Qing Yuan, PhD

Professional Titles

• MRI Physicist

Research Interests

Developing quantitative MRI and MRS techniques and translating research findings to clinical practice

Publications

• Udayakumar D, Olaniran K, Yuan Q, Toto R, Madhuranthakam A. Evaluation of renal perfusion and oxygenation characteristics in patients with sickle cell disease: preliminary findings. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu, HI, 2025.
• Ying C, Guo J, Taherzadeh M, Musonza C, Sibley RC, Arashloo FT, Cabello J, Yuan Q, Faul D, Pedrosa I. MRI-guided PET reconstruction with adaptive prior strength of renal masses. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu, HI, 2025.
• Wang ZJ, Yuan Q, Chhabra A. Sources of susceptibility artifacts in jaw and facial nerve MR images. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Washington, DC, 2025.
• Buelo CJ, Velikina J, Mao L, Zhao R, Yuan Q, Ghasabeh MA, Ruschke S, Karampinos DC, Harris DT, Mattison RJ, Jeng MR, Pedrosa I, Kamel IR, Vasanawala S, Yokoo T, Reeder SB, Hernando D. Multicenter, Multivendor Validation of Liver Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping in Patients with Iron Overload at 1.5T and 3T. Magn Reson Med 2025;93:330-340.
• Simchick G, Zhao R, Yuan Q, Ghasabeh MA, Ruschke S, Karampinos DC, Harris DT, Mattison RJ, Jeng MR, Pedrosa I, Kamel IR, Vasanawala S, Yokoo T, Reeder SB, Hernando D. Practical Application of Multivendor MRI-based R2* Mapping for Liver Iron Quantification at 1.5T and 3.0T. J Magn Reson Imaging 2025 Jan;61(1):150-165. PMID: 38662618.
• Simchick G, Zhao R, Yuan Q, Ghasabeh MA, Ruschke S, Karampinos DC, Harris DT, do Vale Souza R, Mattison RJ, Jeng MR, Pedrosa I, Kamel IR, Vasanawala S, Yokoo T, Reeder SB, Hernando D. Practical Application of Multivendor MRI-Based R2* Mapping for Liver Iron Quantification at 1.5?T and 3.0?T. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2025 Jan;61(1):150-165. doi: 10.1002/jmri.29401. Epub 2024 Apr 25. PMID: 38662618; PMCID: PMC11502507
• Buelo CJ, Velikina J, Mao L, Zhao R, Yuan Q, Ghasabeh MA, Ruschke S, Karampinos DC, Harris DT, Mattison RJ, Jeng MR, Pedrosa I, Kamel IR, Vasanawala S, Yokoo T, Reeder SB, Hernando D. Multicenter, multivendor validation of liver quantitative susceptibility mapping in patients with iron overload at 1.5 T and 3 T. Magn Reson Med. 2025;93:330-340. doi: 10.1002/mrm.30251
• Parrott D, Yuan Q, Pinho D, Xi Y, Costa DN, Diaz De Leon A, Dakanali M, Sun X, Oz OK, Bowen S, Rofsky NM, Mathews D, Pedrosa I. Characterization of suspicious prostate lesions at multiparametric MRI with dynamic 68Ga-Gozetotide PET/CT. EJNMMI Rep. 9, 35 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41824-025-00268-2
• Yuan, Q, Recchimuzzi, DZ, & Costa, DN. Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging of Prostate. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 2024 Feb;32(1):171-179. PMID: 38007279.
• Gallet J, Sassaroli E, Yuan Q, Aljabal A, Park M. Quality assurance of Point and 2D Shear Wave Elastography through the establishment of baseline data using phantoms. Sensors 2024, 24(15), 4961.
• Hernando D, Zhao R, Yuan Q, Ghasabeh MA, Ruschke S, Miao X, Karampinos DC, Mao L, Harris DT, Mattison RJ, Jeng MR, Pedrosa I, Kamel IR, Vasanawala S, Yokoo T, Reeder SB. Multicenter Reproducibility of Liver Iron Quantification with 1.5-T and 3.0-T MRI. Radiology 2023 Feb;306(2):e213256. PMID: 36194113.
• Berliner C, Wang ZJ, Singer ST, Grosse R, McDonough RV, Padua E, Yuan Q, Weyhmiller M, James E, Vichinsky E, Adam G, Yamamura J, Bannas P, Fischer R, Schoennagel BP. Anterior Pituitary Volume in Patients with Transfusion Dependent Anemias: Volumetric Approaches and Relation to Pituitary MRI-R2. Clin Neuroradiol. 2022 Mar;32(1):259-267. PMID: 34709410.
• Udayakumar D, Zhang Z, Xi Y, Dwivedi DK, Fulkerson M, Haldeman S, McKenzie T, Yousuf Q, Joyce A, Hajibeigi A, Notgrass H, Diaz de Leon A, Yuan Q, Lewis MA, Madhuranthakam AJ, Sibley RC, Elias R, Guo J, Christie A, McKay RM, Cadeddu JA, Bagrodia A, Margulis V, Brugarolas J, Wang T, Kapur P, Pedrosa I. Deciphering Intratumoral Molecular Heterogeneity in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma with a Radiogenomics Platform. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Sep 1;27(17):4794-4806. PMID: 34210685.
• Singer ST, Fischer R, Allen I, Lal A, Vichinsky E, Yuan Q, Wang ZJ. Pituitary iron and factors predictive of fertility status in transfusion dependent thalassemia. Haematologica. 2021 June 1;106(6):1740-1744. PMID: 33121232.
• Dwivedi DK, Xi Y, Kapur P, Madhuranthakam AJ, Lewis MA, Udayakumar D, Rasmussen R, Yuan Q, Bagrodia A, Margulis V, Fulkerson M, Brugarolas J, Cadeddu JA, Pedrosa I. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiomics Analyses for Prediction of High-Grade Histology and Necrosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: Preliminary Experience. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. 2021 Feb;19(1):12-21. PMID: 32669212.

Practice Locations

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• American Board of Medical Physics, Board Certification (2024)
• American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety, Board Certification (2023)