Li Research Lab Cedars-Sinai Skip to content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog English English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Translation is unavailable for Internet Explorer Cedars-Sinai Home 1-800-CEDARS-1 1-800-CEDARS-1 Close Find a Doctor Locations Programs & Services Health Library Patient & Visitors Community My CS-Link RESEARCH clear Go Close Navigation Links Academics Faculty Development Community Engagement Calendar Research Research Areas Research Labs Departments & Institutes Find Clinical Trials Research Cores Research Administration Basic Science Research Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC) Technology & Innovations News & Breakthroughs Education Graduate Medical Education Continuing Medical Education Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Professional Training Programs Medical Students Campus Life Office of the Dean Simulation Center Medical Library Program in the History of Medicine About Us All Education Programs Departments & Institutes Faculty Directory Li Lab The Li Laboratory specializes in the development of novel MRI techniques to address the research and clinical needs of cardiovascular imaging. Our group has developed and optimized various MRI methods for fast imaging of the heart and blood vessels, including coronary artery MR angiography, atherosclerosis imaging, myocardial perfusion and myocardial blood oxygenation evaluation. Our goal is early detection and characterization of heart disease using magnetic resonance imaging. The Li Laboratory is affiliated with the Biomedical Imaging Research Institute. Breakthrough Research Areas Magnetic Resonance Multitasking for Motion-Resolved Quantitive Cardiovascular Imaging International Whole-Brain Vessel Wall Imaging-Based Stroke Registry to Investigate Etiologies of Ischemic Stroke ECG and Navigator-Free 4-D Whole-Heart Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography Optimized Cardiac CEST MRI for Assessment of Metabolic Activity in the Heart Improving Noninvasive Therapy Evaluation of Stem-Cell-Based Treatment for Heart Failure with Diffusion Tensor MRI Noninvasive Measurement of Pressure Gradient across a Coronary Stenosis Using Phase-Contrast (PC)-MRI Coronary Atherosclerosis T1-Weighted Characterization with Integrated Anatomical Reference Ungated, Free-Breathing T1 Mapping Meet Our Team Learn more about the scientists, faculty members, investigators and other healthcare professionals of the Li Laboratory, whose dedicated efforts lead to groundbreaking discoveries. View Our Team For Prospective PhD Students The Li Laboratory invites interested doctorate students to gain knowledge and hands-on experience. To apply for PhD studies in the Li Lab, you must have a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline. Prior internship or research experience on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is desirable but not required. Simply apply for admission to the Department of Bioengineering, UCLA, and choose Debiao Li, PhD, as your research adviser. Learn More Publications Coronary atherosclerosis T1-weighed characterization with integrated anatomical reference. Xie Y, Kim YJ, Pang J, Kim JS, Yang Q, Wei J, Nguyen CT, Deng Z, Choi BW, Fan Z, Bairey Merz CN, Shah PK, Berman DS, Chang HJ, Li D. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Jun; 10(6):637-648. Diagnostic performance of self-navigated whole-heart contrast-enhanced coronary 3-T MR angiography. He Y, Pang J, Dai Q, Fan Z, An J, Li D. Radiology. 2017 Jun; 283(3):923. In vivo diffusion-tensor MRI of the human heart on a 3 tesla clinical scanner: An optimized second order (M2) motion compensated diffusion-preparation approach. Nguyen C, Fan Z, Xie Y, Pang J, Speier P, Bi X, Kobashigawa J, Li D. Magn Reson Med. 2016 Nov;76(5):1354-1363. Contact the Li Lab Cedars-Sinai Biomedical Imaging Research Institute 8700 Beverly Blvd. Pacific Theaters 800 Los Angeles, CA 90048 310-423-7743 Send A Message Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility