June 3-June 8, 2023
NITT at ISMRM – Great news! NITT lab members participated in the ISMRM Annual 2023 Meeting in Toronto, Canada. Tianrui Zhao presented his work in an oral session (pictured left). Jianing Tang presented her work in poster sessions. Yining He’s work was also selected for poster presentation. Congrats to all of our presenters! Find full abstract titles below:
An Advanced Reconstruction Framework In Stack-Of-Stars Golden-Angle Radial Non-Contrast Enhanced 4D MRA With Ultra-High Temporal Resolution
Tianrui Zhao1,2, Li Feng3, and Lirong Yan2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States, 3BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII), Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
Figure 1. Flowchart of the image reconstruction of GraspMRA.
Carotid Arterial Stiffening Is Associated With Reduced Downstream Territorial Perfusion Of Internal Carotid Artery In Elderly Adults
Yining He1, Jianing Tang1,2, Tianrui Zhao1,2, and Lirong Yan1,3
1Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 3Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Figure 1 scatter plots of cPWV vs. mean GM CBF, and cPWV vs. mean GM ATT across subjects.
Comparison of Arterial Pulsatility of Cerebral Perforating Arteries between Dual-VENC and Single-VENC Phase-Contrast MRI at 7T
Jianing Tang1,2, Elizabeth Joe3, Helena Chui3, and Lirong Yan2,3
1Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 2Radiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 3Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Figure 3. a. Bland-Altman Plot of PI test-retest PI measurements using a single VENC (a) and dual-VENC (b).
Characterization of Cerebral Perforating Arteries using submillimeter-resolution PC-MRI with Dual-VENC at 3T: A Feasibility Study
Jianing Tang1,2, Helena Chui3, and Lirong Yan2,3
1Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 2Radiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 3Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Figure 1. A representative case for the characterization of LSAs at both 3T (top) and 7T (bottom). a. TOF MIP image. b. PC-MRI structure image. Red box indicates the region of interest. c. Zoom in view of ROI. Green circles mark the LSAs detected. d. The corresponding average velocity curve of LSAs.
Elevated Carotid Pulse Wave Velocity is associated with Cognitive Impairment and Brain Amyloid Deposition
Jianing Tang1,2, Elizabeth Joe3, Helena Chui3, and Lirong Yan2,3
1Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 2Radiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 3Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Figure 2. Scatter plots of PWV values with MoCA scores (a) and MMSE scores (b) across subjects. Correlation coefficient of PWV vs. MoCA is -0.45, p = 0.07 (Spearman); Correlation coefficient of PWV vs. MMSE is -0.6455, p = 0.0015 (Spearman).
