OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Diffusion MR Imaging with T2-based Water Suppression (T2wsup-dMRI)	73
High-resolution Diffusion-weighted Imaging of the Prostate Using Multiplexed Sensitivity-encoding: Comparison with the Conventional and Reduced Field-of-view Techniques	64
Voxel-based Morphometry of Alzheimer’s Disease Using a Localizer Image: A Comparative Study with Magnetization Prepared Rapid Acquisition with Gradient Echo	44
Nature of the Intracellular-contrast-enhancing Fat-saturated T1-weighted Gradient-echo (ICE-TIGRE) Sequence: A Fat-suppressed T1-weighted Technique with Motion-sensitised Driven-equilibrium for Improv	33
Deep Learning and Its Application to Function Approximation for MR in Medicine: An Overview	27
Current State of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Applications for Head and Neck MR Imaging	27
Contrast Enhancement of the Normal Infundibular Recess Using Heavily T2-weighted 3D FLAIR	22
New Insights into MR Safety for Implantable Medical Devices	21
Intraoperative MR Imaging during Glioma Resection	21
EIC Remarks for a Special 20th Anniversary Issue of MRMS	20
Creatine Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (Cr-CEST) Imaging Can Evaluate Cisplatin-induced Testicular Damage	19
Quiet Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging of the Brain for Pediatric Patients with Moyamoya Disease	19
Morphological Observation of the Pupal Body of <i>Trypoxylus dichotomus</i> Using 9.4T MR Imaging	17
Associating the Severity of Emphysema with Coronary Flow Reserve and Left Atrial Conduit Function for the Emphysema Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease	17
<i>Ex-vivo</i> 1.5T MR Imaging versus CT in Estimating the Size of the Pathologically Invasive Component of Lung Adenocarcinoma Spectrum Lesions	15
Survey of Delivery Outcomes for Employees at MR Imaging Facilities in Japan Based on Information Recorded in the Maternal and Child Health Handbook	15
Does the Pulsatile Non-uniform Flow Matter in MR Flowmetry?	14
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping versus R2*-based Histogram Analysis for Evaluating Liver Fibrosis: Preliminary Results	13
Using Spin-labeled MR Imaging to Depict Slow Pancreatic Juice Flow	12
Motility Mapping Quantification Using the Classical Optical Flow Algorithm for Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease: Comparison with Balloon-assisted Enteroscopy Findings	12
Clinical Application of Quantitative MR Imaging in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	11
Recent Advances and Future Directions in Brain MR Imaging Studies in Schizophrenia: Toward Elucidating Brain Pathology and Developing Clinical Tools	11
<i>In vivo</i> Human MR Spectroscopy Using a Clinical Scanner: Development, Applications, and Future Prospects	10
Recent Advances in MR Imaging-based Quantification of Brain Oxygen Metabolism	10
Preoperative Localization of Parathyroid Adenomas with Diffusion MR Imaging: Readout-segmented versus Single-shot Echo-planar Imaging	10

Study of Power Equivalent Continuous Approximation Based on the Recent Consensus Recommendations for Brain Tumor Imaging with Pulsed Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer at 3T	10
<i>In-vitro</i> Detection of Intramammary-like Macrocalcifications Using Susceptibility-weighted MR Imaging Techniques at 1.5T	9
Artificial Intelligence in Obstetric and Gynecological MR Imaging	9
Evaluation and Prediction of Treatment Response for Hepatocellular Carcinoma	9
Increased Diastolic Energy Loss Associated with Cardiac Events in Adults with Pulmonary Atresia Suffering from Intact Ventricular Septum	9
Deep Learning-based Hierarchical Brain Segmentation with Preliminary Analysis of the Repeatability and Reproducibility	9
Advanced Diffusion MR Imaging for Multiple Sclerosis in the Brain and Spinal Cord	8
An Intra-individual Comparison between Free-breathing Dynamic MR Imaging of the Liver Using Stack-of-stars Acquisition and the Breath-holding Method Using Cartesian Sampling or View-sharing	8
Advantages of Using Both Voxel- and Surface-based Morphometry in Cortical Morphology Analysis: A Review of Various Applications	8
Hemodynamic Parameters for Cardiovascular System in 4D Flow MRI: Mathematical Definition and Clinical Applications	7
Quality Control for 4D Flow MR Imaging	6
Evaluating Biliary Malignancy with Measured and Calculated Ultra-high b-value Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging at 3T	6
Comparing Characteristics of Pelvic High-grade Serous Carcinomas with and without Breast Cancer Gene Variants on MR Imaging	6
Feasibility of Diffusion-weighted Imaging (DWI) for Assessing Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics: DWI-fluidography in the Brains of Healthy Subjects	6
Utility of Thin-slice Fat-suppressed Single-shot T2-weighted MR Imaging with Deep Learning Image Reconstruction as a Protocol for Evaluating the Pancreas	6
Feasibility Study for a Microstrip Transmission Line RF Coil Integrated with a PET Detector Module in a 7T Human MR Imaging System	6
Measurement of Turbulent Kinetic Energy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Triple-velocity Encoding 4D Flow MR Imaging	6
The Utility of Arterial Transit Time Measurement for Evaluating the Hemodynamic Perfusion State of Patients with Chronic Cerebrovascular Stenosis or Occlusive Disease: Correlative Study between MR Ima	5
Development of a Car-mounted Mobile MR Imaging System for Diagnosis of Sports-related Wrist Injury	5
Simultaneous Arterial and Venous Imaging Using 3D Quantitative Parameter Mapping	5
Computational Design of a Thermal Applicator for Brain Hyperthermia Controlled by Capacitor Positioning in Loop Coils	5
High Resolution TOF-MRA Using Compressed Sensing-based Deep Learning Image Reconstruction for the Visualization of Lenticulostriate Arteries: A Preliminary Study	5
Development of an Add-on <sup>23</sup>Na-MRI Radiofrequency Platform for a <sup>1</sup>H-MRI System Using a Crossband Repeater: Proof-of-concept	5
Advanced Techniques for MR Neuroimaging	5
Model-based Deep Learning Reconstruction Using a Folded Image Training Strategy for Abdominal 3D T1-weighted Imaging	5
Effect of Saturation Pulse Duration and Power on pH-weighted Amide Proton Transfer Imaging: A Phantom Study	5
Ultra-short Echo-time MR Angiography Combined with a Subtraction Method to Assess Intracranial Aneurysms Treated with a Flow-diverter Device	5
Bloch Simulation of a Three-point Dixon Experiment Using a Four-dimensional Numerical Phantom	5
Low <i>b</i>-value Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Analyze the Dynamics of Cerebrospinal Fluid: Resolving Intravoxel Pseudorandom Motion into Ordered and Disordered Motions	5
Performance of a Flexible 12-Channel Head Coil in Comparison to Commercial 16- And 24-Channel Rigid Head Coils	5
Update on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hepatobiliary MR Imaging	4
Effect of Deep Learning Reconstruction on Respiratory-triggered T2-weighted MR Imaging of the Liver: A Comparison between the Single-shot Fast Spin-echo and Fast Spin-echo Sequences	4
What Is the “Glymphatic System”?	4
Parasagittal Cystic Lesions May Arise from the Pial Sheath around the Cortical Venous Wall	4
Hemosiderin Detection inside the Mammillary Bodies Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping on Patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome	4
Diagnostic Efficacy of Diffusion-weighted Imaging in Distinguishing Chronic Diffuse Sclerosing Osteomyelitis from Suppurative Osteomyelitis of the Mandible	4
Quantitative T2 Mapping to Discriminate Mucinous from Nonmucinous Adenocarcinoma in Rectal Cancer: Comparison with Diffusion-weighted Imaging	4
Clinical Applications of 4D Flow MRI in the Portal Venous System	4
Peripheral Retinal Leakage after Intravenous Administration of a Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent: Age Dependence, Temporal and Inferior Predominance and Potential Implications for Eye Homeostasis	4
Technical Background for 4D Flow MR Imaging	4
Optimal Protocol for Contrast-enhanced Free-running 5D Whole-heart Coronary MR Angiography at 3T	3
Utility of Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging for Evaluating the Depth of Invasion in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma	3
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Can Discriminate the Primary Cell Type of Intracranial Metastases for Patients with Lung Cancer	3
Institutional Variability in Ultrafast Breast MR Imaging: Comparing Compressed Sensing and View Sharing Techniques with Different Patient Populations and Contrast Injection Protocols	3
Physical Exercise Alters Egress Pathways for Intrinsic CSF Outflow: An Investigation Performed with Spin-labeling MR Imaging	3
Direct Visualization of Tracer Permeation into the Endolymph in Human Patients Using MR Imaging	3
Interstitial Fluidopathy of the Central Nervous System: An Umbrella Term for Disorders with Impaired Neurofluid Dynamics	3
Reproducible Spinal Cord Quantitative MRI Analysis with the Spinal Cord Toolbox	3
Diffusion-weighted Echo Planar Imaging with Compressed SENSE (EPICS-DWI) for Pancreas Assessment: A Multicenter Study	3
Relationship between Pulmonary Gas Exchange Function and Brain Uptake Dynamics Investigated with Hyperpolarized <sup>129</sup>Xe MR Imaging and Spectroscopy in a Murine Model of Chronic Ob	3

Kidney R2* Mapping for Noninvasive Evaluation of Iron Overload in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria	3
Review of Quantitative Knee Articular Cartilage MR Imaging	3
Pulmonary Hemodynamic Parameters Derived from 4D Flow MR Imaging Can Provide Sensitive Markers for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients with Right Ventricular Dysfunction	3
Diffusion-weighted Imaging of the Abdomen during a Single Breath-hold Using Simultaneous-multislice Echo-planar Imaging	3
4D Flow MR Imaging of the Left Atrium: What is Non-physiological Blood Flow in the Cardiac System?	2
Utility of Wavelet Denoising with Geometry Factor Weighting for Gadoxetic Acid-enhanced Hepatobiliary-phase MR Imaging	2
Comparison of Slab and Pencil Beam Labeling in Spin-labeled MR Imaging for Pancreatic Juice Flow Visualization	2
Nonlinear Gradient Field Mapping Using a Spherical Grid Phantom for 3 and 7 Tesla MR Imaging Systems Equipped with High-performance Gradient Coils	2
Thin-slice 2D MR Imaging of the Shoulder Joint Using Denoising Deep Learning Reconstruction Provides Higher Image Quality Than 3D MR Imaging	2
Deep Learning Reconstruction to Improve the Quality of MR Imaging: Evaluating the Best Sequence for T-category Assessment in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients	2
Comparison of Benign, Borderline, and Malignant Ovarian Seromucinous Neoplasms on MR Imaging	2
Congratulatory Message on the 20th Anniversary of Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences (MRMS)	2
Vessel Wall Imaging of Intracranial Arteries: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications	2
Age-related Decline of Intrinsic Cerebrospinal Fluid Outflow in Healthy Humans Detected with Non-contrast Spin-labeling MR Imaging	2
Application of Texture and Volume Model Analysis to Dedicated Axillary High-resolution 3D T2-weighted MR Imaging: A Novel Method for Diagnosing Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Clinically Node-n	2
Evaluation of Early Renal Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Using Multiparametric MR Imaging	2
Tractometry of Human Visual White Matter Pathways in Health and Disease	2
Safety for Human MR Scanners at 7T	2
Numerical and Clinical Evaluation of the Robustness of Open-source Networks for Parallel MR Imaging Reconstruction	2
Evaluating T1, T2 Relaxation, and Proton Density in Normal Brain Using Synthetic MRI with Fast Imaging Protocol	2
Arterial Spin Labeling: Key Concepts and Progress Towards Use as a Clinical Tool	2
Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Gd-EOB-DTPA MR Imaging	2
White and Gray Matter Abnormality in Burning Mouth Syndrome Evaluated with Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging	2
Combined Use of Texture Features and Morphological Classification Based on Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging: Differentiating Benign and Malignant Breast Masses with High Negative Predictive Value	1
Dual-VENC 4D Flow MRI Can Detect Abnormal Blood Flow in the Left Atrium That Potentially Causes Thrombosis Formation after Left Upper Lobectomy	1
Clinical Application of MPRAGE Wave Controlled Aliasing in Parallel Imaging (Wave-CAIPI): A Comparative Study with MPRAGE GRAPPA	1
Blockage of CSF Outflow in Rats after Deep Cervical Lymph Node Ligation Observed Using Gd-based MR Imaging	1
Predicting Mastoid Extension and Complications such as Labyrinthine Fistula and Dural Exposure in Middle Ear Cholesteatoma Using Lesion Size and Detectability on Non-echo-planar Diffusion-weighted MR	1
Clinical Application of 4D Flow MR Imaging for the Abdominal Aorta	1
High Resolution MR Imaging of the Testis Using a Small Radiofrequency Coil	1
MR Imaging Findings of Uterine Adenomatoid Tumors	1
Comparison of Brain Volume Measurements Made with 0.3- and 3-T MR Imaging	1
Cross-sectional Area of the Superior Petrosal Sinus is Reduced in Patients with Significant Endolymphatic Hydrops	1
Effect of the Surrounding Magnetic Environment of Temporal Bone on the Fluid Signal Intensity in Human Inner Ear Using a Combined T2 Preparation Pulse and Fluid Attenuated Inversion Pulse Technique	1
Functional Connectivity Pattern Using Resting-state fMRI as an Assessment Tool for Spatial Neglect during the Recovery Stage of Stroke: A Pilot Study	1
Pulse Sequences and Reconstruction in Fast MR Imaging of the Liver	1
Characteristics of Suspicious Breast Lesions Visible Only on MR Imaging: Is It Possible to Classify into Immediate Biopsy and Careful Observation Groups?	1
Improved Assessment of Juxtacortical Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Using Highly-accelerated High-resolution Double Inversion Recovery MR Imaging with Deep Learning-based Reconstruction	1
Implementation of Two-pulse Phase-modulated (TPPM) <sup>1</sup>H Decoupling in a Clinical MR Scanner for the Detection of the C1-glycogen Peak in <sup>13</sup>C MRS	1
Rapid MR Angiography Using 3D Gradient-echo Imaging and the Two-point Dixon Method to Evaluate Carotid Plaque	1
Three-dimensional Multi-parameter Mapping of Relaxation Times and Susceptibility Using Partially RF-spoiled Gradient Echo	1
The Glymphatic System: A Review of the Challenges in Visualizing its Structure and Function with MR Imaging	1
Assessing the ADC of Bone-marrow on Whole-body MR Images in Relation to the Fat-suppression Method and Fat Content	1
Why 4D Flow MRI? Real Advantages	1
Evaluating Hip Periprosthetic Joint Infection with Metal-artifact-reduction MR Imaging	1
Susceptibility-weighted Imaging for Renal Iron Overload Assessment: A Pilot Study	1
“Speckled Enhancement” on Gd-EOB-DTPA Enhanced MR Imaging of Primary Hepatic Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma	1
Pathological Factors Affecting the R2* Values of the Kidney in Blood Oxygenation Level-dependent MR Imaging: A Retrospective Study	1
The Endolymph Signal in Non-contrast Enhanced 3D-real IR Image Differs between the Ears with and without Significant Endolymphatic Hydrops	1
Clinical Applications of 4D Flow MR Imaging in Aortic Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease	1
Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Quantitative Assessment with Phase Contrast Cine MR Imaging of the Coronary Sinus	1
Correlation between Phase-difference-enhanced MR Imaging and Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography: A Study on Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Normal Controls	1
Recent Advances in Parameter Inference for Diffusion MRI Signal Models	1
Association between the Putative Meningeal Lymphatics at the Posterior Wall of the Sigmoid Sinus and Delayed Contrast-agent Elimination from the Cerebrospinal Fluid	1
Peritumoral Fat Content Identified Using Iterative Decomposition of Water and Fat with Echo Asymmetry and Least-squares Estimation (IDEAL) Correlates with Breast Cancer Prognosis	1