bioimaging centers | magnetic resonance research center | faculty | Sampath Smita Sampath, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Yale University, School of Medicine Department of Diagnostic Radiology Division of Bioimaging Sciences Yale Magnetic Resonance Center 300 Cedar Street New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8043, United States Phone: (203) 737-5398 Fax: (203) 785-6643 smita.sampath@yale.edu

Research Interests:

Developing novel magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and post-processing methods related to cardio-vascular medicine. Current research projects include quantification of myocardial strain, quantification of blood velocity patterns within the heart chambers, imaging vascular morphology and intra-vascular flow, and imaging valve dynamics.

Education:

Ph. D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2004.

Selected Publications:

1. A combined HARP and SENC pulse sequence for measuring three-dimensional strain. Sampath S., Osman N.F., Prince J.L. (Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in press)

2. Simultaneous imaging of myocardial imaging and chamber blood flow using SPAMM & EGGS. Sampath S., Kim J. H., Lederman R.J., McVeigh E.R. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 27(4): 809-817 (2008).

3. Unsupervised estimation of myocardial displacement from tagged MR sequences using non-rigid registration. Ledesma-Carbayo M.J., Derbyshire J. A., Sampath S., Santos A, Desco M, McVeigh E. R. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 59(1): 181-189 (2008).

4. Real-time monitoring of cardiac regional function using FastHARP MRI and region-of-interest reconstruction. Abd-Elmoniem K., Sampath S., Osman N.F., Prince J.L. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 54(9): 1650-1656 (2007).

5. Phase-sensitive cardiac tagging – REAL TAG. Derbyshire J.A., Sampath S., McVeigh E.R. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 58(1): 206-210 (2007).

6. High-resolution 3-D flow-independent arteriography of chronic total peripheral occlusions using a T1-W turbo spin echo sequence with inner volume imaging. Sampath S., Raval A. N., Lederman R. J., McVeigh E. R. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 57(1) 2007.

7. Three-dimensional tracking of myocardial material points using a slice following harmonic phase magnetic resonance imaging (SF-HARP-MRI) pulse sequence. Sampath S., Prince J.L. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 25(2): 197-208 (2007).

8. Real-time magnetic resonance imaging-guided endovascular recanalization of chronic total arterial occlusion in a swine model. Raval A.N., Karmarkar P.V., Guttman M.A., Ozturk C., Sampath S., DeSilva R., Aviles R.J., Xu M., Wright V.J., Schenke W.H., Kocaturk O., Dick A.J., Raman V.K., Atalar E., McVeigh E.R., Lederman R.J. Circulation 112(8):1101-7 (2006).

9. Spatially resolved imaging of myocardial function with strain-encoded MR: comparison with delayed contrast enhanced MR imaging after myocardial infarction. Garot J., Lima J.A., Gerber B.L., Sampath S., Wu K.C., Bluemke D.A., Prince J.L., Osman N.F. Radiology 233(2): 596-602 (2004).

10. Real-time imaging of two-dimensional cardiac strain using a harmonic phase magnetic resonance imaging (HARP-MRI) pulse sequence. Sampath S., Derbyshire A., Osman N.F., Atalar E., Prince J.L. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 50:154-163 (2003).

11. Quantitative ischemia detection during cardiac magnetic resonance stress testing using real-time FastHARP. Kraitchman D.L., Sampath S., Castillo E., Derbyshire A., Bluemke D.A., Gerber B., Prince J.L., Osman N.F. Circulation 107(15):2025-2030 (2003).

12. Imaging longitudinal cardiac strain on short axis images using strain encoded imaging. Osman N.F., Sampath S., Atalar E., Prince J.L. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 46:234-334 (2001).