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NYU Langone Provider

Leon Axel, MD, PhD

NYU Langone Provider
  • Specialty: Cardiac Imaging
  • Treats: Adults
  • Languages: English, French
  • Phone: 212-263-8868
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Positions
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology, 1980
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, University of California - San Francisco, CT Ultrasound, 1981
  • Residency, University of California - San Francisco, Diagnostic Radiology, 1980
  • MD from University Of Ca San Francisco, 1976
  • PhD from Princeton University, 1971

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Locations and Appointments

NYU Langone Radiology Associates

660 1st Avenue, 1st Floor, New York, NY 10016

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Phone

212-263-8868

Fax

212-263-2290

Interests

imaging, cardiac MRI, including MR image acquisition and image analysis methods development and applications to studies of cardiac physiology and pathophysiology

Research Summary

Heart disease, particularly related to ischemia and infarction, remains the principal cause of morbidity and death in the Western World. MRI and CT have the potential of playing significant roles in the evaluation of the heart, both for research and clinical applications.

The Cardiac Imaging and Analysis Laboratory (CARDIAL), under the direction of Leon Axel, is a multidisciplinary group dedicated to the development and evaluation of new cardiac imaging methods, particularly those involving quantitative characterization of such physiologic aspects as function and perfusion. This includes development of novel MRI cardiac imaging methods such as tagged MRI for regional cardiac function analysis and rapid quantitative imaging for perfusion studies, and associated programs for image analysis, as well as research on their basic and clinical applications.

Academic Contact

Academic office

660 First Avenue

Fourth Floor

New York, NY 10016

Phone

212-263-6248

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  • The purpose of the proposed study is the evaluation of newer methods of performing cardiovascular MRI (CMR). CMR is already being used to demonstrate cardiac abnormalities and assess cardiac function in many patients. The potentially blurring effects of c

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  • The purpose of the proposed study is the creation of an initial functional atlas of the normal adult human heart using data derived with cardiac MRI. MRI can provide high-quality 2D cross-sectional cine images of the heart in arbitrary planes which can

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  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sodium can provide vital information on cardiac sodium handling but its use has been hampered by technical difficulties. The proposed research will develop some promising new methods for cardiac sodium MRI with the go

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