Assistant Professor of Radiology

Email: mekkaoui@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

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Recent Publications

• Rock CA, Chen YI, Wang R, Philip AL, Keil B, Weiner RB, Elmariah S, Mekkaoui C, Nguyen CT, Sosnovik DE. Voxel-scale diffusion tensor phenomapping of the healthy and pressure-overloaded human heart. Nat Biomed Eng. 2026 Jul 24.
• Mahmutovic M, Shrestha M, Ramos-Llordén G, Sung D, Edwards LJ, Chu Y, Dubovan PI, Müller A, Hansen SJD, Ghotra A, Pine KJ, Müller R, Weiskopf N, Wald LL, Mekkaoui C, Möller HE, Huang SY, Keil B. High-density MRI coil arrays with integrated field monitoring systems for human connectome mapping. Magn Reson Med. 2025 Nov. 94(5):2286-2303
• Müller A, Mahmutovic M, Alem M, Ramos-Llordén G, Sung D, Shrestha M, Hansen SJD, Chemlali C, Ghotra A, Stockmann J, Mekkaoui C, Wald LL, Yendiki A, Huang SY, Keil B. Strong gradients, cool performance: A 64-channel array coil with concurrent field monitoring and thermal control for ex vivo diffusion-weighted brain imaging using the 3T connectome 2.0 MRI scanner. Magn Reson Med. 2025 Nov. 94(5):2268-2285
• Rock CA, Chen YI, Wang R, Philip AL, Keil B, Weiner RB, Elmariah S, Mekkaoui C, Nguyen CT, Sosnovik DE. Diffusion Tensor Phenomapping of the Healthy and Pressure-Overloaded Human Heart. medRxiv. 2024 May 05.
• Tounekti S, Alizadeh M, Middleton D, Harrop JS, Hiba B, Krisa L, Mekkaoui C, Mohamed FB. Metal artifact reduction around cervical spine implant using diffusion tensor imaging at 3T: A phantom study. Magn Reson Imaging. 2024 01. 105:57-66