Research Interests
Understanding the mechanical properties of cartilage, and through the use of magnetic resonance imaging, developing non-invasive methods to determine cartilage properties.
Previous work with spine pain and spinal implants.
Degrees
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2006
B.S.E in Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Honors and Awards
Stanford Bio-X Fellowship, 2006
Representative Publications
Keenan K.E., Besier T.F., Pauly J.M., Han E., Rosenberg J., Smith R.L., Delp S., Beaupré G.S., Gold G.E. Prediction of Glycosaminoglycan Content in Human Cartilage by Age T1rho and T2 MRI. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 19:171-179, 2011.
Stikov N., Keenan K.E., Pauly J.M., Smith R.L., Dougherty R.F., Gold G.E. Cross-relaxation Imaging of Human Articular Cartilage. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, in press.
Keenan K.E., Han E., Beaupré G., Gold G.E., 2009. T1p Sequences as Predictors of Proteoglycan Content in Articular Cartilage. Oral Presentation, ISMRM Workshop: Advances in Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging. San Francisco, CA. 2009.
Keenan K.E., Kourtis L.C., Besier T.F., Lindsey D.P., Gold G.E., Delp S.L., Beaupré G.S.. New resource for the computation of cartilage biphasic material properties with the interpolant response surface method. Computer Methods in Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering, 12(4):415-422, 2009.
Hobbies
Cycling, cooking, reading The New York Times, skiing, traveling