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Areas of Research
My lab’s main area of research is developing clinical and basic science applications of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Specific areas of current research are: 1) development of MRI for assessing myocardial tissue motion, 2) development of methodology for selecting patients who would benefit from pacemaker implantation, 3) use of MRI and computational fluid mechanics (CFD) to examine the role of hemodynamics on the localization, development and progression of cardiovascular disease, and 4) imaging of atherosclerotic plaque to determine plaque composition and plaque vulnerability to rupture.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993
- B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983
- B.S., Kalamazoo College, 1982
Selected Awards
- Co-Chairman, NIH Workshop on High Field Cardiac MRI, September, 2007
- International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) flow and motion group study; program director, 1997-1998 and 2006-2007, chairman 1999-2000
- Founding Member, Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)
- NIH NRSA Fellow
- AHA Fellow
- RSNA Scholar
Selected Research Publications
- Fornwalt BK, Gonzales PC, Delfino JG, Eisner R, León AR, Oshinski JN. “Quantification of left ventricular internal flow from cardiac magnetic resonance images in patients with dyssynchronous heart failure,” J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Aug; 28(2): 375-81.
- Fielden SW, Fornwalt BK, Jerosch-Herold M, Eisner RL, Stillman AE, Oshinski JN. “A new method for the determination of aortic pulse wave velocity using cross-correlation on 2D PCMR velocity data,” J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Jun; 27(6): 1382-7.
- Fornwalt BK, Cummings RM, Arita T, Delfino JG, Fyfe DA, Campbell RM, Strieper MJ, Oshinski JN, Frias PA. “Acute pacing-induced dyssynchronous activation of the left ventricle creates systolic dyssynchrony with preserved diastolic synchrony,” J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 May; 19(5): 483-8. Epub 2008 Feb 4.
- Delfino JG, Johnson KR, Eisner RL, Eder S, Leon AR, Oshinski JN. ”Three-directional myocardial phase-contrast tissue velocity MR imaging with navigator-echo gating: in vivo and in vitro study,” Radiology. 2008 Mar; 246(3): 917-25. Epub 2008 Jan 25.
- Delfino JG, Fornwalt BK, Eisner RL, Leon AR, Oshinski JN. “Determination of transmural, endocardial, and epicardial radial strain and strain rate from phase contrast MR velocity data,” J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Mar; 27(3): 522-8.
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