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Alexander Rauscher
Associate Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
magnetic resonance imaging
physics
quantitative susceptibility mapping
myelin water imaging
brain
maschine learning
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I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Research Methodology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
numerical simulations
machine learning
Publications
- Recovering SWI‐filtered phase data using deep learning (2022)
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, - In vivo investigation of the multi‐exponential T 2 decay in human white matter at 7 T: Implications for myelin water imaging at UHF (2021)
NMR in Biomedicine, - Myelin water imaging depends on white matter fiber orientation in the human brain (2021)
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 85 (4), 2221--2231 - Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping of Venous Vessels in Neonates with Perinatal Asphyxia (2021)
American Journal of Neuroradiology, - Myelin water imaging and R 2 * mapping in neonates: Investigating R 2 * dependence on myelin and fibre orientation in whole brain white matter (2020)
NMR in Biomedicine, 33 (3) - Non‐negative least squares computation for in vivo myelin mapping using simulated multi‐echo spin‐echo T 2 decay data (2020)
NMR in Biomedicine, - Cortical morphology predicts placebo response in multiple sclerosis (2019)
- Quantitative Analysis of Punctate White Matter Lesions in Neonates Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping and R2* Relaxation (2019)
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 40 (7), 1221--1226 - Rapid myelin water imaging for the assessment of cervical spinal cord myelin damage (2019)
NeuroImage: Clinical, 23, 101896 - The role of diffusion and perivascular spaces in dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI (2019)
- The role of iron and myelin in orientation dependent R 2 * of white matter (2019)
NMR in Biomedicine, - What Have We Learned from Perfusion MRI in Multiple Sclerosis? (2018)
American Journal of Neuroradiology, - Cerebral Microbleeds: A Call for Standardized Advanced Neuroimaging (2017)
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 38 (11), E90--E91 - Cover Image, Volume 30, Issue 8 (2017)
NMR in Biomedicine, 30 (8), i--i - Susceptibility-sensitive MRI of multiple sclerosis lesions and the impact of normal-appearing white matter changes (2017)
NMR in Biomedicine, 30 (8), e3727 - A Prospective Pilot Investigation of Brain Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Hemorrhagic Lesions after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. (2016)
- Anisotropic cerebral vascular architecture causes orientation dependency in cerebral blood flow and volume measured with dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging. (2016)
- Characterization of white matter integrity deficits in cocaine-dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared with non-psychotic cocaine users. (2016)
- Corticospinal tract integrity measured using transcranial magnetic stimulation and magnetic resonance imaging in neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis. (2016)
- FLAIR2: A Combination of FLAIR and T2 for Improved MS Lesion Detection. (2016)
- Microbleeds in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Neuropsychological Overview and Meta-Analysis (2016)
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 43 (06), 753--759 - Motor Skill Acquisition Promotes Human Brain Myelin Plasticity. (2016)
- Myelin Water Fraction Is Transiently Reduced after a Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury--A Prospective Cohort Study in Collegiate Hockey Players. (2016)
- Operationalizing Neuroimaging for Disorders of Consciousness: The Canadian Context. (2016)
- Prevalence of Brain Microbleeds in Alzheimer Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Influence of Neuroimaging Techniques. (2016)
- Quantifying visual pathway axonal and myelin loss in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica (2016)
NeuroImage: Clinical, 11, 743--750 - RE: Elucidating Pretreatment Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer Patients: The Impact of Cancer-Related Post-traumatic Stress. (2016)
- Reduced Myelin Water in the White Matter Tracts of Patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C. (2016)
- Subcortical grey matter alterations in cocaine dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared to non-psychotic cocaine users. (2016)
- Changes in cerebral vascular reactivity and structure following prolonged exposure to high altitude in humans. (2015)
- Mortality from treatable illnesses in marginally housed adults: a prospective cohort study. (2015)
- Orientation Dependent MR Signal Decay Differentiates between People with MS, Their Asymptomatic Siblings and Unrelated Healthy Controls. (2015)
- Trajectories of subcortical iron accumulation in MS. (2015)
- A prospective study of the influence of acute alcohol intoxication versus chronic alcohol consumption on outcome following traumatic brain injury. (2014)
- Increased spinal cord movements in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (2014)
The Spine Journal, - Prevalence of extracranial venous narrowing on catheter venography in people with multiple sclerosis, their siblings, and unrelated healthy controls: a blinded, case-control study. (2014)
- To exclude or not to exclude: further examination of the influence of white matter hyperintensities in diffusion tensor imaging research. (2014)
- Evaluation of white matter myelin water fraction in chronic stroke. (2013)
- Magnetic resonance frequency shifts during acute MS lesion formation. (2013)
- A prospective study of physician-observed concussion during a varsity university hockey season: white matter integrity in ice hockey players. Part 3 of 4. (2012)
- Rapid whole cerebrum myelin water imaging using a 3D GRASE sequence. (2012)
- Bilateral filtering of magnetic resonance phase images. (2011)
- The influence of white matter fibre orientation on MR signal phase and decay. (2011)
- Susceptibility weighted imaging with multiple echoes. (2010)
- Localization of the subthalamic nucleus: optimization with susceptibility-weighted phase MR imaging. (2009)
- MR relaxation in multiple sclerosis. (2009)
- Phase unwrapping of MR images using Phi UN--a fast and robust region growing algorithm. (2009)
- Quantification of modulated blood oxygenation levels in single cerebral veins by investigating their MR signal decay. (2009)
- ToF-SWI: simultaneous time of flight and fully flow compensated susceptibility weighted imaging. (2009)
- Improved elimination of phase effects from background field inhomogeneities for susceptibility weighted imaging at high magnetic field strengths. (2008)
- Informatics in Radiology: GUIBOLD: a graphical user interface for image reconstruction and data analysis in susceptibility-weighted MR imaging. (2008)
- Investigation of the influence of carbon dioxide concentrations on cerebral physiology by susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SWI). (2008)
- Investigations on the effect of caffeine on cerebral venous vessel contrast by using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) at 1.5, 3 and 7 T. (2008)
- Susceptibility weighted imaging at ultra high magnetic field strengths: theoretical considerations and experimental results. (2008)
- Detection of multiple intracranial hemorrhages in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) by susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI). (2007)
- Obtaining blood oxygenation levels from MR signal behavior in the presence of single venous vessels. (2007)
- Contrast-enhanced, high-resolution, susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the brain: dose-dependent optimization at 3 tesla and 1.5 tesla in healthy volunteers. (2006)
- Demonstration of paramagnetic and diamagnetic cerebral lesions by using susceptibility weighted phase imaging (SWI). (2006)
- Susceptibility weighted imaging: data acquisition, image reconstruction and clinical applications. (2006)
- Application of an exogenous hyperoxic contrast agent in MR mammography: initial results. (2005)
- High resolution susceptibility weighted MR-imaging of brain tumors during the application of a gaseous agent. (2005)
- Magnetic susceptibility-weighted MR phase imaging of the human brain. (2005)
- Nonnvasive assessment of vascular architecture and function during modulated blood oxygenation using susceptibility weighted magnetic resonance imaging. (2005)
- Subtraction of in-phase and opposed-phase images in dynamic MR mammography. (2005)
- Optimized 3 T EPI of the amygdalae. (2004)
- Robust field map generation using a triple-echo acquisition. (2004)
- Automated unwrapping of MR phase images applied to BOLD MR-venography at 3 Tesla. (2003)
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