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Chun Yuan, Ph.D.

Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering
Vice Chair for Global Affairs

Biography

Dr. Chun Yuan received his B.S. in physics at Beijing Normal University and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Physics at the University of Utah.  He became Senior Research Analyst of GE Medical Systems immediately thereafter.  He has pioneered multiple high-resolution MRI techniques to detect vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and led numerous MRI studies examining carotid atherosclerosis.  He is a member of the editorial board for the following Journals: JACC CV imaging, Journal of Cardiovascular MR, and the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology.  He also serves as manuscript reviewer for about 20 other peer-reviewed journals involving magnetic resonance, arteriosclerosis, stroke and cardiovascular sciences.

Through his stint in the University of Washington, he has mentored 32 postdocs who have moved on to become professors, chief research scientists, clinician-researchers, heads of departments and other positions of responsibility in both private and government or public institutions in the USA, China, Germany, and around the world. 

Because of his expertise in the field of cardiovascular imaging and magnetic resonance, he has been an invited speaker or keynote speaker, lecturer, moderator or faculty for many international and US meetings in the imaging field.  He has over 210 articles in peer-reviewed journals.  His research is supported by several NIH and private grants and currently supervises several postdoctoral fellows, research scientists and graduate students, as well as teaches courses in Bioengineering and Radiology.

Research Interests

Magnetic resonance imaging
Multi modal imaging techniques
Vulnerable carotid plaque
High risk plaque
Intraplaque hemorrhage
Atherosclerosis
Stroke
Coronary events
Cardiovascular disease

Education

PhD, Medical Biophysics and Computing, University of Utah, 1988
BS, Physics, 1979-1982, Beijing Nomal University, Beijing, China 1982

Awards and Honors

Recent Publications

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Segmentation of gray matter, white matter, and CSF with fluid and white matter suppression using MP2RAGE
Wang Y., Zhang Z., Xiong Y., Zhang Q., Yuan C., Guo H.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2018 Dec:1540-1550

Simultaneous T1 and T2 mapping of the carotid plaque (SIMPLE) with T2 and inversion recovery prepared 3D radial imaging
Qi H., Sun J., Qiao H., Zhao X., Guo R., Balu N., Yuan C., Chen H.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2018 Dec:2598-2608

Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016–40 for 195 countries and territories
Foreman K., Marquez N., Dolgert A., Fukutaki K., Fullman N., McGaughey M., Pletcher M., Smith A., Tang K., Yuan C., Brown J., Friedman J., He J., Heuton K., Holmberg M., Patel D., Reidy P., Carter A., Cercy K., Chapin A., Douwes-Schultz D., Frank T., Goettsch F., Liu P., Nandakumar V., Reitsma M., Reuter V., Sadat N., Sorensen R., Srinivasan V., Updike R., York H., Lopez A., Lozano R., Lim S., Mokdad A., Vollset S., Murray C.
The Lancet. 2018 Nov:2052-2090

Identification of carotid lipid-rich necrotic core and calcification by 3D magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition gradient-echo imaging
Qiao H., Li F., Xu D., Liu G., Yuan C., Zhao X.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2018 Nov:71-76

The effects of navigator distortion and noise level on interleaved EPI DWI reconstruction: a comparison between image- and k-space-based method
Dai E., Zhang Z., Ma X., Dong Z., Li X., Xiong Y., Yuan C., Guo H.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2018 Nov:2024-2032

Association Between Incomplete Circle of Willis and Carotid Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques
Zhou C., Yuan C., Li R., Wang W., Li C., Zhao X.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 2018 Nov:2744-2749

Assessment of longitudinal distribution of subclinical atherosclerosis in femoral arteries by three-dimensional cardiovascular magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging
Han Y., Guan M., Zhu Z., Li D., Chen H., Yuan C., Li C., Wang W., Zhao X.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2018 Sep

Hemodynamic assessments of venous pulsatile tinnitus using 4D-flow MRI
Li Y., Chen H., He L., Cao X., Wang X., Chen S., Li R., Yuan C.
Neurology. 2018 Aug:e586-e593

Association of severity between carotid and intracranial artery atherosclerosis
Xu Y., Li D., Yuan C., Zhou Z., He L., Li R., Cui Y., Li Q., Zheng Z., Zhao X.
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2018 Jul:843-849

Development of a quantitative intracranial vascular features extraction tool on 3D MRA using semiautomated open-curve active contour vessel tracing
Chen L., Mossa-Basha M., Balu N., Canton G., Sun J., Pimentel K., Hatsukami T., Hwang J., Yuan C.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2018 Jun:3229-3238