Syed Murtaza Arshad

News & Updates

Started a summer internship in May 2025 at Canon Medical Research USA (CMRU) as an MR Feature Development Research Scientist.
Co-authored the manuscript "Accelerated real-time cine and flow under in-magnet staged exercise", published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Volume 27, Issue 1, Summer 2025 (Article 101894).
Awarded 2nd Place at the 2025 Hayes Research Forum for my oral presentation on “Motion-Robust Volumetric CMR.”

Research Projects

Motion-robust 4D Flow Image Reconstruction

Developed a novel optimization technique integrated with outlier rejection for motion-robust reconstruction of 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance images.

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Motion-robust 3D cine Image Reconstruction

Proposed a novel optimization technique integrated with outlier rejection for motion-robust reconstruction of 3D cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance images.

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In-magnet Exercise Cardiovascular MRI

Assessing and validating new CMR protocols and reconstruction frameworks to facilitate assessment of cardiac function during exercise stress using planar, volumetric and flow imaging.

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Low-Field 4D flow Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Developed new CMR protocols and reconstruction frameworks to facilitate volumetric flow imaging at a low-field scanner.

iSight: Smart Glasses & Cane for Visually Impaired

Developed a wearable prototype integrating computer vision-based smart glasses and sensor fusion-based smart cane, providing real-time audio guidance to visually impaired individuals for object identification, obstacle avoidance, and navigation.

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Publications

Journal Articles

Accelerated Real-time Cine and Flow Under In-magnet Staged Exercise.2025
Preethi S. Chandrasekaran, Chong Chen, Yingmin Liu, Syed M. Arshad, Christopher Crabtree, Matthew Tong, Yuchi Han, Rizwan Ahmad
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 27(1): 101894
Motion-robust free-running volumetric cardiovascular MRI.2024
Syed M. Arshad, Lee C. Potter, Chong Chen, Yingmin Liu, Preethi Chandrasekaran, Christopher Crabtree, Matthew S. Tong, Orlando P. Simonetti, Yuchi Han, Rizwan Ahmad
Magn Reson Med. 92(3): 1248-1262

Preprints

Motion-Guided Deep Image Prior for Cardiac MRI.2024
Marc Vornehm, Chong Chen, Muhammad Ahmad Sultan, Syed M. Arshad, Yuchi Han, Florian Knoll, Rizwan Ahmad
arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.04639
Coil Reweighting to Suppress Motion Artifacts in Real-Time Exercise Cine Imaging.2024
Chong Chen, Yingmin Liu, Yu Ding, Matthew Tong, Preethi Chandrasekaran, Christopher Crabtree, Syed M. Arshad, Yuchi Han, Rizwan Ahmad
arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.16715

Abstracts

Motion-Guided Deep Image Prior for Dynamic Cardiac MRI.2025
Marc Vornehm, Chong Chen, Muhammad Ahmad Sultan, Syed M. Arshad, Florian Knoll, Rizwan Ahmad
ISMRM'25, Honolulu, Hawaii
Motion-Guided Deep Image Prior for 3D Real-Time Cine (M-DIP-3D).2025
Chong Chen, Marc Vornehm, Muhammad Ahmad Sultan, Syed M. Arshad, Yuchi Han, Rizwan Ahmad
ISMRM'25, Honolulu, Hawaii
Free-Running Time-Resolved 3D+time Cardiovascular MRI at 40 Hz in a One Minute Scan using Cartesian Sampling and CMR-MOTUS.2025
Thomas E. Olausson, Maarten L. Terpstra, Edwin Versteeg, Casper Beijst, Syed M. Arshad, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Cornelis van den Berg, Alessandro Sbrizzi
ISMRM'25, Honolulu, Hawaii
Initial Experience With Non-Contrast, Gadolinium, And Ferumoxytol-Enhanced Image-Based Navigator 3D MRA Of The Thoracic Aorta At 0.55T2025
Juliet Varghese, Katherine Binzel, Syed M. Arshad, Ning Jin, Karl P. Kunze, René M. Botnar, Claudia M. Prieto, Rizwan Ahmad, Yuchi Han, Matthew S. Tong, Orlando P. Simonetti
ISMRM'25, Honolulu, Hawaii
Ferumoxytol-enhanced free-running 5D whole-heart CMR at 0.55 T.2025
Xavier Sieber, Preethi S. Chandrasekaran, Juliet Varghese, Yingmin Liu, Christopher Roy, Jérôme Yerly, Syed M. Arshad, Rizwan Ahmad, Ruud B. Van Heeswijk, Mathias Stuber, Orlando Simonetti
SCMR'25, Washington, DC
EMORe: Motion-robust XD-CMR reconstruction using Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm.2025
Syed M. Arshad, Lee Potter, Xuan Lei, Rizwan Ahmad
SCMR'25, Washington, DC
Motion-robust 3D Cine Imaging Using Compressive Recovery with Outlier Rejection (CORe)2024
Syed M. Arshad, Lee Potter, Chong Chen, Preethi Chandrasekaran, Yingmin Liu, Christopher Crabtree, Matthew Tong, Orlando Simonetti, Yuchi Han, Rizwan Ahmad
SCMR'24, London, UK
Motion artifact reduction in self-gated CMR 4D flow imaging under exercise stress.2023
Syed M. Arshad, Chong Chen, Yingmin Liu, Preethi Chandrasekaran, Christopher Crabtree, Ning Jin, Rizwan and Ahmad
ISMRM'23, Toronto, Canada
Biventricular and hemodynamic assessment under multi-stage exercise using real-time CMR.2023
Preethi Chandrasekaran, Chong Chen, Yingmin Liu, Christopher Crabtree, Syed M. Arshad, Matthew Tong, Yuchi Han, Rizwan Ahmad
ISMRM'23, Toronto, Canada

Talks & Presentations

EMORe: Motion-robust free-breathing volumetric cardiovascular magnetic resonance image reconstruction using Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm2025
2025 Hayes Advanced Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH | 2nd Place Winner
EMORe: Motion-robust XD-CMR reconstruction using Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm.2025
SCMR'25: Motion Compensation Session, Washington, DC
EMORe: Motion-robust XD-CMR reconstruction using Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm.2024
Kraus Memorial Poster Competition ’24, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. | 2nd Place Winner
Motion robust 3D cine imaging using Compressive Recovery with Outlier Rejection (CORe).2024
SCMR ’24: Dealing with Motion Session, London, UK
Motion-robust free-running volumetric cardiovascular MRI.2023
Kraus Memorial Poster Competition’23, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Motion artifact reduction in self-gated CMR 4D flow imaging under exercise stress.2023
ISMRM’23: Advanced Flow & Angiography, Toronto, Canada

Syed Murtaza Arshad, M.S.

Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering