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Overview

Chun Yuan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of medicine, with notable contributions to pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, epidemiology, and neurology.

The scientist's research topics include cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, acute ischemic stroke management, advanced MRI techniques and applications, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, intracranial aneurysms treatment and complications, and retinal imaging and analysis.

Frequent research collaborators of Chun Yuan include Thomas S. Hatsukami, Niranjan Balu, Gádor Cantón, Daniel S. Hippe, and Mahmud Mossa-Basha.

Chun Yuan has published extensively in several academic venues, with significant numbers of papers appearing in the following journals and conferences:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • American Journal of Neuroradiology
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Representative recent publications include:

  • Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): A report from the 2018 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Workshop, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Carotid Plaque-RADS, 2023, JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
  • A standard system phantom for magnetic resonance imaging, 2021, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Complicated Carotid Artery Plaques as a Cause of Cryptogenic Stroke, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Personalized Intervention Based on Early Detection of Atherosclerosis, 2024, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells in pro-survival factors enhance function of infarcted rat hearts

    Michael A. Laflamme;Kent Y Chen;Anna Naumova;Veronica Muskheli

  • Classification of human carotid atherosclerotic lesions with in vivo multicontrast magnetic resonance imaging.

    Jian Ming Cai;Thomas S. Hatsukami;Marina S. Ferguson;Randy Small

  • In vivo accuracy of multispectral magnetic resonance imaging for identifying lipid-rich necrotic cores and intraplaque hemorrhage in advanced human carotid plaques.

    Chun Yuan;Lee M. Mitsumori;Marina S. Ferguson;Nayak L. Polissar

  • Association Between Carotid Plaque Characteristics and Subsequent Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events A Prospective Assessment With MRI—Initial Results

    Norihide Takaya;Chun Yuan;Baocheng Chu;Tobias Saam

  • Visualization of Fibrous Cap Thickness and Rupture in Human Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque In Vivo With High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Thomas S. Hatsukami;Russell Ross;Nayak L. Polissar;Chun Yuan

  • Quantitative Evaluation of Carotid Plaque Composition by In Vivo MRI

    T. Saam;M. S. Ferguson;V. L. Yarnykh;N. Takaya

  • In Vivo Quantitative Measurement of Intact Fibrous Cap and Lipid-Rich Necrotic Core Size in Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque: Comparison of High-Resolution, Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Histology

    Jianming Cai;Thomas S. Hatsukami;Marina S. Ferguson;William S. Kerwin

  • Presence of Intraplaque Hemorrhage Stimulates Progression of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques A High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Norihide Takaya;Chun Yuan;Baocheng Chu;Tobias Saam

  • Identification of Fibrous Cap Rupture With Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Highly Associated With Recent Transient Ischemic Attack or Stroke

    Chun Yuan;Shao Xiong Zhang;Nayak L. Polissar;Denise Echelard

  • Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque: Noninvasive MR Characterization and Identification of Vulnerable Lesions

    Chun Yuan;Lee M. Mitsumori;Kirk W. Beach;Kenneth R. Maravilla

  • Hemorrhage in the Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque: A High-Resolution MRI Study

    Baocheng Chu;Annette Kampschulte;Marina S. Ferguson;William S. Kerwin

  • Contrast-enhanced high resolution MRI for atherosclerotic carotid artery tissue characterization.

    Chun Yuan;William S. Kerwin;Marina S. Ferguson;Nayak Polissar

  • Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of Neovasculature Volume in Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque

    William Kerwin;Andrew C. Hooker;Mary Spilker;Paolo Vicini

  • The Vulnerable, or High-Risk, Atherosclerotic Plaque: Noninvasive MR Imaging for Characterization and Assessment

    Tobias Saam;Thomas S. Hatsukami;Norihide Takaya;Baocheng Chu

  • Measurement of Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Size In Vivo Using High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Chun Yuan;Kirk W. Beach;Llewellyn Hillyer Smith;Thomas S. Hatsukami

  • MR angiography by multiple thin slab 3D acquisition

    Dennis L. Parker;Chun Yuan;Duane D. Blatter

  • Inflammation in carotid atherosclerotic plaque: a dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging study.

    William S. Kerwin;Kevin D. O'Brien;Marina S. Ferguson;Nayak Polissar

  • Imaging biomarkers of vulnerable carotid plaques for stroke risk prediction and their potential clinical implications.

    Luca Saba;Tobias Saam;H Rolf Jäger;Chun Yuan

  • Effect of rosuvastatin therapy on carotid plaque morphology and composition in moderately hypercholesterolemic patients: a high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging trial.

    Hunter R. Underhill;Chun Yuan;Xue Qiao Zhao;Larry W. Kraiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Nayak L. Polissar
Nayak L. Polissar University of Washington
Jenq-Neng Hwang
Jenq-Neng Hwang University of Washington
Le He
Le He Soochow University
Kevin D. O'Brien
Kevin D. O'Brien University of Washington
Maximilian F. Reiser
Maximilian F. Reiser Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mary M. McDermott
Mary M. McDermott Northwestern University
Michael H. Criqui
Michael H. Criqui University of California, San Diego
Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Christopher M. Kramer
Christopher M. Kramer University of Virginia Health System
John R. Crouse
John R. Crouse Wake Forest University

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