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Ajay S. Kurani, PhD

Department of Radiology

My research interests focus on understanding the basis of structural and functional deficits in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. The goal of my research is to develop advanced structural and functional MRI techniques in order to identify changes in brain morphology and function in patients. I use this information in order to develop improvements in early detection, differential diagnosis, tracking of longitudinal changes and evaluate treatment interventions.

I am also interested in bridging the gap between advanced imaging research and artificial intelligence. As Co-Director of the Northwestern University Research Image Processing System (NURIPS) and a core-faculty member of the Augmented Intelligence in Medical Imaging working group, my goal is to utilize HPC environments and cloud computing in order to run automated work flows for image processing and then leverage these systems to accelerate development of deep learning tools that can impact research in neurodegenerative diseases.