
Jiaen Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Endowed Title TI Scholar in Advanced Imaging Technologies
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
- 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
- Electrical Properties Tomography Based on $B_{{1}}$ Maps in MRI: Principles, Applications, and Challenges.
- Liu J, Wang Y, Katscher U, He B IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2017 Nov 64 11 2515-2530
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)