Secondary Appointments

Biomedical Engineering

Urology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Education

• M.D., University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Urbana, 2000
• Ph.D. Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998
• M.S. Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1994
• B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991

Research Summary

The goal of our group is to develop new MRI methods that provide a quantitative underlay for evaluation of tissue/pathology, and to translate these techniques to patient care. The work has one foot in basic science and the other in clinical science. We span MR acquisitions and image reconstruction, application development, and clinical evaluation. Areas of focus include MR relaxometry, perfusion and diffusion, body MRI, and vascular MRI.

Selected Publications

D. Ma, V. Gulani, N. Seiberlich, K. Liu, J.L. Sunshine, J. L. Duerk, M. A. Griswold, MR Fingerprinting (MRF), Nature 495:187-92, 2013

K. L. Wright, M. W. Harrell, J. A. Jesberger, L. Landeras, D. A. Nakamoto, S. Thomas, D. Nickel, R. Kroeker, M. A. Griswold, and V. Gulani, Clinical Evaluation of CAIPIRINHA: Comparison Against a GRAPPA Standard, in Press,  J. Magn. Reson. Med.,  2013.

K. L. Wright, N. Seiberlich, J. A. Jesberger, D. A. Nakamoto, R. F. Muzic, Jr., M. A. Griswold, V. Gulani, " Simultaneous Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Perfusion (MRAP) Measurement: Initial Application in Lower Extremity Skeletal Muscle, in Press, J. Magn. Reson. Med., 2013.

P. Ehses, N. Seiberlich, F. A. Breuer, P. M. Jakob, M. A. Griswold, V. Gulani, IR TrueFISP with a golden-ratio based radial readout: Fast quantification of T1, T2, and proton density, Magn. Reson. Med., 69:71-81, 2013.

H. Hussain, T. L. Chenevert, F. J. Londy, V. Gulani, S. Swanson, B. McKenna, H. Appelman, S. Adusumilli, J. Greenson, H. Conjeevaram, “MR Imaging for Quantitative Measurement and Display of Hepatic Fat Fraction - Early Experience,” Radiology, 237:1048-1055, 2005.  

V. Gulani, P. Schmitt, M. A. Griswold, A. G. Webb, P. M. Jakob, “Towards a Single Sequence Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurological Examination: Multiple-Contrast Images from a Single IR True-FISP Experiment,” Investigative Radiology, 39:767-774, 2004.

P. Schmitt, M. A. Griswold, P. M. Jakob,  M. Kotas, V. Gulani , M. Flentje, A. Haase, “Inversion Recovery TrueFISP: Quantification of T1, T2, and Spin Density” Magn. Reson. Med., 51:661-667, 2004

V. Gulani, A. G. Webb, I. D. Duncan, P. C. Lauterbur,  “Diffusion Anisotropy in Myelin Deficient Rat Spinal Cords, ” Magn. Reson. Med., 45:191-195, 2001.

V. Gulani, G. A. Iwamoto, P. C. Lauterbur, “Apparent Water Diffusion Measurements in Electrically Stimulated Neural Tissue,” Magn. Reson. Med., 41:241-246, 1999. 

V. Gulani, G. A. Iwamoto, H. Jiang, J. S. Shimony, A. G. Webb, P. C. Lauterbur, “A Multiple Echo Pulse Sequence for Diffusion Tensor Imaging and its Application in Excised Rat Spinal Cords, ” Magn. Reson. Med., 38:868-873, 1997.