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

2020

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.
Q. Beirinckx, Ramos-Llordén, G., Jeurissen, B., Poot, D. H. J., Parizel, P. M., Verhoye, M., Sijbers, J., and den Dekker, A. J., “Joint Maximum Likelihood estimation of motion and T1 parameters from magnetic resonance images in a super-resolution framework: a simulation study”, Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 172, pp. 105–128, 2020.PDF icon Download paper (final author version) (2.15 MB)
P. Bladt, den Dekker, A. J., Clement, P., Achten, E., and Sijbers, J., “The costs and benefits of estimating T1 of tissue alongside cerebral blood flow and arterial transit time in pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling”, NMR in Biomedicine, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 1-17, 2020.PDF icon Download paper (16.44 MB)

2019

E. Pechenkova, Nosikova, I., Rumshiskaya, A., Litvinova, L., Rukavishnikov, I., Mershina, E., Sinitsyn, V., Van Ombergen, A., Jeurissen, B., Jillings, S., Laureys, S., Sijbers, J., Grishin, A., Chernikova, L., Naumov, I., Kornilova, L., Wuyts, F. L., Tomilovskaya, E., and Kozlovskaya, I., “Alterations of Functional Brain Connectivity After Long-Duration Spaceflight as Revealed by fMRI.”, Front Physiol, vol. 10, no. 761, pp. 1-23, 2019.
J. - D. Tournier, Smith, R., Raffelt, D., Tabbara, R., Dhollander, T., Pietsch, M., Christiaens, D., Jeurissen, B., Yeh, C. - H., and Connelly, A., “MRtrix3: A fast, flexible and open software framework for medical image processing and visualisation.”, Neuroimage, p. 116137, 2019.
H. Verhelst, Giraldo, D., Linden, C. Vander, Vingerhoets, G., Jeurissen, B., and Caeyenberghs, K., “Cognitive Training in Young Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Fixel-Based Analysis.”, Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 2019.

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