Lucas Carvajal

Title(s)	Assoc Development Engineer, Radiology
School	School of Medicine
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Open-source implementation of X-nuclear sequences using the Pulseq framework. Magn Reson Med. 2025 Apr 02. Liu X, Cui D, Larson PEZ, Mayer D, Korzowski A, Nielsen JF, Schulte RF, Mu C, Carvajal L, Xu D, Gordon JW, Vigneron DB, Flavell RR, Wang ZJ. PMID: 40173321.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Improving multiparametric MR-transrectal ultrasound guided fusion prostate biopsies with hyperpolarized 13 C pyruvate metabolic imaging: A technical development study. Magn Reson Med. 2022 Dec; 88(6):2609-2620. Chen HY, Bok RA, Cooperberg MR, Nguyen HG, Shinohara K, Westphalen AC, Wang ZJ, Ohliger MA, Gebrezgiabhier D, Carvajal L, Gordon JW, Larson PEZ, Aggarwal R, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. PMID: 35975978; PMCID: PMC9794017.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Development of specialized magnetic resonance acquisition techniques for human hyperpolarized [13 C,15 N2 ]urea + [1-13 C]pyruvate simultaneous perfusion and metabolic imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2022 09; 88(3):1039-1054. Liu X, Tang S, Mu C, Qin H, Cui D, Lai YC, Riselli AM, Delos Santos R, Carvajal L, Gebrezgiabhier D, Bok RA, Chen HY, Flavell RR, Gordon JW, Vigneron DB, Kurhanewicz J, Larson PEZ. PMID: 35526263; PMCID: PMC9810116.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans Animals
Specialized computational methods for denoising, B1 correction, and kinetic modeling in hyperpolarized 13 C MR EPSI studies of liver tumors. Magn Reson Med. 2021 11; 86(5):2402-2411. Lee PM, Chen HY, Gordon JW, Zhu Z, Larson PEZ, Dwork N, Van Criekinge M, Carvajal L, Ohliger MA, Wang ZJ, Xu D, Kurhanewicz J, Bok RA, Aggarwal R, Munster PN, Vigneron DB. PMID: 34216051; PMCID: PMC8565779.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
55 Mn-based fiducial markers for rapid and automated RF coil localization for hyperpolarized 13 C MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2021 01; 85(1):518-530. Ohliger MA, Gordon JW, Carvajal L, Larson PEZ, Ou JJ, Agarwal S, Zhu Z, Vigneron DB, von Morze C. PMID: 32738073; PMCID: PMC8354199.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Animals
Characterization of serial hyperpolarized 13C metabolic imaging in patients with glioma. Neuroimage Clin. 2020; 27:102323. Autry AW, Gordon JW, Chen HY, LaFontaine M, Bok R, Van Criekinge M, Slater JB, Carvajal L, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Chang SM, Clarke JL, Lupo JM, Xu D, Larson PEZ, Vigneron DB, Li Y. PMID: 32623139; PMCID: PMC7334458.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Tensor image enhancement and optimal multichannel receiver combination analyses for human hyperpolarized 13 C MRSI. Magn Reson Med. 2020 12; 84(6):3351-3365. Chen HY, Autry AW, Brender JR, Kishimoto S, Krishna MC, Vareth M, Bok RA, Reed GD, Carvajal L, Gordon JW, van Criekinge M, Korenchan DE, Chen AP, Xu D, Li Y, Chang SM, Kurhanewicz J, Larson PEZ, Vigneron DB. PMID: 32501614; PMCID: PMC7718428.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate MRI detects real-time metabolic flux in prostate cancer metastases to bone and liver: a clinical feasibility study. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2020 06; 23(2):269-276. Chen HY, Aggarwal R, Bok RA, Ohliger MA, Zhu Z, Lee P, Gordon JW, van Criekinge M, Carvajal L, Slater JB, Larson PEZ, Small EJ, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. PMID: 31685983; PMCID: PMC7196510.

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Neo Neoplasms Uro Urology
Translation:Humans
Kinetic Modeling of Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Pyruvate Metabolism in the Human Brain. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2020 02; 39(2):320-327. Mammoli D, Gordon J, Autry A, Larson PEZ, Li Y, Chen HY, Chung B, Shin P, Van Criekinge M, Carvajal L, Slater JB, Bok R, Crane J, Xu D, Chang S, Vigneron DB. PMID: 31283497; PMCID: PMC6939147.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Comparison between 8- and 32-channel phased-array receive coils for in vivo hyperpolarized 13 C imaging of the human brain. Magn Reson Med. 2019 08; 82(2):833-841. Autry AW, Gordon JW, Carvajal L, Mareyam A, Chen HY, Park I, Mammoli D, Vareth M, Chang SM, Wald LL, Xu D, Vigneron DB, Nelson SJ, Li Y. PMID: 30927300; PMCID: PMC6612511.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Coil combination methods for multi-channel hyperpolarized 13C imaging data from human studies. J Magn Reson. 2019 04; 301:73-79. Zhu Z, Zhu X, Ohliger MA, Tang S, Cao P, Carvajal L, Autry AW, Li Y, Kurhanewicz J, Chang S, Aggarwal R, Munster P, Xu D, Larson PEZ, Vigneron DB, Gordon JW. PMID: 30851668; PMCID: PMC7170546.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Pulse sequence considerations for quantification of pyruvate-to-lactate conversion kPL in hyperpolarized 13 C imaging. NMR Biomed. 2019 03; 32(3):e4052. Chen HY, Gordon JW, Bok RA, Cao P, von Morze C, van Criekinge M, Milshteyn E, Carvajal L, Hurd RE, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB, Larson PEZ. PMID: 30664305; PMCID: PMC6380928.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Nuc Nuclear Medicine
Translation:Animals
Investigation of analysis methods for hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate metabolic MRI in prostate cancer patients. NMR Biomed. 2018 11; 31(11):e3997. Larson PEZ, Chen HY, Gordon JW, Korn N, Maidens J, Arcak M, Tang S, Criekinge M, Carvajal L, Mammoli D, Bok R, Aggarwal R, Ferrone M, Slater JB, Nelson SJ, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. PMID: 30230646; PMCID: PMC6392436.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Nuc Nuclear Medicine
Translation:Humans
Technique development of 3D dynamic CS-EPSI for hyperpolarized 13 C pyruvate MR molecular imaging of human prostate cancer. Magn Reson Med. 2018 11; 80(5):2062-2072. Chen HY, Larson PEZ, Gordon JW, Bok RA, Ferrone M, van Criekinge M, Carvajal L, Cao P, Pauly JM, Kerr AB, Park I, Slater JB, Nelson SJ, Munster PN, Aggarwal R, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. PMID: 29575178; PMCID: PMC6107425.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans Animals
Development of methods and feasibility of using hyperpolarized carbon-13 imaging data for evaluating brain metabolism in patient studies. Magn Reson Med. 2018 09; 80(3):864-873. Park I, Larson PEZ, Gordon JW, Carvajal L, Chen HY, Bok R, Van Criekinge M, Ferrone M, Slater JB, Xu D, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB, Chang S, Nelson SJ. PMID: 29322616; PMCID: PMC5980662.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Development and testing of hyperpolarized (13)C MR calibrationless parallel imaging. J Magn Reson. 2016 Jan; 262:1-7. Feng Y, Gordon JW, Shin PJ, von Morze C, Lustig M, Larson PEZ, Ohliger MA, Carvajal L, Tropp J, Pauly JM, Vigneron DB. PMID: 26679288; PMCID: PMC4864033.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Animals
Handheld electromagnet carrier for transfer of hyperpolarized carbon-13 samples. Magn Reson Med. 2016 Feb; 75(2):917-22. Shang H, Skloss T, von Morze C, Carvajal L, Van Criekinge M, Milshteyn E, Larson PE, Hurd RE, Vigneron DB. PMID: 25765516; PMCID: PMC4567531.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Animals
Directly detected (55)Mn MRI: application to phantoms for human hyperpolarized (13)C MRI development. Magn Reson Imaging. 2014 Dec; 32(10):1165-70. von Morze C, Carvajal L, Reed GD, Swisher CL, Tropp J, Vigneron DB. PMID: 25179135; PMCID: PMC4254142.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Dynamic hyperpolarized carbon-13 MR metabolic imaging of nonhuman primate brain. Magn Reson Med. 2014 Jan; 71(1):19-25. Park I, Larson PE, Tropp JL, Carvajal L, Reed G, Bok R, Robb F, Bringas J, Kells A, Pivirotto P, Bankiewicz K, Vigneron DB, Nelson SJ. PMID: 24346964; PMCID: PMC4041734.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans Animals
Metabolic imaging of patients with prostate cancer using hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate. Sci Transl Med. 2013 Aug 14; 5(198):198ra108. Nelson SJ, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB, Larson PE, Harzstark AL, Ferrone M, van Criekinge M, Chang JW, Bok R, Park I, Reed G, Carvajal L, Small EJ, Munster P, Weinberg VK, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH, Chen AP, Hurd RE, Odegardstuen LI, Robb FJ, Tropp J, Murray JA. PMID: 23946197; PMCID: PMC4201045.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Combined parallel and partial fourier MR reconstruction for accelerated 8-channel hyperpolarized carbon-13 in vivo magnetic resonance Spectroscopic imaging (MRSI). J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Sep; 38(3):701-13. Ohliger MA, Larson PE, Bok RA, Shin P, Hu S, Tropp J, Robb F, Carvajal L, Nelson SJ, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. PMID: 23293097; PMCID: PMC3759833.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans Animals
High-resolution phased-array MRI of the human brain at 7 tesla: initial experience in multiple sclerosis patients. J Neuroimaging. 2010 Apr; 20(2):141-7. Metcalf M, Xu D, Okuda DT, Carvajal L, Srinivasan R, Kelley DA, Mukherjee P, Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB, Pelletier D. PMID: 19187478; PMCID: PMC2874605.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Neu Neurology
In vivo hyperpolarized 13C MR spectroscopic imaging with 1H decoupling. J Magn Reson. 2009 Mar; 197(1):100-6. Chen AP, Tropp J, Hurd RE, Van Criekinge M, Carvajal LG, Xu D, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. PMID: 19112035; PMCID: PMC2745403.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Quantitative in vivo magnetic resonance imaging of multiple sclerosis at 7 Tesla with sensitivity to iron. Ann Neurol. 2008 Dec; 64(6):707-13. Hammond KE, Metcalf M, Carvajal L, Okuda DT, Srinivasan R, Vigneron D, Nelson SJ, Pelletier D. PMID: 19107998.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
In vivo bone and cartilage MRI using fully-balanced steady-state free-precession at 7 tesla. Magn Reson Med. 2007 Dec; 58(6):1294-8. Krug R, Carballido-Gamio J, Banerjee S, Stahl R, Carvajal L, Xu D, Vigneron D, Kelley DA, Link TM, Majumdar S. PMID: 17957777.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
High-resolution 3D MR spectroscopic imaging of the prostate at 3 T with the MLEV-PRESS sequence. Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Sep; 24(7):825-32. Chen AP, Cunningham CH, Kurhanewicz J, Xu D, Hurd RE, Pauly JM, Carvajal L, Karpodinis K, Vigneron DB. PMID: 16916699.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Single-shot fast spin-echo diffusion tensor imaging of the brain and spine with head and phased array coils at 1.5 T and 3.0 T. Magn Reson Imaging. 2004 Jul; 22(6):751-9. Xu D, Henry RG, Mukherjee P, Carvajal L, Miller SP, Barkovich AJ, Vigneron DB. PMID: 15234443.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Challenges in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI imaging of cervical lymph nodes to detect metastatic disease. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2003 Apr; 17(4):455-62. Noworolski SM, Fischbein NJ, Kaplan MJ, Lu Y, Nelson SJ, Carvajal L, Henry RG. PMID: 12655585.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans