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Neha Antil, M.D., D.N.B.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroradiology and Pediatric Radiology
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Philosophy of Care
Dr. Neha Antil believes that compassionate, patient-centered care begins with listening and understanding each patient’s individual needs and concerns. She strives to make every imaging experience as comfortable and reassuring as possible while providing accurate, thoughtful interpretations that support timely and effective medical care. She values clear communication and collaboration with patients, families, and referring physicians to ensure that imaging results are explained in a meaningful and understandable way. Outside of medicine, Dr. Antil enjoys exploring new places, learning about different cultures, and spending time with family and friends.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Neha Antil is a Radiologist specializing in Neuroradiology and Pediatric Radiology, with clinical expertise in cross-sectional imaging, MRI, CT, ultrasound, and image-guided procedures. Her clinical interests include pediatric neuroimaging, pediatric oncology, fetal and body imaging, epilepsy imaging, and advanced MRI applications. She also has a special interest in point-of-care portable MRI, quantitative and molecular ultrasound, Musculoskeletal Imaging, and the integration of innovative imaging technologies into clinical care.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Neha Antil’s research and academic interests focus on advancing pediatric and neuroradiology through innovative imaging techniques, improved diagnostic accuracy, and patient-centered applications of medical imaging. Her areas of interest include point-of-care portable MRI in neurocritical care, 3D printing for preoperative planning, quantitative and molecular ultrasound, pediatric O-RADS, and the use of artificial intelligence for characterizing focal liver lesions. She is also interested in education and the clinical integration of advanced MRI and ultrasound technologies to improve imaging access, interpretation, and patient care.
Division
Neuroradiology
Pediatric Radiology
Fellowship
Pediatric Radiology, Stanford University Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 2025
Fellowship
Neuroradiology and Intervention, UC Davis Medical Center, 2024
Best Paper award SAR: O-RADS Ultrasound Risk Assessment System and Morphologic Analysis of False Positive Cases in O-RADS Ultrasound 4 and 5 Categories, Feb. 2025,
Best scientific presentation award: Frequency of Solid-appearing components in false positive Benign cases of Ovarian-Adnexal imaging reporting and data system (O-RADS) Ultrasound (US) 4 and 5 categories. SRU, 2024,
Certificate of Merit for education exhibit at RSNA on Not all erosions are created equal. approach to hand and wrist arthropathy: What a radiologist needs to know? 2022,
Case of the day prize, MSK Radiology RSNA, 2022,
Awarded European Radiology Reviewer Fellowship, 2021,
Postdoctoral Research fellowship at Stanford University, 2019,
Awarded certificate of commendation for an academically outstanding resident during Post Graduate training period (2012-2015), Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, 2018,
Awarded International travel grant to attend European congress of Radiology by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2018,
Awarded an International Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship at Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium, 2016,
1. Leandra L. Brickson, Dongwoon Hyun, Hoda S. Hashemi, Walter Simson, Neha Antil, Gianmarco Pinton, and Jeremy J. Dahl. Real-Time Reverberation Suppression in Ultrasound Channel Signals Using a Permuted 2D Convolutional Neural Network. Ultrasonic-Imaging. June 2026.
2. Jha P, Sadowski EA, Gupta A, Maturen KE, Patel-Lippmann KK, Zafar HM, Kamaya A, Antil N, Guo Y, Barroilhet LM, Shen L. Benign Lesions Scored as O-RADS US v2022 4 and 5 Categories: Prevalence and Morphologic Analysis. Radiology. 2026 May;319(2):e252310. doi: 10.1148/radiol.252310. PMID: 42117989.
3. Alice Ahyoung Lee, Neha Antil, Ahmed El Kaffas, Walter Park. Assessing the feasibility of handheld Point-of- Care Ultrasound for Pancreas Visualization: A pilot study. Pancreas 2025.
4. Ahmed El Kaffas, Krishna Chaitanya Bhatraju, Jenny M. Vo-Phamhi, Thodsawit Tiyarattanachai, Neha Antil, Lindsey M Negrete, Aya Kamaya, Luyao Shen. Development of a Deep Learning Model for Classification of Hepatic Steatosis from Clinical Standard Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. February 2025.
5. Shen, L, Sadowski E., Gupta A, Jha P, Maturen KE, Patel-Lippmann K, Zafar HM, Kamaya A, Antil N, Guo, Y, Barroilhet L, Jha, P. The Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) Ultrasound Score Effect on Surgical Resection Rate. Radiology 2024. Oct;313(1):e240044. doi: 10.1148/radiol.240044. PMID: 39377674.
6. Avneesh Chhabra; Flavio Duarte Silva; Bayan Mogharrabi; Mina Guirguis; Oganes Ashikyan; Michael Rasper; Eunhae Park; Sven S Walter; Monica Umpierrez; Parham Pezeshk; Peter C Thurlow; Akshaya Jagadale; Gitanjali Bajaj; Aparna Komarraju; Jim Wu; Antonio Aguilera; Fabiano N Cardoso; Felipe Souza; SubbaRao Chaganti; Neha Antil; Wilfred Manzano; Alexander Stebner; Jochen Evers; Matthew Petterson; Thomas Geisbush; Chad Downing; Diana Christiansen; Elizabeth Horneber; Jun Man Kim; Rangarajan Purushothaman; Shilpa Mohanan; Surbhi Raichandani; George Vilanilam; Clementina Cabrera; John Manov; Sean Maloney; Swati D Deshmukh; Amelie M Lutz; Jan Fritz; Gustav Andreisek; Majid Chalian; Philip K Wong; Tarun Pandey; Ty Subhawong; Yin Xi. MRI-based Neuropathy Score Reporting and Data System (NS-RADS): Multi-Institutional Wider-experience Usability Study of Peripheral Neuropathy Conditions among 32 Radiology Readers. European Radiology 2024.
7. Neha Antil, Huaijun Wang, AhmedEl Kaffas, Terry S. Desser, Ann Folkins, Teri longacre, Jonathan Berek, Amelie Lutz. In-vivo Ultrasound Molecular Imaging in the Evaluation of Complex Ovarian masses: A practical guide to correlation with Ex-Vivo Immunohistochemistry. Adv Biol (Weinh). 2023 July 4: e2300091. Doi: 10.1002/adbi.202300091. PMID: 37403275.
8. Yang Yang; Jing Liu; Changxuan Sun; Yuwei Shi; Julianna Hsing; Aya Kamaya; Cody Keller; Neha Antil; Daniel Rubin; Hongxia Wang; Haochao Ying; Xueyin Zhao; Yi-Hsuan Wu; Mindie Nguyen; Ying Lu; Fei Yang; Pinton Huang; Ann Hsing; Shankuan Zhu; Jian Wu. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) detection and deep learning in a Chinese community-based population. European Radiology 2023 Mar 9. doi: 10. 1007/s00330-023-09515-1. PMID: 36892645.
9. Neha Antil, Amelie M. Lutz, Kathryn J. Stevens. Pitfalls and challenging Cases of Elbow Imaging: How to Triumph and Make the Diagnosis. ARRS In Practice 2023 Jan 3.
10. Daehyun Yoon; Neha Antil; Sandip Biswal; Amelie Lutz. A robust 3D fast spin-echo technique for fast examination of the brachial plexus. Skeletal Radiology 2022. Sep;51(9):1865-1872.
11. Jha, Gupta, Baran, Maturen, Patel, Zafar, Kamaya, Antil, Barroilhet, Sadowski. O-RADS US Risk Score: Predictive value for Ovarian Cancer in a Non-selected Population of Women in the United States. Jama Network 2022.
12. SB Grover, Hemal Grover, Neha Antil, Sayantan Patra, MK Sen, Deepthi Nair. Imaging approach to pulmonary infections in the immunocompromised patient. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2022 May 27;32(1):81-112.
13. Gupta A, Jha P, Baran TM, Maturen KE, Patel-Lippmann K, Zafar HM, Kamaya A, Antil N, Barroilhet L, Sadowski E. Ovarian Cancer Detection in Average Risk Women: Isolated Classic Benign versus Non-classic Appearing Adnexal Lesions. Radiology 2022 Jun;303(3):603-610.
14. Antil N, Raghu PR, Shen L, Tiyarattanachai T, Chang EM, Ferguson CWK, Ho AA, Lutz AM, Mariano AJ, Morimoto LN, Kamaya A. Interobserver agreement between eight observers using IOTA simple rules and O-RADS lexicon descriptors for adnexal masses. Abdom Radiol. 2022
15. Cody Keller, Neha Antil, R B Jeffrey, Aya Kamaya. Color Doppler imaging of vascular abnormalities of the uterus. Ultrasound Quarterly 2022,38: 72-82.
16. Neha Antil, Kathryn J. Stevens, Amelie M. Lutz. Elbow Imaging: Variants and asymptomatic findings. Seminar Musculoskeletal Radiology 2021, 25: 546-557 (Invited paper)
17. Antil N, El Guindy Y, Lutz AM. Do not forget the brachial plexus – Prevalence of distal brachial plexus pathology on routine shoulder MRI. European Radiology 2020, 24:1-9.
18. Neha Antil, Amelie Lutz. Ovarian cancer-Current Status of Blood Biomarker and imaging Screening strategies. Medical Research Archives 2020, 8; 2375-1924
19. SB Grover, Neha Antil, Amit Katyan, Heena Rajani, Hemal Grover, Pratima Mittal, Sudha Prasad. Niche Role of MRI in the evaluation of female infertility. Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging. 2020, 30; 32-45
20. Devmohan Khatri, Garvit & Krishnan, Venkatram & Antil, Neha & Saigal, Gaurav. Magnetic resonance imaging spectrum of intracranial tubercular lesions: one disease, many faces. Polish Journal of Radiology. 2018, 83: 628-639
21. Grover SB, Antil N, Rajani H, Grover H, Kumar R, Mandal AK, Bagga D, Katyan A. An Approach to Pediatric tumors: An Imaging Review. Abdominal Radiology. 2018, 44: 619-641
22. Heena Rajani, Shabnam Bhandari Grover, Neha Antil and Amit Katyan. A case of mistaken identity: Glutaric aciduria type 1 masquerading as post meningitic hydrocephalus. Journal of clinical imaging science. 2018,8:50
23. Amit Katyan, Shabnam Bhandari Grover, Heena Rajani, Deepak Bagga, Neha Antil. Primary presentation of Jeune's syndrome as gastric motility disorder in an infant: A case report. Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging. 2018, 28: 65-69
24. Neha Antil, Shabnam Bhandari Grover, Amit Katyan, SP Kataria, Geetika Khanna Bhattacharya. Imaging evaluation of metastases to breast: Rare presentation of carcinoma gallbladder. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017, 11: TD01-TD03
25. Garvit D. Khatri, Kewal Mistry and Neha Antil. Retropharyngeal carotid in a case of oral malignancy: A catastrophe waiting to happen? International Journal of Current Research. 2017 Nov, 9: 60669-60670
26. Venkatram Krishnan, Garvit D. Khatri and Neha Antil. Unveiling a rare cause of congenital bilateral sensorineural hearing loss: A case report. International Journal of Current Research. 2017 Nov, 9: 60478-60480
27. Neha Antil, M.K. Mittal, Garvit Khatri, Mukul Sinha. Horseshoe kidney: A pictorial essay from womb to tomb. International Journal of Current Research. 2017 Oct,9:58808-58814
28. Neha Tyagi, Charanjeet Ahluwalia, Sachin Kolte, Akanksha, Neha Antil and Himani Bhankar. Diagnostic accuracy of mammography versus distribution of P63 in fine needle aspiration of breast malignancies. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 2017 March;16:60-64
29. Neha Antil, Binit Sureka, Makesh Kumar Mittal, Amita Malik, Bhupender Gupta and Brij Bhushan Thukral. Hepatic venous waveform, splenoportal and damping index in liver cirrhosis: correlation with Child Pugh’s score and oesophageal varices. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2016 Feb;10:TC01-TC05
30. Jain S, Ramesh V, Antil N. Painful swelling on the side of the knee. Clin Exp Dermatol.2015 Jul;40:586-8