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Keywords

Epilepsy; Fetal Research; Functional Neuroimaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Pediatrics

Research interests

My main research focus is on quantitative magnetic resonance-based neuroimaging applied at early stages of cerebral development (i.e., fetal and neonatal imaging). The research is designed to elucidate the benefit of novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for the reliable radiological assessment of brain maturation processes in vivo – in particular, the evaluation of myelin development in neonates with a history of preterm birth. Another scientific area of interest is fetal liver imaging, which is recognized as a growing subspecialty of prenatal imaging. Furthermore, I am interested in MR-based modalities for the pre-neurosurgical assessment of the human brain (i.e., pre-surgical planning). 

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Diagnostic Neuroradiology
• Head and Neck Imaging
• CT-guided Interventions

Selected publications

1. Schmidbauer, V. et al. (2019) ‘SyMRI detects delayed myelination in preterm neonates’, European Radiology, 29(12), pp. 7063–7072. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-019-06325-2.
2. Schmidbauer, V.U. et al. (2024) ‘Synthetic MRI and MR Fingerprinting–Derived Relaxometry of Antenatal Human Brainstem Myelination: A Postmortem-Based Quantitative Imaging Study’, American Journal of Neuroradiology, 45(9), pp. 1327–1334. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a8337.
3. Yildirim, M.S. et al. (2024) ‘Multi-Dynamic-Multi-Echo-based MRI for the Pre-Surgical Determination of Sellar Tumor Consistency: a Quantitative Approach for Predicting Lesion Resectability’, Clinical Neuroradiology, 34(3), pp. 663–673. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-024-01407-1.
4. Schwarz, M. et al. (2024) ‘Intrauterine blood transfusion causes dose- and time-dependent signal alterations in the liver and the spleen on fetal magnetic resonance imaging’, European Radiology, 35(3), pp. 1605–1614. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-11228-y.
5. Schwarz, M. et al. (2026) ‘Analysis of fetal MRI data reveals no effect on liver maturation following prenatal alcohol exposure’, European Radiology [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-026-12461-3.