Wir entwickeln quantitative MR-Methoden, um beispielsweise biochemische Prozesse im Gehirn und Körper sichtbar und messbar zu machen.
Metabolische und quantitative MR-Methoden sind unsere Leidenschaft.
Unser Fokus liegt auf der Entwicklung und klinischen Translation neuer MR-Methoden für molekulare und metabolische Bildgebung. Dabei erforschen wir insbesondere MR-spektroskopische Bildgebung, Deuterium Metabolic Imaging, CEST, Diffusionsbildgebung, X-Kern-MRT und KI-gestützte Rekonstruktion und Quantifizierung.
Wir arbeiten am High Field MR Center mit modernster 7T- und 3T-MR-Infrastruktur und entwickeln Methoden von der Sequenzentwicklung über Datenakquisition, Bewegungs- und B0-Korrektur, Rekonstruktion und Qualitätssicherung bis zur Anwendung in klinischen und translationalen Studien. Ziel ist es, Stoffwechsel, Gewebestruktur und Funktion im Gehirn und Körper nicht-invasiv sichtbar und quantitativ messbar zu machen.
Unser Team verbindet MR-Physik, Biomedical Engineering, Medizin, Informatik und künstliche Intelligenz. Wir sind ständig auf der Suche nach motivierten Studierenden, Doktorand:innen und Postdocs. Kontaktieren Sie Wolfgang Bogner, wenn Sie interessiert sind!
Wolfgang Bogner
GruppenleiterORCID: 0000-0002-8344-8307
T +43 1 40400-64550
elmar.laistler@meduniwien.ac.at
Michael Adam
Anton Altmeyer
Viola Bader
Bernardo Campilho
Korawig Chaknam
Anna Duguid
Daniel Eichleitner
Korbinian Eckstein
Tim Max Emmenegger
Hauke Fischer
Sabina Frese
Lukas Hingerl
Sara Huskić
Veronika Janacova
Mohamad Khosravi
Stanislav Motyka
Eva Niess
Fabian Niess
Aaron Paul Osburg
Anna Petrova
Ivan Petrović
Rebeka Rumbak
Katja Sazonova
Markus Schuster
Bernhard Strasser
Alireza Vasfi
Paul Weiser
Patrick Will
Anna Zöchner
Affiliated Teams (MUW Teams die unsere entwickelten MRT Methoden nutzen)
Hangel Gruppe – Gilbert Hangel (Neurochirurgie)
Krssak Gruppe – Martin Krssak (Innere Medizin III)
Neuroimaging Lab / Lanzenberger Gruppe – Benjamin Spurny-Dworak
Forschungsthemen
Hardware >> Hochfrequenzspulen
BraCoil - eine revolutionäre Spulenweste für Brustkrebsuntersuchungen
ModFlex: ein modulares und flexibles Spulensystem für alle Körperteile
Flex23: Flexibilität für hochauflösende 3 T MRT
CardioFlex: Phosphorstoffwechsel im Herz bei 7 T
Calf31P: Phosphormessungen im Wadenmuskel bei 7 T
Calf13C: Kohlenstoffmessungen im Wadenmuskel bei 7 T
TMS-fMRI: funktionelle Bildgebung unter Neurostimulation mit TMS bei 3 T
MR-PET: integrierte Abschwächungskorrektur für kombiniertes PET/MRT
Finger7: Mikrobildgebung im Finger bei 7 T
SupraSkin: Hautmikroskopie mit supraleitenden Spulen bei 1.5 T
K9 (sprich “canine”): Hunden beim Denken zusehen
Rat7: hochauflösende Bilder vom Rattenhirn
Flexibilität durch Transmissionsleitungsresonatoren (TLRs)
Multi-Loop Spulen
Body >> Brust
Panoramadarstellung von Brustbildern
Neuro >> Neuromodulation
Stoffwechsel >> X-Kern Spektroskopie
Messmethoden und Software >> Simulationen
Leistungsbilanz in der Simulation von Sendearrays
Projects · HTML
Projects as Principal Investigator / Coordinator
- GLUCO-SCAN – Deuterium labeling of GLUCOse improves magnetic resonance imaging Sensitivity to CANcer metabolism (2024 – current)
ERC (European Research Council), Consolidator Grant - doc.funds.connect (2023 – current)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), doc.funds.connect Programme - Brain Tumor Metabolism (2023 – current)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Project - R01EB031787 – Novel 10.5T deuterium-based MRS/I method to measure human brain metabolism (2023 – 2028)
NIH (National Institutes of Health) - Christian Doppler Laboratory for MR Imaging Biomarkers (BIOMAK) (2022 – 2029)
CDG (Christian Doppler Gesellschaft) - P34198 – Deep learning in MR spectroscopic imaging (2021 – 2024)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Project - TAI676 – Tailoring magnetic fields for magnetic resonance imaging (2021 – 2023)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), 1000 Ideas Programme - GLU-IMAGE – Glutamate dynamics during visual stimulation and ketamine challenge in the human brain (2019 – 2021)
EU (European Union), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - KLI 718 – Myo-Inositol – new imaging biomarker for Multiple Sclerosis (2018 – 2022)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research - P30701 – 3D spectroscopic imaging with ultra-short acquisition delay (2018 – 2021)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Project - Bridge #846505 – Imaging oxidative stress via in vivo quantification of glutathione (2015 – 2018)
FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), Bridge Programme - #16133 – Mapping aberrant myocardial creatine kinase metabolism via frequency labeled exchange transfer (2015 – 2017)
OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Jubiläumsfonds - KLI 61 – 7 Tesla MR spectroscopy in diffusely infiltrating gliomas (2012 – 2015)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research - J3302 – Prospective motion correction of LASER spiral 1H-MRSI (Schrödinger Fellowship) (2012 – 2013)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship - #13418 – Improved breast cancer diagnosis and therapy monitoring by 23Na MRI at ultra-high field (2010 – 2013)
OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Jubiläumsfonds
Projects as Partner / Co-Investigator
- KLP 4926925 – Track Longitudinal 3D Lesions and Neuroinflammation in SCI (2026 – 2030)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Tim Max Emmenegger - KLP 1326625 – Understanding weight-loss effects on brain metabolism (2026 – 2029)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Fabian Niess - PAT 4912324 – AI-Driven Real-time Motion and B0-Field Correction (2026 – 2029)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Principal Investigator Projects – PI: Stanislav Motyka - KLP 4656125 – Dopamine and Insulin in Psychosis (2025 – 2028)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Matthäus Willeit - PAT 6608924 – Multimodal investigation of brain activation (2025 – 2029)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Principal Investigator Projects – PI: Rupert Lanzenberger - KLI 1121 – Exploring high-resolution neurochemical imaging for epilepsy (2023 – current)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Gilbert Hangel - QTIME – KLI 1089 – Quantitative metabolic 7T imaging of tumours (2023 – current)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Gilbert Hangel - P 36328 – Challenging the state-of-the-art of in vivo brain MRSI (2023 – current)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Project – PI: Bernhard Strasser - KLI 1122 – Preventing Aging by Regular Exercise (2023 – current)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Martin Krssak - I 6037 (WEAVE) – Fast acquisition and metabolic modelling for deuterium MRI (2022 – current)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), WEAVE – PI: Bernhard Strasser - Interuniversity Cluster Project - A translational psychiatric approach to adolescent anorexia nervosa - from genes to brain systems and behaviors (2021 – 2025)
University collaboration – PIs: Giorgia Silani (Universität Wien) & Andreas Karwautz (Meduni Wien) - KLI 679 – Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting of Patients with Gliomas (2018 – 2022)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Siegfried Trattnig - KLI 646 – 3D 2HG mapping as biomarker for IDH-mutation in glioma (2018 – 2021)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Clinical Research – PI: Gilbert Hangel - NARSAD Young Investigator Grant (2018 – 2020)
NARSAD (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) – PI: Petr Bednarik - J 4124 - 3D Whole-brain MRSI at 7 Tesla (2017 – 2021)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Erwin Schrödinger Programme – PI: Bernhard Strasser - MOLIMA – CD Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Imaging (2014 – 2021)
CDG (Christian Doppler Gesellschaft) PI: Siegfried Trattnig - OeNB #15455 – Muscle-specific oxidative metabolism (2013 – 2016)
OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Jubiläumsfonds – PI: Ladislav Valkovic - OeNB #13418 – Multiparametric breast MRI (2011 – 2015)
OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Jubiläumsfonds – PI: Stephan Gruber - F30 – Lipotoxicity: Lipid-induced Cell Dysfunction and Cell Death (2007 – 2017)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Special Research Areas – PI: Rudolf Zechner (Universität Graz)
- Obermann M, Nohava L, Frass-Kriegl R, Soanca O, Ginefri J-C, Felblinger J, Clauser P, Baltzer P, Laistler E.Panoramic magnetic resonance imaging of the breast with a wearable coil vest. Invest Radiol 2023; 58(11):799–810.
- Nohava L, Czerny R, Roat S, Obermann M, Kuehne A, Frass-Kriegl R, Felblinger J, Ginefri J-C, Laistler E. Flexible multi-turn multi-gap coaxial RF coils: design concept and implementation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 and 7 Tesla. IEEE TMI 2021; 40(4):1267-1278.
- Nohava L, Obermann M, Frass-Kriegl R, Soanca O, Laistler E. A modular system of flexible receive-only coil arrays for 3 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Z Med Phys 2023;
- Frass-Kriegl R, Navarro de Lara LI, Pichler M, Sieg J, Moser E, Windischberger C, Laistler E, 2018. Flexible 23-channel coil array for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla. PLOS ONE, 13(11), p.e0206963.
- Navarro de Lara LI, Windischberger C, Kuehne A, Woletz M, Sieg J, Bestmann S, Weiskopf N, Strasser B, Moser E, Laistler E, 2014. A novel coil array for combined TMS/fMRI experiments at 3 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 74(5), pp.1492-1501.
- Obermann, Michael, Flexible Transmission Line Resonators Advancing Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 Tesla, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2024.
- Gruber, Bernhard, Pushing the Limits of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Instrumentation, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
- Rapp, Bastian, Motion Detection in MRI Using Wireless Accelerometers and Beat Pilot Tone, Master thesis, TU Wien and and Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
- Gomez Tamm, Ernesto, Development of a magnetic-resonance-compatible torso motion phantom, Master thesis, TU Wien and and Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
- Czerny, Raphaela, Flexible coil arrays for magnetic resonance imaging – performance comparison of coaxial transmission line resonators and stranded wire elements, Master thesis, TU Wien and Medical University of Vienna, 2022.
- Nohava, Lena, Concepts for Wearable Technology in MR: Lightweight Flexible Radio Frequency Coils and Optical Wireless Communication, PhD thesis, Université Paris-Saclay, 2020.
- Czerny, Raphaela, Flexible radio frequency coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: loss comparison between multi-turn multi-gap coils and standard loop coils, Bachelor thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2019.
- Obermann, Michael, An ultra-flexible 3-channel receive-only coil array for 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging made of coaxial transmission line resonators, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2018.
- Hossein Nezhadian, Sajad, Réseau flexible de résonateurs à ligne de transmissions pour l'émission et la réception en IRM cardiaque à 7T, PhD thesis, Université Paris-Saclay/Paris-Sud, 2017.
- Hosseini, Seyed Ehsan, An 8-channel receive-only radio frequency coil array for magnetic resonance microscopy at 7 Tesla, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2017.
- Nohava, Lena, A parallel transmission pulse design framework for 7 T MRI with physical constraints and SAR minimization, Master thesis, University of Vienna, 2017.
- Kühne, André, Parallel transmission in MRI - electromagnetic considerations and advances in signal chain hardware, PhD thesis, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, 2016.
- Navarro de Lara, Lucia Isabel, A receive-only phased array head coil for combined transcranial magnetic stimulation-functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2016.
- Roat (Goluch), Sigrun, A design and development procedure for transceive radio frequency coils in ultra-high field magnetic resonance, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2015.
- Frass-Kriegl, Roberta, A flexible coil array for high resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 7 Tesla, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2015.
- 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.
- Giacomo Barbone
- Thomas Bogner
- Laurids Brandl
- Veronika Cap
- David Cerveny
- Raphaela Czerny
- Barbara Dymerska
- Thomas Fischer
- Roberta Frass-Kriegl
- Bernhard Gruber
- Ehsan Hosseini
- Sajad Hosseinnezhadian
- André Kühne
- Julia Kummer
- Vivian Janicaud
- Lucia Navarro de Lara
- Michael Obermann
- Camila Pereira-Sousa
- Michael Pichler
- Michael Raab
- Bastian Rapp
- Sigrun Roat
- Jürgen Sieg
- Ernesto Gomez Tamm
- Martin Vit
- Zuzanna Wojcik