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Papers

(The median citation count of Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Diffusion MR Imaging with T2-based Water Suppression (T2wsup-dMRI)	182
Current State of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Applications for Head and Neck MR Imaging	109
Optimal Protocol for Contrast-enhanced Free-running 5D Whole-heart Coronary MR Angiography at 3T	83
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	50
Parasagittal Cystic Lesions May Arise from the Pial Sheath around the Cortical Venous Wall	39
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	38
Utility of Thin-slice Fat-suppressed Single-shot T2-weighted MR Imaging with Deep Learning Image Reconstruction as a Protocol for Evaluating the Pancreas	38
Nonlinear Gradient Field Mapping Using a Spherical Grid Phantom for 3 and 7 Tesla MR Imaging Systems Equipped with High-performance Gradient Coils	32
Utility of Locus Coeruleus Signal Intensity on High-resolution T1-weighted MR Imaging with Magnetization Transfer for Differentiating Parkinson’s Disease from Atypical Parkinsonism	32
Optimization of the Data Pattern and Analysis Algorithm for the T2-based Water Suppression Diffusion MRImaging (T2wsup-dMRI) Technique	28
Moxibustion Stimulation Induces Changes in Brain Activity: A Functional MR Imaging Study	27
Interstitial Fluidopathy of the Central Nervous System: An Umbrella Term for Disorders with Impaired Neurofluid Dynamics	26
Potential to Avoid Invasive Procedures for Atypical Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH) and FNH-like Lesions Based on MR Findings	26
Need for Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging Protocols and Quantitative Assessment of Wall Enhancement for Vessel Wall Imaging in Various Intracranial Arterial Diseases	26
Influence of Gadolinium-based Contrast Media and Inter-reader Variation on the Estimation of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Parameters in Breast MR Imaging	25
Brain Structures in a Human Embryo Imaged with MR Microscopy	24
Increased Parenchymal Free Water May Be Decreased by Revascularization Surgery in Patients with Moyamoya Disease	21
The Glymphatic System: A Review of the Challenges in Visualizing its Structure and Function with MR Imaging	21
MR Imaging Findings of Uterine Adenomatoid Tumors	20
Why 4D Flow MRI? Real Advantages	19
Arterial Spin Labeling for Pediatric Central Nervous System Diseases: Techniques and Clinical Applications	18
Microstructural Abnormalities in the Contralateral Normal-appearing White Matter of Glioblastoma Patients Evaluated with Advanced Diffusion Imaging	18
Fast Non-contrast MR Angiography Using a Zigzag Centric <i>k</i><sub>y</sub> – <i>k</i><sub>z</sub> <i>k</i>-space Trajectory and Exponentia	18
Assessing the Complicated Venous Hemodynamics and Therapeutic Outcomes of Budd-Chiari Syndrome with Respiratory-gated 4D Flow MR Imaging During the Expiratory and Inspiratory Phases	17
MR Imaging of Endolymphatic Hydrops in Five Minutes	17

Diffusion Tensor Image Analysis ALong the Perivascular Space (DTI-ALPS): Revisiting the Meaning and Significance of the Method	17
Voxel-Based Morphometry of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Using a 3D Fast Low-angle Shot Localizer Image: A Comparison with Magnetization-Prepared Rapid Gradient Echo	15
Texture Analysis in Brain Tumor MR Imaging	15
Simple Frame-based Approach for MR Imaging-guided Abdominal Biopsy: Preliminary Evaluation in a Phantom Model	15
Breath-hold High-resolution T1-weighted Gradient Echo Liver MR Imaging with Compressed Sensing Obtained during the Gadoxetic Acid-enhanced Hepatobiliary Phase: Image Quality and Lesion Visibility Comp	14
Hemodynamic Forces, Endothelial Mechanotransduction, and Vascular Diseases	14
Ultrafast Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI of the Breast: How Is It Used?	14
Using Deep Learning to Simultaneously Reduce Noise and Motion Artifacts in Brain MR Imaging	13
MRI Findings and Differential Diagnosis of Anterior Mediastinal Solid Tumors	13
Practical Brain MRI Guidelines for Anti-Aβ Antibody Treatment in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease	12
Diagnostic Value of DCE-MRI for Differentiating Malignant Adnexal Masses Compared with Contrast-enhanced-T1WI	12
Abbreviated and Ultrafast Dynamic Contrast-enhanced (DCE) MR Imaging	12
So You Want to Image Myelin Using MRI: Magnetic Susceptibility Source Separation for Myelin Imaging	12
The Evolution and Clinical Impact of Deep Learning Technologies in Breast MRI	12
Deep Learning-based Hierarchical Brain Segmentation with Preliminary Analysis of the Repeatability and Reproducibility	11
Contrast Enhancement of the Normal Infundibular Recess Using Heavily T2-weighted 3D FLAIR	11
Quality Control for 4D Flow MR Imaging	11
Using Spin-labeled MR Imaging to Depict Slow Pancreatic Juice Flow	11
Artificial Intelligence in Obstetric and Gynecological MR Imaging	11
Multicomponent T<sub>2</sub>* Analysis of Atherosclerotic Plaque with Ultrashort Echo Time Imaging: A Phantom Study	10
Deep Learning and Its Application to Function Approximation for MR in Medicine: An Overview	10
Motility Mapping Quantification Using the Classical Optical Flow Algorithm for Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease: Comparison with Balloon-assisted Enteroscopy Findings	10
Recent Advances in Musculoskeletal Radiology: Bridging Innovation and Clinical Application	9
Effect of Saturation Pulse Duration and Power on pH-weighted Amide Proton Transfer Imaging: A Phantom Study	9
Simultaneous Arterial and Venous Imaging Using 3D Quantitative Parameter Mapping	9
Peripheral Retinal Leakage after Intravenous Administration of a Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent: Age Dependence, Temporal and Inferior Predominance and Potential Implications for Eye Homeostasis	8
Technical Background for 4D Flow MR Imaging	8
Comparing Characteristics of Pelvic High-grade Serous Carcinomas with and without Breast Cancer Gene Variants on MR Imaging	8
Clinical Applications of 4D Flow MRI in the Portal Venous System	8
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	8
Model-based Deep Learning Reconstruction Using a Folded Image Training Strategy for Abdominal 3D T1-weighted Imaging	8
Direct Visualization of Tracer Permeation into the Endolymph in Human Patients Using MR Imaging	8
Hemosiderin Detection inside the Mammillary Bodies Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping on Patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome	8
Are Diffusion Models Effective Good Feature Extractors for MRI Discriminative Tasks?	8
Advances in Risk Management and Screening for Women at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer: The Role of MR Imaging and Personalised Approaches	8
Comparison of Benign, Borderline, and Malignant Ovarian Seromucinous Neoplasms on MR Imaging	7
Clinical Evaluation of Susceptibility-weighted MR Imaging for the Detection of Intramammary Micro- and Macrocalcifications in 70 Female Patients at 1.5T	7
Safety for Human MR Scanners at 7T	7
Characteristics of Suspicious Breast Lesions Visible Only on MR Imaging: Is It Possible to Classify into Immediate Biopsy and Careful Observation Groups?	7
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Can Discriminate the Primary Cell Type of Intracranial Metastases for Patients with Lung Cancer	7
Clinical Application of MPRAGE Wave Controlled Aliasing in Parallel Imaging (Wave-CAIPI): A Comparative Study with MPRAGE GRAPPA	7
Comparison of Slab and Pencil Beam Labeling in Spin-labeled MR Imaging for Pancreatic Juice Flow Visualization	7
Numerical and Clinical Evaluation of the Robustness of Open-source Networks for Parallel MR Imaging Reconstruction	7
<sup>1</sup>H-MR Spectroscopy of the Early Developmental Brain, Neonatal Encephalopathies, and Neurometabolic Disorders	7
Three-dimensional Multi-parameter Mapping of Relaxation Times and Susceptibility Using Partially RF-spoiled Gradient Echo	6
Evaluation of Approved AI-based Brain Aneurysm Detection Software in Clinical Practice: Comparison with Radiologist Assessment and Image Re-review	6
Evaluation of Cardiac- and Respiratory-driven Cerebrospinal Fluid Motions by Applying the S-transform to Steady-state Free Precession Phase Contrast Imaging	6
MR Imaging Features Predictive of Pathologic Complete Response and Survival Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy	6
Assessing the ADC of Bone-marrow on Whole-body MR Images in Relation to the Fat-suppression Method and Fat Content	6
Enhanced Visualization of Intracranial Cortical Arteries Using Deep Learning Reconstruction in Vessel Wall MR Imaging	6

Special Issue on 4D Flow MRI in Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences	6
Lobular Endocervical Glandular Hyperplasia and Related Glandular Disorders: Current Status of Diagnosis with MR Imaging	6
Association between the Presence of the Parasagittal Cyst-like Structures and Cognitive Function	6
Optimal Temporal Resolution to Achieve Good Image Quality and Perform Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Free-breathing Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging of the Pancreas	6
Region Expansion of Background Field Removal with Local Spherical Harmonics Approximation for Whole-brain Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping	6
Does the Pulsatile Non-uniform Flow Matter in MR Flowmetry?	5
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	5
Ocular Solute Movement Direction and Intracranial Clearance via Vitreous Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent MR Imaging: Potential as a Novel Biomarker for Glymphatic Dysfunction	5
MR Imaging Indices for Brain Interstitial Fluid Dynamics and the Effects of Orexin Antagonists on Sleep	5
Survey of Delivery Outcomes for Employees at MR Imaging Facilities in Japan Based on Information Recorded in the Maternal and Child Health Handbook	5
Deep Learning-based Image Enhancement Techniques for Fast MRI in Neuroimaging	5
Evaluation of Renal Perfusion: A Comparative Study between Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Imaging and Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) to Assess Renal Blood Flow in Rodents	5
Changes to Dorsal Thalamic Metabolites and Thalamocortical Tract Fiber Injury in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	5
Feasibility Study for a Microstrip Transmission Line RF Coil Integrated with a PET Detector Module in a 7T Human MR Imaging System	5
Imaging of <sup>17</sup>O-labeled Water Using Fast T2 Mapping with T2-preparation: A Phantom Study	5
Verifying the Accuracy of Hemodynamic Analysis Using High Spatial Resolution 3D Phase-contrast MR Imaging on a 7T MR System: Comparison with a 3T System	5
<i>In-vitro</i> Detection of Intramammary-like Macrocalcifications Using Susceptibility-weighted MR Imaging Techniques at 1.5T	4
Utility of Thin-slice Single-shot T2-weighted MR Imaging with Deep Learning Reconstruction as a Protocol for Evaluating Pancreatic Cystic Lesions	4
Update on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hepatobiliary MR Imaging	4
Study of Power Equivalent Continuous Approximation Based on the Recent Consensus Recommendations for Brain Tumor Imaging with Pulsed Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer at 3T	4
Evaluation and Prediction of Treatment Response for Hepatocellular Carcinoma	4
Bloch Simulation of a Three-point Dixon Experiment Using a Four-dimensional Numerical Phantom	4
Added Value of Sodium MR Imaging and Proton MR Spectroscopy to Conventional MR Imaging for a Better Characterization of the Ischemic Stroke: A Narrative Review	4
MR Imaging of Umbilical Cord Variations, Abnormalities, and Associated Placental Findings	4
Features of MR Imaging that Differentiate between Immunohistochemically Diagnosed Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma and Myxoid Liposarcoma	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
Congratulatory Message on the 20th Anniversary of Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences (MRMS)	3
4D Flow MR Imaging of the Left Atrium: What is Non-physiological Blood Flow in the Cardiac System?	3
Functional Connectivity Pattern Using Resting-state fMRI as an Assessment Tool for Spatial Neglect during the Recovery Stage of Stroke: A Pilot Study	3
Evaluating Hip Periprosthetic Joint Infection with Metal-artifact-reduction MR Imaging	3
Recent Advances in Parameter Inference for Diffusion MRI Signal Models	3
Using Phase Difference Information to Detect Errors in the Flip Angle Measured with Actual Flip Angle Imaging at 7T	3
Blockage of CSF Outflow in Rats after Deep Cervical Lymph Node Ligation Observed Using Gd-based MR Imaging	3
Rapid MR Angiography Using 3D Gradient-echo Imaging and the Two-point Dixon Method to Evaluate Carotid Plaque	3
Histological Properties of a Chemically Fixed Human Embryo Visualized with Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping	3
Association between the Putative Meningeal Lymphatics at the Posterior Wall of the Sigmoid Sinus and Delayed Contrast-agent Elimination from the Cerebrospinal Fluid	3
Deep Learning-aided <sup>1</sup>H-MR Spectroscopy for Differentiating between Patients with and without Hepatocellular Carcinoma	3
Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Gd-EOB-DTPA MR Imaging	3
Application of Machine Learning to Breast MR Imaging	3
Comparison of 3D Magnetization-transfer- and Spectral-presaturation-with-inversion-recovery-based Neuromelanin Imaging	3
Improving Vessel Visibility and Applying Artificial Intelligence to Autodetect Brain Metastasis for a 3D MR Imaging Sequence Capable of Simultaneous Images with and without Blood Vessel Suppression	3
Time-dependent Diffusion in Brain Abscesses Investigated with Oscillating-gradient Spin-echo	3
EIC Remarks for a Special 20th Anniversary Issue of MRMS	2
MR Imaging in the 21st Century: Technical Innovation over the First Two Decades	2
Efficacy of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping with Brain Surface Correction and Vein Removal for Detecting Increase Magnetic Susceptibility in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease	2
<i>In Vivo</i> and <i>Post-mortem</i> Comparisons of IVIM/Time-dependent Diffusion MR Imaging Parameters in Melanoma and Breast Cancer Xenograft Models	2
Endometrial Cancer: A Daily Clinical Practice Guide for Radiologists	2
Diagnostic Efficacy of Diffusion-weighted Imaging in Distinguishing Chronic Diffuse Sclerosing Osteomyelitis from Suppurative Osteomyelitis of the Mandible	2
Quantitative MR Imaging of the Breast	2
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	2
<i>In vivo</i> Human MR Spectroscopy Using a Clinical Scanner: Development, Applications, and Future Prospects	2
Quiet Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging of the Brain for Pediatric Patients with Moyamoya Disease	2
Beyond Macrostructure: Is There a Role for Radiomics Analysis in Neuroimaging ?	2
Radiomic Analysis Applied to Pretreatment Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MR Imaging Predicts Response to Selective Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma	2
<i>Ex-vivo</i> 1.5T MR Imaging versus CT in Estimating the Size of the Pathologically Invasive Component of Lung Adenocarcinoma Spectrum Lesions	2
Recent Advances and Future Directions in Brain MR Imaging Studies in Schizophrenia: Toward Elucidating Brain Pathology and Developing Clinical Tools	2
Optimal Number of Signal Averages in Stimulated Echo Acquisition Mode for Proton MR Spectroscopy of Brain at 7T	2
Quantitative T2 Mapping to Discriminate Mucinous from Nonmucinous Adenocarcinoma in Rectal Cancer: Comparison with Diffusion-weighted Imaging	2
Development of a Car-mounted Mobile MR Imaging System for Diagnosis of Sports-related Wrist Injury	2
Voxel-based Morphometry of Alzheimer’s Disease Using a Localizer Image: A Comparative Study with Magnetization Prepared Rapid Acquisition with Gradient Echo	2
Clinical Application of Quantitative MR Imaging in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	2
Combining the Tumor Contact Length and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Better Predicts Extraprostatic Extension of Prostate Cancer with Capsular Abutment: A 3 Tesla MR Imaging Study	2
Clinical Application of 4D Flow MR Imaging to Pulmonary Hypertension	2
Biomarkers Predictive of Distant Disease-free Survival Derived from Diffusion-weighted Imaging of Breast Cancer	2
Interpretation of Diffusion MR Imaging Data Using Non-negative Least Squares (NNLS)	2
What Is the “Glymphatic System”?	2
Ultra-short Echo-time MR Angiography Combined with a Subtraction Method to Assess Intracranial Aneurysms Treated with a Flow-diverter Device	2
Hidden Pitfall in Multiple Sclerosis Imaging: How Standard Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging (SWI) May Miss Paramagnetic Rim Lesions	2