Krishna S. Nayak, PhD
Associate Professor
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
Viterbi School of Engineering
University of Southern California
Magnetic Resonance Engineering Laboratory
List of Publications
Research Interests
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (acquisition and reconstruction);
Image artifact correction; Real-time imaging;
Application of MRI to the assessment of cardiovascular disease and obesity;
Signal and image processing
Recent Honors
- April 2009, Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- April 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
Recent Publications
- Z Zun, EC Wong, KS Nayak.
Assessment of myocardial blood flow in humans using arterial
spin labeling: feasibility and SNR requirements.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
62(4):975-83. Oct 2009.
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- YC Kim, S Narayanan, KS Nayak.
Accelerated 3D upper airway MRI using compressed sensing.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
61(6):1434-1440. June 2009.
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- JF Nielsen and KS Nayak.
Reference-less phase velocity mapping using balanced SSFP.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
61(5):1096-1102. May 2009.
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- T Shin, HH Hu, GM Pohost, KS Nayak.
Three dimensional first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging at 3T:
feasibility study.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
10:57. December 11th, 2008.
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- HH Hu and KS Nayak.
Quantification of Absolute Fat Mass using an Adipose Tissue
Reference Signal Model.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
28(6):1483-1491. December 2008.
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- HL Lee and KS Nayak.
Stabilization of Alternating TR Steady State Free Precession
Sequences.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance
195:211-218. December 2008.
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- K Sung and KS Nayak.
Design and use of tailored hard-pulse trains for uniform
saturation of myocardium at 3 Tesla.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
60(4):997-1002. October 2008.
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Selected Publications
- KS Nayak, HL Lee, BA Hargreaves, BS Hu.
Wideband SSFP: alternating repetition time balanced steady state
free precession imaging with increased band spacing.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
58(5):931-938. November 2007.
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- CH Cunningham, JM Pauly, KS Nayak.
Saturated Double Angle Method for Rapid B1+ Mapping.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
2006:55(6):1326-1333.
June 2006.
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- KS Nayak, CH Cunningham, JM Santos, JM Pauly.
Real-Time Cardiac Imaging at 3 Tesla.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
2004:51(4):655-660.
April 2004.
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Contact
3740 McClintock Ave, EEB 406
Los Angeles, CA 90089 - 2564
knayak AT usc DOT edu
Tel: 213-740-3494
Fax: 213-740-4651