University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2020

Welcome new members!

The LIRP and QIML groups have a number of new members joining Fall 2020: Dr. Thekla Oechtering and Dr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos are two radiologists from Germany that will be at UW for the next two years. Sheena Chu is joining Dr. Reeder’s group. Srijyotsna Volety and Aidan Tollefson are joining Dr. Hernando’s group (co-mentored with …

Just Published: Complex confounder-corrected R2* mapping for liver iron quantification with MRI

Dr. Diego Hernando is lead author on a single site study correlating complex R2* mapping with liver iron concentration. Hernando D, Cook RJ, Qazi N, Longhurst CA, Diamond CA, Reeder SB. Complex confounder-corrected R2* mapping for liver iron quantification with MRI. Eur Radiol. 2020 Aug 12. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07123-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32785766. Abstract …

Phase-based T 2 mapping with gradient echo imaging

Recent graduate Dr. Xiaoke Wang is the lead author on a paper detailing a novel method for encoding T2 in the phase signal of GRE methods. Wang X, Hernando D, Reeder SB. Phase-based T2 mapping with gradient echo imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2020 Aug;84(2):609-619. doi: 10.1002/mrm.28138. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PMID: 31872470; PMCID: PMC7180093.   Abstract …

Just Published: Motion-robust, high-SNR liver fat quantification using a 2D sequential VFA approach

Ruiyang Zhao is the lead author on a new paper demonstrating a novel free-breathing method for liver fat quantification. This method shows promise for imaging in patients that have difficulty with breath holds, such as pediatric populations. Zhao R, Zhang Y, Wang X, Colgan TJ, Rehm JL, Reeder SB, Johnson KM, Hernando D. Motion-robust, high-SNR …