Yang Yang, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Radiology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address185 Berry Street Bldg B, #001
San Francisco CA 94107
Phone415-353-4945
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    University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA2022Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USAPh.D.2016Biomedical Engineering
    Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, ChinaM.S.E2009Biomedical Engineering
    Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, ChinaB.S.E2006Biomedical Engineering

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    Dr. Yang holds an MSE in biomedical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in Shaanxi, China, and a PhD in biomedical engineering from University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Yang has been an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in the Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Yang was also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Yang’s expertise is MR sequence development, non-Cartesian trajectory design and application, robust motion correction, and artificial intelligence.

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    1. Multi-contrast 4DMR via MR multitasking: Early clinical experience and implication for liver stereotactic body radiation therapy. Radiother Oncol. 2025 Mar 11; 206:110839. April Chau OW, Geoghegan T, Everts J, Chen J, Feng M, Chen WC, Scholey JE, Yang Y, Ohliger MA, Sheng K, Miao X, Fan Z, Yang W. PMID: 40081499.
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    2. Improved metal suppression using new generation low-field MRI: a biophantom feasibility study. Skeletal Radiol. 2025 May; 54(5):1093-1099. Luitjens J, Ziegeler K, Yoon D, Gassert F, Bhattacharjee R, Manatrakul R, Ngarmsrikam C, Becker A, Yang Y, Joseph GB, Su P, Itriago-Leon P, Majumdar S, Link TM. PMID: 39365346.
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    3. Rapid 3D T1 mapping using deep learning-assisted Look-Locker inversion recovery MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2023 08; 90(2):569-582. Pei H, Xia D, Xu X, Yang Y, Wang Y, Liu F, Feng L. PMID: 37125662; PMCID: PMC10225330.
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    4. Interstitial lung disease diagnosis and prognosis using an AI system integrating longitudinal data. Nat Commun. 2023 04 20; 14(1):2272. Mei X, Liu Z, Singh A, Lange M, Boddu P, Gong JQX, Lee J, DeMarco C, Cao C, Platt S, Sivakumar G, Gross B, Huang M, Masseaux J, Dua S, Bernheim A, Chung M, Deyer T, Jacobi A, Padilla M, Fayad ZA, Yang Y. PMID: 37080956; PMCID: PMC10119160.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Influence of thoracic radiology training on classification of interstitial lung diseases. Clin Imaging. 2023 May; 97:14-21. Lange M, Boddu P, Singh A, Gross BD, Mei X, Liu Z, Bernheim A, Chung M, Huang M, Masseaux J, Dua S, Platt S, Sivakumar G, DeMarco C, Lee J, Fayad ZA, Yang Y, Padilla M, Jacobi A. PMID: 36868033.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. RadImageNet: An Open Radiologic Deep Learning Research Dataset for Effective Transfer Learning. Radiol Artif Intell. 2022 Sep; 4(5):e210315. Mei X, Liu Z, Robson PM, Marinelli B, Huang M, Doshi A, Jacobi A, Cao C, Link KE, Yang T, Wang Y, Greenspan H, Deyer T, Fayad ZA, Yang Y. PMID: 36204533; PMCID: PMC9530758.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 54     Fields:    
    7. Compact MR-compatible ergometer and its application in cardiac MR under exercise stress: A preliminary study. Magn Reson Med. 2022 10; 88(4):1927-1936. He B, Chen Y, Wang L, Yang Y, Xia C, Zheng J, Gao F. PMID: 35649186; PMCID: PMC9545047.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Noncontrast T1ρ dispersion imaging is sensitive to diffuse fibrosis: A cardiovascular magnetic resonance study at 3T in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 09; 91:1-8. Wang K, Zhang W, Li S, Jin H, Jin Y, Wang L, Li R, Yang Y, Zheng J, Cheng J. PMID: 35525524.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Free-breathing self-gated continuous-IR spiral T1 mapping: Comparison of dual flip-angle and Bloch-Siegert B1-corrected techniques. Magn Reson Med. 2022 09; 88(3):1068-1080. Zhou R, Wang J, Weller DS, Yang Y, Mugler JP, Salerno M. PMID: 35481596; PMCID: PMC9325422.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Repeatability and robustness of MP-GRASP T1 mapping. Magn Reson Med. 2022 May; 87(5):2271-2286. Li Z, Xu X, Yang Y, Feng L. PMID: 34971467; PMCID: PMC10061203.
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    11. Impact of maternal obesity on neonatal heart rate and cardiac size. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2022 Sep; 107(5):481-487. Groves AM, Price AN, Russell-Webster T, Jhaveri S, Yang Y, Battersby EE, Shahid S, Costa Vieira M, Hughes E, Miller F, Briley AL, Singh C, Seed PT, Chowienczyk PJ, Stern KWD, Cohen J, Pasupathy D, Edwards AD, Poston L, Taylor PD. PMID: 34789488.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Is there a morphometric cause of Chiari malformation type I? Analysis of existing literature. Neurosurg Rev. 2022 Feb; 45(1):263-273. Shuman WH, DiRisio A, Carrasquilla A, Lamb CD, Quinones A, Pionteck A, Yang Y, Kurt M, Shrivastava RK. PMID: 34254195.
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    13. Erratum to: Dual excitation flip angle simultaneous cine and T1 mapping using SPiral Acquisition with Respiratory and Cardiac Self-gating (CAT-SPARCS) (Magn Reson Med 2021; 86:82-96). Magn Reson Med. 2021 Nov; 86(5):2880. Zhou R, Weller DS, Yang Y, Wang J, Jeelani H, Mugler JP, Salerno M. PMID: 34170040.
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    14. Functional and Economic Impact of INOCA and Influence of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 07; 14(7):1369-1379. Schumann CL, Mathew RC, Dean JL, Yang Y, Balfour PC, Shaw PW, Robinson AA, Salerno M, Kramer CM, Bourque JM. PMID: 33865784; PMCID: PMC8273074.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Diagnostic Accuracy of Spiral Whole-Heart Quantitative Adenosine Stress Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance With Motion Compensated L1-SPIRIT. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 10; 54(4):1268-1279. Pan JA, Robinson AA, Yang Y, Lozano PR, McHugh S, Holland EM, Meyer CH, Taylor AM, Kramer CM, Salerno M. PMID: 33822426.
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    16. High spatial resolution spiral first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging with whole-heart coverage at 3 T. Magn Reson Med. 2021 08; 86(2):648-662. Wang J, Yang Y, Weller DS, Zhou R, Van Houten M, Sun C, Epstein FH, Meyer CH, Kramer CM, Salerno M. PMID: 33709415.
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    17. Dual-excitation flip-angle simultaneous cine and T1 mapping using spiral acquisition with respiratory and cardiac self-gating. Magn Reson Med. 2021 07; 86(1):82-96. Zhou R, Weller DS, Yang Y, Wang J, Jeelani H, Mugler JP, Salerno M. PMID: 33590591; PMCID: PMC8849625.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Magnetization-prepared GRASP MRI for rapid 3D T1 mapping and fat/water-separated T1 mapping. Magn Reson Med. 2021 07; 86(1):97-114. Feng L, Liu F, Soultanidis G, Liu C, Benkert T, Block KT, Fayad ZA, Yang Y. PMID: 33580909; PMCID: PMC8197608.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Quantification of myocardial oxygen extraction fraction: A proof-of-concept study. Magn Reson Med. 2021 06; 85(6):3318-3325. Lu L, Eldeniz C, An H, Li R, Yang Y, Schindler TH, Peterson LR, Woodard PK, Zheng J. PMID: 33497013.
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    20. Free-Breathing and Ungated Dynamic MRI Using Navigator-Less Spiral SToRM. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2020 12; 39(12):3933-3943. Ahmed AH, Zhou R, Yang Y, Nagpal P, Salerno M, Jacob M. PMID: 32746136; PMCID: PMC7806246.
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    21. Amplified Flow Imaging (aFlow): A Novel MRI-Based Tool to Unravel the Coupled Dynamics Between the Human Brain and Cerebrovasculature. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2020 12; 39(12):4113-4123. Abderezaei J, Martinez J, Terem I, Fabris G, Pionteck A, Yang Y, Holdsworth SJ, Nael K, Kurt M. PMID: 32746150.
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    22. Artificial intelligence-enabled rapid diagnosis of patients with COVID-19. Nat Med. 2020 08; 26(8):1224-1228. Mei X, Lee HC, Diao KY, Huang M, Lin B, Liu C, Xie Z, Ma Y, Robson PM, Chung M, Bernheim A, Mani V, Calcagno C, Li K, Li S, Shan H, Lv J, Zhao T, Xia J, Long Q, Steinberger S, Jacobi A, Deyer T, Luksza M, Liu F, Little BP, Fayad ZA, Yang Y. PMID: 32427924; PMCID: PMC7446729.
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    23. Artificial intelligence-enabled rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. medRxiv. 2020 Apr 17. Mei X, Lee HC, Diao K, Huang M, Lin B, Liu C, Xie Z, Ma Y, Robson PM, Chung M, Bernheim A, Mani V, Calcagno C, Li K, Li S, Shan H, Lv J, Zhao T, Xia J, Long Q, Steinberger S, Jacobi A, Deyer T, Luksza M, Liu F, Little BP, Fayad ZA, Yang Y. PMID: 32511559; PMCID: PMC7274240.
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    24. Chest CT Findings in Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19): Relationship to Duration of Infection. Radiology. 2020 06; 295(3):200463. Bernheim A, Mei X, Huang M, Yang Y, Fayad ZA, Zhang N, Diao K, Lin B, Zhu X, Li K, Li S, Shan H, Jacobi A, Chung M. PMID: 32077789; PMCID: PMC7233369.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1235     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    25. CT Imaging Features of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Radiology. 2020 04; 295(1):202-207. Chung M, Bernheim A, Mei X, Zhang N, Huang M, Zeng X, Cui J, Xu W, Yang Y, Fayad ZA, Jacobi A, Li K, Li S, Shan H. PMID: 32017661; PMCID: PMC7194022.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1305     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    26. Non-Cartesian slice-GRAPPA and slice-SPIRiT reconstruction methods for multiband spiral cardiac MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2020 04; 83(4):1235-1249. Sun C, Yang Y, Cai X, Salerno M, Meyer CH, Weller D, Epstein FH. PMID: 31565819; PMCID: PMC7797187.
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    27. Frequency of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis (Measured by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance) in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. Am J Cardiol. 2019 11 15; 124(10):1584-1589. Löffler AI, Pan JA, Balfour PC, Shaw PW, Yang Y, Nasir M, Auger DA, Epstein FH, Kramer CM, Gan LM, Salerno M. PMID: 31575425; PMCID: PMC6894613.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Free-breathing cine imaging with motion-corrected reconstruction at 3T using SPiral Acquisition with Respiratory correction and Cardiac Self-gating (SPARCS). Magn Reson Med. 2019 08; 82(2):706-720. Zhou R, Yang Y, Mathew RC, Mugler JP, Weller DS, Kramer CM, Ahmed AH, Jacob M, Salerno M. PMID: 31006916; PMCID: PMC6510595.
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    29. Whole-heart spiral simultaneous multi-slice first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2019 02; 81(2):852-862. Yang Y, Meyer CH, Epstein FH, Kramer CM, Salerno M. PMID: 30311689; PMCID: PMC6289615.
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    30. Correction to: Simple motion correction strategy reduces respiratory-induced motion artifacts for k-t accelerated and compressed-sensing cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2018 03 26; 20(1):23. Zhou R, Huang W, Yang Y, Chen X, Weller DS, Kramer CM, Kozerke S, Salerno M. PMID: 29576016; PMCID: PMC5868071.
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    31. Quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion imaging identifies reduced flow reserve in microvascular coronary artery disease. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2018 02 22; 20(1):14. Zorach B, Shaw PW, Bourque J, Kuruvilla S, Balfour PC, Yang Y, Mathew R, Pan J, Gonzalez JA, Taylor AM, Meyer CH, Epstein FH, Kramer CM, Salerno M. PMID: 29471856; PMCID: PMC5822618.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 45     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Simple motion correction strategy reduces respiratory-induced motion artifacts for k-t accelerated and compressed-sensing cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2018 02 01; 20(1):6. Zhou R, Huang W, Yang Y, Chen X, Weller DS, Kramer CM, Kozerke S, Salerno M. PMID: 29386056; PMCID: PMC5793398.
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    33. Reduced field of view single-shot spiral perfusion imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2018 Jan; 79(1):208-216. Yang Y, Zhao L, Chen X, Shaw PW, Gonzalez JA, Epstein FH, Meyer CH, Kramer CM, Salerno M. PMID: 28321908; PMCID: PMC5607067.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Robust free-breathing SASHA T1 mapping with high-contrast image registration. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2016 08 17; 18(1):47. Chow K, Yang Y, Shaw P, Kramer CM, Salerno M. PMID: 27535744; PMCID: PMC4989502.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Accelerated two-dimensional cine DENSE cardiovascular magnetic resonance using compressed sensing and parallel imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2016 06 14; 18(1):38. Chen X, Yang Y, Cai X, Auger DA, Meyer CH, Salerno M, Epstein FH. PMID: 27301487; PMCID: PMC4906684.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. First-pass myocardial perfusion imaging with whole-heart coverage using L1-SPIRiT accelerated variable density spiral trajectories. Magn Reson Med. 2016 11; 76(5):1375-1387. Yang Y, Kramer CM, Shaw PW, Meyer CH, Salerno M. PMID: 26538511; PMCID: PMC4860174.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Adenosine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance with variable-density spiral pulse sequences accurately detects coronary artery disease: initial clinical evaluation. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Jul; 7(4):639-46. Salerno M, Taylor A, Yang Y, Kuruvilla S, Ragosta M, Meyer CH, Kramer CM. PMID: 24759900; PMCID: PMC4102611.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. Motion-compensated compressed sensing for dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI using regional spatiotemporal sparsity and region tracking: block low-rank sparsity with motion-guidance (BLOSM). Magn Reson Med. 2014 Oct; 72(4):1028-38. Chen X, Salerno M, Yang Y, Epstein FH. PMID: 24243528; PMCID: PMC4097987.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 38     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. Comparison of methods for determining the partition coefficient of gadolinium in the myocardium using T1 mapping. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Jul; 38(1):217-24. Salerno M, Janardhanan R, Jiji RS, Brooks J, Adenaw N, Mehta B, Yang Y, Antkowiak P, Kramer CM, Epstein FH. PMID: 23197434; PMCID: PMC3899916.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. SPHERE: SPherical Harmonic Elastic REgistration of HARDI data. Neuroimage. 2011 Mar 15; 55(2):545-56. Yap PT, Chen Y, An H, Yang Y, Gilmore JH, Lin W, Shen D. PMID: 21147231; PMCID: PMC3035740.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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