Research Summary

Benjamin M. Yeh, MD, is a Professor in the Abdominal Imaging Section in the Department of Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine, and completed his residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in abdominal imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Yeh directs the Contrast and CT Research lab at UCSF which explores novel contrast-enhanced imaging techniques for CT, dual energy CT, and MR imaging. Ongoing projects include the development and testing of novel contrast materials, bowel imaging, fibrosis imaging, assessment of contrast material distribution in healthy and diseased tissues, and oncologic imaging. His research group is recognized for mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows, including five Howard Hughes Medical Student research fellows, and visiting faculty.

Expertise:
Abdominal Imaging, Adult

Specialty:
Abdominopelvic CT and MRI, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary radiology

Professional Interests:
Development of novel applications for CT and MR imaging, contrast material development for CT and MR imaging, advanced hepatobiliary imaging, Large and small bowel imaging, patient-specific image protocol development

Education and Training:
• Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina
• Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Abdominal Imaging
• Board Certification: Certificate of Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology

Research Funding

  • May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2023 - Nanoparticle CT Contrast Agent for New Capabilities in Tumor Detection, Staging, and Therapy Planning and Response , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA226868
  • September 16, 2014 - July 31, 2021 - Augmenting Dual Energy CT for Novel Contrast Agents , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R42DK104580
  • May 1, 2013 - April 30, 2018 - Nanoparticle CT Contrast Agents for Reduced Radiation Dose and New Imaging Applic , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01EB015476
  • April 1, 2012 - October 31, 2014 - Complementary Injectable Tungsten Contrast for Dual Contrast Dual Energy CT , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R21EB013816

Education

Harvard College, AB, 06/97, Summa Cum Laude, Biochemical Sciences
Stanford University, MD, 06/06
Stanford University, PhD, 06/06, Biomedical Informatics
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Intern, 06/07, Transitional Internship
University of Washington, Resident, 06/10, Dermatology
University of California, San Francisco, Fellow, 06/11, Dermatopathology

Honors & Awards

  • 1995
    Alpha Omega Alpha
  • 2001
    Margulis Society Excellence in Research Award, UCSF Dept. of Radiology
  • 2002
    Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, UCSF Dept. of Radiology
  • 2005
    UCSF Department of Radiology Hideo Minagi Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 2006
    RSNA Trainee Prize for GU Radiology, Resident ZJ Wang, MD. Role: Primary mentor
  • 2007
    RSNA Trainee Prize for GU Radiology, Fellow ZJ Wang, MD. Role: Primary mentor
  • 2007
    RSNA Trainee Prize for GI Radiology, Medical Student Lisa Chu, BA. Role: Primary mentor
  • 2008
    Mentor for Howard Hughes Research Grant for Medical Student, Lisa Chu, BA
  • 2008
    Cum laude Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography / Magnetic Resonance
  • 2008
    Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2009
    Mentor for Howard Hughes Research Grant for Medical Student, Rahi Kumar, BA
  • 2009
    Hounsfield Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography / Magnetic Resonance for best CT paper
  • 2010
    Mentor for Howard Hughes Research Grant for Vanja Varenika, BA & Miguel Cabarrus, BA(RSNA Trainee Prizes are for the single best paper by a trainee in that scientific category at the Radiological Society of North America, the largest annual meeting for the Radiology specialty)
  • 2011
    Society of Gastroenterologists Visiting Professor Award
  • 2011
    Mentor for Howard Hughes Research Grant for Medical Student, Samira Rathnayake, BA
  • 2015
    Academy of Radiology Research Distinguished Investigator Award
  • 2015
    Outstanding Medical Student Mentor Award, UCSF Department of Radiology

Selected Publications

  1. Ren L, Sun Y, Yeh B, Marsh JF, Winfree TN, Burke KA, Rajendran K, McCollough CH, Mileto A, Fletcher JG, Leng S. Characterization of single- and multi-energy CT performance of an oral dark borosilicate contrast media using a clinical photon-counting-detector CT platform. Med Phys. 2023 Sep 05.  View on PubMed
  2. Heimer MM, Yeh BM. Dual-Energy CT Reveals Bismuth Subsalicylate Overdose in Acute Appendicitis. Radiology. 2023 07; 308(1):e230310.  View on PubMed
  3. Guglielmo FF, Barr RG, Yokoo T, Ferraioli G, Lee JT, Dillman JR, Horowitz JM, Jhaveri KS, Miller FH, Modi RY, Mojtahed A, Ohliger MA, Pirasteh A, Reeder SB, Shanbhogue K, Silva AC, Smith EN, Surabhi VR, Taouli B, Welle CL, Yeh BM, Venkatesh SK. Liver Fibrosis, Fat, and Iron Evaluation with MRI and Fibrosis and Fat Evaluation with US: A Practical Guide for Radiologists. Radiographics. 2023 06; 43(6):e220181.  View on PubMed
  4. Grosu S, Vijittrakarnrung K, Wang ZJ, Obmann MM, Sun Y, Sugi MD, Yeh BM. Reducing Visceral-Motion-Related Artifacts on the Liver with Dual-Energy CT: A Comparison of Four Different CT Scanner Techniques. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Sep 05; 12(9).  View on PubMed
  5. Yeh BM, Miller FH. Compendium of Hepatobiliary Imaging Reviews. Radiol Clin North Am. 2022 09; 60(5):xv-xvi.  View on PubMed
  6. Grosu S, Yeh BM. Hepatobiliary Dual-Energy Computed Tomography. Radiol Clin North Am. 2022 Sep; 60(5):731-743.  View on PubMed
  7. Grosu S, Wiemker R, An C, Obmann MM, Wong E, Yee J, Yeh BM. Comparison of the performance of conventional and spectral-based tagged stool cleansing algorithms at CT colonography. Eur Radiol. 2022 Nov; 32(11):7936-7945.  View on PubMed
  8. Grosu S, Wang ZJ, Obmann MM, Sugi MD, Sun Y, Yeh BM. Reduction of Peristalsis-Related Streak Artifacts on the Liver with Dual-Layer Spectral CT. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Mar 23; 12(4).  View on PubMed
  9. An C, Obmann MM, Sun Y, Wang ZJ, Sugi MD, Behr SC, Zagoria RJ, Woolen SA, Yeh BM. Positive Versus Neutral Oral Contrast Material for Detection of Malignant Deposits in Intraabdominal Nonsolid Organs on CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 08; 219(2):233-243.  View on PubMed
  10. Wesp P, Grosu S, Graser A, Maurus S, Schulz C, Knösel T, Fabritius MP, Schachtner B, Yeh BM, Cyran CC, Ricke J, Kazmierczak PM, Ingrisch M. Deep learning in CT colonography: differentiating premalignant from benign colorectal polyps. Eur Radiol. 2022 Jul; 32(7):4749-4759.  View on PubMed
  11. Obmann MM, Sun Y, An C, Ohliger MA, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM. Bowel Peristalsis Artifact on Dual-Energy CT: In Vitro Study on the Influence of Different Dual-Energy CT Platforms and Enteric Contrast Agents. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 02; 218(2):290-299.  View on PubMed
  12. Kulkarni NM, Fung A, Kambadakone AR, Yeh BM. Computed Tomography Techniques, Protocols, Advancements, and Future Directions in Liver Diseases. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2021 Aug; 29(3):305-320.  View on PubMed
  13. Obmann MM, Punjabi G, Obmann VC, Boll DT, Heye T, Benz MR, Yeh BM. Dual-energy CT of acute bowel ischemia. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2022 05; 47(5):1660-1683.  View on PubMed
  14. Parakh A, An C, Lennartz S, Rajiah P, Yeh BM, Simeone FJ, Sahani DV, Kambadakone AR. Recognizing and Minimizing Artifacts at Dual-Energy CT. Radiographics. 2021 May-Jun; 41(3):E96.  View on PubMed
  15. Harris HW, Primus F, Young C, Carter JT, Lin M, Mukhtar RA, Yeh B, Allen IE, Freise C, Kim E, Sbitany H, Young DM, Hansen S. Preventing Recurrence in Clean and Contaminated Hernias Using Biologic Versus Synthetic Mesh in Ventral Hernia Repair: The PRICE Randomized Clinical Trial. Ann Surg. 2021 04 01; 273(4):648-655.  View on PubMed
  16. Zhang TT, Chang WC, Wang ZJ, Sun DC, Ohliger MA, Yeh BM. Bowel Wall Visualization Using MR Enterography in Relationship to Bowel Lumen Contents and Patient Demographics. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 09; 54(3):728-736.  View on PubMed
  17. Parakh A, An C, Lennartz S, Rajiah P, Yeh BM, Simeone FJ, Sahani DV, Kambadakone AR. Recognizing and Minimizing Artifacts at Dual-Energy CT. Radiographics. 2021 Mar-Apr; 41(2):509-523.  View on PubMed
  18. Chatterji M, Fidler JL, Taylor SA, Anupindi SA, Yeh BM, Guglielmo FF. State of the Art MR Enterography Technique. Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 Feb 01; 30(1):3-11.  View on PubMed
  19. Parakh A, Lennartz S, An C, Rajiah P, Yeh BM, Simeone FJ, Sahani DV, Kambadakone AR. Dual-Energy CT Images: Pearls and Pitfalls. Radiographics. 2021 Jan-Feb; 41(1):98-119.  View on PubMed
  20. Mileto A, Ananthakrishnan L, Morgan DE, Yeh BM, Marin D, Kambadakone AR. Clinical Implementation of Dual-Energy CT for Gastrointestinal Imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 09; 217(3):651-663.  View on PubMed

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