A new guidelines paper from the ISMRM Quantitative MR Study group gives an overview and recommendations for the development, validation, qualification, and dissemination of quantitative MR methods. Led by Diego Hernando (past Chair of the ISMRM qMR Study Group), this paper frames the development of quantitative MR methods in terms of two central technical performance …
This study proposes a novel method for simultaneous T1w and T2w imaging using RF phase-modulated 3D gradient-echo imaging. T1-weighted and T2-weighted (T1w and T2w) imaging are essential sequences in routine clinical practice to detect and characterize a wide variety of pathologies. Many approaches have been proposed to obtain T1w and T2w contrast, although many challenges …
LIRP and QIML were well-represented at the Society for Advanced Body Imaging 2021 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, with talks, posters, and three awards.
Congratulations to Diego Hernando for receiving his second R01 as PI! “Diffusion MRI of the Body” will develop and validate a new method for diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with application to the abdomen. This is an extension and validation of the work by many QIML members in recent years, and will be a collaboration …
Greg Simchick Magna Cum Laude for “b-M1-Optimized Waveforms for Improved Stability of Quantitative Intravoxel Incoherent Motion DWI” (#0402) Magna Cum Laude for “Multi-Parametric Relationships in Subjects with Liver Iron Overload Obtained using STEAM-MRS at 1.5T and 3T” (#1872) Yavuz Muslu Summa Cum Laude for “Free-Breathing, Confounder Corrected T1 Mapping in the Liver with Stack-of-Stars Inversion …
Congratulations to Dr. Yuxin Zhang for defending and completing all requirements for her PhD in Medical Physics! Her dissertation, Development and Assessment of Advanced Quantitative Body Diffusion Weighted MRI, is the first from QIML, and a capstone on a productive time here at UW-Madison that included patents, papers, abstracts, and many pictures of her cats Echo …
Recent work from Dr. Starekova on the prevalence of myocarditis in elite college athletes recovering from COVID-19 has been covered in the New York Times, Medscape, and Pediatric News. Read the full JAMA Cardiology article and the invited editorial commentary.
In this study of 145 student athletes with COVID-19 who had mild to moderate symptoms or no symptoms during acute infection, cardiac MRI findings (at a median of 15 days after a positive test result for COVID-19) were consistent with myocarditis in only 2 patients (1.4%), based on updated Lake Louise criteria. Thus, the utility …