OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A Fast and Precise Method to Search for Desirable Rectangular Tumor Regions in Brain MR Images	323
Fast MR Simulation Using Combined Update of Grouped Isochromats	38
Feasibility of Ultrashort Echo Time MR Imaging for the Detection of Subclinical Achilles Enthesitis in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis	30
Current State of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Applications for Head and Neck MR Imaging	29
WCCAN: Windowed Cross-contrast Attention Network for Multi-contrast Brain MR Image Super-resolution	25
Development of a Dedicated Prostate Phantom for Technical Evaluation of Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging Sequences	23
Utility of Locus Coeruleus Signal Intensity on High-resolution T1-weighted MR Imaging with Magnetization Transfer for Differentiating Parkinson’s Disease from Atypical Parkinsonism	23
Prostate Diffusion-weighted Imaging: Selecting the Optimal Repetition Time Using Synthetic Imaging Techniques	21
Association of Airflow Obstruction and Left Atrial Conduit Strain in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease	19
Parasagittal Cystic Lesions May Arise from the Pial Sheath around the Cortical Venous Wall	19
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	18
Substantially Higher Vestibular Hydrops Agreement in Older Patients Assessed by Non-contrast vs. Contrast-enhanced MRI: A Preliminary Study	18
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	17
Optimal Protocol for Contrast-enhanced Free-running 5D Whole-heart Coronary MR Angiography at 3T	16
Moxibustion Stimulation Induces Changes in Brain Activity: A Functional MR Imaging Study	15
Utility of Thin-slice Fat-suppressed Single-shot T2-weighted MR Imaging with Deep Learning Image Reconstruction as a Protocol for Evaluating the Pancreas	15
Nonlinear Gradient Field Mapping Using a Spherical Grid Phantom for 3 and 7 Tesla MR Imaging Systems Equipped with High-performance Gradient Coils	15
Optimization of the Data Pattern and Analysis Algorithm for the T2-based Water Suppression Diffusion MRImaging (T2wsup-dMRI) Technique	14
White Matter Microstructural Alterations Mediate the Association between Polygenic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Performance in Clinically Asymptomatic Adults	14
Need for Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging Protocols and Quantitative Assessment of Wall Enhancement for Vessel Wall Imaging in Various Intracranial Arterial Diseases	13
Increased Parenchymal Free Water May Be Decreased by Revascularization Surgery in Patients with Moyamoya Disease	13
Interstitial Fluidopathy of the Central Nervous System: An Umbrella Term for Disorders with Impaired Neurofluid Dynamics	13
Influence of Gadolinium-based Contrast Media and Inter-reader Variation on the Estimation of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Parameters in Breast MR Imaging	13
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	12
Potential to Avoid Invasive Procedures for Atypical Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH) and FNH-like Lesions Based on MR Findings	12

Arterial Spin Labeling for Pediatric Central Nervous System Diseases: Techniques and Clinical Applications	11
Microstructural Abnormalities in the Contralateral Normal-appearing White Matter of Glioblastoma Patients Evaluated with Advanced Diffusion Imaging	10
Brain Structures in a Human Embryo Imaged with MR Microscopy	10
Diffusion Tensor Image Analysis ALong the Perivascular Space (DTI-ALPS): Revisiting the Meaning and Significance of the Method	10
MR Imaging Findings of Uterine Adenomatoid Tumors	10
Using Deep Learning to Simultaneously Reduce Noise and Motion Artifacts in Brain MR Imaging	10
MRI Findings and Differential Diagnosis of Anterior Mediastinal Solid Tumors	9
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	9
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	9
Current Status and Future Perspective for Bladder Cancer MR Imaging and the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) in Japan: Challenges and Solutions	9
Simple Frame-based Approach for MR Imaging-guided Abdominal Biopsy: Preliminary Evaluation in a Phantom Model	9
Impact of Free Water Correction on the Mean Diffusivity of Glioblastoma is Regional and <i>b</i>-value Dependent: A Retrospective Study on Open-source Datasets	9
Voxel-Based Morphometry of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Using a 3D Fast Low-angle Shot Localizer Image: A Comparison with Magnetization-Prepared Rapid Gradient Echo	9
The Evolution and Clinical Impact of Deep Learning Technologies in Breast MRI	8
Practical Brain MRI Guidelines for Anti-Aβ Antibody Treatment in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease	8
Comment on “Diagnostic Potential of Macromolecular Proton Fraction Mapping Combined with Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping as a Subcortical Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease” by Fujiwara et al.	8
Measuring Brain Stiffness in Normal Adults According to Age and Sex Using Virtual MR Elastography: A Preliminary Study	7
MR Imaging/Ultrasound Fusion–Guided Biopsy and Primary Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer	7
Abbreviated and Ultrafast Dynamic Contrast-enhanced (DCE) MR Imaging	7
Diagnostic Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence for Predicting MGMT Promoter Methylation in Glioblastoma Using MR Imaging: A Systematic Review	7
So You Want to Image Myelin Using MRI: Magnetic Susceptibility Source Separation for Myelin Imaging	7
Using Spin-labeled MR Imaging to Depict Slow Pancreatic Juice Flow	7
Simultaneous Arterial and Venous Imaging Using 3D Quantitative Parameter Mapping	6
Motility Mapping Quantification Using the Classical Optical Flow Algorithm for Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease: Comparison with Balloon-assisted Enteroscopy Findings	6
Recent Advances in Musculoskeletal Radiology: Bridging Innovation and Clinical Application	6
Multicomponent T<sub>2</sub>* Analysis of Atherosclerotic Plaque with Ultrashort Echo Time Imaging: A Phantom Study	6
Hemosiderin Detection inside the Mammillary Bodies Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping on Patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome	6
Artificial Intelligence in Obstetric and Gynecological MR Imaging	6
Deep Learning-based Hierarchical Brain Segmentation with Preliminary Analysis of the Repeatability and Reproducibility	6
Peripheral Retinal Leakage after Intravenous Administration of a Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent: Age Dependence, Temporal and Inferior Predominance and Potential Implications for Eye Homeostasis	5
Effect of Saturation Pulse Duration and Power on pH-weighted Amide Proton Transfer Imaging: A Phantom Study	5
Quality of Head and Neck Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging Using a Combination of the Periodically Rotated Overlapping Parallel Lines with Enhanced Reconstruction (PROPELLER) Sequence and Deep Learning Re	5
Model-based Deep Learning Reconstruction Using a Folded Image Training Strategy for Abdominal 3D T1-weighted Imaging	5
Direct Visualization of Tracer Permeation into the Endolymph in Human Patients Using MR Imaging	5
Are Diffusion Models Effective Good Feature Extractors for MRI Discriminative Tasks?	5
A Novel MR Cine Sialography Technique for Evaluating Salivary Gland Function: Correlation with Unstimulated and Stimulated Saliva Volumes	5
Comparison of Benign, Borderline, and Malignant Ovarian Seromucinous Neoplasms on MR Imaging	5
Comparing Characteristics of Pelvic High-grade Serous Carcinomas with and without Breast Cancer Gene Variants on MR Imaging	5
Advances in Risk Management and Screening for Women at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer: The Role of MR Imaging and Personalised Approaches	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
Numerical and Clinical Evaluation of the Robustness of Open-source Networks for Parallel MR Imaging Reconstruction	5