Jiaen Liu, Ph.D.

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Email: jiaen.liu at utsouthwestern.edu

Undergraduate

Tsinghua University (2005), Environmental Engineering

Graduate School

Tsinghua University (2007), Instrument Sci & Tech

Graduate School

Uni of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2015), Biomedical Engineering

• 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.

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

• 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)