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

2023

J. Morez, Szczepankiewicz, F., den Dekker, A. J., Vanhevel, F., Sijbers, J., and Jeurissen, B., “Optimal experimental design and estimation for q-space trajectory imaging”, Human Brain Mapping, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1793-1809, 2023.PDF icon Download paper (5.87 MB)
S. Jillings, Pechenkova, E. V., Tomilovskaya, E., Rukavishnikov, I., Jeurissen, B., Van Ombergen, A., Nosikova, I., Rumshiskaya, A., Litvinova, L., Annen, J., De Laet, C., Schoenmaekers, C., Sijbers, J., Petrovichev, V., Sunaert, S., Parizel, P. M., Sinitsyn, V., P Eulenburg, zu, Laureys, S. S. L., Demertzi, A., and Wuyts, F. L., “Prolonged microgravity induces reversible and persistent changes on human cerebral connectivity”, Communications Biology, vol. 6, no. 46, 2023.
B. Shafieizargar, Jeurissen, B., Poot, D. H. J., Klein, S., Van Audekerke, J., Verhoye, M., den Dekker, A. J., and Sijbers, J., “ADEPT: Accurate Diffusion EPI with multi-contrast shoTs”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 396-410, 2023.PDF icon Download paper (5.82 MB)

2022

D. Giraldo, Smith, R. E., Struyfs, H., Niemantsverdriet, E., De Roeck, E., Bjerke, M., Engelborghs, S., Romero, E., Sijbers, J., and Jeurissen, B., “Investigating tissue-specific abnormalities in Alzheimer’s disease with multi-shell diffusion MRI”, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 1771-1791, 2022.
Q. Beirinckx, Jeurissen, B., Nicastro, M., Poot, D. H. J., Verhoye, M., den Dekker, A. J., and Sijbers, J., “Model-based super-resolution reconstruction with joint motion estimation for improved quantitative MRI parameter mapping”, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 100, no. 102071, pp. 1-16, 2022.PDF icon Download paper (15.42 MB)PDF icon Download supplementary material (1.35 MB)
V. Anania, Collier, Q., Veraart, J., Buikema, A. Eline, Vanhevel, F., Billiet, T., Jeurissen, B., den Dekker, A. J., and Sijbers, J., “Improved diffusion parameter estimation by incorporating T2 relaxation properties into the DKI-FWE model”, NeuroImage, vol. 256, p. 119219, 2022.
D. Giraldo, “Computational anatomy strategies for characterization of brain patterns associated with Alzheimer's disease”, 2022.PDF icon Download PhD thesis (25.92 MB)
A. Doroshin, Jillings, S., Jeurissen, B., Tomilovskaya, E., Pechenkova, E. V., Nosikova, I., Rumshiskaya, A., Litvinova, L., Rukavishnikov, I., De Laet, C., Schoenmaekers, C., Sijbers, J., Laureys, S. S. L., Petrovichev, V., Van Ombergen, A., Annen, J., Sunaert, S., Parizel, P. M., Sinitsyn, V., Eulenburg, Pzu, Osipowicz, K., and Wuyts, F. L., “Brain Connectometry Changes in Space Travelers After Long-Duration Spaceflight”, Front. Neural Circuits, vol. 16, 2022.
G. Barisano, Sepehrband, F., Collins, H. R., Jillings, S., Jeurissen, B., Taylor, A. J., Schoenmaekers, C., De Laet, C., Rukavishnikov, I., Nosikova, I., Rumshiskaya, A., Annen, J., Sijbers, J., Laureys, S. S. L., Van Ombergen, A., Petrovichev, V., Sinitsyn, V., Pechenkova, E. V., Grishin, A., Eulenburg, Pzu, Law, M., Sunaert, S., Parizel, P. M., Tomilovskaya, E., Roberts, D., and Wuyts, F. L., “The effect of prolonged Spaceflight on Cerebrospinal Fluid and Perivascular Spaces of Astronauts and Cosmonauts”, PNAS, vol. 119, no. 17, 2022.

2021

B. Jeurissen and Szczepankiewicz, F., “Multi-tissue spherical deconvolution of tensor-valued diffusion MRI.”, Neuroimage, vol. 245, p. 118717, 2021.

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