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Overview

Ponnada A. Narayana is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, neurology, and epidemiology. The scientist's work extensively covers topics including multiple sclerosis research studies, ultrasound imaging and elastography, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, functional brain connectivity studies, knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, ultrasound and hyperthermia applications, and total knee arthroplasty outcomes.

The scientist has contributed to several publications in prominent venues. These include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • 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
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Their recent papers illustrate a range of research interests and applications. Notable publications are:

  • Deep learning segmentation of gadolinium-enhancing lesions in multiple sclerosis, 2020, Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • A meta-analysis of tract-based spatial statistics studies examining white matter integrity in cocaine use disorder, 2020, Addiction Biology
  • Quantitative Assessment of In Vivo Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autograft Remodeling: A 3-Dimensional UTE-T2* Imaging Study, 2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Hybrid machine learning framework for predictive maintenance and anomaly detection in lithium-ion batteries using enhanced random forest, 2025, Scientific Reports
  • Automatic Active Lesion Tracking in Multiple Sclerosis Using Unsupervised Machine Learning, 2024, Diagnostics

Ponnada A. Narayana frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Refaat E. Gabr
  • Khader M. Hasan
  • Michael A. Jacobs
  • Payam Zandiyeh
  • Manickam Kumaravel

Best Publications

  • Glatiramer acetate in primary progressive multiple sclerosis: Results of a multinational, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Jerry S. Wolinsky;Ponnada A. Narayana;Paul O'Connor;Patricia K. Coyle

  • Serial proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, and quantitative lesion volumetry in multiple sclerosis.

    Ponnada A. Narayana;Timothy J. Doyle;Dejian Lai;Jerry S. Wolinsky

  • Reduced Anterior Corpus Callosum White Matter Integrity is Related to Increased Impulsivity and Reduced Discriminability in Cocaine-Dependent Subjects: Diffusion Tensor Imaging

    Frederick Gerard Moeller;Khader M Hasan;Joel L Steinberg;Larry A Kramer

  • Improved identification of intracortical lesions in multiple sclerosis with phase-sensitive inversion recovery in combination with fast double inversion recovery MR imaging

    Flavia Nelson;A. H. Poonawalla;P. Hou;F. Huang

  • Cell death in experimental intracerebral hemorrhage: the "black hole" model of hemorrhagic damage.

    Robert A. Felberg;James C. Grotta;Ali L. Shirzadi;Roger Strong

  • Randomized study combining interferon and glatiramer acetate in multiple sclerosis

    Fred D. Lublin;Stacey S. Cofield;Gary R. Cutter;Robin Conwit

  • Demonstration of interstitial cerebral edema with diffusion tensor MR imaging in type C hepatic encephalopathy

    Ravindra A. Kale;Rakesh K. Gupta;Vivek A. Saraswat;Khader M. Hasan

  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis

    Ponnada A. Narayana

  • Serial Changes in the White Matter Diffusion Tensor Imaging Metrics in Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury and Correlation with Neuro-Cognitive Function

    Raj Kumar;Mazhar Husain;Rakesh K. Gupta;Khader M. Hasan

  • Diffusion tensor fractional anisotropy of the normal-appearing seven segments of the corpus callosum in healthy adults and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients.

    Khader M. Hasan;Rakesh K. Gupta;Rafael M. Santos;Jerry S. Wolinsky

  • Early postnatal development of rat brain: In vivo diffusion tensor imaging

    K. H. Bockhorst;Ponnada A Narayana;R. Liu;P. Ahobila-Vijjula

  • In vivo serial diffusion tensor imaging of experimental spinal cord injury.

    Aparna A. Deo;Raymond J. Grill;Khader M. Hasan;Ponnada A. Narayana

  • 3D MPRAGE Improves Classification of Cortical Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis

    Flavia Nelson;A. Poonawalla;P. Hou;J. S. Wolinsky

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in multiple sclerosis.

    Balasrinivasa R. Sajja;Jerry S. Wolinsky;Ponnada A. Narayana

  • 1.5 tesla magnetic resonance imaging of acute spinal trauma.

    M. V. Kulkarni;F. J. Bondurant;S. L. Rose;Ponnada A Narayana

  • Compensation for surface coil sensitivity variation in magnetic resonance imaging

    Ponnada A Narayana;W. W. Brey;M. V. Kulkarni;C. L. Sievenpiper

  • Unified Approach for Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation on Brain MRI

    Balasrinivasa Rao Sajja;Sushmita Datta;Renjie He;Meghana Mehta

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in multiple sclerosis.

    Jerry S. Wolinsky;Ponnada A. Narayana;Marc J. Fenstermacher

  • Linomide in relapsing and secondary progressive MS Part II: MRI results

    Jerry S. Wolinsky;Ponnada A Narayana;J. H. Noseworthy;F. D. Lublin

  • Computation of the fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity maps without tensor decoding and diagonalization: Theoretical analysis and validation.

    Khader M Hasan;Ponnada A Narayana

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry S. Wolinsky
Jerry S. Wolinsky The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Joel L. Steinberg
Joel L. Steinberg Virginia Commonwealth University
F. Gerard Moeller
F. Gerard Moeller Virginia Commonwealth University
Scott D. Lane
Scott D. Lane The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Rakesh K. Gupta
Rakesh K. Gupta West Virginia University
Larry Kevan
Larry Kevan University of Houston
Fred D. Lublin
Fred D. Lublin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joy M. Schmitz
Joy M. Schmitz The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Gary Cutter
Gary Cutter University of Alabama at Birmingham
Donald M. Dougherty
Donald M. Dougherty The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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