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Thomas Witzel is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging. Their work spans multiple specialized subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectroscopy, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their research topics encompass a range of advanced imaging and neurological methods. Key areas of focus include:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Thomas Witzel has published multiple papers in respected venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Connectome 2.0: Developing the next-generation ultra-high gradient strength human MRI scanner for bridging studies of the micro-, meso- and macro-connectome, 2021, NeuroImage
  • DeepDTI: High-fidelity six-direction diffusion tensor imaging using deep learning, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Axon diameter index estimation independent of fiber orientation distribution using high-gradient diffusion MRI, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Comprehensive diffusion MRI dataset for in vivo human brain microstructure mapping using 300 mT/m gradients, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Mapping the human connectome using diffusion MRI at 300 mT/m gradient strength: Methodological advances and scientific impact, 2022, NeuroImage

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Susie Y. Huang
  • Berkin Bilgic̦
  • Lawrence L. Wald
  • Boris Keil
  • Qiyuan Tian

In terms of publication venues, Thomas Witzel has contributed numerous works to:

  • 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
  • NeuroImage
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Nature Biomedical Engineering

Best Publications

  • Blipped-controlled aliasing in parallel imaging for simultaneous multislice echo planar imaging with reduced g-factor penalty.

    Kawin Setsompop;Borjan A. Gagoski;Jonathan R. Polimeni;Thomas Witzel;Thomas Witzel

  • Pushing the limits of in vivo diffusion MRI for the Human Connectome Project

    K. Setsompop;R. Kimmlingen;E. Eberlein;T. Witzel

  • Assessing and improving the spatial accuracy in MEG source localization by depth-weighted minimum-norm estimates

    Fa-Hsuan Lin;Thomas Witzel;Seppo P. Ahlfors;Steven M. Stufflebeam

  • Task-modulated what and where pathways in human auditory cortex

    Jyrki Ahveninen;Iiro P. Jääskeläinen;Iiro P. Jääskeläinen;Tommi Raij;Giorgio Bonmassar

  • The Human Connectome Project and Beyond: Initial Applications of 300 mT/m Gradients

    Jennifer A. McNab;Brian L. Edlow;Thomas Witzel;Susie Yi Huang

  • Functional Dissociation between Medial and Lateral Prefrontal Cortical Spatiotemporal Activation in Negative and Positive Emotions: A Combined fMRI/MEG Study

    Georg Northoff;Andre Richter;Matthias Gessner;Florian Schlagenhauf

  • Three dimensional echo-planar imaging at 7 Tesla.

    Benedikt A. Poser;Peter J. Koopmans;Thomas Witzel;Thomas Witzel;Lawrence L. Wald;Lawrence L. Wald

  • 7 Tesla MRI of the ex vivo human brain at 100 micron resolution

    Brian L. Edlow;Azma Mareyam;Andreas Horn;Jonathan R. Polimeni

  • Low-Cost High-Performance MRI

    Mathieu Sarracanie;Cristen D. LaPierre;Najat Salameh;Najat Salameh;David E. J. Waddington;David E. J. Waddington

  • MGH-USC Human Connectome Project datasets with ultra-high b-value diffusion MRI.

    Qiuyun Fan;Thomas Witzel;Aapo Nummenmaa;Koene R. A. Van Dijk

  • Spectral spatiotemporal imaging of cortical oscillations and interactions in the human brain

    Fa-Hsuan Lin;Thomas Witzel;Matti S. Hämäläinen;Anders M. Dale

  • Slice-Selective RF pulses for In-vivo B1+ Inhomogeneity Mitigation at 7 Tesla using Parallel RF Excitation with a 16-Element Coil

    Kawin Setsompop;Vijayanand Alagappan;Borjan Gagoski;Thomas Witzel;Thomas Witzel

  • High-resolution in vivo diffusion imaging of the human brain with generalized slice dithered enhanced resolution: Simultaneous multislice (gSlider-SMS)

    Kawin Setsompop;Qiuyun Fan;Jason Stockmann;Berkin Bilgic

  • The value of multichannel MEG and EEG in the presurgical evaluation of 70 epilepsy patients.

    S. Knake;S. Knake;E. Halgren;H. Shiraishi;K. Hara

  • Orbitofrontal Cortical Dysfunction in Akinetic Catatonia: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study During Negative Emotional Stimulation

    Georg Northoff;Rolf Kötter;Frank Baumgart;Peter Danos

  • Connectome 2.0: Developing the next-generation ultra-high gradient strength human MRI scanner for bridging studies of the micro-, meso- and macro-connectome.

    Susie Yi Huang;Thomas Witzel;Boris Keil;Alina Scholz

  • A 32-channel combined RF and B0 shim array for 3T brain imaging.

    Jason P. Stockmann;Thomas Witzel;Boris Keil;Jonathan R. Polimeni

  • Cancellation of EEG and MEG Signals Generated by Extended and Distributed Sources

    Seppo P. Ahlfors;Jooman Han;Fa-Hsuan Lin;Fa-Hsuan Lin;Thomas Witzel;Thomas Witzel

  • Onset timing of cross-sensory activations and multisensory interactions in auditory and visual sensory cortices.

    Tommi Raij;Jyrki Ahveninen;Fa Hsuan Lin;Fa Hsuan Lin;Thomas Witzel

  • Right hemisphere has the last laugh: neural dynamics of joke appreciation.

    Ksenija Marinkovic;Sharelle Baldwin;Maureen G. Courtney;Thomas Witzel

  • Prednisone reduces muscle degeneration in dystrophin-deficient Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Aurélie Gaud;Jean-Marc Simon;Thomas Witzel;Maité Carre-Pierrat

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce R. Rosen
Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University
John W. Belliveau
John W. Belliveau Harvard University
Eric Halgren
Eric Halgren University of California, San Diego
Matti Hämäläinen
Matti Hämäläinen Harvard Medical School
Jyrki Ahveninen
Jyrki Ahveninen Harvard University
Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
Julien Cohen-Adad
Julien Cohen-Adad Polytechnique Montréal
Steven M. Stufflebeam
Steven M. Stufflebeam Harvard University
Seppo P. Ahlfors
Seppo P. Ahlfors Harvard University
Van J. Wedeen
Van J. Wedeen Harvard University

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