Body MRI Faculty

Katarzyna J. Macura, M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty, MRI

Assistant Professor, Radiology 
   

 

Research Experience

Honors & Awards

Publications

 

 

 

Contact Information:

Katarzyna J. Macura, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Russell H. Morgan

Department of Radiology and Radiological Science

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Faculty, Department of Radiology


JHOC 3140C
601 N. Caroline Street
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore MD, 21205
tel: (410) 955-5391, fax: (410) 955-7699
kmacura@jhmi.edu

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Research Experience

 

Research Interests

 

 

[1]        Female urinary incontinence; anatomical and functional imaging with MRI.

 

Macura K.J. Genadry R., Mostwin L.J., Bluemke D.A. Female urinary incontinence: pathophysiology and current methods of evaluation. ARRS meeting 2003.

 

Macura K.J., Genadry R, Mostwin JL, Borman TL, Bluemke DA. Intraurethral MR Imaging of the Female Urethra: A Novel Look at Urethral Anatomy and Pathology. In Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 10 (2002).

 

Macura K.J. Genadry R.R., Mostwin J.L., Borman T.L., Bluemke D.A. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of The Female Urethra Using An Endourethral MR Coil: Preliminary Experience. Supplement to Radiology, November 2001; 221 (P): 538.

 

Macura K.J., Pannu H.K., Bluemke D.A. The Review of The Methods of Assessment of The Anterior, Middle, and Posterior Compartments of The Female Pelvic Floor, When Evaluated With the Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Supplement to Radiology, November 2001; 221 (P): 700.

 

[2]        Female Pelvic Pathology; multimodality approach, correlation MRI/US/CT

 

[3]        Prostate Cancer; MR imaging and spectroscopy

 

[4]        Artificial Intelligence in Medicine; case-based reasoning applied to the radiology              image retrieval based on the verbal and pictorial query.

 

 

Current Research Grants

 

 

2003                             Radiological Society of North America Seed Grant

                                    Title: Role of MR Imaging in Assessment of Urethral Sphincter Morphology and Function in Continent and Incontinent Women.

2002                             ACRIN 6659

MR Imaging and MR Spectroscopic Imaging of Prostate Cancer Prior to Radical Prostatectomy: A  Prospective Multi-Institutional Clinicopathological Study.

2002                             Mayo/Hopkins SPORE: Comparison of Novel PET/CT Imaging Agents and MR/MRS in Metastatic and High Risk Prostate Cancer

2002                 Center for Disease Control: AUS Clinical Trial Site to Conduct Evaluations of Topical Microbicides

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Honors & Awards

 

Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Young Investigator Award, 2003. Project: “Role of MR Imaging in Assessment of Urethral Sphincter Morphology and Function in Continent and Incontinent Women.

 

American Association for Women Radiologists Leadership Award to attend the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Faculty Development Seminar 2002.

 

Cum Laude Award, Educational Exhibit at the Radiological Society of North America Meeting, 2001.

 

Recipient of the Special Recognition Award from the President of the American Association for Women Radiologists, for the work on AAWR web site. RSNA 2001.

 

Participant Marconi – AUR Faculty Development Program, Association of University             Radiologists, 2001.

 

Recipient of the American Association for Women Radiologists Research and Education Foundation Seed Grant Award for the research project entitled: ”Intelligent Tutoring System for Emergency Radiology – Are you ready for call?”, November 2000.

 

Distinguished Paper Award in recognition of outstanding technical presentation at

            Intelligent Computer-Aided Training and Virtual Environment Technology

            Conference, May 1993, Houston, TX.

 

Certificate of Merit, infoRAD'92 Radiological Society of North America, 1992.

 

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Selected Publications

 

Macura K.J., Szarf G., Fishman E.K., Bluemke, D.A. Role of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of acute aortic syndromes. Seminars in Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance, August 2003.

 

Macura K.J., Corl F., Fishman E.K., Bluemke, D.A. Pathogenesis in acute aortic syndromes: aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, and penetrating aortic ulcer. American Journal of Roentgenology, August 2003.

 

Macura K.J., Corl F., Fishman E.K., Bluemke, D.A. Pathogenesis in acute aortic syndromes: aortic aneurysm leak and rupture, and traumatic aortic transection. American Journal of Roentgenology, August 2003.

 

Macura R.T., Macura K.J. Case-Based Reasoning: Opportunities and Applications in             Health   Care. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 1997; 9:1-4.

 

Macura R.T., Macura K.J. MacRad: Radiology Image Resource with a Case-Based

Retrieval System. In Veloso M., Aamodt A. (eds.). Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1010. Springer; Berlin, Germany: 1995, 43-54.

 

Binet E. F., Trueblood J.H., Macura K.J., Macura R.T., Morstad B.D., Finkbeiner

            R.V. Computer-based Radiology Information System: From Floppy Disk to CD-            ROM.    RadioGraphics 1995; 15(5): 1203-1214.

 

Binet E.F., Macura K.J., Trueblood J.H., Macura R.T., Morstad B.D., Finkbeiner R.V.,

Kingsbury T.B., Garzzillo C.W. Electronic Memory Extension for Radiologists: R3 Program. Journal of Medical Education Technologies 1995, 5(3), 5-13.

 

Macura K.J., Macura R.T., Morstad B.D. Digital Case Library: A Resource for Teaching,

            Learning, and Decision Support in Radiology. RadioGraphics  1995; 15(1):

            155-164.

 

Macura K.J., Macura R.T. The Role of Object Representation in the Design of the

            Intelligent Radiology Workstation. In J.G. Ozbolt (Eds.). Journal of the American

            Medical Informatics Association: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Symposium on

            Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC) 1994,  922-926.

 

Macura, R.T., Macura, K.J., Toro, V.E., Binet, E.F., Trueblood, J.H., and Ji K.

           Computerized Case-based Instructional System for Computed Tomography and

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Tumors. Investigative Radiology 1994, 29(4), 497-506.

 

Macura, K.J., Macura, R.T. and Nute, D.E. Medical Reference System for Differential

            Diagnosis of Brain Tumors - Motivation and Structure. International Journal of

            Microcomputer Applications 1993, Vol 12(3), 110-117.

 

Macura K.J., Macura R.T., Toro V.E., Binet E.F., and Trueblood J.H. Teaching

            Radiology by Image/Case-Based Reasoning. Journal of Medical Education

            Technologies 1993, Vol 4(1), 14-18.

 

 

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