Radiology Research Faculty
 

Jaime F. Mata, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Radiology
Assistant Director of the Center for HPG MRI

Box 801339
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22908

Mata

e-mail: jfm4q@virginia.edu

 

Education:

Ph.D., Biomedical Eng., University of Virginia, 2006

M.S., Biomedical Eng., University of Virginia, 2001

B.S., Physics Eng., Universidade de Lisboa (F.C.U.L.), 1997

Research Interests:

  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of dissolved 129Xe.
  • Recycling of 129Xe for High Resolution Lung Imaging.
  • Distinguishing extra and intra-pulmonary gas using 129Xe polarization transfer contrast (XTC).
  • Development of Advanced MR Imaging Techniques for the Assessment of Radiation-induced Pulmonary Injury.
  • Considerations of Appropriate Dose for MRI of the Human Lungs with Hyperpolarized Helium-3.
  • Transient, Position-dependent Ventilation Defects of the Lung.

Recent and Representative Publications:

Oshinski JN. Yang Z. Jones JR. Mata JF. French BA. Imaging time after Gd-DTPA injection is critical in using delayed enhancement to determine infarct size accurately with magnetic resonance imaging. Circulation 2001, 104(23):2838-42.

Hagspiel K., Altes T., Mugler J., Spellman M., Mata J., Tustison N., Brookeman J..MR Virtual Colonoscopy and Hysterosalpingography Using Hyperpolarized Helium 3 as an Endoluminal Contrast Agent: Demonstration of Feasibility. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2000, 44:813-816.

Mugler JP, Driehuys B, Hagspiel KD, Ruppert K, Cates GD, Altes TA, Spellman MJ, Munger TM, Mata JF, Brookeman JR. Dissolved-Phase 129Xe Spectroscopy: Impact of Polarization Improvements. European Radiology 1999, B13 (1999).