The Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging is a leader in Imaging Research, consistently ranked as one of the top-funded Departments within the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Research efforts revolve around magnetic resonance (MR) imaging sequence development, complex image processing, traumatic brain injury, hyperpolarized gas imaging, focused ultrasound development and clinical applications, metabolic imaging of cardiac and peripheral vascular disease. Finally, research also includes genetics of vascular restenosis and atherosclerosis, breast disease, function brain and stroke imaging and device and technology development.

Our basic science research encompasses a wide array of projects performed in conjunction with our Cardiovascular Medicine, Neurosciences, Biomedical Engineering and Engineering colleagues.