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René M. Botnar is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a notable focus on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main research topics including Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

René M. Botnar has contributed numerous papers to the academic community. Some recent publications include:

  • CINENet: deep learning-based 3D cardiac CINE MRI reconstruction with multi-coil complex-valued 4D spatio-temporal convolutions, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • From Compressed-Sensing to Artificial Intelligence-Based Cardiac MRI Reconstruction, 2020, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Clinical quantitative coronary artery stenosis and coronary atherosclerosis imaging: a Consensus Statement from the Quantitative Cardiovascular Imaging Study Group, 2023, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Multi-parametric liver tissue characterization using MR fingerprinting: Simultaneous T1, T2, T2*, and fat fraction mapping, 2020, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Deep-learning based super-resolution for 3D isotropic coronary MR angiography in less than a minute, 2021, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

The scientist's frequent co-authors include Claudia Prieto, Karl Kunze, Radhouène Neji, Camila Muñoz, and Anastasia Fotaki.

René M. Botnar has published extensively in several academic venues, notably:

  • 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
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Best Publications

  • Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography for the Detection of Coronary Stenoses

    W. Yong Kim;W. Yong Kim;Peter G. Danias;Matthias Stuber;Scott D. Flamm

  • Improved Coronary Artery Definition With T2-Weighted, Free-Breathing, Three-Dimensional Coronary MRA

    René M. Botnar;Matthias Stuber;Peter G. Danias;Kraig V. Kissinger

  • Noninvasive Coronary Vessel Wall and Plaque Imaging With Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    René M. Botnar;Matthias Stuber;Kraig V. Kissinger;Won Y. Kim

  • Double-oblique free-breathing high resolution three-dimensional coronary magnetic resonance angiography

    Matthias Stuber;Matthias Stuber;René M. Botnar;René M. Botnar;Peter G. Danias;Daniel K. Sodickson

  • Detection of pulmonary vein and left atrial scar after catheter ablation with three-dimensional navigator-gated delayed enhancement MR imaging: initial experience.

    Dana C. Peters;John V. Wylie;Thomas H. Hauser;Kraig V. Kissinger

  • Three-Dimensional Black-Blood Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Coronary Vessel Wall Imaging Detects Positive Arterial Remodeling in Patients With Nonsignificant Coronary Artery Disease

    W. Yong Kim;Matthias Stuber;Peter Börnert;Kraig V. Kissinger

  • Bisphosphonate-Anchored PEGylation and Radiolabeling of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide: Long-Circulating Nanoparticles for in Vivo Multimodal (T1 MRI-SPECT) Imaging

    Lydia Sandiford;Alkystis Phinikaridou;Andrea Protti;Levente K. Meszaros

  • Soap-Bubble visualization and quantitative analysis of 3D coronary magnetic resonance angiograms

    Alex Etienne;Alex Etienne;René M. Botnar;René M. Botnar;Arianne M.C. van Muiswinkel;Peter Boesiger

  • In Vivo Molecular Imaging of Acute and Subacute Thrombosis Using a Fibrin-Binding Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent

    René M. Botnar;Alexandra S. Perez;Sonia Witte;Andrea J. Wiethoff

  • Submillimeter three-dimensional coronary MR angiography with real-time navigator correction: comparison of navigator locations.

    Matthias Stuber;René M. Botnar;René M. Botnar;Peter G. Danias;Kraig V. Kissinger

  • Preliminary report on in vivo coronary MRA at 3 Tesla in humans

    Matthias Stuber;René M. Botnar;René M. Botnar;Stefan E. Fischer;Rolf Lamerichs

  • Hemodynamics in the carotid artery bifurcation: a comparison between numerical simulations and in vitro MRI measurements.

    ReneH Botnar;Gerhard Rappitsch;Markus Beat Scheidegger;Dieter Liepsch

  • Cardiovascular magnetic resonance phase contrast imaging

    Krishna S. Nayak;Jon Fredrik Nielsen;Matt A. Bernstein;Michael Markl

  • Age and sex distribution of subclinical aortic atherosclerosis: a magnetic resonance imaging examination of the Framingham Heart Study.

    Farouc A. Jaffer;Christopher J. O’Donnell;Martin G. Larson;Stephen K. Chan

  • Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Adolescents and Young Adults With Kawasaki Disease

    Gerald F. Greil;Matthias Stuber;René M. Botnar;Kraig V. Kissinger

  • In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Coronary Thrombosis Using a Fibrin-Binding Molecular Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent

    René M. Botnar;Arno Buecker;Andrea J. Wiethoff;Edward C. Parsons

  • Whole-heart coronary MR angiography with 2D self-navigated image reconstruction.

    Markus Henningsson;Peter Koken;Christian Stehning;Reza Razavi

  • Magnetic conjugated polymer nanoparticles as bimodal imaging agents.

    Philip Howes;Mark Green;Alex Bowers;David Parker

  • Assessment of atherosclerotic plaque burden with an elastin-specific magnetic resonance contrast agent

    Marcus R Makowski;Andrea J Wiethoff;Andrea J Wiethoff;Ulrike Blume;Friederike Cuello

  • Contrast agent-enhanced, free-breathing, three-dimensional coronary magnetic resonance angiography.

    Matthias Stuber;Matthias Stuber;René M. Botnar;René M. Botnar;Peter G. Danias;Michael V. McConnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Prieto
Claudia Prieto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Warren J. Manning
Warren J. Manning Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Matthias Stuber
Matthias Stuber University of Lausanne
Reza Razavi
Reza Razavi King's College London
Eike Nagel
Eike Nagel Goethe University Frankfurt
Rolf W. Günther
Rolf W. Günther Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bernd Hamm
Bernd Hamm Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ajay M. Shah
Ajay M. Shah King's College London
Peter Boesiger
Peter Boesiger ETH Zurich
Markus Schwaiger
Markus Schwaiger Technical University of Munich

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