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The Division of Research in the Department of Radiology is a busy program and has grown significantly in the past few years. Researchers around the campus collaborate with our radiologists to perform imaging for many areas of study including oncology, neurology, and biokenisiology, to name a few. A number of our own radiologists are renowned researchers dedicated to advancing medicine through improving imaging methods, testing new instrumentation, creating imaging software, and developing novel radiotracers for clinical application.

Additionally, the DOR Molecular Imaging Laboratory has been growing steadily with increased interest by both campus researchers and external users such as pharmacy and device companies. To read more about the Molecular Imaging Laboratory, please click here.

Listed below are projects currently underway in our department with radiologists as Principal Investigators or Co-Principal Investigators. A full description of each study will be available on this website in the near future. Many other studies, which are not included on this site, are collaborative efforts with other departments at USC.

RADIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Biomedical Imaging Physics and Engineering
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
Singh, Manbir	NIH	Neuroimaging Core: Alzheimer Disease Research Center
	NIH	Diffusion Tensor Tractography in AD and SVD: AD Research Center
	DOD / TATRC	MRI-DTI Tractography to Quantify Brain Connectivity in Traumatic Brain Injury
	NIH	3T MR Imaging/Spectrometer MRI for Heart and Brain Research [Co-PI with Gerald Pohost]
	NSF subcontract with UCR	Localizing Brain Activity with Psychometric Measurement: Method Development and Validation

Body Imaging
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
Wilcox, Alison	None	Percutaneous Catheter Drainage versus Standard Tube Thoracostomy

Image Processing and Informatics Laboratory »
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
Huang, Bernie	NIH	Biomedical Imaging Informatics Training Program
Liu, Brent	DOD	Development of Unique Advanced Medical Research and Development Initiatives in The Western United States and Pacific Rim: Proton Beam Therapy Innovations

Musculoskeletal
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
None at this time

Neuroradiology
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
Colletti, Patrick	NIH subcontract with UCI	Long-term Effects of Subclinical CAD (Coronary Heart Disease) on Cardiac Function [SBHW Group]
	NIH subcontract with Univ. of Washington	Carotid MRI Sub-study in AIM-HIGH (Carotid Plaque Characteristics by MRI in the Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglyceride and Impact on Global Health Outcomes)
	NIH subcontract with Univ. of Washington	Carotid Plaque Composition by MRI during Lipid-Lowering
Kim, Hee Won	DOE	The Use of Robotics for Cardiological and Neurosurgical Evaluation Surgical Robotics (Phase II and Phase II studies)
Pohost, Gerald	NIH	Prediction of Cardiomyopathy in Type 1 Diabetes by 31P MRS
	NIH	Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Core Laboratory: STICH Trial
	NIH	3T MR Imaging/Spectrometer MRI for Heart and Brain Research [Co-PI with Manbir Singh] (Large instrumentation grant)
Zee, Chi-Shing	NIH - SBIR subcontract	Automated Processing of Cancer-Related Data
Zee, Chi-Shing	NIH / CSCC substudy	Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Neuro-imaging Abnormalities in Neuro-Intact Adults with Sickle Cell

Nuclear Medicine
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
Bonyadlou, Shahram	NIH / ACRIN	Pre- and Post-treatment Assessment of Non-Small Lung Cancer with FDG PET
Conti, Peter	NIH	High Resolution Ultrasound Resource for Molecular Imaging Center (Small instrumentation grant)
	NIH	Micro Computerized Tomography Image System (Small instrumentation grant)
	NIH	Development of Cellular and Molecular Based Cancer Imaging Center
	NIH subcontract with City of Hope	CORE A: Clinical Imaging/Antibody Targeted Radiation and Immunotherapy
	Genentech, Inc.	Pilot Study of Changes in FDG- AND FLT-PET Imaging in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Following Treatment with Erlotinib [Co-PI with Barbara Gitlitz]
	Siemens Molecular Imaging, Inc.	A Phase I Open Label Single Center Safety Study of [F-18]FLT for Brain Cancer
	None	Imaging of 11C-FMAU in Cancer
	None	11C-FMAU as in Vivo Marker of Cell Proliferation in Breast and Brain Cancer
Jadvar, Hossein	NIH / NCI	FDG PET-CT Evaluation of Metastatic Prostate Cancer (Investigator-initiated)

Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
Marx, Vicky	Genentech, Inc.	Provocative Angiography in Patients with GI Hemorrhage of Obscure Origin (Investigator-initiated)

Women’s Imaging
Investigator	Funding Support	Title of Project
Hovanessian-Larsen, Linda	NIH /ACRIN / Avon Foundation	Ultrasound Screening in Women at High-Risk for Breast Cancer
	Norris Cancer Center	Breast Cancer Database Project (Investigator-initiated)
	Naviscan PET Systems, Inc.	Prospective Multicenter Study of the Role of Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) in Pre-Surgical Planning for Breast Cancer
	Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation	Sonography Compared with MRI in Pre-operative Work-up of Women Diagnosed with Breast Disease (Investigator-initiated)