Krishna S. Nayak, PhD
Dean's Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Viterbi School of Engineering
University of Southern California
Director,
Signal and Image Processing Institute
Director,
Magnetic Resonance Engineering Laboratory
Director,
Dynamic Imaging Science Center
Full CV
Short CV
Research Interests
Magnetic Resonance Imaging; MRI pulse sequence design; MRI reconstruction;
MRI artifact correction; Real-time imaging;
Application of MRI to the assessment of cardiovascular disease and obesity;
Signal and image processing
Selected Honors
- Jan 2022, Fellow, IEEE
- Apr 2020, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Use-Inspired Research Award
- May 2019, Board of Trustees (elected), ISMRM
- Apr 2018, Fellow, SCMR
- Apr 2017, Fellow, AIMBE
- Aug 2013 - May 2016, Faculty Fellow, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching
- Dec 2014, Promoted to Full Professor
- Oct 2010 - Aug 2011, Sabbatical at NIH/NHLBI Laboratory for Cardiac Energetics
- Apr 2009, Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- Apr 2009, GE Healthcare Magnetic Resonance Thought Leader Award
- May 2008, USC-Mellon Mentoring Award, Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students
- May 2007, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Junior Faculty Research Award
Select Recent Publications (Dec 2022)
- B Li, NG Lee, SX Cui, KS Nayak.
Lung parenchyma transverse relaxation rates at 0.55 Tesla.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Y Tian, SX Cui, Y Lim, NG Lee, Z Zhao, KS Nayak.
Contrast-optimal simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) bSSFP cine cardiac imaging at 0.55 Tesla.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
89(2):746-755. Feb 2023.
JRNL
- F Munoz, Y Lim, SX Cui, H Stark, KS Nayak.
Evaluation of a Novel 8-Channel RX Coil for Speech Production MRI at 0.55 T.
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology, and Medicine (MAGMA).
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JRNL
- NG Lee, R Ramasawmy, Y Lim, AE Campbell-Washburn, KS Nayak.
MaxGIRF: Image Reconstruction Incorporating Concomitant Field and Gradient Impulse Response Function Effects.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
88(2):691-710, August 2022.
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- D Kim, SF Cauley, KS Nayak, RM Leahy, JP Haldar.
Region-Optimized Virtual (ROVir) Coils: Localization and/or Suppression of Spatial Regions using Sensor-Domain Beamforming.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
86(1):197-212, July 2021.
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- Y Lim, A Toutios, Y Bliesener, Y Tian, SG Lingala, C Vaz, T Sorensen, M Oh, S Harper, W Chen, Y Lee, J Töger, ML Montesserin, C Smith, B Godinez, L Goldstein, D Byrd, KS Nayak, SS Narayanan.
A multispeaker dataset of raw and reconstructed speech production real-time MRI video and 3D volumetric images.
Scientific Data (Nature).
8:187. 20 July 2021.
JRNL
Recent Review Papers
- Q Qin, DC Alsop, DS Bolar, L Hernandez-Garcia, J Meakin, D Liu, KS Nayak, S Schmid, MJP van Osch, EC Wong, JG Woods, G Zaharchuk, MY Zhao, Z Zun, J Guo.
Velocity-selective arterial spin labeling perfusion MRI: A review of the state of the art and recommendations for clinical implementation.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
88(4):1528-1547, October 2022.
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- KS Nayak, Y Lim, AE Campbell-Washburn, J Steeden.
Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
55(1):81-99. January 2022.
JNRL
- V Ramanarayanan, S Tilsen, M Proctor, J Toger, L Goldstein, KS Nayak, S Narayanan.
Analysis of Speech Production Real-Time MRI.
Computer Speech and Language.
52:1-22. Nov 2018.
JRNL
- F Kober, T Jao, T Troalen, KS Nayak.
Myocardial Arterial Spin Labeling.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.
2016, 18:22. April 2016.
JNRL
- SG Lingala, BP Sutton, ME Miquel, KS Nayak.
Recommendations for Real-Time Speech MRI.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
2016, 43:28-44. January 2016.
JNRL
- KS Nayak, JF Nielsen, MA Berstein, M Markl, P Gatehouse, R Botnar, D Saloner, C Lorenz, H Wen, BS Hu, F Epstein, J Oshinski, SV Raman.
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Phase Contrast Imaging.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
2015, 17:71. August 2015.
JNRL
Profiles
Direct Contact
3740 McClintock Ave, EEB 400C
Los Angeles, CA 90089 - 2564
knayak AT usc DOT edu
Tel: 213-740-3494
Fax: 213-740-4651
Research Coordinator:
Mary Yung
3740 McClintock Ave, EEB 400
Los Angeles, CA 90089 - 2564
maryyung AT usc DOT edu
Tel: 310-995-6990
Administrative Contact:
Gloria Halfacre
3740 McClintock Ave, EEB 404
Los Angeles, CA 90089 - 2564
gloria AT sipi DOT usc DOT edu
Tel: 213-740-4145