
Jiaen Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Endowed Title TI Scholar in Advanced Imaging Technologies
School Medical School
Department Advanced Imaging Research Center | Radiology
Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering
Biography
Email: jiaen.liu at utsouthwestern.edu
Education
- Undergraduate
- Tsinghua University (2005), Environmental Engineering
- Graduate School
- Tsinghua University (2007), Instrument Sci & Tech
- Graduate School
- Uni of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2015), Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest
- Fast and motion-robust MRI acquisition and reconstruction
- High-resolution MRI for in vivo imaging intracortical structure and deep nuclei
- Novel MRI contrast and quantification of tissue properties, e.g. relaxometry, microstructure, electromagnetic properties, etc.
Publications
Featured Publications
- Effect of motion, cortical orientation and spatial resolution on quantitative imaging of cortical R2* and magnetic susceptibility at 0.3 mm in-plane resolution at 7 T.
- van Gelderen P, Li X, de Zwart JA, Beck ES, Okar SV, Huang Y, Lai K, Sulam J, van Zijl PCM, Reich DS, Duyn JH, Liu J, Neuroimage 2023 Apr 270 119992
- Navigator-Guided Motion and B0 Correction of T2*-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improves Multiple Sclerosis Cortical Lesion Detection
- Liu J*, Beck E*, Filippini S, van Gelderen P, de Zwart JA, Norato G, Sati P, Al-Louzi O, Kolb H, Donadieu M, Morrison M, Duyn JH, Reich D Investi Radiol 2021
- Reducing motion sensitivity in 3D high-resolution T2*-weighted MRI by navigator-based motion and nonlinear magnetic field correction.
- Liu J, van Gelderen P, de Zwart JA, Duyn JH, Neuroimage 2020 02 206 116332
- Gradient-based electrical properties tomography (gEPT): A robust method for mapping electrical properties of biological tissues in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging.
- Liu J, Zhang X, Schmitter S, Van de Moortele PF, He B Magn Reson Med 2015 Sep 74 3 634-46
- Determining electrical properties based on B1 fields measured in an MR scanner using a multi-channel transmit/receive coil: a general approach.
- Liu J, Zhang X, Van de Moortele PF, Schmitter S, He B Phys Med Biol 2013 Jul 58 13 4395-408
- Mapping electrical properties heterogeneity of tumor using boundary informed electrical properties tomography (BIEPT) at 7T.
- Wang Y, Shao Q, Van de Moortele PF, Racila E, Liu J, Bischof J, He B, Magn Reson Med 2019 01 81 1 393-409
- Effect of head motion on MRI B0 field distribution.
- Liu J, de Zwart JA, van Gelderen P, Murphy-Boesch J, Duyn JH, Magn Reson Med 2018 12 80 6 2538-2548
- Impulse response timing differences in BOLD and CBV weighted fMRI.
- de Zwart JA, van Gelderen P, Schindler MK, Sati P, Liu J, Reich DS, Duyn JH, Neuroimage 2018 11 181 292-300
- Electrical properties tomography: Available contrast and reconstruction capabilities.
- Hancu I, Liu J, Hua Y, Lee SK Magn Reson Med 2018 Oct
- In vivo imaging of electrical properties of an animal tumor model with an 8-channel transceiver array at 7?T using electrical properties tomography.
- Liu J, Shao Q, Wang Y, Adriany G, Bischof J, Van de Moortele PF, He B, Magn Reson Med 2017 Dec 78 6 2157-2169
Honors & Awards
- ISMRM Junior Fellow
(2019) - NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence
(2019) - Best Abstract Presentation in ISMRM Motion Study Group
(2017) - Best Dissertation Award in Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
(2017)