MRI Physics Lab @ The University of Georgia

 

 

 

 

Recent Publications From the MRI Physics Lab

 Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2012

33. Zhao Q*, Wang L, Cheng R, Mao L, Arnold RD, Howerth EW, Chen ZG, Platt S. Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Hyperthermia for Head & Neck Cancer in Mouse Models. Theranostics 2012; 2(1):113-121. doi:10.7150/thno.3854.

 

32. Degang Zhang, Lei Guo, Dajiang Zhu, Kaiming Li, Longchuan Li, Hanbo Chen, Qun Zhao, Xiaoping Hu, and Tianming Liu. Diffusion Tensor Imaging Reveals Evolution of Primate Brain Architectures. Brain Structure and Function Published on line Nov., 2012 doi:10.1007/s00429-012-0468-4

 

31. Jingxin Nie, Lei Guo, Kaiming Li, Yonghua Wang, Guojun Chen, Longchuan Li, Hanbo Chen, Fan Deng, Xi Jiang, Tuo Zhang, Ling Huang, Carlos Faraco, Degang Zhang, Xintao Hu, Gang Li, Jinglei Lv, Yixuan Yuan, Dajiang Zhu, Junwei Han, Dean Sabatinelli, Qun Zhao, Haini Cai, L Stephen Miller, Bingqian Xu, Ping Shen, Xiaoping Hu, Tianming Liu. Axonal Fiber Terminations Concentrate on Gyri. Cerebral Cortex December 2012;22:2831-2839, doi:10.1093/cercor/bhr361

 

30. Abell, J., Lee, J., Szu, H., Zhao, Q., Zhao, YP. "Differentiating Intrinsic SERS Spectra from a Mixture by Sampling Induced Composition Gradient and Independent Component Analysis". Analyst Jan. 2012, 137, 73-76, DOI: 10.1039/c1an15623c

2011

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28.

Langley, J., Potter, W., Huang, F., and Zhao*, Q. A self-reference PRF-shift MR thermometry method utilizing the phase gradient. Dec. 2011 Phys. Med. Biol. 56 N307 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/56/24/N02

 

Lee, J., Platt,S., Kent, M., and Zhao, Q. "An analysis of the pharmacokinetic parameter ratios in DCE-MRI using the reference region model." Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2012 Jan;30(1):26-35. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.09.005. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

27.

McCully, KK., Mulcahy, TA., Ryan, T., and Zhao, Q. " Skeletal muscle metabolism in individuals with spinal cord injury." Journal of Applied Physiology 111(1):143-148, 2011

26.

Zhao, Q., Langley, J., Lee, S., and Liu, W. "Positive contrast technique for detection and quantification of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in magnetic resonance imaging." NMR in Biomedicine 24(5): 464-472, 2011

25.

Langley, J., Liu, W., Jordon, E. K.., Frank, J. A., and Zhao Q. "Quantification of SPIO nanoparticles in vivo using the finite perturber method." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 65(5):1461-1469, 2011

2010

24.

Li, K., Guo, L., Nie, J., Faraco, C., Cui, G., Zhao, Q., and Miller, L., "Gyral folding patterns via surface profiling." Neuroimage, 52(4):1202-14, 2010

23.

Langley, J., Brice, R., and Zhao, Q., "A recursive approach to the moment-based phase unwrapping algorithm." Applied Optics 49(16):3096-3101, 2010

22.

Zhao, Q., Lee, S., Kent, M., Schatzberg, S., and Platt, S. "Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of canine brain tumors." Veterinary  Radiology & Ultrasound. 51(2):122-129, 2010

2009

21.

McCully, K., Turner, T., Langley, J., and Zhao, Q. "The reproducibility of measurements of intramuscular magnesium concentrations." Dynamic Medicine, 8:5, 2009

20.

Langley, J., and Zhao, Q. "A model based three-dimensional phase unwrapping algorithm using Gegenbauer polynomials." Physics in Medicine and Biology. 54(17):5237-5252, 2009

19.

Langley, J. and Zhao, Q. "Unwrapping MR phase maps with Chebyshev polynomials." Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 27(9):1293-1301, 2009

18.

Zhao, Q., Langley, J., Faraco, C., and Miller, LS. "Correction of Susceptibility-Induced Distortion in Diffusion Tensor Imaging with Moment-Based Phase Unwrapping Method." International Journal Functional Informatics and Personalized Medicine; 2(2):136-149, 2009

17.

Y. -J. Liu, Z. -Y. Zhang, Q. Zhao, R. A. Dluhy and Y. -P. Zhao. "The surface enhanced Raman scattering from Ag nanorod array substrate: the site dependent enhancement and layer absorbance effect."  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009

16.

Yanasak, N., Allison, JD., Hu, TC, and Zhao, Q. "The Use of Novel Gradient Directions with DTI to Synthesize Data with Complicated Diffusion Behavior."  Medical Physics 2009 May;36(5):1875-85.

15

Z. -Y. Zhang,  Y. -J. Liu, Q. Zhao,  and Y. -P. Zhao. "The effect of layer absorbance for complex surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates." Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 143107 (2009)

14.

Liu YJ., Zhang, Zy., Zhao, Q., Dluhy, RA. and Zhao, YP. "The Role of the Nano-spine in the Nanocomb Arrays." Applied Physics Letters, 94, 033103 (2009)

13

Kirk J. Cureton,  Phillip D. Tomporowski, Arpit Singhal, Jeffrey D. Pasley, , Kevin A. Bigelman, Kathleen Lambourne, Jennifer L. Trilk, Kevin K. McCully and Qun Zhao "DIETARY QUERCETIN SUPPLEMENTATION IS NOT ERGOGENIC IN UNTRAINED MEN". J Appl Physiol (August 13, 2009).

2008

12.

Yanasak N, Allison JD, Zhao Q, Hu TC-C, and Dhandapani K.  "Non-Uniform Gradient Prescription for Precise Angular Measurements Using DTI"  Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv Int Conf Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2008;11 (Pt 1):866-73.

11.

Liu, YJ, Zhang ZY, Zhao, Q., Zhao, YP. "Revisiting the Separation Dependent Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering." Applied Physics Letters, 93(17), 173106, (2008)

10.

Jae-Min Lee, Jing Hu, Jian-Bo Gao,  Bruce Crosson,  Kyung K Peck,  Christina E Wierenga,  Keith M McGregor, Zhao, Q. Keith White. "Discriminating brain activity from task-related artifacts in functional MRI: Fractal scaling analysis simulation and application." NeuroImage 40 (2008), 197-212.

 

2007

9.

Yanasak, N., Zhao, Q., Allison, J., and Hu, T. "Use of novel gradient directions to synthesize complex diffusion geometries: when a hot dog is a pancake." Medical Physics, 34(6): 2359, 2007

2006

8.

Cheng, H., Zhao, Q., Duensing, R., Edelstein, B. et. al. “SmartPhantom: an fMRI simulator”, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 24: 301-313 (2006).

Prior to 2006

7.

Zhao, Q., Principe, J., Fitzsimmons, J., Bradley, M., and Lang, P.(2002) “An information-theoretic approach to functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging activation analysis.” Chapter 9, Biocomputing, edited by P. Pardalos and J. Principe, Kluwer Academic Publishers (2002)

6.

Zhao, Q., and Principe, J. "Support Vector Machines for SAR Automatic Target Recognition." IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronics, 37(2), 643-654, Apr. 2001.

5.

Zhao, Q., Principe, J., Brennan, V., Xu, D.,and Wang, Z. (2000). "SAR Automatic Target Recognition with Three Strategies of Learning and Representation." Optical Engineering, 39(5), 1230-1244, May. 2000.

4.

Zhao, Q., Principe, J.C., Bradley, M.M., Lang, P.J. “fMRI Analysis: Distribution divergence measure based on quadratic entropy.NeuroImage, 11(5): S521 (2000)

3.

Principe, J., Xu, D., Zhao, Q., and J. Fisher III “Learning from examples with information-theoretic criteria.Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems 26, 61-77, 2000.

2.

Zhao,Q. and Bao,Z. "Target Recognition Using a Radial Basis Function Neural Network." Neural Networks, 9(4), pp.709-720 (1996)

1.

Zhao,Q. and Bao,Z.  "Target classification based on neural networks." Journal of Electronics, 13(1), pp.1-10 (1996)

Conference Proceedings and Posters

2011

25.

 Wang, L. and Zhao, Q. Susceptibility quantification in MRI using Phase Gradient Mapping. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Montreal, Canada, 2011, p.4479.

24.

Langley, J., Lee, S., Wang, L., and Zhao, Q. Differentiation of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and air pockets using independent component analysis. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Montreal, Canada, 2011, p.4541

23.

Zhao, Q., Langley J., Lee, J., Abell, J., and Zhao, Y. Bioimaging and biospectra analysis by means of ICA: experimental results.Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 8058, Orlando, FL, April 27-29, 2011, p.8058-14 (invited talk)

22..

Wang, L., Langley J., and Zhao, Q. Susceptibility quantification in MRI using modified conjugate least square method.Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 7961, Orlando, FL, February 13-17, 2011, p.7961-138

  

2010

21.

Langley, J. and Zhao, Q. Evaluation of a self-reference MR thermometry method based on the phase gradient. MR Saftey: RF Heating of the Human in MRI Workshop, Stillwater, MN

20.

Potter, W.M., Wang, L., McCully, K., and Zhao, Q. A simulational study on the homogeneity of dual-tuned birdcage coils.  Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010, p.1485

19.

Langley, J and Zhao, Q. A self-reference MR thermometry method utilizing the phase gradient. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010,  p. 1831

18.

Langley, J., Jordan, E.K., Liu, W., Frank, J.A., and Zhao, Q. In vivo quantification of SPIO nanoparticles with phase gradient mapping. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010, p. 1909

 

2009

17.

Langley, J and Zhao, Q. Quantification of SPIO nanoparticles using Phase Gradient Mapping. Proceedings of the 31th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, Minneapolis, MN, September 2-6, 2009, p. 3605-3608.

16.

Langley, J and Zhao, Q. A Three-Dimensional Phase Unwrapping Algorithm Based on an Expansion in Terms of Chebyshev Polynomials. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009, p.2914.

15.

 Lee, S., Langley, J., Liu, W., and Zhao, Q. Phase gradient mapping for positive contrast generation. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009, p.899.

14.

Kaiming Li, Lei Guo, Gang Li, Jingxin Nie, Carlos Faraco, Qun Zhao, L. Stephen Miller and Tianming Liu. Gyral Folding Pattern Analysis via Surface Profiling. 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), London,  2009

13.

Zhao, Q. and Langley, J., Probing the physiological activity on fMRI time series, Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, CA, 2009, Poster Number 390. .

12.

Faraco, C., Smith, D., Langley, J., Zhao, Q. and Miller, LS, Mapping the working memory network using the OSPAN task, Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, CA, 2009, Poster Number 539.

  
2008

11.

Langley, J. and Zhao, Q. "Unwrapping MR Phase Maps with Chebyshev Moments." Proceedings of the 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, Vancouver, BC, August 20-24, p. 4043-4046.

10.

Lee, S. and Zhao, Q. "Estimation of field maps with susceptibility gradient mapping." Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2008

9.

Yanasak, N., Allison, J., Zhao, Q., and Hu, T. "Three Novel Methods for Studying Complicated Diffusion Behavior Using Simple Capillary Structures." Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2008

8.

Faraco, C., Macky, J., Yanasak, N., Zhao, Q., Miller, LS. Connectivity of the human working memory system. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Nov. 2008   

7.

Yanasak, N., Allison, J , Zhao, Q. , Hu, T., Dhandapani, K. The Benefits of Non-Uniform Gradient Direction Specification in DTI: Simulations and Phantom Data. 50th AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2008


2007

6.

Zhao, Q., T. W. Conway, K. D. White, K. McGregor, A. Ford, and B. Crosson "Test-retest Reliability of functional MRI using Smart Phantom: Analysis II." Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. P1855, 2007

5.

Yanasak, N., Allison, J., Zhao, Q., and Hu, T. "Use of novel gradient directions to synthesize complex diffusion geometries: when a hot dog is a pancake." AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) 49th Annual Meeting, 2007


2006

4.

Zhao, Q., White, KD, Conway, T., Crosson, B. “Test-Retest reliability of fMRI using SmartPhantom” 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006, p.2835.

3.

Zhao, Q., White, KD “Calibration of fMRI by Simulating BOLD Contrast in the Living Human Brain” 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006, p.2832.

2.

Lee, J., Zhao, Q., Gao, J., White,KD. “fMRI quality assurance using phase space reconstruction of SmartPhantom simulations of BOLD contrast” 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006, p.3266.

1.

Li, Y., Zhao, Q., et. al. “Characterization and suppression of system noise due to scanner instability in fMRI using a SmartPhantom BOLD simulator” International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 15th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006, p. 2802.