Nahla M.H. Elsaid, Ph.D.
Research Faculty (Assistant Professor)
Nahla M.H. Elsaid, Ph.D., is Research Faculty (Assistant Professor of Radiology and of Pediatrics Tenure Track) who joined the Developing Brain Institute in August 2024. Dr. Elsaid’s research focuses on developing novel methods in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, emphasizing motion detection and super-resolution and has received several awards.
Key Studies
| March 2026 | Elsaid NMH, Zhang HZ, Fettahoglu A, Sun C, De Simone A, Nixon T, … Galiana G. A Nonlinear Single Channel Gradient Insert for Prostate Diffusion Imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2026 Mar;95(3):1833-1846. doi: 10.1002/mrm.70125. Epub 2025 Oct 13. PMID: 41078149; PMCID: PMC13006828 | view |
| July 2024 | Elsaid NMH, Dispenza NL, Hu C, Peters DC, Constable RT, Tagare HD, Galiana G. Constrained Alternating Minimization for Parameter Mapping (CAMP). Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2024 Jul;110:176-183. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2024.04.029. Epub 2024 Apr 23. PMID: 38657714; PMCID: PMC11193090 | view |
| May 2024 | Elsaid NMH, Peters DC, Galiana G, Sinusas AJ. Clinical Physiology: The Crucial Role of MRI in Evaluation of Peripheral Artery Disease. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2024 May 1;326(5):H1304-H1323. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00533.2023. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38517227; PMCID: PMC11381027 | view |
| February 2024 | Elsaid NMH, Tagare HD, Galiana G. A Physics-Based Algorithm to Universally Standardize Routinely Obtained Clinical T2-Weighted Images. Academic Radiology. 2024 Feb;31(2):582-595. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.05.036. Epub 2023 Jul 6. PMID: 37407374; PMCID: PMC10761595 | view |
Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677
Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908
Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579
Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403