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Peter C.M. van Zijl is affiliated with the Kennedy Krieger Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Additional subfields include Materials Chemistry, Neurology, Biophysics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their scientific output includes extensive work on advanced imaging techniques and neuroimaging applications. Key topics of research encompass:

  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

Frequent publishing venues for van Zijl's work comprise specialized conferences and high-impact journals, including:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition / Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • NMR in Biomedicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Stroke

Their collaborations involve several recurrent co-authors, evidencing active engagement in multidisciplinary research networks. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Linda Knutsson
  • Nirbhay N. Yadav
  • Xu Li
  • Jiadi Xu
  • Jun Hua

A selection of recent publications illustrates the range and depth of research contributions:

  • Review and consensus recommendations on clinical APT-weighted imaging approaches at 3T: Application to brain tumors, 2022, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • In vivo imaging of phosphocreatine with artificial neural networks, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Recommended implementation of quantitative susceptibility mapping for clinical research in the brain: A consensus of the ISMRM electro-magnetic tissue properties study group, 2024, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Altered d-glucose in brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid of early Alzheimer's disease detected by dynamic glucose-enhanced MRI, 2020, Science Advances
  • Imaging meningeal inflammation in CNS autoimmunity identifies a therapeutic role for BTK inhibition, 2021, Brain

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional tracking of axonal projections in the brain by magnetic resonance imaging.

    Susumu Mori;Barbara J. Crain;V. P. Chacko;Peter C. M. Van Zijl

  • Fiber tracking: Principles and strategies - A technical review

    Susumu Mori;Peter C. M. van Zijl

  • Fiber tract-based atlas of human white matter anatomy.

    Setsu Wakana;Hangyi Jiang;Lidia M. Nagae-Poetscher;Peter C. M. van Zijl

  • Stereotaxic white matter atlas based on diffusion tensor imaging in an ICBM template

    Susumu Mori;Susumu Mori;Kenichi Oishi;Hangyi Jiang;Li Jiang

  • Reproducibility of Quantitative Tractography Methods Applied to Cerebral White Matter

    Setsu Wakana;Arvind Caprihan;Martina M. Panzenboeck;James H. Fallon

  • Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents

    Kimberly G. Noble;Suzanne M. Houston;Natalie H Brito;Hauke Bartsch

  • Tract Probability Maps in Stereotaxic Spaces: Analyses of White Matter Anatomy and Tract-Specific Quantification

    Kegang Hua;Jiangyang Zhang;Setsu Wakana;Hangyi Jiang

  • Using the amide proton signals of intracellular proteins and peptides to detect pH effects in MRI.

    Jinyuan Zhou;Jinyuan Zhou;Jean Francois Payen;Jean Francois Payen;David A. Wilson;Richard J. Traystman

  • DtiStudio: Resource program for diffusion tensor computation and fiber bundle tracking

    Hangyi Jiang;Hangyi Jiang;Peter C.M. van Zijl;Peter C.M. van Zijl;Jinsuh Kim;Jinsuh Kim;Godfrey D. Pearlson;Godfrey D. Pearlson

  • Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST): what is in a name and what isn't?

    Peter C M van Zijl;Peter C M van Zijl;Nirbhay N Yadav;Nirbhay N Yadav

  • Determining the longitudinal relaxation time (T1) of blood at 3.0 Tesla

    Hanzhang Lu;Hanzhang Lu;Chekesha Clingman;Xavier Golay;Peter C M Van Zijl

  • Water saturation shift referencing (WASSR) for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) experiments.

    Mina Kim;Mina Kim;Joseph Gillen;Joseph Gillen;Bennett A. Landman;Jinyuan Zhou;Jinyuan Zhou

  • Imaging cortical association tracts in the human brain using diffusion-tensor-based axonal tracking.

    Susumu Mori;Walter E. Kaufmann;Christos Davatzikos;Bram Stieltjes

  • Amide proton transfer (APT) contrast for imaging of brain tumors.

    Jinyuan Zhou;Jinyuan Zhou;Bachchu Lal;David A. Wilson;John Laterra

  • Diffusion tensor imaging and axonal tracking in the human brainstem.

    Bram Stieltjes;Walter E. Kaufmann;Peter C.M. van Zijl;Kim Fredericksen

  • Atlas-based whole brain white matter analysis using large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping: application to normal elderly and Alzheimer's disease participants.

    Kenichi Oishi;Andreia Faria;Hangyi Jiang;Hangyi Jiang;Xin Li

  • Human brain white matter atlas: Identification and assignment of common anatomical structures in superficial white matter

    Kenichi Oishi;Karl Zilles;Katrin Amunts;Andreia Faria

  • Quantitative assessment of blood flow, blood volume and blood oxygenation effects in functional magnetic resonance imaging

    P.C.M van Zijl;S.E Eleff;J.A Ulatowski;J.M.E Oja;J.M.E Oja

  • Differentiation between glioma and radiation necrosis using molecular magnetic resonance imaging of endogenous proteins and peptides

    Jinyuan Zhou;Jinyuan Zhou;Erik Tryggestad;Zhibo Wen;Zhibo Wen;Bachchu Lal

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging based on changes in vascular space occupancy.

    Hanzhang Lu;Xavier Golay;Xavier Golay;James J. Pekar;Peter C.M. van Zijl;Peter C.M. van Zijl

Frequent Co-Authors

Susumu Mori
Susumu Mori Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jeff W. M. Bulte
Jeff W. M. Bulte Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hanzhang Lu
Hanzhang Lu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James J. Pekar
James J. Pekar Kennedy Krieger Institute
Peter B. Barker
Peter B. Barker Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Peter A. Calabresi
Peter A. Calabresi Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Manus J. Donahue
Manus J. Donahue Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Christopher A. Ross
Christopher A. Ross Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Martin G. Pomper
Martin G. Pomper Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel S. Reich
Daniel S. Reich National Institutes of Health

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