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Dr Kuberan Pushparajah

Clinical Reader in Paediatric Cardiology

Research interests

Cardiovascular

Contact details

kuberan.pushparajah@kcl.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Kuberan Pushparajah is a clinical reader in paediatric cardiology in the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London. He is also an honorary consultant paediatric cardiologist at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, London. His interests are in cardiovascular imaging, namely in the fields of magnetic resonance imaging and advanced echocardiography including 3D echocardiography. He is the clinical lead for the Congenital Cardiac MRI programme, which encompasses congenital CMR from the fetus to the adult, and CMR guided catheterisation.

Deep learning-based prospective slice-tracking for continuous catheter visualization during MRI-guided cardiac catheterization
Neofytou, A., Kowalik, G., Vidya Shankar, R., Kunze, K., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Neji, R., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 30 Apr 2025, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Towards Automatic Risk Prediction of Coarctation of the Aorta from Fetal CMR Using Atlas-Based Segmentation and Statistical Shape Modelling
Ramirez Gilliland, P., Hermida, U., Uus, A., van Poppel, M., Grigorescu, I., Steinweg, J. K., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K., De Vecchi, A., King, A., Lamata de la Orden, P. & Deprez, M., 2023, International Workshop on Preterm, Perinatal and Paediatric Image Analysis. p. 53-63
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
Multi-task learning for joint weakly-supervised segmentation and aortic arch anomaly classification in fetal cardiac MRI
Ramirez Gilliland, P., Uus, A., Van Poppel, M., Grigorescu, I., Steinweg, J. K., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K., King, A. & Deprez, M., 2023, In: MELBA (The Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging). PIPPI 2022 special issue
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fast, automated, real-time 3D passive balloon catheter tracking during MRI-guided cardiac catheterization using orthogonal projection imaging and real-time image-based catheter detection
Kowalik, G. T., Kerfoot, E., Kunze, K., Neji, R., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., Jan 2025, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 93, 1, p. 311-320 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cortical scaling of the neonatal brain in typical and altered development
Bonthrone, A., Cromb, D., Chew, A., Gal-Er, B., Kelly, C., Falconer, S., Arichi, T., Pushparajah, K., Simpson, J., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Nosarti, C., Edwards, D., O'Muircheartaigh, J. & Counsell, S., 15 Apr 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 15, e2416423122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Virtual Reality for Preprocedure Planning of Covered Stent Correction of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defects
Stephenson, N., Rosenthal, E., Jones, M., Deng, S., Wheeler, G., Pushparajah, K., Schnabel, J. A. & Simpson, J. M., 5 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions. 17, 12, e013964.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fully automated planning for anatomical fetal brain MRI on 0.55T
Neves Silva, S., McElroy, S., Aviles Verdera, J., Colford, K., St Clair, K., Tomi-Tricot, R., Uus, A., Ozenne, V., Hall, M., Story, L., Pushparajah, K., Rutherford, M. A., Hajnal, J. V. & Hutter, J., Sept 2024, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 92, 3, p. 1263-1276 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Structural and Functional Fetal Cardiac Imaging using low field (0.55T) MRI
Zhang, C. Y., Cleri, M., Woodgate, T., Ramirez Gilliland, P., Bansal, S., Aviles Verdera, J., Uus, A., Kyriakopoulou, V., St Clair, K., Story, L., Hall, M., Pushparajah, K., Hajnal, J., F A Lloyd, D., Rutherford, M., Hutter, J. & Payette, K., 20 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Pediatrics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fast, automated, real-time 3D passive balloon catheter tracking during MRI-guided cardiac catheterization using orthogonal projection imaging and real-time image-based catheter detection
Kowalik, G., Kerfoot, E., Kunze, K., Neji, R., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 5 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impact of aortic arch curvature in flow haemodynamics in patients with transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch operation
Sotelo, J., Valverde, I., Martins, D., Bonnet, D., Boddaert, N., Pushparajan, K., Uribe, S. & Raimondi, F., 22 Feb 2022, In: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 23, 3, p. 402-411 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mortality and morbidity in preterm infants with congenital heart disease
Dumitrascu Biris, I., Mintoft, A., Harris, C., Rawn, Z., Jheeta, J. S., Pushparajah, K., Khan, H. & Fox, G., Jan 2022, In: Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 111, 1, p. 151-156 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Myocardial contractile response to dobutamine in hypoplastic left heart syndrome post-Fontan
Wong, J., Pushparajah, K., De Vecchi, A., Greil, G. F., Hussain, T. & Razavi, R., 16 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 16, O104.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Patient-specific closed-loop model of the fontan circulation: Calibration and validation
Aramburu, J., Ruijsink, B., Chabiniok, R., Pushparajah, K. & Alastruey, J., 15 May 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 9, e30404.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hemodynamic inefficiencies during stress hold key for comprehensive assessment after Fontan operation
Fernandes, J. F., Bellsham-Revell, H., Wong, J., Salih, C., Pushparajah, K., Lamata, P. & de Vecchi, A., Feb 2024, In: JTCVS Techniques. 23, p. 81-85 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Design and Implementation of Multicenter Pediatric and Congenital Studies with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Big Data in Smaller Bodies
DiLorenzo, M. P., Lee, S., Rathod, R. H., Raimondi, F., Farooqi, K. M., Jain, S. S., Samyn, M. M., Johnson, T. R., Olivieri, L. J., Fogel, M. A., Lai, W. W., Renella, P., Powell, A. J., Buddhe, S., Stafford, C., Johnson, J. N., Helbing, W. A., Pushparajah, K., Voges, I. & Muthurangu, V. & 10 others, Miles, K. G., Greil, G., McMahon, C. J., Slesnick, T. C., Fonseca, B. M., Morris, S. A., Soslow, J. H., Grosse-Wortmann, L., Beroukhim, R. S. & Grotenhuis, H. B., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 26, 1, p. 101041 101041.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac MRI: Is Clinical Adoption Forthcoming?
Fotaki, A., Puyol-Antón, E., Chiribiri, A., Botnar, R., Pushparajah, K. & Prieto, C., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8, 818765.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Executive function in preschool children with congenital heart disease and controls: the role of a cognitively stimulating home environment.
Chew, A., Bonthrone, A., Alford, A., Kelly, C., Pushparajah, K., Egloff, A., Hajnal, J., Simpson, J., Rutherford, M., Edwards, D., Nosarti, C. & Counsell, S., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 267, 113897.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Highly efficient free-breathing 3D whole-heart imaging in 3-min: single center study in adults with congenital heart disease
Fotaki, A., Pushparajah, K., Rush, C., Munoz, C., Velasco, C., Neji, R., Kunze, K. P., Botnar, R. M. & Prieto, C., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 26, 1, 100008.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Individualized cortical gyrification in neonates with congenital heart disease
Cromb, D., Wilson, S., Bonthrone, A., Chew, A., Kelly, C., Kumar, M., Cawley, P., Dimitrova, R., Tournier, J.-D., Pushparajah, K., Simpson, J., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Edwards, D., Nosarti, C., O'Muircheartaigh, J. & Counsell, S., 7 Oct 2024, In: Brain Communications. 6, 5, fcae356.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automatic image-based tracking of gadolinium-filled balloon wedge catheters for MRI-guided cardiac catheterization using deep learning
Neofytou, A., Kowalik, G., Vidya Shankar, R., Huang, L., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Neji, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 2023, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10, 1233093.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-time automatic image-based slice tracking of gadolinium-filled balloon wedge catheter during MR-guided cardiac catheterization: A proof-of-concept study
Vidya Shankar, R., Huang, L., Neji, R., Kowalik, G., Neofytou, A., Mooiweer, R., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., Jan 2024, In: Magnetic resonance in medicine. 91, 1, p. 388-397 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-time fetal brain tracking for functional fetal MRI
Neves Silva, S., Aviles Verdera, J., Tomi-Tricot, R., Neji, R., Uus, A., Grigorescu, I., Wilkinson, T., Ozenne, V., Lewin, A., Story, L., De Vita, E., Rutherford, M., Pushparajah, K., Hajnal, J. & Hutter, J., 22 Jun 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Magnetic resonance in medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
BOUNTI: Brain vOlumetry and aUtomated parcellatioN for 3D feTal MRI
Uus, A. U., Kyriakopoulou, V., Makropoulos, A., Fukami-Gartner, A., Cromb, D., Davidson, A., Cordero-Grande, L., Price, A. N., Grigorescu, I., Williams, L. Z. J., Robinson, E. C., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K., Story, L., Hutter, J., Counsell, S. J., Edwards, A. D., Rutherford, M. A., Hajnal, J. V. & Deprez, M., 27 Apr 2023, In: bioRxiv.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Cardiac Function After Cardiotoxic Treatments for Childhood Cancer-Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain in Screening
Niemelä, J., Ylänen, K., Suominen, A., Pushparajah, K., Mathur, S., Sarkola, T., Jahnukainen, K., Eerola, A., Poutanen, T., Vettenranta, K. & Ojala, T., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8, p. 715953
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Extended reality for procedural planning and guidance in structural heart disease - a review of the state-of-the-art
Stephenson, N., Pushparajah, K., Wheeler, G., Deng, S., Schnabel, J. A. & Simpson, J. M., Jul 2023, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 39, 7, p. 1405-1419 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A deep learning approach for fully automated cardiac shape modeling in tetralogy of Fallot
Govil, S., Crabb, B. T., Deng, Y., Dal Toso, L., Puyol-Antón, E., Pushparajah, K., Hegde, S., Perry, J. C., Omens, J. H., Hsiao, A., Young, A. A. & McCulloch, A. D., 27 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 25, 1, 15.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Simultaneous Highly Efficient Contrast-Free Lumen and Vessel Wall MR Imaging for Anatomical Assessment of Aortic Disease
Munoz, C., Fotaki, A., Hua, A., Hajhosseiny, R., Kunze, K. P., Ismail, T. F., Neji, R., Pushparajah, K., Botnar, R. M. & Prieto, C., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 58, 4, p. 1110-1122 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Retrospective motion correction through multi-average k-space data elimination (REMAKE) for free-breathing cardiac cine imaging
Neofytou, A., Neji, R., Kowalik, G., Mooiweer, R., Wong, J., Fotaki, A., Ferreira, J., Evans, C., Bosio, F., Mughal, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 20 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Individual assessment of perioperative brain growth trajectories in infants with congenital heart disease: correlation with clinical and surgical risk factors
Cromb, D., Bonthrone, A., Maggioni, A., Cawley, P., Dimitrova, R., Kelly, C., Cordero-Grande, L., Carney, O., Egloff Collado, A., Hughes, E., Hajnal, J., Simpson, J., Pushparajah, K., Rutherford, M., Edwards, D., O'Muircheartaigh, J. & Counsell, S., 8 Jul 2023, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 12, 14, e8599.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Free-breathing Contrast-agent free whole-heart MTC-BOOST imaging: Single-center validation study in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Fotaki, A., Pushparajah, K., Hajhosseiny, R., Schneider, A., Alam, H., Fereira, J., Neji, R., Kunze, K., Frigiola, A., Botnar, R. & Prieto Vasquez, C., 13 Dec 2022, In: Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of a Linear Measurement Tool in Virtual Reality for Assessment of Multimodality Imaging Data-A Phantom Study
Pushparajah, K., Stephenson, N., Schnabel, J., Deng, S., Wheeler, G. & Simpson, J., 8 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Imaging. 8, 11
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3D black blood MRI atlases of congenital aortic arch anomalies and the normal fetal heart: application to automated multi-label segmentation
Uus, A., van Poppel, M., Steinweg, J. K., Grigorescu, I., Ramirez Gilliland, P., Roberts, T., Egloff Collado, A., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K. & Deprez, M., 9 Nov 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Learning the Hidden Signature of Fetal Arch Anatomy: a Three-Dimensional Shape Analysis in Suspected Coarctation of the Aorta
Hermida, U., Van poppel, M. P. M., Lloyd, D. F. A., Steinweg, J. K., Vigneswaran, T. V., Simpson, J. M., Razavi, R., De vecchi, A., Pushparajah, K. & Lamata, P., 27 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of cardiovascular translational research.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Risk Factors for Perioperative Brain Lesions in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A European Collaboration
Bonthrone, A. F., Stegeman, R., Feldmann, M., Claessens, N. H. P., Nijman, M., Jansen, N. J., Nijman, J., Groenendaal, F., de Vries, L. S., Benders, M. J. N. L., Haas, F., Bekker, M. N., Logeswaran, T., Reich, B., Kottke, R., Hagmann, C., Latal, B., Dave, H., Simpson, J. & Pushparajah, K. & 7 others, Austin, C., Kelly, C. J., Arulkumaran, S., Rutherford, M. A., Counsell, S. J., Knirsch, W. & breur, J. M. P. J., 27 Oct 2022, In: Stroke. 53, 12, p. 3652-3661 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Le Cœur en Sabot: shape associations with adverse events in repaired tetralogy of Fallot
Mîra, A., Lamata, P., Pushparajah, K., Abraham, G., Mauger, C. A., McCulloch, A. D., Omens, J. H., Bissell, M. M., Blair, Z., Huffaker, T., Tandon, A., Engelhardt, S., Koehler, S., Pickardt, T., Beerbaum, P., Sarikouch, S., Latus, H., Greil, G., Young, A. A. & Hussain, T., 4 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 24, 1, 46.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Magnetization Transfer BOOST Noncontrast Angiography Improves Pulmonary Vein Imaging in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Rashid, I., Ginami, G., Nordio, G., Fotaki, A., Neji, R., Alam, H., Pushparajah, K., Frigiola, A., Valverde, I., Botnar, R. M. & Prieto, C., 21 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Neonatal frontal-limbic connectivity is associated with externalizing behaviours in toddlers with Congenital Heart Disease
Bonthrone, A., Chew, A., Ní Bhroin, M., Morassutti Rech, F., Kelly, C., Christiaens, D., Pietsch, M., Tournier, J.-D., Cordero-Grande, L., Price, A., Egloff Collado, A., Hajnal, J., Pushparajah, K., Simpson, J., Edwards, D., Rutherford, M., Nosarti, C., Batalle, D. & Counsell, S., 17 Aug 2022, In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 36, 103153.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automated 3D reconstruction of the fetal thorax in the standard atlas space from motion-corrupted MRI stacks for 21-36 weeks GA range
Uus, A. U., Grigorescu, I., van Poppel, M. P. M., Steinweg, J. K., Roberts, T., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K. & Deprez, M., Aug 2022, In: Medical Image Analysis. 80, 102484.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Medium-Term Cardiac Outcomes in Young People with Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome: The Era of COVID-19
Wong, J., Theocharis, P., Regan, W., Pushparajah, K., Stephenson, N., Pascall, E., Cleary, A., O’Byrne, L., Savis, A. & Miller, O., Dec 2022, In: Pediatric Cardiology. 43, 8, p. 1728-1736 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Neuromonitoring, neuroimaging, and neurodevelopmental follow-up practices in neonatal congenital heart disease: a European survey
Feldmann, M., Hagmann, C., de Vries, L., Disselhoff, V., Pushparajah, K., Logeswaran, T., Jansen, N. J. G., Breur, J. M. P. J., Knirsch, W., Benders, M., Counsell, S., Reich, B. & Latal, B., 12 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pediatric Research.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fetal Blood Flow Assessment Using Motion-Robust Whole Heart 4D Cine MRI
Steinweg, J. K., Roberts, T., van Poppel, M., Lloyd, D., Razavi, R., Hajnal, J. & Pushparajah, K., 12 Feb 2022, The 54th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK). The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon: Thieme, Vol. 70.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
Unlocking the non-invasive assessment of conduit and reservoir function in the aorta: The obstructive descending aorta in HLHS
De Vecchi, A., Faraci, A., Cardoso Pires Timoteo Fernandes, J. F., Marlevi, D., Bellsham-Revell, H. R., Hussain, T., Laji, N., Ruijsink, B., Wong, J., Razavi, R., Anderson, D., Salih, C., Pushparajah, K., Nordsletten, D. & Lamata de la Orden, P., Oct 2022, In: Journal of cardiovascular translational research. 15, 5, p. 1075-1085 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Edge-Enhancement DenseNet for X-ray Fluoroscopy Image Denoising in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures
Luo, Y., Ma, Y., O' Brien, H., Jiang, K., Kohli, V., Maidelin, S., Saeed, M., Deng, E., Pushparajah, K. & Rhode, K. S., Feb 2022, In: Medical Physics. 49, 2, p. 1262-1275 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Myocardial involvement in children with post-COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance based multicenter international study-the CARDOVID registry
Pushparajah, K., 30 Dec 2021, In: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 23, 1, 140.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac MRI: is clinical adoption forthcoming?
Fotaki, A., Puyol Anton, E., Chiribiri, A., Botnar, R., Pushparajah, K. & Prieto Vasquez, C., 15 Dec 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 16 p., 818765.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Criss-cross heart three-dimensional printed models in medical education: A multicenter study on their value as a supporting tool to conventional imaging
Valverde, I., Gomez, G., Byrne, N., Anwar, S., Silva Cerpa, M., Martin Talavera, M., Pushparajah, K. & Velasco Forte, M., 25 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Anatomical Sciences Education.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-Time Exercise Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Tetralogy of Fallot: A Tool for Revisiting a Clinical Conundrum
Pushparajah, K. & Duong, P., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. e013209.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Automated quantitative stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance in pediatric patients
Scannell, C., Hasaneen, H., Greil, G., Hussain, T., Razavi, R., Lee, J., Pushparajah, K., Duong, P. & Chiribiri, A., 3 Sept 2021, In: Frontiers in Pediatrics. 9, 1 p., 699497.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Non-invasive Imaging in the Evaluation of Cardiac Shunts for Interventional Closure
Pushparajah, K., 18 May 2021, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Analysis of three-dimensional arch anatomy, vascular flow and postnatal outcome in cases of suspected coarctation of the aorta using fetal cardiac MRI
Lloyd, D., van Poppel, M., Pushparajah, K., Vigneswaran, T., Zidere, V., Steinweg, J. K., van Amerom, J., Roberts, T., Schulz, A., Charakida, M., Miller, O., Sharland, G., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Simpson, J. M. & Razavi, R., 14 Apr 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Circulation-Cardiovascular imaging.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Deep learning-based prospective slice-tracking for continuous catheter visualization during MRI-guided cardiac catheterization
Neofytou, A., Kowalik, G., Vidya Shankar, R., Kunze, K., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Neji, R., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 30 Apr 2025, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Towards Automatic Risk Prediction of Coarctation of the Aorta from Fetal CMR Using Atlas-Based Segmentation and Statistical Shape Modelling
Ramirez Gilliland, P., Hermida, U., Uus, A., van Poppel, M., Grigorescu, I., Steinweg, J. K., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K., De Vecchi, A., King, A., Lamata de la Orden, P. & Deprez, M., 2023, International Workshop on Preterm, Perinatal and Paediatric Image Analysis. p. 53-63
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
Multi-task learning for joint weakly-supervised segmentation and aortic arch anomaly classification in fetal cardiac MRI
Ramirez Gilliland, P., Uus, A., Van Poppel, M., Grigorescu, I., Steinweg, J. K., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K., King, A. & Deprez, M., 2023, In: MELBA (The Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging). PIPPI 2022 special issue
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fast, automated, real-time 3D passive balloon catheter tracking during MRI-guided cardiac catheterization using orthogonal projection imaging and real-time image-based catheter detection
Kowalik, G. T., Kerfoot, E., Kunze, K., Neji, R., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., Jan 2025, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 93, 1, p. 311-320 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cortical scaling of the neonatal brain in typical and altered development
Bonthrone, A., Cromb, D., Chew, A., Gal-Er, B., Kelly, C., Falconer, S., Arichi, T., Pushparajah, K., Simpson, J., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Nosarti, C., Edwards, D., O'Muircheartaigh, J. & Counsell, S., 15 Apr 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 15, e2416423122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Virtual Reality for Preprocedure Planning of Covered Stent Correction of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defects
Stephenson, N., Rosenthal, E., Jones, M., Deng, S., Wheeler, G., Pushparajah, K., Schnabel, J. A. & Simpson, J. M., 5 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions. 17, 12, e013964.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fully automated planning for anatomical fetal brain MRI on 0.55T
Neves Silva, S., McElroy, S., Aviles Verdera, J., Colford, K., St Clair, K., Tomi-Tricot, R., Uus, A., Ozenne, V., Hall, M., Story, L., Pushparajah, K., Rutherford, M. A., Hajnal, J. V. & Hutter, J., Sept 2024, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 92, 3, p. 1263-1276 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Structural and Functional Fetal Cardiac Imaging using low field (0.55T) MRI
Zhang, C. Y., Cleri, M., Woodgate, T., Ramirez Gilliland, P., Bansal, S., Aviles Verdera, J., Uus, A., Kyriakopoulou, V., St Clair, K., Story, L., Hall, M., Pushparajah, K., Hajnal, J., F A Lloyd, D., Rutherford, M., Hutter, J. & Payette, K., 20 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Pediatrics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fast, automated, real-time 3D passive balloon catheter tracking during MRI-guided cardiac catheterization using orthogonal projection imaging and real-time image-based catheter detection
Kowalik, G., Kerfoot, E., Kunze, K., Neji, R., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 5 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impact of aortic arch curvature in flow haemodynamics in patients with transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch operation
Sotelo, J., Valverde, I., Martins, D., Bonnet, D., Boddaert, N., Pushparajan, K., Uribe, S. & Raimondi, F., 22 Feb 2022, In: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 23, 3, p. 402-411 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mortality and morbidity in preterm infants with congenital heart disease
Dumitrascu Biris, I., Mintoft, A., Harris, C., Rawn, Z., Jheeta, J. S., Pushparajah, K., Khan, H. & Fox, G., Jan 2022, In: Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 111, 1, p. 151-156 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Myocardial contractile response to dobutamine in hypoplastic left heart syndrome post-Fontan
Wong, J., Pushparajah, K., De Vecchi, A., Greil, G. F., Hussain, T. & Razavi, R., 16 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 16, O104.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Patient-specific closed-loop model of the fontan circulation: Calibration and validation
Aramburu, J., Ruijsink, B., Chabiniok, R., Pushparajah, K. & Alastruey, J., 15 May 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 9, e30404.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hemodynamic inefficiencies during stress hold key for comprehensive assessment after Fontan operation
Fernandes, J. F., Bellsham-Revell, H., Wong, J., Salih, C., Pushparajah, K., Lamata, P. & de Vecchi, A., Feb 2024, In: JTCVS Techniques. 23, p. 81-85 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Design and Implementation of Multicenter Pediatric and Congenital Studies with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Big Data in Smaller Bodies
DiLorenzo, M. P., Lee, S., Rathod, R. H., Raimondi, F., Farooqi, K. M., Jain, S. S., Samyn, M. M., Johnson, T. R., Olivieri, L. J., Fogel, M. A., Lai, W. W., Renella, P., Powell, A. J., Buddhe, S., Stafford, C., Johnson, J. N., Helbing, W. A., Pushparajah, K., Voges, I. & Muthurangu, V. & 10 others, Miles, K. G., Greil, G., McMahon, C. J., Slesnick, T. C., Fonseca, B. M., Morris, S. A., Soslow, J. H., Grosse-Wortmann, L., Beroukhim, R. S. & Grotenhuis, H. B., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 26, 1, p. 101041 101041.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac MRI: Is Clinical Adoption Forthcoming?
Fotaki, A., Puyol-Antón, E., Chiribiri, A., Botnar, R., Pushparajah, K. & Prieto, C., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8, 818765.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Executive function in preschool children with congenital heart disease and controls: the role of a cognitively stimulating home environment.
Chew, A., Bonthrone, A., Alford, A., Kelly, C., Pushparajah, K., Egloff, A., Hajnal, J., Simpson, J., Rutherford, M., Edwards, D., Nosarti, C. & Counsell, S., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 267, 113897.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Highly efficient free-breathing 3D whole-heart imaging in 3-min: single center study in adults with congenital heart disease
Fotaki, A., Pushparajah, K., Rush, C., Munoz, C., Velasco, C., Neji, R., Kunze, K. P., Botnar, R. M. & Prieto, C., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 26, 1, 100008.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Individualized cortical gyrification in neonates with congenital heart disease
Cromb, D., Wilson, S., Bonthrone, A., Chew, A., Kelly, C., Kumar, M., Cawley, P., Dimitrova, R., Tournier, J.-D., Pushparajah, K., Simpson, J., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Edwards, D., Nosarti, C., O'Muircheartaigh, J. & Counsell, S., 7 Oct 2024, In: Brain Communications. 6, 5, fcae356.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automatic image-based tracking of gadolinium-filled balloon wedge catheters for MRI-guided cardiac catheterization using deep learning
Neofytou, A., Kowalik, G., Vidya Shankar, R., Huang, L., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Neji, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 2023, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10, 1233093.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-time automatic image-based slice tracking of gadolinium-filled balloon wedge catheter during MR-guided cardiac catheterization: A proof-of-concept study
Vidya Shankar, R., Huang, L., Neji, R., Kowalik, G., Neofytou, A., Mooiweer, R., Moon, T., Mellor, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., Jan 2024, In: Magnetic resonance in medicine. 91, 1, p. 388-397 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-time fetal brain tracking for functional fetal MRI
Neves Silva, S., Aviles Verdera, J., Tomi-Tricot, R., Neji, R., Uus, A., Grigorescu, I., Wilkinson, T., Ozenne, V., Lewin, A., Story, L., De Vita, E., Rutherford, M., Pushparajah, K., Hajnal, J. & Hutter, J., 22 Jun 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Magnetic resonance in medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
BOUNTI: Brain vOlumetry and aUtomated parcellatioN for 3D feTal MRI
Uus, A. U., Kyriakopoulou, V., Makropoulos, A., Fukami-Gartner, A., Cromb, D., Davidson, A., Cordero-Grande, L., Price, A. N., Grigorescu, I., Williams, L. Z. J., Robinson, E. C., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K., Story, L., Hutter, J., Counsell, S. J., Edwards, A. D., Rutherford, M. A., Hajnal, J. V. & Deprez, M., 27 Apr 2023, In: bioRxiv.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Cardiac Function After Cardiotoxic Treatments for Childhood Cancer-Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain in Screening
Niemelä, J., Ylänen, K., Suominen, A., Pushparajah, K., Mathur, S., Sarkola, T., Jahnukainen, K., Eerola, A., Poutanen, T., Vettenranta, K. & Ojala, T., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8, p. 715953
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Extended reality for procedural planning and guidance in structural heart disease - a review of the state-of-the-art
Stephenson, N., Pushparajah, K., Wheeler, G., Deng, S., Schnabel, J. A. & Simpson, J. M., Jul 2023, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 39, 7, p. 1405-1419 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A deep learning approach for fully automated cardiac shape modeling in tetralogy of Fallot
Govil, S., Crabb, B. T., Deng, Y., Dal Toso, L., Puyol-Antón, E., Pushparajah, K., Hegde, S., Perry, J. C., Omens, J. H., Hsiao, A., Young, A. A. & McCulloch, A. D., 27 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 25, 1, 15.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Simultaneous Highly Efficient Contrast-Free Lumen and Vessel Wall MR Imaging for Anatomical Assessment of Aortic Disease
Munoz, C., Fotaki, A., Hua, A., Hajhosseiny, R., Kunze, K. P., Ismail, T. F., Neji, R., Pushparajah, K., Botnar, R. M. & Prieto, C., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 58, 4, p. 1110-1122 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Retrospective motion correction through multi-average k-space data elimination (REMAKE) for free-breathing cardiac cine imaging
Neofytou, A., Neji, R., Kowalik, G., Mooiweer, R., Wong, J., Fotaki, A., Ferreira, J., Evans, C., Bosio, F., Mughal, N., Razavi, R., Pushparajah, K. & Roujol, S., 20 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Individual assessment of perioperative brain growth trajectories in infants with congenital heart disease: correlation with clinical and surgical risk factors
Cromb, D., Bonthrone, A., Maggioni, A., Cawley, P., Dimitrova, R., Kelly, C., Cordero-Grande, L., Carney, O., Egloff Collado, A., Hughes, E., Hajnal, J., Simpson, J., Pushparajah, K., Rutherford, M., Edwards, D., O'Muircheartaigh, J. & Counsell, S., 8 Jul 2023, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 12, 14, e8599.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Free-breathing Contrast-agent free whole-heart MTC-BOOST imaging: Single-center validation study in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Fotaki, A., Pushparajah, K., Hajhosseiny, R., Schneider, A., Alam, H., Fereira, J., Neji, R., Kunze, K., Frigiola, A., Botnar, R. & Prieto Vasquez, C., 13 Dec 2022, In: Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of a Linear Measurement Tool in Virtual Reality for Assessment of Multimodality Imaging Data-A Phantom Study
Pushparajah, K., Stephenson, N., Schnabel, J., Deng, S., Wheeler, G. & Simpson, J., 8 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Imaging. 8, 11
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3D black blood MRI atlases of congenital aortic arch anomalies and the normal fetal heart: application to automated multi-label segmentation
Uus, A., van Poppel, M., Steinweg, J. K., Grigorescu, I., Ramirez Gilliland, P., Roberts, T., Egloff Collado, A., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K. & Deprez, M., 9 Nov 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Learning the Hidden Signature of Fetal Arch Anatomy: a Three-Dimensional Shape Analysis in Suspected Coarctation of the Aorta
Hermida, U., Van poppel, M. P. M., Lloyd, D. F. A., Steinweg, J. K., Vigneswaran, T. V., Simpson, J. M., Razavi, R., De vecchi, A., Pushparajah, K. & Lamata, P., 27 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of cardiovascular translational research.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Risk Factors for Perioperative Brain Lesions in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A European Collaboration
Bonthrone, A. F., Stegeman, R., Feldmann, M., Claessens, N. H. P., Nijman, M., Jansen, N. J., Nijman, J., Groenendaal, F., de Vries, L. S., Benders, M. J. N. L., Haas, F., Bekker, M. N., Logeswaran, T., Reich, B., Kottke, R., Hagmann, C., Latal, B., Dave, H., Simpson, J. & Pushparajah, K. & 7 others, Austin, C., Kelly, C. J., Arulkumaran, S., Rutherford, M. A., Counsell, S. J., Knirsch, W. & breur, J. M. P. J., 27 Oct 2022, In: Stroke. 53, 12, p. 3652-3661 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Le Cœur en Sabot: shape associations with adverse events in repaired tetralogy of Fallot
Mîra, A., Lamata, P., Pushparajah, K., Abraham, G., Mauger, C. A., McCulloch, A. D., Omens, J. H., Bissell, M. M., Blair, Z., Huffaker, T., Tandon, A., Engelhardt, S., Koehler, S., Pickardt, T., Beerbaum, P., Sarikouch, S., Latus, H., Greil, G., Young, A. A. & Hussain, T., 4 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 24, 1, 46.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Magnetization Transfer BOOST Noncontrast Angiography Improves Pulmonary Vein Imaging in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Rashid, I., Ginami, G., Nordio, G., Fotaki, A., Neji, R., Alam, H., Pushparajah, K., Frigiola, A., Valverde, I., Botnar, R. M. & Prieto, C., 21 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Neonatal frontal-limbic connectivity is associated with externalizing behaviours in toddlers with Congenital Heart Disease
Bonthrone, A., Chew, A., Ní Bhroin, M., Morassutti Rech, F., Kelly, C., Christiaens, D., Pietsch, M., Tournier, J.-D., Cordero-Grande, L., Price, A., Egloff Collado, A., Hajnal, J., Pushparajah, K., Simpson, J., Edwards, D., Rutherford, M., Nosarti, C., Batalle, D. & Counsell, S., 17 Aug 2022, In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 36, 103153.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automated 3D reconstruction of the fetal thorax in the standard atlas space from motion-corrupted MRI stacks for 21-36 weeks GA range
Uus, A. U., Grigorescu, I., van Poppel, M. P. M., Steinweg, J. K., Roberts, T., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Lloyd, D., Pushparajah, K. & Deprez, M., Aug 2022, In: Medical Image Analysis. 80, 102484.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Medium-Term Cardiac Outcomes in Young People with Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome: The Era of COVID-19
Wong, J., Theocharis, P., Regan, W., Pushparajah, K., Stephenson, N., Pascall, E., Cleary, A., O’Byrne, L., Savis, A. & Miller, O., Dec 2022, In: Pediatric Cardiology. 43, 8, p. 1728-1736 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Neuromonitoring, neuroimaging, and neurodevelopmental follow-up practices in neonatal congenital heart disease: a European survey
Feldmann, M., Hagmann, C., de Vries, L., Disselhoff, V., Pushparajah, K., Logeswaran, T., Jansen, N. J. G., Breur, J. M. P. J., Knirsch, W., Benders, M., Counsell, S., Reich, B. & Latal, B., 12 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pediatric Research.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fetal Blood Flow Assessment Using Motion-Robust Whole Heart 4D Cine MRI
Steinweg, J. K., Roberts, T., van Poppel, M., Lloyd, D., Razavi, R., Hajnal, J. & Pushparajah, K., 12 Feb 2022, The 54th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK). The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon: Thieme, Vol. 70.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
Unlocking the non-invasive assessment of conduit and reservoir function in the aorta: The obstructive descending aorta in HLHS
De Vecchi, A., Faraci, A., Cardoso Pires Timoteo Fernandes, J. F., Marlevi, D., Bellsham-Revell, H. R., Hussain, T., Laji, N., Ruijsink, B., Wong, J., Razavi, R., Anderson, D., Salih, C., Pushparajah, K., Nordsletten, D. & Lamata de la Orden, P., Oct 2022, In: Journal of cardiovascular translational research. 15, 5, p. 1075-1085 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Edge-Enhancement DenseNet for X-ray Fluoroscopy Image Denoising in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures
Luo, Y., Ma, Y., O' Brien, H., Jiang, K., Kohli, V., Maidelin, S., Saeed, M., Deng, E., Pushparajah, K. & Rhode, K. S., Feb 2022, In: Medical Physics. 49, 2, p. 1262-1275 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Myocardial involvement in children with post-COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance based multicenter international study-the CARDOVID registry
Pushparajah, K., 30 Dec 2021, In: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 23, 1, 140.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac MRI: is clinical adoption forthcoming?
Fotaki, A., Puyol Anton, E., Chiribiri, A., Botnar, R., Pushparajah, K. & Prieto Vasquez, C., 15 Dec 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 16 p., 818765.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Criss-cross heart three-dimensional printed models in medical education: A multicenter study on their value as a supporting tool to conventional imaging
Valverde, I., Gomez, G., Byrne, N., Anwar, S., Silva Cerpa, M., Martin Talavera, M., Pushparajah, K. & Velasco Forte, M., 25 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Anatomical Sciences Education.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-Time Exercise Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Tetralogy of Fallot: A Tool for Revisiting a Clinical Conundrum
Pushparajah, K. & Duong, P., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. e013209.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Automated quantitative stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance in pediatric patients
Scannell, C., Hasaneen, H., Greil, G., Hussain, T., Razavi, R., Lee, J., Pushparajah, K., Duong, P. & Chiribiri, A., 3 Sept 2021, In: Frontiers in Pediatrics. 9, 1 p., 699497.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Non-invasive Imaging in the Evaluation of Cardiac Shunts for Interventional Closure
Pushparajah, K., 18 May 2021, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Analysis of three-dimensional arch anatomy, vascular flow and postnatal outcome in cases of suspected coarctation of the aorta using fetal cardiac MRI
Lloyd, D., van Poppel, M., Pushparajah, K., Vigneswaran, T., Zidere, V., Steinweg, J. K., van Amerom, J., Roberts, T., Schulz, A., Charakida, M., Miller, O., Sharland, G., Rutherford, M., Hajnal, J., Simpson, J. M. & Razavi, R., 14 Apr 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Circulation-Cardiovascular imaging.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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