Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and its translational applications

* Image acquisition and reconstruction
* High resolution and high speed imaging
* Diffusion weighted imaging
* Image-contrast mechanism
* Ultra-high field imaging

2006   NIH Pathway to Independence Award

2007  Young Investigator Award Finalist, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in             Medicine

C. Liu, R. Bammer, M.E. Moseley, Generalized diffusion tensor imaging (GDTI): a method for characterizing and imaging diffusion anisotropy caused by non-Gaussian diffusion. Israel J Chem 43: 145-154, 2003.

C. Liu, R. Bammer, M.E. Moseley, Characterizing non-Gaussian diffusion by using generalized diffusion tensors. Magn Reson Med 51: 924-937, 2004.

C. Liu, R. Bammer, D.H. Kim, M.E. Moseley, Self-Navigated Interleaved Spirals (SNAILS): Application to High Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Magn Reson Med, 2004; 52:1388-96.

R. Bammer, S. Skare, R. Newbould, C. Liu, V. Thijs, S. Ropele, D. Clayton, G. Krueger, M.E. Moseley, G.H. Glover, Foundations of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, NeuroRx, 2005; 2:167-196.

C. Liu, R. Bammer, M.E. Moseley, Limitations of ADC-based models in characterizing non-Gaussian diffusion. Magn Reson Med, 2005; 54(2):419-28.

C. Liu, M.E. Moseley, R. Bammer, Simultaneous phase correction and SENSE reconstruction for navigated multi-shot DWI with non-Cartesian k-space sampling. Magn Reson Med, 2005; 54:1412-1422.

R. Bammer, M. Aksoy, C. Liu, Augmented Generalized SENSE Reconstruction to Correct for Rigid Body Motion. Magn Reson Med, 2007; 57:90-102.

C. Liu, R. Bammer, M.E. Moseley, Parallel Imaging Reconstruction for Arbitrary Trajectories using k-Space Sparse Matrixes (kSPA). Magn Reson Med, 2007; 58:1171-81.

A. Murat, C. Liu, M. E. Moseley, R. Bammer, Single Step Non-Linear Diffusion Tensor Estimation in the Presence of Microscopic and Macroscopic Motion. Magn Reson Med, 2008; 59:1138-50.

C. Law, C. Liu, G.H. Glover, Adaptive Temporal Noise Filtering and Acceleration for Functional MRI Using Sensitivity Encoding and Conjugate Gradient Reconstruction. Magn Reson Med 2008; 60(5):1090-103.

M. Gu, C. Liu, D. Spielman, Parallel Spectroscopic Imaging Reconstruction with Arbitrary Trajectories Using k-Space Sparse Matrices. Magn Reson Med 2009;61(2):267-72.

M.E. Moseley,  C. Liu, S. Rodriguez, T. Brosnan, Advances in magnetic resonance neuroimaging. Neurol Clin. 2009;27(1):1-19