Nima Kasraie, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor

Nima Kasraie, Ph.D., M.S., is an Associate Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Medical Physics division.

Dr. Kasraie earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Arkansas State University, and received a master's degree in nuclear and radiological engineering from the University of Tennessee. He then obtained a doctral degree in medical physics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio before a postdcotral stint in biomedical physics at California State University in Fresno.

He holds certificates in nuclear and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) at The Royal Marsden Hospital in the United Kingdom, and in advanced magnetic resonance spectroscopy from the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Kasraie is also board certified in nuclear medicine physics and instrumentation by the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM), and in diagostic radiology physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR).

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2019, Dr. Kasraie served as Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Missouri in Kansas City Department of Radiology. He also served for six years as the first full-time medical physicist at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City.

Dr. Kasraie is an active member of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), American College of Radiology (ACR), and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

Undergraduate

Arkansas State University (1999), Physics

Graduate School

University of Tennessee-Knoxvi (2005), Nuclear Engineering

Graduate School

Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr (2012), Medical Physics

• Nuclear Medicine and PET imaging physics, pediatric imaging

Featured Publications

Identification of aspirated radiolucent foreign bodies in the pediatric airway using digital tomosynthesis: a multireader phantom study

Russell G, Kasraie N, Noel-MacDonnell J, Robinson AL, Chan SS J. Med. Imag. 2020 7 5

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Single-Component and Multicomponent Interventions for Reducing Radiation Doses in Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Smith-Bindman R, Chu P, Wang Y, Chung R, Lopez-Solano N, Einstein AJ, Solberg L, Cervantes LF, Yellen-Nelson T, Boswell W, Delman BN, Duong PA, Goode AR, Kasraie N, Lee RK, Neill R, Pahwa A, Pike P, Roehm J, Schindera S, Starkey J, Suntharalingam S, Jeukens CRLPN, Miglioretti DL, JAMA Intern Med 2020 Mar

Optimizing Communication With Parents on Benefits and Radiation Risks in Pediatric Imaging.

Kasraie N, Jordan D, Keup C, Westra S, J Am Coll Radiol 2018 May 15 5 809-817

Construction of an Anthropomorphic Phantom for Use in Evaluating Pediatric Airway Digital Tomosynthesis Protocols.

Kasraie N, Robinson A, Chan S, Radiol Res Pract 2018 2018 3835810

Fundamental Mathematics and Physics of Medical Imaging: A Brief Overview

Nima Kasraie Medical Physics International 2017 5 2 193-194

The effect of blood sampling on pediatric renal clearance determination using a mono-exponential model: a clinical investigation.

Kasraie N, Foley J, Burchell N Clin. Nucl. Med. 2015 Dec 40 12 983-1001

Implementation of a competency check-off in diagnostic fluoroscopy for radiology trainees: impact on reducing radiation for three common fluoroscopic exams in children.

Shah S, Desouches SL, Lowe LH, Kasraie N, Reading B, Pediatr Radiol 2015 Feb 45 2 228-34

Characterization of atherosclerotic plaque: a contrast-detail study using multidetector and cone-beam computed tomography.

Kasraie N, Mah P, Keener CR, Clarke GD, J Appl Clin Med Phys 2014 Jan 15 1 4308

Characterizing atherosclerotic plaque with computed tomography: a contrast-detail study

N Kasraie, GD Clarke Proc. SPIE 2012 83181M

On the use of molecular weight cutoff cassettes to measure dynamic relaxivity of novel gadolinium contrast agents: example using hyaluronic Acid polymer complexes in phosphate-buffered saline.

Kasraie N, Oviatt HW, Clarke GD, Radiol Res Pract 2011 2011 808795

• Fulbright Specialist Faculty
  U.S. State Department (2020-2023)

• Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (2017)
• American Association of Physicists in Medicine
• Radiological Society of North America