Detail

Keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ultrahigh field MRI

Research group(s)

• Neuroimaging Methods
  Head: Simon Robinson
  Research Area: Developing methods for High Field (3T) and Ultra-High Field (7T) Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging, Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
  Current Members without linked pages:
  Michael Adam
  Peter Schneier
  Michele Steinrötter
  Matthias Dirneder
  Paul Klieber
  Members:
  Simon Robinson
  Michael Adam

Research interests

My research focuses on the development of new methods in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This medical imaging technique provides excellent images of the brain, but patient motion during MR scans leads to images frequently being degraded by artifacts, leading to the risk of underdiagnosis or misdiagnosis. In my PhD project, which is supervised by Simon Robinson, I am exploring how lower-resolution images acquired with 2D, simultaneous multi-slice, echo-planar imaging sequences can be combined with super-resolution algorithms to achieve very fast, motion-robust, multi-contrast and high-resolution MR imaging of the brain. This will potentially allow patients who are unable to lie still for prolonged periods, such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s patients, to benefit from the diagnostic capabilities of MRI.

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

I work with the 3T and 7T MRI scanners at the High Field MR Center at the Medical University of Vienna.