Radiology Personnel

Niranjan Balu, PhD, MBBS

Research

Research Associate Professor
Vascular Imaging Lab

Biography

Dr. Niranjan Balu is a post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Radiology at the
University of Washington. He currently leads the Imaging Physics Group at Dr.
Chun Yuan’s Vascular Imaging Lab where he manages the MRI aspect of large
NIH sponsored multicenter studies and multicenter pharmaceutical trials. His
research interests include MR pulse sequence design, image processing and their
application to clinical cardiovascular MRI. His current research is focused on
developing new MRI techniques to reduce quantitative measurement variability in
vessel wall MRI and development of fast sequences to facilitate translation of vessel
wall MRI to the clinic.

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)



Estimating Flow Direction of Circle of Willis Using Dynamic Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
Kaiyu Zhang, Halit Akcicek, Gen Shi, et al. - Published 2024 - AJNR. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY

Editorial for “Quantitative Time-of-Flight Head Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Cerebrovascular Disease”.
N. Balu - Published 2024 - JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Dapagliflozin Reduces Systemic Inflammation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Without Known Heart Failure
Dennis Wang, Anna Naumova, D. Isquith, et al. - Published 2024 - RESEARCH SQUARE

Abstract WP128: Using Clinical Data to Reclassify ESUS Patients to Either Large Artery Atherosclerotic or Cardioembolic Stroke Mechanisms
Lauren R Klein, D. Tirschwell, Daniel Hippe, et al. - Published 2024 - STROKE

Abstract TP143: Longitudinal Evaluation of Vessel Wall MRI Demonstrates Bilaterally Symmetric Evolution of Carotid Atherosclerosis
Yin Guo, E. Y. Akcicek, D. Hippe, et al. - Published 2024 - STROKE

Associations of Intracranial Artery Length and Branch Number on Time-of-Flight MRA With Cognitive Impairment in Hypertensive Older Males.
Zhensen Chen, Wenjin Liu, N. Balu, et al. - Published 2024 - JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Editorial for “Non-Contrast-Enhanced Functional Lung MRI to Evaluate Treatment Response of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis: A Pilot Study”.
N. Balu, S. Pipavath - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Report from the society of magnetic resonance angiography: clinical applications of 7T neurovascular MR in the assessment of intracranial vascular disease
B. Sui, B. Sannananja, Chengcheng Zhu, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY

Why is the Winner the Best?
M. Eisenmann, Annika Reinke, V. Weru, et al. - Published 2023 - COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION

Atherosclerotic carotid plaque characteristics vary with time from ischemic event: A multicenter, prospective magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging registry study
M. Shirakawa, Kiyofumi Yamada, H. Watase, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES