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

2021

S. Jillings, “The impact of long-duration spaceflight on brain structure and function”, University of Antwerp, 2021.
M. Naeyaert, Aelterman, J., Golkov, V., Cremers, D., Pizurica, A., Sijbers, J., and Verhoye, M., “Accelerating in vivo fast spin echo high angular resolution diffusion imaging with an isotropic resolution in mice through compressed sensing”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 1397-1413, 2021.
P. Van Dyck, Froeling, M., Heusdens, C. H. W., Sijbers, J., Ribbens, A., and Billiet, T., “Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Following Primary Repair with Internal Bracing: a Longitudinal Study”, Journal of Orthopaedic Research , vol. 39, pp. 1318–1330, 2021.

2020

J. Morez, Sijbers, J., Vanhevel, F., and Jeurissen, B., “Constrained spherical deconvolution of non-spherically sampled diffusion MRI data”, Human Brain Mapping, vol. 42, pp. 521–538, 2020.PDF icon Download paper (5.87 MB)
S. Jillings, Van Ombergen, A., Tomilovskaya, E., Rumshiskaya, A., Litvinova, L., Nosikova, I., Pechenkova, E., Rukavishnikov, I., Kozlovskaya, I. B., Manko, O., Danilichev, S., Sunaert, S., Parizel, P. M., Sinitsyn, V., Petrovichev, V., Laureys, S., Eulenburg, Pzu, Sijbers, J., Wuyts, F. L., and Jeurissen, B., “Macro- and microstructural changes in cosmonauts’ brains after long-duration spaceflight”, Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 36, p. eaaz9488, 2020.PDF icon Download paper (942.53 KB)
P. Bladt, “Accurate and precise perfusion parameter estimation in pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling MRI”, 2020.
P. Van Dyck, Billiet, T., Desbuquoit, D., Verdonk, P., Heusdens, C. H., Roelant, E., Sijbers, J., and Froeling, M., “Diffusion tensor imaging of the anterior cruciate ligament graft following reconstruction: a longitudinal study”, European Radiology, vol. 34, pp. 6673–6684, 2020.
P. Bladt, van Osch, M. J. P., Clement, P., Achten, E., Sijbers, J., and den Dekker, A. J., “Supporting measurements or more averages? How to quantify cerebral blood flow most reliably in 5 minutes by arterial spin labeling”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 2523-2536, 2020.PDF icon Download paper (1.3 MB)
M. Siqueira Pinto, Paolella, R., Billiet, T., Van Dyck, P., Guns, P. - J., Jeurissen, B., Ribbens, A., den Dekker, A. J., and Sijbers, J., “Harmonisation of Brain Diffusion MRI: Concepts and Methods”, Frontiers in Neuroscience , vol. 14, pp. 1-17, 2020.PDF icon Download paper (2.61 MB)
P. Van Dyck, Smekens, C., Vanhevel, F., De Smet, E., Roelant, E., Sijbers, J., and Jeurissen, B., “Super-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee Using 2-Dimensional Turbo Spin Echo Imaging”, Investigative Radiology, vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 481-493, 2020.

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