Quantitative MRT und funktionelle Gewebecharakterisierung
Im Rahmen unserer wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten haben wir gemeinsam mit MSK Gruppe innovative Methoden der quantitativen Magnetresonanztomographie (qMRI) zur nichtinvasiven Charakterisierung biologischer Gewebe entwickelt und evaluiert. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt lag auf der Etablierung und Validierung quantitativer Bildgebungsmarker zur Erfassung struktureller und funktioneller Gewebeveränderungen. Darüber hinaus untersuchten wir den Einfluss und die Optimierung von Kontrastmitteln auf die quantitative MRT, um die Sensitivität und Spezifität der Bildgebung weiter zu verbessern. Ergänzend entwickelten und implementierten wir MRT-kompatible Kompressionsvorrichtungen, die eine standardisierte mechanische Belastung von Geweben ermöglichen und dadurch neue Einblicke in biomechanische und physiologische Prozesse liefern. Durch die Kombination quantitativer MRT-Verfahren, innovativer Kontrastmittelstrategien und kontrollierter Kompressionstechnologien konnten wir zur Weiterentwicklung präziser bildgebender Biomarker für Forschung und klinische Anwendungen beitragen.
Pavol Szomolanyi
GruppenleiterORCID: 0000-0001-6693-5528
T +43 1 40400-64670
pavol.szomolanyi@meduniwien.ac.at
Forschungsthemen
Hardware >> Kompressionsgerät
Kompressionsgerät - MR-kompatibles Kompressionsgerät für die In-vivo-Diagnostik des menschlichen Knies, insbesondere von Knorpel und Menisken
Body >> Brust
Neuro >> Neuromodulation
Stoffwechsel >> X-Kern Spektroskopie
Messmethoden und Software >> Simulationen
- Christian Doppler Labor für Patient:innen zentrierte Brustbildgebung (2024 - 2031)
- CITRUS - Closed-Loop Individualized Image-guided Transcranial Ultrasonic Stimulation (2022 - current),
Horizon Europe - MRITwins – Twinning of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Institutes (2022 – current)
Horizon Europe - FlexShim (2019-2022)
OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Jubiläumsfonds - BRACOIL - Smart bra-shaped MRI breast coil (2017-2022)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France) - pULSE - parallel transmit Ultra-fast Local SAR Estimation (2015-2019)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Projects - FLEXAR7 - Multi-purpose FLEXible coil ARray for high resolution 7T MRI (2013-2018)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France)
Janacova V., Szomolanyi P., Sitarcikova D., Kirner A., Trattnig S., Juras V.
Texture Analysis of Cartilage Repair Tissue Maturation: Comparison of Two Cartilage Repair Methods and Correlation with MOCART 2.0, (2026) Cartilage, 17 (2), pp. 164 - 182, Cited 1 times.
DOI: 10.1177/19476035241313047
Mlynárik V., Szomolányi P., Juras V.
Nonexponential Transverse Relaxation of Water in Connective Tissues
(2026) NMR in Biomedicine, 39 (3), art. no. e70244, Cited 0 times.
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.70244
Sitarcikova D., Janacova V., Gologan M., Hristoska B., Cloos M.A., Szomolanyi P., Trattnig S., Juras V.
Magnetic resonance fingerprinting for the whole knee articular cartilage assessment using automated pipeline, (2026) European Radiology, 36 (1), pp. 254 - 264, Cited 0 times.
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-025-11825-5
Szomolanyi P., Rohrer M., Frenzel T., Noebauer-Huhmann I.M., Jost G., Endrikat J., Trattnig S., Pietsch H.
Comparison of the Relaxivities of Macrocyclic Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Human Plasma at 1.5, 3, and 7 T, and Blood at 3 T
(2019) Investigative Radiology, 54 (9), pp. 559 - 564, Cited 71 times.
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000577
Szomolanyi P., Frenzel T., Noebauer-Huhmann I.M., Rohrer M., Trattnig S., Pietsch H., Endrikat J.
Impact of concentration and dilution of three macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agents on MRI signal intensity at 1.5T and 3T and different pulse sequences: results of a phantom study in human plasma
(2021) Acta Radiologica, 62 (1), pp. 51 - 57, Cited 7 times.
DOI: 10.1177/0284185120915674
Trattnig S., Marlovits S., Gebetsroither S., Szomolanyi P., Welsch G.H., Salomonowitz E., Watanabe A., Deimling M., Mamisch T.C.
Three-dimensional delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) for in vivo evaluation of reparative cartilage after matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte transplantation at 3.0T: Preliminary results
(2007) Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 26 (4), pp. 974 - 982, Cited 144 times.
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21091
Mayerhoefer M.E., Szomolanyi P., Jirak D., Materka A., Trattnig S.
Effects of MRI acquisition parameter variations and protocol heterogeneity on the results of texture analysis and pattern discrimination: An application-oriented study
(2009) Medical Physics, 36 (4), pp. 1236 - 1243, Cited 204 times.
DOI: 10.1118/1.3081408
Trattnig S., Millington S.A., Szomolanyi P., Marlovits S.
MR imaging of osteochondral grafts and autologous chondrocyte implantation
(2007) European Radiology, 17 (1), pp. 103 - 118, Cited 170 times.
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0333-z
Schreiner M.M., Raudner M., Marlovits S., Bohndorf K., Weber M., Zalaudek M., Röhrich S., Szomolanyi P., Filardo G., Windhager R., Trattnig S.
The MOCART (Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue) 2.0 Knee Score and Atlas
(2021) Cartilage, 13 (1_suppl), pp. 571S - 587S, Cited 155 times.
DOI: 10.1177/1947603519865308
Mlynárik V., Szomolányi P., Toffanin R., Vittur F., Trattnig S.
Transverse relaxation mechanisms in articular cartilage
(2004) Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 169 (2), pp. 300 - 307, Cited 126 times.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.05.003
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- Laistler, Elmar, Magnetic resonance micro-imaging of the human skin in vivo using miniature radio frequency coils, PhD thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2010.
- Laistler, Elmar, Correction of geometric distortions in EPI, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2005.
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- Laurids Brandl
- Veronika Cap
- David Cerveny
- Raphaela Czerny
- Barbara Dymerska
- Thomas Fischer
- Roberta Frass-Kriegl
- Bernhard Gruber
- Ehsan Hosseini
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- André Kühne
- Julia Kummer
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- Camila Pereira-Sousa
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- Ernesto Gomez Tamm
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