Daisy Chien, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Diagnostic CardioVascular Imaging Section
UCLA Department of Radiology
Background
2003 - 2005: Director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Research and Development.
Course Director for Nuclear Medicine Residency Program Science Course.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2000 - 2002: Cardiovascular MR Global Market Segment Manager. Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany.
1999 - 2002: Board of Trustees, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
1999 - 2000: Cardiovascular MR Product Manager. Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany.
1992 - 1995: Assistant Professor of Radiology, UCSF Medical School, San Francisco.
Research Assocate, VA Medical Center, San Francisco.
1990 - 1992: Instructor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Boston.
1988 - 1990: Fulbright Scholar to Germany. Post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute, Goettingen, Germany.
1988: Ph.D. from M.I.T., Boston. Doctoral research on magnetic resonance imaging of self-diffusion and microcirculation conducted at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Clinical/Research Interests
  Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging
  Clinical comparative studies
  Evaluations of systemic diseases and atherosclerosis
  Whole body imaging
  Innovations in creating and expanding a center of excellence

Current Projects
  Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging
  MR evaluations at 1.5T and 3T
  Educational programs

Select Publications
  Chien D. Levin DN, Anderson CM. Magnetic resonance imaging of intravascular blood oxygenation: T2* determination in the presence of flow. Magnetic resonance in Medicine. 1994, 32:540-545.
  Chien D. Saloner D, Laub G, Simonetti O, Anderson CM. High speed bolus tagging: time resolved velocity quantification of pulsatile flow in a single breath-hold. Magnetic resonance in Medicine. 1994, 32:661-667.
  Chien D. Saloner D, Laub G, Anderson CM. High resolution cine magnetic resonance imaging of vessel distension. Journal of Computerized Axial Tomography. 1994, 18(4):576-580.
  Warach S and Chien D. Saloner D. Clinical perfusion and diffusion imaging. in Clinical Magnetic Resonance Angiography.. Edited by Anderson CM, Edelman RR, Turski PA. Raven Press, New York, 1993.
  Warach S, Chien D, Li W, Ronthal M, Edelman RR. Rapid diffusion imaging of acute cerebral infarction. Neurology. 1992, 13:1717-1723.
  Chien D, Goldmann A, Edelman RR. High Speed black blood imaging of vessel stenosis in the presence of pulsatile flow. JMRI. 1992, 2:437-441.
  Chien D, Kwong KK, Buonanno FS, Buxton RB, et al. MR diffusion imaging of cerebral infarction in humans.. AJNR. 1992, 13:1097-1102.
  Edelman RR, Chien D, Kim D. Fast selective black blood imaging. Radiology. 1991, 181:655-660.
  Chien D, Edelman RR. Ultra-fast imaging using gradient echoes. Magnetic Resonance Quarterly. 1991, 7(1):31-56.
  Chien D, Merboldt KD, Bruhn H, Gyngell ML, Hanicke W, Frahm J. Advances in cardiac applications of subsecond FLASH magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 1990, 8:829-836.
  Rosen BR, Belliveau J, Chien D. Perfusion imaging by magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance Quarterly. 1989, 5(4):263-281.

 
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