Publications by Mark Stephan Widmaier

Fast Quantification of Creatine Kinase Activity by Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting

A novel fast 3D-31P-B+1 mapping method called the frequency-selective Double-AngleMethod (fDAM) has been developed. This method integrates a 3D weighted stack of spiral gradient echo acquisitions with a frequency-selective pulse to efficiently map B+1 fiel ...

EPFL2025

Rosette Spectroscopic Imaging for Whole-Brain Slab Metabolite Mapping at 7T: Acceleration Potential and Reproducibility

Lijing Xin, Mark Stephan Widmaier, André Döring

Whole-brain proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (H-1-MRSI) is a non-invasive technique for assessing neurochemical distribution in the brain, offering valuable insights into brain functions and neural diseases. It greatly benefits from the impr ...

Wiley2025

Fast 3D 31P B1+ mapping with a weighted stack of spiral trajectory at 7 T

Lijing Xin, Katarzyna Pierzchala, Daniel Wenz, Mark Stephan Widmaier

Purpose: Phosphorus MRS (31P MRS) enables noninvasive assessment of energy metabolism, yet its application is hindered by sensitivity limitations. To overcome this, often high magnetic fields are used, leading to challenges such as spatial (Formula present ...

Wiley2025

A graphical pipeline platform for MRS data processing and analysis: MRSpecLAB

Lijing Xin, Mark Stephan Widmaier, André Döring

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), are non-invasive techniques used to quantify biochemical compounds in tissue, such as choline, creatine, glutamate, glutamine, γ-aminobutyric acid, N-acetylaspartate ...

2025

Fast in vivo assay of creatine kinase activity in the human brain by P-31 magnetic resonance fingerprinting

Lijing Xin, Songi Lim, Daniel Wenz, Mark Stephan Widmaier

A new and efficient magnetisation transfer P-31 magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MT-P-31-MRF) approach is introduced to measure the creatine kinase metabolic rate kCK

{k}_{\mathrm{CK}}

between phosphocreatine (PCr) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) i ...

WILEY2023

High-dimensional parameter determination based on mr fingerprinting measurements

Lijing Xin, Songi Lim, Mark Stephan Widmaier

The present invention concerns a method for determining an estimated value for different parameters on the basis of one or more acquired signals obtained during a Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting measurement. The method includes using a correction model a ...

2023

Effect of circadian rhythm on NAD and other metabolites in human brain

Lijing Xin, Daniel Wenz, Mark Stephan Widmaier

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) plays a central role in the master circadian clock of the brain (the suprachiasmatic nuclei, SCN) as demonstrated in many model organisms. NAD acts as an enzyme co-factor and substrate and its modulation was found to ...

Frontiers Media Sa2023