Magdoom Kulam, PhD
Scientist II
BTech., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
I am interested in developing new imaging windows into the human brain primarily using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). I have introduced new methods to visualize waste clearing pathways in the brain (i.e., glymphatic pathway), detect very slow fluid flows, reveal features of the brain structure far smaller than the typical MRI voxel size, and measure brain stiffness without a tamper among others. These have the potential to understand various normal and abnormal functioning of the brain, and detect various neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury (TBI), cancer, etc.
| Magdoom, K. N., Zeinomar, A., Lonser, R. R., Sarntinoranont, M., & Mareci, T. H.(2019). Phase contrast MRI of creeping flows using stimulated echo. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 299, 49-58. |
| Magdoom, K. N., Brown, A., Rey, J., Mareci, T. H., King, M. A., & Sarntinoranont, M. (2019). MRI of whole rat brain perivascular network reveals role for ventricles in brain waste clearance. Scientific reports, 9(1), 11480. |
| Magdoom, K. N., Avram, A. V., Sarlls, J. E., Dario, G., & Basser, P. J. (2023). A novel framework for in-vivo diffusion tensor distribution MRI of the human brain. NeuroImage, 271, 120003. |
| Magdoom, K.N., Avram, A.V., Witzel, T., Huang, S.Y. and Basser, P.J. (2024). Water Diffusion in the Live Human Brain is Gaussian at the Mesoscale. bioRxiv, pp.2024-04. |
Area of Research
Institution Affiliations
HJF Scientist II in support of MTBI2, Uniformed Services University
Sites
NIH Clinical Center