Recent Publications | Magnetic Resonance Research Labs

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Shih S-F, Tasdelen B, Yagiz E, Zhang Z, Zhong X, Cui SX, Nayak KS, Wu HH. Improved Liver Fat and R₂* Quantification at 0.55T using Locally Low-Rank Denoising. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2024. [OA] Code.
Kafali SG, Bolster Jr. BD, Shih S-F, Delgado TI, Deshpande V, Zhong X, Adamos TR, Ghahremani S, Calkins KL, Wu HH. Self-Gated Radial Free-Breathing Liver MR Elastography: Assessment of Technical Performance in Children at 3T. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2024. [OA] Also see the Editorial.
Shih S-F, Wu HH. Free-Breathing MRI Techniques for Fat and R₂* Quantification in the Liver. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine 2024. PDF.
Zhou W, Li X, Zabihollahy F, Lu DS, Wu HH. Deep Learning-Based Automatic Pipeline for 3D Needle Localization on Intra-Procedural 3D MRI. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2024. [OA]
Zhang Z, Aygun E, Shih S-F, Raman SS, Sung K, Wu HH. High-Resolution Prostate Diffusion MRI using Eddy Current-Nulled Convex Optimized Diffusion Encoding and Random Matrix Theory-Based Denoising. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine 2024. PDF.
Kafali SG, Shih S-F, Li X, Kelly T, Chowdhury S, Loong S, Moretz J, Barnes S, Li Z, Wu HH. Automated Abdominal Adipose Tissue Segmentation and Volume Quantification on Longitudinal MRI using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks with Multi-Contrast Inputs. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine 2024. [OA] Code.
Shih S-F, Kafali SG, Calkins KL, Wu HH. Uncertainty-Aware Physics-Driven Deep Learning Network for Free-Breathing Liver Fat and R₂* Quantification using Self-Gated Stack-of-Radial MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2023. Code.
Strobel K, Kafali SG, Shih S-F, Artura AM, Masamed R, Elashoff D, Wu HH, Calkins KL. Pregnancies Complicated by Gestational Diabetes and Fetal Growth Restriction: An Analysis of Maternal and Fetal Body Composition Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Third Trimester. Journal of Perinatology 2022. PDF.
Story JD, Ghahremani S, Kafali SG, Shih S-F, Kuwahara K, Calkins KL, Wu HH. Using Free-Breathing MRI to Quantify Pancreatic Fat and Investigate Spatial Heterogeneity in Children. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2022.
Kafali SG, Armstrong T, Shih S-F, Holtrop JL, Venick RS, Ghahremani S, Bolster Jr. BD, Hillenbrand CM, Calkins KL, Wu HH. Free-Breathing Radial Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Liver in Children at 3T: A Pilot Study. Pediatric Radiology 2022. [OA]
Li X, Lee Y, Lu DS, Tsao TC, Wu HH. Physics-Driven Mask R-CNN for Physical Needle Localization in MRI-Guided Percutaneous Interventions. IEEE Access 2021. [OA]
Armstrong T†, Zhong X†, Shih S-F, Felker ER, Lu DS, Dale BM, Wu HH. Free-Breathing 3D Stack-of-Radial MRI Quantification of Liver Fat and R₂* in Adults with Fatty Liver Disease. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2022. († equal contribution) [OA]
Kafali SG, Shih S-F, Li X, Chowdhury S, Loong S, Barnes S, Li Z, Wu HH. 3D Neural Networks for Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Segmentation using Volumetric Multi-Contrast MRI. 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 2021. [OA]
Deng T†, Zhang L†, Li X, Zink JI*, Wu HH*. Responsive Nanoparticles to Enable a Focused Ultrasound-Stimulated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spotlight. American Chemical Society (ACS) Nano 2021. († equal contribution; * corresponding authors)
Shih S-F, Kafali SG, Armstrong T, Zhong X, Calkins KL, Wu HH. Deep Learning-Based Parameter Mapping with Uncertainty Estimation for Fat Quantification using Accelerated Free-Breathing Radial MRI. IEEE 18th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2021.
Cheng C, Chen W, Zhang L, Wu HH*, Zink JI*. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound-Stimulated Drug Release from a Self-Reporting Core@Shell Nanoparticle Platform. Chemical Communications 2020. (* corresponding authors)
Li X, Young AS, Raman SS, Lu DS, Lee Y, Tsao TC, Wu HH. Automatic Needle Tracking using Mask R-CNN for MRI-Guided Percutaneous Interventions. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2020. PDF.
Zhong X, Hu HH, Armstrong T, Li X, Lee Y, Tsao TC, Nickel MD, Kannengiesser SAR, Dale BM, Deshpande V, Kiefer B, Wu HH. Free-Breathing Volumetric Liver R₂* and Proton-Density Fat Fraction Quantification in Pediatric Patients Using Stack-of-Radial MRI with Self-Gating Motion Compensation. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2020. Also see the Editorial.
Lee Y, Li X, Simonelli J, Lu D, Wu HH, Tsao TC. Adaptive Tracking Control of One-Dimensional Respiration Induced Moving Targets by Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Feedback. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 2020.
Zhang Z, Wu HH*, Priester A, Magyar C, Afshari Mirak S, Shakeri S, Mohammadian Bajgiran A, Hosseiny M, Azadikhah A, Sung K, Reiter RE, Sisk AE, Raman S, Enzmann DR. Prostate Microstructure in Prostate Cancer using 3T MRI with Diffusion-Relaxation Correlation Spectrum Imaging: Validation with Whole-Mount Digital Histopathology. Radiology 2020. (* corresponding author) Also see the Editorial.
Kafali SG, Shih S-F, Ruan D, Wu HH. Adaptive Locally Low Rank and Sparsity Constrained Reconstruction for Accelerated Dynamic MRI. IEEE 17th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2020.
Li X†, Perotti LE†, Martinez JA, Duarte-Vogel SM, Ennis DB, Wu HH. Real-Time 3T MRI-Guided Cardiovascular Catheterization in a Porcine Model using a Glass-Fiber Epoxy-Based Guidewire. PLoS ONE 2020. († equal contribution) [OA]
Simonelli J, Lee Y, Chen C, Li X, Mikaiel S, Lu D, Wu HH, Tsao TC. Hydrostatic Actuation for Remote Operations in MR Environment. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 2020.
Cheng C†, Chen W†, Zhang L, Wu HH*, Zink JI*. A Responsive Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Platform for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound-Stimulated Cargo Delivery with Controllable Location, Time, and Dose. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019. († equal contribution; * corresponding authors)
Zhong X†, Armstrong T†, Nickel MD, Kannengiesser SAR, Pan L, Dale BM, Deshpande V, Kiefer B, Wu HH. Effect of Respiratory Motion on Free-Breathing Three-Dimensional Stack-of-Radial Liver R2* Relaxometry and Improved Quantification Accuracy using Self-Gating. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2020. († equal contribution)
Li X, Lee Y, Mikaiel S, Simonelli J, Tsao TC, Wu HH. Respiratory Motion Prediction using Fusion-Based Multi-Rate Kalman Filtering and Real-Time Golden-Angle Radial MRI. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 2020.
Mikaiel S, Simonelli J, Li X, Lee Y, Lee YS, Sung K, Lu D, Tsao TC, Wu HH. MRI-Guided Targeted Needle Placement During Motion using Hydrostatic Actuators. The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery 2020.
Zhang Z, Moulin KF, Aliotta E, Shakeri S, Afshari Mirak S, Hosseiny M, Raman S, Ennis DB, Wu HH. Prostate Diffusion MRI with Minimal Echo Time using Eddy Current Nulled Convex Optimized Diffusion Encoding. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2019.
Deng T‡, Zhang L‡, Wu HH*, Zink JI*. A Nanoparticle Enabled Focused Ultrasound-Stimulated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spotlight. Chemical Communications 2019. (‡ equal contribution; * corresponding authors)
Zhang L, Armstrong T, Li X, Wu HH. A Variable Flip Angle Golden‐Angle‐Ordered 3D Stack‐of‐Radial MRI Technique for Simultaneous Proton Resonant Frequency Shift and T₁‐Based Thermometry. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2019.
Armstrong T, Ly KV, Ghahremani S, Calkins KL, Wu HH. Free-Breathing 3-D Quantification of Infant Body Composition and Hepatic Fat using a Stack-of-Radial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technique. Pediatric Radiology 2019. PDF.
Armstrong T, Liu D, Martin T, Masamed R, Janzen C, Wong C, Chanlaw T, Devaskar SU, Sung K, Wu HH. 3D R₂* Mapping of the Placenta During Early Gestation Using Free-Breathing Multiecho Stack-of-Radial MRI at 3T. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2019. (2019 ISMRM W. S. Moore Award Finalist)
Wu HH, Priester A, Khoshnoodi P, Zhang Z, Shakeri S, Afshari Mirak S, Asvadi NH, Ahuja P, Sung K, Natarajan S, Sisk A, Reiter R, Raman S, Enzmann D. A System Using Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Molds to Spatially Align In Vivo MRI with Ex Vivo MRI and Whole-Mount Histopathology for Prostate Cancer Research. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2019. Prostate mold resources.
Armstrong T, Ly KV, Murthy S, Ghahremani S, Kim GHJ, Calkins KL, Wu HH. Free-Breathing Quantification of Hepatic Fat in Healthy and NAFLD Children Using a Multiecho 3D Stack-of-Radial MRI Technique. Pediatric Radiology 2018. PDF.
Armstrong T, Dregely I, Stemmer A, Han F, Natsuaki Y, Sung K, Wu HH. Free-Breathing Liver Fat Quantification using a Multiecho 3D Stack-of-Radial Technique. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2018.
Simonelli J, Lee Y, Mikaiel S, Chen C, Li X, Sung K, Lu D, Wu HH, Tsao TC. An MR-Compatible Stage for Respiratory Motion Emulation. International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) PapersOnLine 2017.
Rangwala N, Dregely I, Wu HH, Sung K. Optimization and Evaluation of Reference Region Variable Flip Angle (RR-VFA) B1+ and T₁ Mapping in the Prostate at 3T. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2017.
Dregely I, Margolis D, Sung K, Zhou Z, Rangwala N, Raman S, Wu HH. Rapid Quantitative T₂ Mapping of the Prostate using 3D DESS MRI at 3 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2016.