. Yang Y., Mo F., Xu S., Dhom M., Pike A., Maeda T., Vaicik MK., Correia TM., Hoshino R., and Kawaji K. Compressed Sensing MRI Revisited via Mathematics Problem-Solving Principles in BME. BMES 2019 Annual Meeting (Poster). Philadelphia PA.
16. Quiroz V., He Y., Bittencourt M., Kawaji K., Vaicik MK., and Papavasiliou G. Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) Viability within 3D Photopolymerized Biomimetic PEG Hydrogel Scaffolds. BMES 2019 Annual Meeting (Poster). Philadelphia PA.
17. Koda Y., Kawaji K., Staneviciute A., Vaicik MK., Tung R., Hibino N., and Ota T. In-situ 3D Net Mold System-derived myocardial patch: Initial Feasibility with multimodal assessment. BMES 2019 Annual Meeting (Oral). Philadelphia PA.
18. Boyd NA, Suzuki Y., Patel AR, Goes JP, Vaicik MK, Hayamizu S, Tamura S, and Kawaji K. A Validation Approach for Imperfect Training Data Fidelity using Signal + Artifact + Noise-based Neural Net (SAN3)- derived Directionalized Streaking Removal. Proc. ISMRM 2019 (Poster) pp4696. Montreal, Canada.
19. Boyd NA, Dimov AV, Patel AR, Goes JP, Wang H, Carroll TJ, and Kawaji K. Non-Cartesian MRI Systems Integrated Development using GPI and MATLAB – A New Rosette Pulse Sequence Example. Proc. ISMRM 2019 (Poster) pp4598. Montreal, Canada.
20. Dimov AV., Boyd NA., Kawaji K., and Carroll TJ. Retrospective gradient delay correction in multi-shot multi-echo rosette acquisition. Proc. ISMRM 2019 (Poster) pp4516. Montreal, Canada.
21. Jeong YI., Christoforidis GA., Saadat N., Kawaji K., Cantrell CG., Roth C., Niekrasz M., Carroll TJ. Automatic Measurement of Infarct Volume and Prediction by Pial Collaterals in Experimental Acute Ischemic Stroke. Proc. ISMRM 2019 (Poster) pp3236. Montreal, Canada.
22. Erley J., Tapaskar N., Alvi N., Besser S., Rashedi N., Genovese D., Kelle S., Kawaji K., Goyal N., Mor-Avi V., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Non-Contrast Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Based Detection of Myocardial Damage Using Myocardial Strain Analysis. ACC 2019. J American College of Cardiology 73 (9S1), 1667-1667.
23. Suzuki Y., Boyd. NA., Vaicik MK., Patel AR., Hayamizu S., Tamura S., and Kawaji K. A Deep Neural Network-based Signal Invariance Approach to overcome Unresolved Cardiac MR artifacts exhibited in Training Data. SCMR 2019. (Quick Fire Session – Oral + Poster) QF2-5.
24. Kawaji K., Nazir N., Blair JA., Mor-Avi V., Matsumoto K., Dabir D., Stoiber L., Kelle S., Zamani SM., Holzhauser L., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Using Intermediate Dose Dobutamine Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: A Multicenter Trial. SCMR 2019 (Poster) P041.
25. Erley J., Genovese D., Tapaskar N., Rashedi N., Kawaji K., Goyal N., Mor-Avi V., Lang RM., Kelle S., and Patel AR. Left and Right Ventricular Assessment of Longitudinal Myocardial Strain: A Comparison of Strain-Encoded Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography. SCMR 2019 (Poster) P330.
26. Tapaskar N., Erley J., Genovese D., Rashedi N., Kelle S., Kawaji K., Goyal N., Mor-Avi V., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Is Abnormal Global Longitudinal Strain Associated with the Presence of Late Gadolinium Enhancement: A Comparison of Strain Encoded Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and 2-Dimensional Echocardiography. SCMR 2019 (Poster) P246.
2018
27. Lein K., Maloney Z., Kawaji K., and Cinar A. Increased Resting Energy Expenditure as a Marker of Anxiety. BMES 2018 Annual Meeting. (Poster)
28. Moucka M., He Y., Cahoon S., Vaicik MK., Kawaji K., and Papavasiliou G. Hydrogel Scaffolds with Tunable Dynamic Changes in Modulus and Proteolytic Degradation for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering. BMES 2018. (Poster)
29. Schroeder S., Kawaji K., and Vaicik MK. Quantitative Validation of Plant-Based Tissue Model Microvasculature to Mimic Healthy and Diseased Myocardium Vasculature. BMES 2018. (Poster)
30. Shuaibi A., Cahoon S., Gallo NR., Kawaji K., and Georgiadis JG. A Composite Isotropic Silicone Phantom for Mechanical Probing of the Human Brain with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. BMES 2018 Annual Meeting. (Poster)
31. Cunningham E., Kawaji K., Staneviciute A., Nasreen A., Ota T., and Vaicik MK. Development of a Myocardial Imaging Phantom Utilizing Plant-Derived Biomimetic Vascular Scaffolds: Initial Feasibility. BMES 2018 Annual Meeting. (Poster)
32. Shuaibi A., Matsumoto K., Dabir D., Kelle S., Vaicik M., Patel AR., and Kawaji K. Inter-Observer Reproducibility of Regional Myocardial Strain using Strain-ENCoded (SENC) Cardiac MRI – A Multicenter Validation Study. BMES 2018 Annual Meeting. (Poster)
33. Patel N., Patel AR., Tanaka A., Ota T., and Kawaji K. Improved MRI-based Myocardial T1 and Extracellular Volume (ECV) Confidence Map Approach for Clinical Quantitative Analysis. BMES 2018 Annual Meeting.
34. Kawaji K., Vaicik MK., Corsi C., Tamura S., Ota T., Carroll TJ., and Patel AR. Biomedical Engineering Training in Academic Hospitals without Engineering Program Affiliations. BMES 2018 Annual Meeting (Oral).
From Postdoc, Staff Scientist Roles at the University of Chicago, Chicago IL. (2014-2017)
35. Fabbri C., Kawaji K., Nazir NT., Mor-Avi V., Patel AR., and Corsi C. A Semiautomated Approach for the Quantification of the Left Ventricle Chamber Volumes From Cine Magnetic Resonance Images. Computing in Cardiology (CinC) 2018. Oral Presentation (Conference Paper).
36. Suzuki Y., Kawaji K., Patel AR., Tamura S., and Hayamizu S. Towards effective noise reduction for sub-Nyquist high-frame-rate MRI techniques with deep learning. APSIPA 2017 Oral Presentation 210 (Conference Paper).
37. Zaidi SJ., Cossor W., Singh A., Maffesanti F., Kawaji K., Woo J., Mor-Avi V., Roberson D., Varga P., Kutty S., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Three-Dimensional Analysis of Regional Right Ventricular Shape and Function in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Cardiology 2018: 21st Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease. Scottsdale, AZ. P72.
38. Goyal N., Kawaji K., Nazir NT., Volpato V., Matsumoto K., Blair JE., Dabir D., Stoiber L., Zamani SM., Kelle S., Mor-Avi V., Patel AR. Reproducibility of Regional and Global Longitudinal Strain Measurements Made Using Single Beat Strain-Encoded CMR. SCMR 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
39. Narang A., Ameyaw K., Desai N., Kawaji K., Mor-Avi V., Nathan S., Landeras L., and Patel AR. Diagnostic Utility of Vasodilator Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. SCMR 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
40. Singh A., Kawaji K., Nazir NT., Beaser A., Iovino D., Addetia K., Mor-Avi V., Tung R., Patel AR. Clinical Utility and Feasibility of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Wideband Protocol in Patients with ICD and Ventricular Tachycardia. SCMR 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
41. Volpato V., Lang RM., Mor-Avi V., Blair JE., Landeras L., Kawaji K., Goyal N., Nazir NT., Matsumoto K., Patel AR. Clinical Utility and Feasibility of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Wideband Protocol in Patients with ICD and Ventricular Tachycardia. SCMR 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
42. Lapinskas T., Stoiber L., Stehning C., Gebker R., Patel AR., Kawaji K., Zaliunas R., Pieske R., and Kelle S. Quantitative assessment of left ventricular volumes and function using real-time strain-encoded CMR imaging: method agreement analysis. SCMR 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
43. Landeras L., Bueno JM., Chung JH., Rajiah P., Kawaji K., Patel AR. Myocardial Tissue Characterization: Keeping it Simple. RSNA 2017. Educational Session CA127-EX-X. Chicago IL.
44. Matsumoto K., and Kawaji K. Technology transfer through the NSF Innovation Corps program: Case of magnetic resonance technology development. Proc. HISF 20th Anniversary International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan. August 2017.
45. Kawaji K., Matsumoto K., Smink J., Wang H., Osman NF., and Patel AR. Single-Breath-Hold qCine (Quantitative Cine) with Strain-ENCoding (SENC) overlay: Protocol Optimization at 1.5T. ISMRM CMR Workshop 2017. New York, NY. pp05.
46. Wang H., Lanier M., Kawaji K., Patel AR., Taylor M., Dumoulin C. Acquisition of bSSFP and Tagged Cines in a Single Breath-Hold for Myocardial Wall Motion Assessment: A Feasibility Study. ISMRM CMR Workshop 2017. New York, NY. pp20.
47. Kawaji K., Hasse A., Wang H., Carroll TJ., and Patel AR. A Versatile MOLLI-based Inversion Time (TI) scout sequence for Myocardial Nulling Determination in emerging Late Gadolinium Enhanced CMR Variants: A Phantom Study. Proc. ISMRM 2017. Honolulu HI. pp2753.
48. Jeong Y., Javed A., Arndt N., Kawaji K., Hasse A., and Carroll TJ. A method for quantification of T1 in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions. Proc. ISMRM 2017. Honolulu HI. pp2428.
49. Midlash K., Jeong Y., Cantrell CG., Kawaji K., Christoforodis G., and Carroll TJ. Water Diffusion Heterogeneity in Cytoxic Edema. Proc. ISMRM 2017. Honolulu HI. pp4579.
50. Cantrell CG., Christoforidis GA., Jeong Y., Midlash K., Kawaji K., and Carroll TJ. A method for Quantitative Cerebrovascular Reserve: Animal Study. ASNR 2017. Long Beach CA.
51. Cantrell CG., Christoforidis GA., Jeong Y., Midlash K., Kawaji K., and Carroll TJ. A method for Quantitative Cerebrovascular Reserve: A Human Study. ASNR 2017. Long Beach CA.
52. Singh A., Kawaji K., Tung R., Addetia K., Nazir N., Narang A., Zaidi J., O’Keefe-Baker G., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Implementation of a Wideband Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Protocol to improve Assessment of Myocardial Scar in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. ACC 2017. Baltimore, MD. 10.1016/S0735-1097(17)34861-1
53. Singh A., Kawaji K., Tung R., Nazir N., Narang A., Zaidi J., Baker G., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Poor Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Quality in Patients with an ICD: Can It Be Improved? ACC 2017. Baltimore, MD.
54. Tehrani DM., Medvedofsky D., Kawaji K., Adatya S., Sarswat N., Raikhelkar J., Kim GH., Sayer G., Lang RM., Patel AR., and Uriel N. Utility of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) in the Evaluation of Heart Transplant (HT) Patients with Suspected Rejection. J Heart and Lung Transplantation 2017. 36(4)S290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2017.01.1447
55. Nazir N., Patel AR., Narang A., Tani D., Wang H., Smink J., Osman N., and Kawaji K. Single Breath-Hold Simultaneous Acquisition Approach of both Cine-CMR and Strain-Encoded CMR for a Combined Assessment of Myocardial Wall Motion. SCMR 2017. Washington DC. P329.
56. Kawaji K., Nazir N., Narang A., Tani D., Wang H., Smink J., Osman N., and Patel AR. A Single Breath-Hold Simultaneous Acquisition Approach of both Cine-CMR and Strain-Encoded CMR for a Combined Assessment of Myocardial Wall Motion. SCMR 2017. Washington DC. P332.
57. Singh A., Taylor J., Kawaji K., Tung R., and Patel AR. Utilization of a Wideband Protocol to Attenuate Intracardiac Device Artifact. SCMR 2017. Washington DC. Invited Case Presentation. Case Review 3 – Second Presentation.
58. Singh A., Kawaji K., Nazir N., Narang A., Addetia K., Tung R., Flatley E., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Burden of Premature Ventricular Contractions and Myocardial Fibrosis as Measured by Native Myocardial T1 Time: Is There an Association. SCMR 2017; Washington, DC. P012.
59. Medvedofsky D., Tehrani D., Kawaji K., Mor-Avi V., Lang RM., Uriel N., and Patel AR. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Diagnose Orthotopic Heart Transplant Rejection. P
60. Narang A., Blair JE., Mor-Avi V., Kawaji K., Fedson SE., Uriel N., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Mechanisms of Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion in Post Heart Transplant Patients. SCMR 2017, Washington DC.
61. Kawaji K., Cantrell CG., Tamura S., Wang H., Carroll TJ., and Patel AR. A Customizable Numerical K-space Simulation of Dynamical MRAs Using Physiologic Biofeedback and an Analytical Fourier Transformation Model. Society for MRA, 2016. Chicago IL. Oral Presentation.
62. Kawaji K., Patel MB., Marino M., Lang RM., Wang H., Wang Y., and Patel AR. Improved Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function using High-Temporal Cine-CMR. Proc. ISMRM 2016. Singapore. pp3213.
63. Kawaji K., Patel MB., Smink J., Wang H., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Operator-guided Navigator Gating for Real-Time Interactive Coronary Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. SCMR 2016. Los Angeles, CA. P321.
64. Patel MB., Patel AR., Wang H., Gorre D., Lang RM., and Kawaji K. Novel 3-Dimensional K-Space Acquisition Scheme (CENTRA-PLUS) for Enhanced Coronary Imaging. SCMR 2016. Los Angeles, CA. P112.
65. Addetia K., Singh A., Kawaji K., Mor-Avi V., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Use of non-contrast Myocardial T1 times to distinguish between fibrosis and normal myocardial tissue, a possible alternative for patients who cannot receive gadolinium-based contrast agents. SCMR 2016. Los Angeles, CA. P317.
66. Kawaji K., Wang H., and Patel AR. Characteristic Streak Frequency Filtering with Modulo-Prime Spokes (MoPS) Cine-CMR. SMRA 2015. Cincinnati OH. O52. (Oral Presentation).
67. Wang, S., Patel AR., Tanaka A., Wang, H., Zhu, X., Zhang D., Ota T., Lang RM., and Kawaji K. A Novel Profile/View Ordering (NINJA-STAR) for High-Resolution 3D Volumetric T1 Mapping. Proc. ISMRM 2015. Toronto, Canada. pp3677.
68. Kawaji K., Wang H., Wang S., Tanaka A., Ota T., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Modulo-Prime Spoke (MoPS) Interleaving for k-Space Segmented Radial Acquisition Strategies. Proc. ISMRM 2015. Toronto, Canada.
69. Kawaji K., Tanaka A., Patel M., Wang S., Wang H., Ota T., Lang RM., and Patel AR. 3D Late Gadolinium Enhancement Imaging using CENTRA-PLUS ordering with Weighted Navigator Acquisition: Feasibility of Surgically Implanted RV Patch Volume Quantification in Swine Model. Proc. ISMRM 2015. Toronto, Canada.
70. Patel MB., Mor-Avi V., Kawaji K., Nathan S., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Is myocardial infarction associated with resting perfusion abnormalities on Cardiac MRI. ACC 2015 Scientific Sessions, San Diego, CA. A1183.
71. Cossor WJ., Maffessanti F., Addetia K., Mor-Avi K., Kawaji K., Roberson D., Dill K., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Regional Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Cardiac Output in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. ACC 2015 Scientific Sessions, San Diego, CA. A565.
72. Cossor WJ., Maffessanti F., Addetia K., Mor-Avi K., Kawaji K., Roberson D., Dill K., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Regional Right Ventricular Curvature in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. ACC 2015 Scientific Sessions, San Diego, CA. A561.
73. Patel MB., Mor-Avi V., Kawaji K., Nathan S., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Resting Perfusion in Chronic Myocardial Infarction. SCMR 2015. Nice, France. P129.
74. Cossor WJ., Maffessanti F., Mor-Avi V., Kawaji K., Roberson DA., Varga P., Lang RM., and Patel AR. Three-Dimensional Changes in Regional Right Ventricular Curvature and Function in Tetralogy of Fallot. Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Scientific Sessions 2015. Nice, France. P214.
75. Kawaji K., Wang S., Tanaka A., Wang H., Lang RM., and Patel AR. High-Resolution Multi-breath-held 3D Volumetric T1 Mapping Acquisition: Analysis of Volume Measurements of Small Structures Using a Respiratory Motion Phantom. Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Scientific Sessions 2015. Nice, France. W23.
76. Kawaji K., Wang, S., Tanaka A., Wang, H., Lang RM., and Patel AR. High-Resolution Multi-breath-held 3D volumetric T1 Mapping Acquisition: Analysis of T1 Measurement Reproducibility Compared to 2D T1 Mapping with a Respiratory Motion Phantom. SCMR 2015. Nice, France. O2. Oral Presentation. Recipient of SCMR Regional Scholarship Award (one of 10 North America awardees).
77. Tanaka A., Kawaji K., Patel A., Gupta MP., and Ota T. Constructive Myocardial Remodeling of a Tissue Engineered Extracellular Patch Confirmed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Society of Thoracic Surgery 2015. San Diego, CA.
78. Tanaka A., Kawaji K., Patel AR., and Ota T. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technique to Assess Constructive Myocardial Regeneration of a Tissue Engineered Cardiac Patch. AHA 2014. Chicago, IL. pp15974.
79. Kawaji K., Marino M., Tanaka A., Tarroni G., Ota T., Lang RM., and Patel AR. A Novel Technique for Respiratory Motion Correction in Rapid Left Ventricular Myocardial T1 Mapping and Quantitative Analysis of Myocardial Fibrosis. AHA 2014. Chicago, IL. pp17448.
From Postdoc at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA (2012-2013):
80. Kawaji K., Akcakaya M., Roujol S., Manning W.J., Nezafat R. Rotation Angle Optimization for a K-space Segmented 4D Radial Stack-of-Stars Acquisition. Proc. ISMRM 2014. Milan, Italy. pp4221. Recipient of ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Best Abstract Award.
81. Pflugi S., Roujol S., Akcakaya M., Kawaji K., Foppa M., Heydari B., Goddu B., Kissinger KV., Berg S., Manning WJ. Kozerke S., and Nezafat R. Radial Versus Cartesian Sampling for Physiological Stress CMR Perfusion: A Head-To-Head Comparison. Proc. ISMRM 2014. pp2378. Milan, Italy.
82. Pflugi S., Roujol S., Akcakaya M., Kawaji K., Foppa M., Heydari B., Goddu B., Kissinger KV., Berg S., Manning WJ. Kozerke S., and Nezafat R. Comparison of Reconstruction Methods for Accelerated Cardiac MR Stress Perfusion with Radial Sampling After Physiological Exercise. Proc. ISMRM 2014. pp2381. Milan, Italy.
83. Roujol S., Weingartner S., Foppa M., Chow K., Kawaji K., Kissinger KV., Godd B., Berg S., Kellman P., Manning WJ., Thompson RB., and Nezafat R. Accuracy, Precision, and Reproducibility Comparison of T1 Mapping Sequences. Proc. ISMRM 2014. pp2431. Milan, Italy.
84. Kawaji K., Roujol S., Manning W.J., Nezafat R. Interactive Visualization of 4D Coronary MRI with Prolonged Acquisition Window: GPU-Accelerated Flexible Gridding Reconstruction for Lag-Free Performance. Proc. ISMRM 2014. Milan, Italy. pp4296.
85. Roujol S., Weingartner S., Foppa M., Chow K., Kawaji K., Kissinger KV., Godd B., Berg S., Kellman P., Manning WJ., Thompson RB., and Nezafat R. Accuracy and reproducibility of four T1 mapping sequences: a head-to-head comparison of MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA, and SAPPHIRE. SCMR 2014. O26. New Orleans, LA.
86. Roujol S., Foppa M., Kawaji K., Kissinger KV., Goddu B., Manning WJ., and Nezafat R. Improved motion correction for T1 mapping. SCMR 2014. New Orleans, LA. P45.
87. Kawaji K., Pflugi S., and Nezafat R. Whole-Heart Imaging with an Enlarged Acquisition Window: A Simple Method to Assess Period of Minimal Cardiac Motion. Int. Workshop in MR Angiography (later Society of MRA) 2013. New York, NY. P8.6. Recipient of NIH Young Investigator Stipend Award.
From PhD Training (BME) at Cornell University, New York NY (2007-2012):
88. Thimmappa ND., Cooper MA., Dutruel S., Kawaji K., Nguyen TD., Wang Y. ECG Pad for Efficient Cardiac MR Gating. RSNA 2013, Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2013/13024652.html
89. Thimmappa ND., Dutruel S., Kawaji K., Cooper MA., Nguyen TD., Wang Y. A novel electrode holder to simplify lead placement for ECG gating in MRI. SCBT-MR 2012. Poster Presentation.
90. Kawaji K., Spincemaille, P., Nguyen, TD., Cooper, MA., Prince MR., and Wang, Y. Real-Time Motion Extraction from 2D Image-Based Navigators in Under 20 Milliseconds: An Integrated 2D Navigator Image Processing During MR Data Acquisition. Proc. ISMRM 2013. Salt Lake City, UT. pp2591.
91. Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Nguyen TD., Thimmappa N., Cooper MA., Weinsaft JW., Prince MA, and Wang Y. Efficient Coronary MR Angiography: Real-Time Interactive 2D Fat Image Navigator Motion Tracking for PAWS Gating and Targeted Motion Correction. RSNA 2012. Chicago, IL. LL-CAS-MO4C.
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92. Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Nguyen TD., Thimappa N., Cooper MA., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Direct Coronary Artery Motion Tracking from Cartesian 2D Fat Image Navigator for Motion Corrected Coronary MRA. Proc. ISMRM 2012, pp3813.
93. Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Nguyen TD., Thimappa N., Cooper MA., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Direct Coronary Artery Motion Tracking from Cartesian 2D Fat Image Navigator for Motion Corrected Coronary MRA. Proc. ISMRM 2012, Motion Correction Workshop entry.
94. Cooper MA., Nguyen TD., Spincemaille P., Kawaji K., Weinsaft JW., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Parallel Reconstruction Observing Self consistency and Temporal smoothness (PROST). Proc. ISMRM 2012, pp 4247.
95. Liu J., Liu T., Wang S., Kawaji K., and Wang Y. Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping by Using the Morphology Enabled Dipole Inversion (MEDI) Approach with a New Prior Information. Proc. ISMRM 2012, 3449.
96. Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Nguyen TD., Agrawal M., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Epicardial Fat Image Navigator for Direct Cardiac Motion Tracking with Applications in a Prospectively Gated Free-Breathing 3D SSFP Coronary MRA Sequence. BMES 2011, pp156.
97. Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Nguyen TD., Agrawal M., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Automated Motion Signal Detection from Image-based Navigator for Prospectively Gated 3D SSFP Coronary MRA. Int Society of MR Angiography 2011, Banff, AB. Canada. pp13-1.
98. Pei M., Kawaji, K.* Wang L., Li J., Fan M., and Wang Y. A Geometric Method Based on Mass Center Drifting Detection for Improving Basal Left Ventricle Automated Segmentation. Proc. ISMRM 2011. Montreal, QC Canada. pp3280. *(Presenter).
99. Kawaji K., Nguyen TD., Spincemaille P., Reig B., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Comparison of Black-Blood Magnetization Preparation Techniques for 3D Vessel Wall Imaging in the Lower Extremities. Proc. ISMRM 2010. Stockholm, Sweden. pp1267.
100. Kawaji K., Nguyen TD., Spincemaille P., Reig B., Winchester PA., Prince MR., and Wang Y. 3D Isotropic Black-Blood Imaging with T2prep Inversion Recovery: Comparison between FSE and SSFP. Proc. ISMRM 2010. Stockholm, Sweden. pp3027.
101. Nguyen TD., Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Large field-of-view submillimeter isotropic resolution bilateral peripheral vessel wall MRI using 3D fast spin echo with flow-insensitive blood suppression at 3 Tesla. Proc. ISMRM 2010. Stockholm, Sweden. pp3691.
102. Nguyen TD., Kawaji K., Spincemaille P., Reig B., Cham MD., Prince MR., and Wang Y. Three dimensional black blood MRI with extensive cardiothoracic coverage: A feasibility study in healthy volunteers. Proc. ISMRM 2010. Stockholm, Sweden. pp3650.
103. Mendoza DD., Codella NCF., Sethi S., Kawaji K., Manoushagian S., Prince MR., Devereux RB., Min JK., Cham MD., Wang Y., Weinsaft JW. Automated segmentation of routine cine-CMR for volumetric assessment of presence and severity of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. SCMR 2010. Phoenix, AZ. P86.
104. Kawaji, K., Nguyen, TD., Spincemaille, Prince, MR., and Wang, Y. Feasibility Study of Combining 3D SSFP with T2prep Inversion Recovery (T2IR) for Black Blood Vessel Wall Imaging. Int. MRA Workshop, 2009. East Lansing, MI. P14.
105. Nguyen, TD., Kawaji, K., Spincemaille, P., Cham, MD., Winchester, PA., Prince, MR., and Wang, Y. 3D peripheral vessel wall MRI with flow-insensitive blood suppression and isotropic resolution at 3 Tesla. Int. MRA Workshop 2009. East Lansing, MI. pp3.8. Oral Presentation (Presenter).
106. Kawaji, K., Codella, NC., Chu, CW., Devereux, RB., Prince, MR., Wang, Y. and Weinsaft, JW. A Novel Method for Cine-CMR Automated Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction. Proc. ISMRM, 2009. Honolulu, HI. pp650. Oral Presentation.
107. Codella NCF., Cham MD., Wong R., Chu CW., Kawaji K., Healey K., Prince MR., Wang Y., and Weinsaft JW. Rapid and Accurate Quantification of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Using an Automated Segmentation Algorithm – a Clinical Validation Study. Proc. ISMRM 2009. Honolulu, HI. pp1900.
108. Ross MI., Healy KO., Labounty TM., Shakoor A., Kawaji K., Chinitz JS., Min JK., Wang Y., Devereux RB., and Weinsaft JW. Left Ventricular Infarct Size is Associated with Presence and Severity of Echo-evidenced Diastolic Dysfunction Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. ASE 2009. Washington DC. 22(5):564.
109. Codella NCF., Cham MD., Wong R., Chu CW., Kawaji K., Prince MR., Wang Y., and Weinsaft JW. Rapid Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction with LV METRIC - A Novel Segmentation Algorithm. SCMR 2009. Orlando, FL.
From BSE training at Duke University-BME, Durham NC (2005-2007):
110. Ghaghada K., Kawaji K., Hawley C., Mukundan S, Jr. T1 Relaxivity of Liposomal-Encapsulated Gadolinium Contrast Agents: Effect of Particle Size and Gadolinium Concentration. Proc. ISMRM 2007. Berlin, Germany. pp1148.
111. Schindera S., Nelson R., Kawaji K., Lowry C., Yoshizumi T., Toncheva G., Nguyen G., and Mukundan S Jr. Multi-Energy 64-Slice Multidetector Abdominal CT: Effect on Radiation Dose, Image Noise, and Contrast Opacification. RSNA 2006. Chicago IL. ppSSM06-03. http://archive.rsna.org/2006/4438755.html
112. Schindera S., Nelson R., Paulson EK., Jaffe TA., Miller CM., Toncheva G., Nguyen G., DeLong D., Kawaji K., Yoshizumi T., and Mukundan S Jr. Low-Kilovoltage/High mAs 64-Slice MDCT for Detection of Hypervascular Liver Tumors: a Phantom Study. AJR 188(5) · May 2007