Instructor in Radiology

Email: nmercaldo@mgb.org

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Recent Publications

• Fu JF, Juttukonda MR, Garimella AH, Mercaldo ND, Wey HY, Salvatore A, Dickerson BC, Price JC. Impact of Postlabeling Delay on Arterial Spin-Labeling MRI-Based Measures of Cerebral Blood Flow in a Simultaneous PET/MRI Study of Aging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2026 May 04. 47(5):1358-1366
• Alexander AM, Rosenblum EW, Mercaldo N, Smith EC, Mauri C, Fischl B, Wang R, Frosch MP, van der Kouwe AJW, Augustinack JC. Quantitative and Morphometric Measures in the Human Hippocampal Tail Using Ex Vivo Imaging Validated With Histology. Hippocampus. 2026 05. 36(3):e70101
• Ratai EM, Wenke MR, Mercaldo N, Chan ST, Figueiro Longo MG, Welt J, Avesta A, Lee J, Lev MH, Parry BA, Drake L, Anderson RR, Rauch T, Diaz-Arrastia R, Hamblin MR, Vakoc BJ, Gupta R. Low-Level Light Therapy Effect on Metabolites Measured by MR Spectroscopy in Patients with Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2026 Mar 04. 47(3):699-707
• Rosenblum EW, Takeuchi D, Chadha S, Mercaldo ND, Williams EM, Roy J, Ackerman JL, Augustinack JC. Magnetic susceptibility matched fluid for neuroimaging assessed in histology and stereology: A pilot study. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2026 Jan 19.
• Asmundo L, Mercaldo N, Furtado F, Herold A, Mojtahed A, Anderson M, Bradley W, Hesami M, Peña-Trujillo V, Blandino AA, Cannella R, Vernuccio F, Srivastava S, Dighe M, Dhyani M, Sahani D, Sgrazzutti C, Brandi N, Renzulli M, Fanti S, Irun B, Brancatelli G, Vanzulli A, Sirlin C, Kambadakone AR, Catalano OA. A multicenter multinational retrospective study of the 1-year natural history of LI-RADS 3 observations in patients with cirrhosis. Eur Radiol. 2026 Jun. 36(6):4647-4657