Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a biomedical imaging technique used to visualize detailed internal structures. The Quantitative MRI group of the Vision Lab develops novel reconstruction, processing and analysis algorithms to process anatomical, functional or diffusion-weighted MRI data. These methods rely on profound knowledge of the MR imaging principles. The core competence of the group is quantitative, statistical parameter estimation, which is the basis for developing novel techniques for image reconstruction, image denoising, higher order diffusion parameter estimation (DTI, DKI, ...), and fiber tractography.

Journal publications

In Press

C. Smekens, Van Dyck, P., Fuchs, P. S., Sijbers, J., Janssens, T., and Jeurissen, B., “Data-driven characterization of knee structures using non-negative matrix factorization of 3D multi-echo UTE MRI”, NMR in Biomedicine, In Press.

2026

J. Morez, “Accurate and precise parameter estimation for diffusion magnetic resonance imaging”, 2026.
G. Tang, Patil, K. R., Hoffstaedter, F., More, S., Eickhoff, S. B., Jillings, S., Jeurissen, B., Tomilovskaya, E., Gerlach, D., Nosikova, I., Riabova, A., Pechenkova, E., Petrovichev, V., Rukavishnikov, I., Makovskaya, L., Van Ombergen, A., Wuyts, F. L., and Eulenburg, Pzu, “Longitudinal brain-age predictions comprising long-duration spaceflight missions”, npj Microgravity, vol. 12, no. 1, 2026.
S. Aerts, Werthen-Brabants, L., Khan, H., Giraldo, D., De Brouwer, E., Geys, L., Popescu, V., Sijbers, J., Woodruff, H. C., Dhaene, T., Deschrijver, D., Van Wijmeersch, B., Lambin, P., and Peeters, L. M., “Combining magnetic resonance imaging and evoked potentials enhances machine learning prediction of multiple sclerosis disability worsening”, Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 17, 2026.
G. Tang, Jillings, S., Jeurissen, B., Tomilovskaya, E., Nosikova, I., Riabova, A., Pechenkova, E. V., Petrovichev, V., Rukavishnikov, I., Sunaert, S., Parizel, P. M., Makovskaya, L., Sinitsyn, V., Sijbers, J., Annen, J., Laureys, S. S. L., Van Ombergen, A., Ahmadi, S. - A., Wuyts, F. L., and Eulenburg, Pzu, “Physiological cerebrospinal fluid interactions between brain and eye structures are altered after long-duration spaceflight”, Experimental Physiology, 2026.

2025

K. G. Schilling, Howard, A. F. D., Grussu, F., Ianus, A., Hansen, B., Barrett, R. L. C., Aggarwal, M., Michielse, S., Nasrallah, F., Syeda, W., Wang, N., Veraart, J., Roebroeck, A., Bagdasarian, A. F., Eichner, C., Sepehrband, F., Zimmermann, J., Soustelle, L., Bowman, C., Tendler, B. C., Hertanu, A., Jeurissen, B., Verhoye, M., Frydman, L., van de Looij, Y., Hike, D., Dunn, J. F., Miller, K., Landman, B. A., Shemesh, N., Anderson, A., McKinnon, E., Farquharson, S., Dell'Acqua, F., Pierpaoli, C., Drobnjak, I., Leemans, A., Harkins, K. D., Descoteaux, M., Xu, D., Huang, H., Santin, M. D., Grant, S. C., Obenaus, A., Kim, G. S., Wu, D., Le Bihan, D., Blackband, S. J., Ciobanu, L., Fieremans, E., Bai, R., Leergaard, T. B., Zhang, J., Dyrby, T. B., G. Johnson, A., Cohen‐Adad, J., Budde, M. D., and Jelescu, I. O., “Considerations and recommendations from the ISMRM Diffusion Study Group for preclinical diffusion MRI: Part 3—Ex vivo imaging: Data processing, comparisons with microscopy, and tractography”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 2561 - 2582, 2025.
K. G. Schilling, Grussu, F., Ianus, A., Hansen, B., Howard, A. F. D., Barrett, R. L. C., Aggarwal, M., Michielse, S., Nasrallah, F., Syeda, W., Wang, N., Veraart, J., Roebroeck, A., Bagdasarian, A. F., Eichner, C., Sepehrband, F., Zimmermann, J., Soustelle, L., Bowman, C., Tendler, B. C., Hertanu, A., Jeurissen, B., Verhoye, M., Frydman, L., van de Looij, Y., Hike, D., Dunn, J. F., Miller, K., Landman, B. A., Shemesh, N., Anderson, A., McKinnon, E., Farquharson, S., Dell'Acqua, F., Pierpaoli, C., Drobnjak, I., Leemans, A., Harkins, K. D., Descoteaux, M., Xu, D., Huang, H., Santin, M. D., Grant, S. C., Obenaus, A., Kim, G. S., Wu, D., Le Bihan, D., Blackband, S. J., Ciobanu, L., Fieremans, E., Bai, R., Leergaard, T. B., Zhang, J., Dyrby, T. B., G. Johnson, A., Cohen‐Adad, J., Budde, M. D., and Jelescu, I. O., “Considerations and recommendations from the ISMRM diffusion study group for preclinical diffusion MRI: Part 2—Ex vivo imaging: Added value and acquisition”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 2535 - 2560, 2025.
I. O. Jelescu, Grussu, F., Ianus, A., Hansen, B., Barrett, R. L. C., Aggarwal, M., Michielse, S., Nasrallah, F., Syeda, W., Wang, N., Veraart, J., Roebroeck, A., Bagdasarian, A. F., Eichner, C., Sepehrband, F., Zimmermann, J., Soustelle, L., Bowman, C., Tendler, B. C., Hertanu, A., Jeurissen, B., Verhoye, M., Frydman, L., van de Looij, Y., Hike, D., Dunn, J. F., Miller, K., Landman, B. A., Shemesh, N., Anderson, A., McKinnon, E., Farquharson, S., Dell'Acqua, F., Pierpaoli, C., Drobnjak, I., Leemans, A., Harkins, K. D., Descoteaux, M., Xu, D., Huang, H., Santin, M. D., Grant, S. C., Obenaus, A., Kim, G. S., Wu, D., Le Bihan, D., Blackband, S. J., Ciobanu, L., Fieremans, E., Bai, R., Leergaard, T. B., Zhang, J., Dyrby, T. B., G. Johnson, A., Cohen‐Adad, J., Budde, M. D., and Schilling, K. G., “Considerations and recommendations from the ISMRM diffusion study group for preclinical diffusion MRI: Part 1: In vivo small-animal imaging”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 2507 - 2534, 2025.
G. Tang, Ahmadi, S. - A., Jillings, S., Jeurissen, B., Tomilovskaya, E., Nosikova, I., Ryabova, A., Pechenkova, E., Petrovichev, V., Rukavishnikov, I., Velten, T., Gripshi, M., Van Ombergen, A., Wuyts, F. L., and Eulenburg, Pzu, “MReye-Seg: development and validation of an automated MRI pipeline for standardised ocular and orbital morphometrics”, Eye, vol. 39, no. 18, pp. 3294 - 3305, 2025.
M. Siqueira Pinto, “Improved Diagnosis and Prognosis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury via Harmonised Diffusion MRI”, 2025.

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