Peder Larson, PhD
Peder Larson is an Associate Professor in Residence and a Principal Investigator in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF. Dr. Larson’s research program is primarily centered around developing new MRI scanning and reconstruction technology for improved clinical outcomes. Dr. Larson is an active member of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering, the UC Berkeley and UCSF Graduate Group in Bioengineering, and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences.
Developing new MRI scanning and reconstruction technology for improved clinical outcomes
Dr. Larson’s research program focuses on developments aimed at several applications: Metabolic imaging methods using hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI; Semi-solid tissue MRI, for imaging of tendons, cortical bone, myelin, and lung tissue; and PET/MRI systems that combine the exceptional soft-tissue contrast of MRI with the functional contrast of PET.