The history of MR research at Lund University (LU) goes back to the beginning of the 1980s, when Sweden's first experimental MR imaging (MRI) unit was constructed by a group led by professor Bertil Persson at the Department of Radiation Physics. The prototype 0.07 T MRI unit at Lund University Hospital 1983-1984 (left) and a spin-echo image of a rat abdomen after administration of microspheres (15

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The MR Physics Group is broadly composed by participants from several different departments and sections at Lund University and at Skåne University Hospital and it is presently Sweden´s largest research group in its field. Within the organisational structure of Lund University, the MR Physics Group is a research group at Medical Radiation Physics, Lund (Avd. för Medicinsk Strålningsfysik, MSF). MS

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Welcome to the home page of the MR Physics Group at Lund University! Our research group, situated in the expanding Öresund region in southern Sweden, is active in the field of medical magnetic resonance, and has its primary focus on development of new techniques for assessment of functional information related to diffusion, perfusion, cortical activation, and flow. Emerging areas in the group enco

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The present MR resources for human MRI at Skåne University Hospital, Lund and at Lund University Bioimaging Center (LBIC) are described below. For information about LBIC´s preclinical systems (9.4T MRI and 11.7T MRI) and about research availability for human MRI scanners as well as for preclinical systems, please see the LBIC homepage   Magnet Systems   Philips Achieva 7T AS (National 7T facility,

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Publications In progress

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For the most recent publications from the MR Physics Group, see: Recent Publications For all publications 1994 - 2019 as per the webpage date, please see the links below : Papers   Reviews   Books, Book Chapters, Proceeding Chapters     Correspondence and Editorials          Popular Science      Theses   MR PHYSICS GROUP PUBLICATION STATISTICS 1994-2019             New Thesis Emelie Lind March 1 2

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The list is made in alphabetic order (first author) for every year. Group members are indicated in bold and links are provided for publications during the last three years.. 2017-2020 2007-2016 1994-2006  

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2019 In Press Zhou J, Heo HY, Knutsson L, van Zijl PCM, Jiang S.APT-weighted MRI: Techniques, current neuro applications, and challenging issues.J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 Jan 20. doi: 10.1002/jmri.26645. [Epub ahead of print] Review.2019 Alexander DC, Dyrby TB, Nilsson M, Zhang H.Imaging brain microstructure with diffusion MRI: practicality and applications.NMR Biomed. 2019 Apr;32(4):e3841. 2018

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2018 Ahlgren A, Wirestam R:Flow Compensated IVIM in the Ballistic Regime: Data Acquisition, Modeling and Brain Applications. In: Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) MRI: Principles and Applications. Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd (2018) Print ISBN: 9789814800198. 2017 Björkman-Burtscher I, Markenroth Bloch K, Sundgren PM:Detailed anatomy at 7T: Cerebrum. In: Neuroimaging: Anatomy meets function,

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2012 Geleijns J, Breatnach E, Cantera AC, Damilakis J, Dendy P, Evans A, Faulkner K, Padovani R, Van Der Putten W, Schad L, Wirestam R, Eudaldo T; on behalf of the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) and the European Society of Radiology (ESR). Core curriculum for medical physicists in radiology. Recommendations from an EFOMP/ESR working group. Insights Imaging. 2012 J

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2018 Knutsson L, Sundgren PC:Clinical utility of Amide Proton Transfer imaging in patients with brain tumors. MAGNETOM Flash (71) 2/2018:52-55. Markenroth Bloch K, Björkman-Burtscher I, Ståhlberg F: (In Swedish).Den nationella 7T anläggningen – en uppdatering.ImagoMedica, Svensk förening för Medicinsk Radiologi, Medlemsforum nr 2 2018: 11-13. Stahlberg F p 7,73; Markenroth Bloch K p 73,77; Nilsson

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Theses including publications with MR physics group member(s) as authors/co-authors 2019 Lind E:MRI Perfusion Measurements using Magnetic Susceptibility Effects:Calibration Approaches and Contrast Agent Quantification.Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, March 2019. 2018 Bibic A:Wavelet noise reduction and vascular water transport modelling: Applications to diffusion and perfu

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The MR Physics group is divided into several research environments or subgroups. The subgroup structure is dynamic and the number of subgroups as well as the research topics therefore varies over time. Subgroups, forming a “vertical” organisation structure in the group, are always encouraged to collaborate, thereby forming “horizontal/translational" collaborative structures, often defined by parti

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Undrar du hur man kombinerar sitt intresse för fysik och matematik med biologi och medicin? Vill du ha ett omväxlande och spännande yrke, där fysik och olika strålningstillämpningar möter biologi och medicin, med människan i centrum? I så fall kan sjukhusfysikerutbildningen vara rätt för dig. Som legitimerad sjukhusfysiker blir du expert på strålningsfysik och strålskydd. Inom hälso- och sjukvårde

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MATLAB code for Multidimensional Diffusion MRI This package contains MATLAB files to help researchers analyze multi-dimensional diffusion MRI data, for example, data acquired withb-tensors of varying shape. https://github.com/markus-nilsson/md-dmri   MRI simulator in MATLAB A simple MRI simulator for visualization of various concepts https://github.com/markus-nilsson/mri-simulator   The MR IDL lib

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Overview Features two classes for image display (single image and matrix of images) to be combined with plugins for grey/color-scale change, zooming and panning plugin for ROI definition and evaluation plugin for patient data overlay from DICOM data display and ROI classes create mouse/image change/palette change events handling of image sets via dedicated classes writing of DICOM3.0 format and di

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LUPE is a modular software for calculation of brain perfusion parametric maps from dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion weighted MR images.   Source code and a runtime version (.sav file) are published here under the terms of the GPL. See the overview below for more info. Overview   News: Latest version is 1.2. See the modules page for changes and additions. Included is now a 11-page user gui

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As described, all program functionality is realized in separated modules. Inter-module communication is accomplished exclusively via a central container holding all image sets.The current version (1.2) encompasses the modules listed below. A couple of more experimental modules as a.o. CT -perfusion, image registration, and some code for ASL analysis are available upon request.Loading of a perfusio

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The latest program version is 1.2 Download (zip 2.8 MB)   Lupe 1.2 is based on version 2.3 of the Lund IDL library. The zip file for download contains both, Lupe and the library against which it has been compiled and tested. Newer versions of the library might work, older versions will most likely not as program and library development go hand in hand. Important: By downloading and using the progr

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BackgroundChemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) MRI is a new technology that can detect low (millimolar) concentrations of natural non-metallic magnetic marker molecules through the presence of groups with exchangeable protons, such as hydroxyls (OH), amides (NH) and amines (NH2). These protons interact with the water protons detected in MRI through physical exchange, generally referred to

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