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Purpose: To study placental function - both perfusion and an oxygenation surrogate (T2*)-simultaneously and quantitatively in-vivo. Methods: 15 pregnant women were scanned on a 3T MR scanner. For perfusion measurements, a velocity selective…
We present a microstructure imaging technique for estimating compartment-specific T2 and T2* simultaneously in the human brain. Microstructure imaging with diffusion MRI (dMRI) has enabled the modelling of intra-neurite and extra-neurite…
The emergence of multiparametric diffusion models combining diffusion and relaxometry measurements provide powerful new ways to explore tissue microstructure with the potential to provide new insights into tissue structure and function.…
Purpose: Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps derived from diffusion weighted (DWI) MRI provides functional measurements about the water molecules in tissues. However, DWI is time consuming and very susceptible to image artifacts,…
Magnetic resonance (MR)-$T_2^*$ mapping is widely used to study hemorrhage, calcification and iron deposition in various clinical applications, it provides a direct and precise mapping of desired contrast in the tissue. However, the long…
Objective(s): T$_2$* and susceptibility ($\chi$) MRI mapping provide complimentary measures of the haemodynamic environment in the placenta. The aims of this work were to use these simultaneously obtained measures to investigate the role of…
Ultrasound is a widely accessible and cost-effective medical imaging tool commonly used for prenatal evaluation of the fetal brain. However, it has limitations, particularly in the third trimester, where the complexity of the fetal brain…
Despite significant progress in generative modelling, existing diffusion models often struggle to produce anatomically precise female pelvic images, limiting their application in gynaecological imaging, where data scarcity and patient…
Diffusion functional MRI (dfMRI) is a promising technique to map functional activations by acquiring diffusion-weighed spin-echo images. In previous studies, dfMRI showed higher spatial accuracy at activation mapping compared to classic…
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which pathological changes begin many years before the onset of clinical symptoms, making early detection essential for timely intervention. T1-weighted (T1w) Magnetic…
Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging at low field strengths is emerging as an exciting direction in perinatal health. Clinical low field (0.55T) scanners are beneficial for fetal imaging due to their reduced susceptibility-induced artefacts,…
Purpose: To accelerate radially sampled diffusion weighted spin-echo (Rad-DW-SE) acquisition method for generating high quality apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps. Methods: A deep learning method was developed to generate accurate…
Perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging technique that allows one to measure tissue perfusion in an organ of interest through the injection of an intravascular paramagnetic contrast agent (CA). Due to a preference…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease characterized by diffuse and focal areas of tissue loss. Conventional MRI techniques such as T1-weighted and T2-weighted scans are generally used in the diagnosis and…
7 Tesla (7T) apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps derived from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) demonstrate improved image quality and spatial resolution over 3 Tesla (3T) ADC maps. However, 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Multi-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most common management tool used to characterize neurological disorders based on brain tissue contrasts. However, acquiring high-resolution MRI scans is time-consuming and infeasible…
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is a powerful, non-invasive tool for detecting and characterizing abdominal lesions to facilitate early diagnosis, but respiratory motion during a scan reduces image quality and…
Purpose: Diffusion MRI has shown promise for breast cancer screening, lesion characterization,and treatment response monitoring without contrast agents, but further translation is constraint by the gradient performance of conventional…