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D-Index
78
Citations
17386
World Ranking
18200
National Ranking
9074

Overview

Vivian S. Lee is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant work in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, general health professions, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology.

Their recent scholarly contributions include studies published across diverse, reputable journals. Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Convergence of coronary artery disease genes onto endothelial cell programs, 2024, Nature
  • The March of Monocytes in Atherosclerosis, 2020, Circulation Research
  • A holistic approach for suppression of COVID-19 spread in workplaces and universities, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Decarbonizing Health Care: Engaging Leaders in Change, 2023, NEJM Catalyst
  • Exercise-induced calf muscle hyperemia: Rapid mapping of magnetic resonance imaging using deep learning approach, 2020, Physiological Reports

Themes consistently addressed in their work encompass aortic aneurysm repair treatments, aortic disease and treatment approaches, vascular malformations diagnosis and treatment, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, healthcare cost, quality, practices, and single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Frequent collaborators include Rajat M. Gupta, Gavin R. Schnitzler, Shi Fang, Shamsudheen Karuthedath Vellarikkal, and Aurelie Barry. These collaborations highlight interdisciplinary and ongoing research partnerships.

Their research findings have appeared most often in several key venues, including:

  • Circulation
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology
  • PLoS ONE

Vivian S. Lee's body of work spans critical issues in cardiovascular health and beyond, engaging both molecular and clinical aspects of medicine. Their contributions reflect a broad and multifaceted engagement with evolving medical and health sciences topics.

Best Publications

  • Focal liver lesion detection and characterization with diffusion-weighted MR imaging: comparison with standard breath-hold T2-weighted imaging.

    Tejas Parikh;Stephen J. Drew;Vivian S. Lee;Samson Wong

  • Abdominal MR Imaging with a Volumetric Interpolated Breath-hold Examination

    Neil M. Rofsky;Vivian S. Lee;Gerhard Laub;Michael A. Pollack

  • Perfusion imaging of the liver: current challenges and future goals.

    Pari V. Pandharipande;Glenn A. Krinsky;Henry Rusinek;Vivian S. Lee

  • Nonenhanced MR angiography.

    Mitsue Miyazaki;Vivian S. Lee

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma and dysplastic nodules in patients with cirrhosis: prospective diagnosis with MR imaging and explantation correlation.

    Glenn A. Krinsky;Vivian S. Lee;Neil D. Theise;Jeffrey C. Weinreb

  • Renal Lesions: Characterization with Diffusion-weighted Imaging versus Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging

    Bachir Taouli;Ravi K. Thakur;Lorenzo Mannelli;James S. Babb

  • Timing of expression of the core clock gene Bmal1 influences its effects on aging and survival

    Guangrui Yang;Lihong Chen;Gregory R. Grant;Georgios Paschos

  • Advanced liver fibrosis: diagnosis with 3D whole-liver perfusion MR imaging--initial experience.

    Mari Hagiwara;Henry Rusinek;Vivian S. Lee;Mariela Losada

  • Prostate Cancer: Feasibility and Preliminary Experience of a Diffusional Kurtosis Model for Detection and Assessment of Aggressiveness of Peripheral Zone Cancer

    Andrew B. Rosenkrantz;Eric E. Sigmund;Glyn Johnson;James S. Babb

  • Implementation of a Value-Driven Outcomes Program to Identify High Variability in Clinical Costs and Outcomes and Association With Reduced Cost and Improved Quality

    Vivian S. Lee;Kensaku Kawamoto;Rachel Hess;Charlton Park

  • Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

    Vivian S. Lee;Ravi S. Chari;Giovanni Cucchiaro;William C. Meyers

  • Free-breathing radial 3D fat-suppressed T1-weighted gradient echo sequence: a viable alternative for contrast-enhanced liver imaging in patients unable to suspend respiration.

    Hersh Chandarana;Tobias K. Block;Andrew B. Rosenkrantz;Ruth P. Lim

  • Comparison of Biexponential and Monoexponential Model of Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Evaluation of Renal Lesions: Preliminary Experience

    Hersh Chandarana;Vivian S. Lee;Elizabeth Hecht;Bachir Taouli

  • Intravoxel Incoherent Motion and Diffusion-Tensor Imaging in Renal Tissue under Hydration and Furosemide Flow Challenges

    Eric E. Sigmund;Pierre Hugues Vivier;Pierre Hugues Vivier;Dabang Sui;Nicole A. Lamparello

  • Lower-Extremity Amputation: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Mortality in the Oklahoma Indian Diabetes Study

    Jennifer S Lee;Min Lu;Vivian S Lee;Dana Russell

  • Hepatic MR imaging with a dynamic contrast-enhanced isotropic volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination: feasibility, reproducibility, and technical quality.

    Vivian S. Lee;Michael T. Lavelle;Neil M. Rofsky;Gerhard Laub

  • Variability of Renal Apparent Diffusion Coefficients: Limitations of the Monoexponential Model for Diffusion Quantification

    Jeff L. Zhang;Eric E. Sigmund;Hersh Chandarana;Henry Rusinek

  • Importance of small (≤20-mm) enhancing lesions seen only during the hepatic arterial phase at MR imaging of the cirrhotic liver : Evaluation and comparison with whole explanted liver

    Agnes E. Holland;Elizabeth M. Hecht;Winnie Y. Hahn;Winnie Y. Hahn;Danny C. Kim

  • Renal masses: quantitative analysis of enhancement with signal intensity measurements versus qualitative analysis of enhancement with image subtraction for diagnosing malignancy at MR imaging.

    Elizabeth M. Hecht;Gary M. Israel;Glenn A. Krinsky;Winnie Y. Hahn

  • Diffusion‐weighted imaging of the liver: Comparison of navigator triggered and breathhold acquisitions

    Bachir Taouli;Alison Sandberg;Alto Stemmer;Tejas Parikh

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry Rusinek
Henry Rusinek New York University
James S. Babb
James S. Babb New York University
Jeffrey C. Weinreb
Jeffrey C. Weinreb Yale University
Andrew F. Laine
Andrew F. Laine Columbia University
Elisa T. Lee
Elisa T. Lee University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Jean Bennett
Jean Bennett University of Pennsylvania
Tomas S. Aleman
Tomas S. Aleman University of Pennsylvania
Robert S. Kaplan
Robert S. Kaplan Harvard University
Albert M. Maguire
Albert M. Maguire University of Pennsylvania
Lilach O. Lerman
Lilach O. Lerman Mayo Clinic

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