OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Advanced methods in deuterium metabolic imaging	84
Advancing sustainable magnetic resonance imaging access in Africa: review of clinical performance of MRI scanners using ACR MagPhan in Ghana	46
A short-TR single-echo spin-echo breath-hold method for assessing liver T2	38
23Na chemical shift imaging in the living rat brain using a chemical shift agent, Tm[DOTP]5–	38
An evolution of low-field strength MRI	34
Segmentation of the aorta in systolic phase from 4D flow MRI: multi-atlas vs. deep learning	28
Evaluation of tractography parameters for dentato-rubro-thalamic tract reconstruction during pediatric posterior fossa tumor surgery	25
ESMRMB 2025 focus topic: cycle of translation	21
Reliability of velocity pulsatility in small vessels on 3Tesla MRI in the basal ganglia: a test–retest study	20
New physiological insights using multi-TE ASL MRI measuring blood–brain barrier water exchange after caffeine intake	19
Phantoms for Quantitative Body MRI: a review and discussion of the phantom value	18
$$B_1$$ Field inhomogeneity correction for qDESS $$T_2$$ mapping: application to rapid bilateral knee imaging	15
Scaling the mountains: what lies above 7 Tesla magnetic resonance?	14
RF-induced heating of interventional devices at 23.66 MHz	14
Results of the 2023 ISBI challenge to reduce GABA-edited MRS acquisition time	13
Whole-brain connectome analysis for elucidating specific structural neural networks in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus	13
Histopathological graded liver lesions: what role does the IVIM analysis method have?	13
Cerebral blood flow and time of exchange measurements using multi-TE blood–brain barrier arterial spin labeling MRI in IDH mutational subgroups of gliomas	13
Advancing MRI, together: open science in MR research	13
Exploring the potential performance of 0.2 T low-field unshielded MRI scanner using deep learning techniques	12
Multi-feed, loop-dipole combined dielectric resonator antenna arrays for human brain MRI at 7 T	12
Open-source, MRI-compatible grip force sensor for dynamic muscle imaging	12
Metabolic fingerprint of patients showing responsiveness to treatment of septic shock in intensive care unit	12
Addressing fatty tissue in quantitative susceptibility mapping of human knee cartilage	12
Specific absorption rate (SAR) simulations for low-field (< 0.1 T) MRI systems	11

Spatial profiling of in vivo diffusion-weighted MRI parameters in the healthy human kidney	11
Free-running time-resolved first-pass myocardial perfusion using a multi-scale dynamics decomposition: CMR-MOTUS	11
Characterizing geometric distortions of 3D sequences in clinical head MRI	11
Ramping down a clinical 3 T scanner: a journey into MRI and MRS at 0.75 T	11
Correction to: Book of Abstracts ESMRMB 2023 Online 39th Annual Scientific Meeting 4–7 October 2023	10
Deep learning initialized compressed sensing (Deli-CS) in volumetric spatio-temporal subspace reconstruction	10
Concomitant field compensation of spiral turbo spin-echo at 0.55 T	10
High-resolution imaging of the excised porcine heart at a whole-body 7 T MRI system using an 8Tx/16Rx pTx coil	10
Learning to deep learning: statistics and a paradigm test in selecting a UNet architecture to enhance MRI	10
Comparing repeatability metrics for quantitative susceptibility mapping in the head and neck	10
Comparison of convolutional-neural-networks-based method and LCModel on the quantification of in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy	9
Free-breathing MRI techniques for fat and R2* quantification in the liver	9
Exploring the foothills: benefits below 1 Tesla?	9
Upright 0.5 T open MR defaecating proctography proof of concept study: the inter- and intra-rater variability of pelvic floor measures using seated proctography	9
MR beyond diagnostics at the ESMRMB annual meeting: MR theranostics and intervention	8
Fast bias-corrected conductivity mapping using stimulated echoes	8
Towards assessing and improving the reliability of ultrashort echo time quantitative magnetization transfer (UTE-qMT) MRI of cortical bone: In silico and ex vivo study	8
Improved reconstruction for highly accelerated propeller diffusion 1.5 T clinical MRI	8
PyFaceWipe: a new defacing tool for almost any MRI contrast	8
Adaptation of an arterial spin labeling sequence for the assessment of brain perfusion on a 0.35 T MR-Linac	8
Open-source quality assurance for multi-parametric MRI: a diffusion analysis update for the magnetic resonance biomarker assessment software (MR-BIAS)	8
Subject-specific timing adaption in time-encoded arterial spin labeling imaging	8
Influence of orientation, size and shape of the region of interest in diffusion MRI along perivascular spaces index	7
Dynamic cardiac MRI with high spatiotemporal resolution using accelerated spiral-out and spiral-in/out bSSFP pulse sequences at 1.5 T	7
Partial Fourier in the presence of respiratory motion in prostate diffusion-weighted echo planar imaging	7
Large-scale 3D non-Cartesian coronary MRI reconstruction using distributed memory-efficient physics-guided deep learning with limited training data	7
Free-breathing qRF-MRF with pilot tone respiratory motion navigator for T1, T2, T2*, and off-resonance mapping of the human body at 3 T	7
Multi-contrast dual-resolution UTE for myelin fraction mapping and structural imaging	7
Numerical approach to investigate MR imaging artifacts from orthopedic implants at different field strengths according to ASTM F2119	7
A dedicated phantom for exploring the interplay of fat and paramagnetic substances in quantitative susceptibility mapping	7
Deep learning for accelerated and robust MRI reconstruction	7
Myelin water imaging from accelerated 3D-GRASE acquisitions using subspace constrained reconstruction	6
Will standardization kill innovation?	6
Motion-robust proton density fat fraction and $${T_2}^*$$ mapping in supraclavicular adipose tissue using radial stack-of-stars imaging	6
Polar Fourier transform in practice: its efficiency and characteristics in reconstructing radially acquired MRI images	6
Deuterium metabolic imaging beyond the brain: mapping tissue metabolism across the body	6
Linearity and bias of proton density fat fraction across the full dynamic range of 0–100%: a multiplatform, multivendor phantom study using 1.5T and 3T MRI at two sites	6
Simulation-based evaluation of SAR and flip angle homogeneity for five transmit head arrays at 14 T	6
Is the optimal Tmax threshold identifying perfusion deficit volumes variable across MR perfusion software packages? A pilot study	6
Deep learning-based framework for comprehensive quantification of thigh and calf muscles and adipose tissues from MRI	6
Whole pancreas water T1 mapping at 3 Tesla	6
SAD: semi-supervised automatic detection of BOLD activations in high temporal resolution fMRI data	6
A nonmagnetic micropositioner for displacement measurement validation in the MRI environment	6
Automated adaptive detection and reconstruction of quiescent cardiac phases in free-running whole-heart acquisitions using Synchronicity Maps from PHysiological mOtioN In Cine (SYMPHONIC) MRI	6
Nonuniform sliding-window reconstruction for accelerated dual contrast agent quantification with MR fingerprinting	6
Chitosan-modified manganese oxide-conjugated methotrexate nanoparticles delivering 5-aminolevulinic acid as a dual-modal T1–T2* MRI contrast agent in U87MG cell detection	5
Impact of contrast transit time on late arterial phase timing in Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI	5
MRI safety considerations associated with low-field MRI: mostly good news	5
Design and chemical composition of a reference phantom for 13C metabolic MRSI	5
Comparing magnetic resonance liver fat fraction measurements with histology in fibrosis: the difference between proton density fat fraction and tissue mass fat fraction	5

Quantitative 23Na magnetic resonance imaging in the abdomen at 3 T	5
Comparison of observed image quality and technical image quality parameters in 3D-FLAIR images	5
Late/delayed gadolinium enhancement in MRI after intravenous administration of extracellular gadolinium-based contrast agents: is it worth waiting?	5
Concept for gradient-free MRI on twin natural slices	5
In-cell NMR spectroscopy: advancements, applications, challenges, and future directions in structural biology	5
Comparison of conventional and higher-resolution reduced-FOV diffusion-weighted imaging of breast tissue	5
Comparison of $${B}_{1}$$+ and SAR efficiency for a high-impedance metamaterial shield with different remote RF arrays at 7 T MRI: A simulation study	5
Automated inversion time selection for black-blood late gadolinium enhancement cardiac imaging in clinical practice	5
A densely interconnected network for deep learning accelerated MRI	4
A straightforward procedure to build a non-toxic relaxometry phantom with desired T1 and T2 times at 3T	4
Celebrating 30 years of Magma’	4
Signal drift in diffusion MRI of the brain: effects on intravoxel incoherent motion parameter estimates	4
Automated abdominal adipose tissue segmentation and volume quantification on longitudinal MRI using 3D convolutional neural networks with multi-contrast inputs	4
Deep learning-based super-resolution of structural brain MRI at 1.5 T: application to quantitative volume measurement	4
Metabolic changes assessed by 1H MR spectroscopy in the corpus callosum of post-COVID patients	4
Easy scalable, low-cost open-source magnetic field detection system for evaluating low-field MRI magnets using a motion-tracked robot	4
Quantitative non-contrast perfusion MRI in the body using arterial spin labeling	4
CMR T1 and T2 mapping and extracellular volume quantification in systolic phase produces superior image quality with less motion artifacts and equal mapping values compared to conventional diastolic m	4
Beyond binary classification: a pilot study of imaging-derived glioma severity modeling using T1-weighted and diffusion MRI radiomics	4
Quantifying hepatic arterial blood flow with 4D flow MRI: an in vivo feasibility and repeatability study	4
Dictionary learning compressed sensing reconstruction: pilot validation of accelerated echo planar J-resolved spectroscopic imaging in prostate cancer	4
Metrology for MRI: the field you’ve never heard of	4
Application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in photo-thermal therapy response of U87-MG human glioma cells with gold-coated iron oxide nanoparticles: an in vivo study	4
The Pulseq-CEST Library: definition of preparations and simulations, example data, and example evaluations	4
MRI faraday cage performance during the lifetime of clinical MRI systems	4
Gpu-accelerated JEMRIS for extensive MRI simulations	4
Deep learning applications for quantitative and qualitative PET in PET/MR: technical and clinical unmet needs	4
Correction to: MR beyond diagnostics at the ESMRMB annual meeting: MR theranostics and intervention	4
Accuracies of four simulation approaches in reproducing motion artifacts and morphometric parameter biases	4
Information theoretic evaluation of Lorentzian, Gaussian, Voigt, and symmetric alpha-stable models of reversible transverse relaxation in cervical cancer in vivo at 3 T	4
Design of multi-row parallel-transmit coil arrays for enhanced SAR efficiency with deep brain electrodes at 3T: an electromagnetic simulation study	4