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D-Index
72
Citations
34817
World Ranking
2256
National Ranking
1073

Overview

Van J. Wedeen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research focus primarily located at the intersection of Medicine and Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research addresses a range of topics centered on advanced neuroimaging and MRI techniques, as well as studies related to Alzheimer's disease and brain connectivity. Main topics include:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Speech and Audio Processing
  • Voice and Speech Disorders

Van J. Wedeen's recent publications reflect a strong emphasis on imaging and brain structure analysis. Notable papers include:

  • "Longitudinal predictive modeling of tau progression along the structural connectome," 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Measuring strain in diffusion-weighted data using tagged magnetic resonance imaging," 2022, Medical Imaging 2022: Image Processing
  • "Diffusion interactions between crossing fibers of the brain," 2021, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • "Lipid and smooth muscle architectural pathology in the rabbit atherosclerotic vessel wall using Q-space cardiovascular magnetic resonance," 2022, Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • "Muscle strain analysis from diffusion tractography and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of the moving tongue," 2021, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

The scholar frequently publishes in venues such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, arXiv (Cornell University), proceedings from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine scientific meetings, NeuroImage, and Medical Imaging conferences.

Van J. Wedeen has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Fangxu Xing
  • Jerry L. Prince
  • Georges El Fakhri
  • Jonghye Woo
  • Xiaofeng Liu

Best Publications

  • Mapping the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex

    Patric Hagmann;Leila Cammoun;Xavier Gigandet;Reto Meuli

  • High angular resolution diffusion imaging reveals intravoxel white matter fiber heterogeneity.

    David S. Tuch;Timothy G. Reese;Mette R. Wiegell;Nikos Makris

  • Mapping complex tissue architecture with diffusion spectrum magnetic resonance imaging.

    Van J. Wedeen;Patric Hagmann;Patric Hagmann;Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng;Timothy G. Reese

  • 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

  • Association fibre pathways of the brain: parallel observations from diffusion spectrum imaging and autoradiography.

    Jeremy D Schmahmann;Deepak N Pandya;Ruopeng Wang;Guangping Dai

  • Diffusion spectrum magnetic resonance imaging (DSI) tractography of crossing fibers

    V.J. Wedeen;R.P. Wang;J.D. Schmahmann;T. Benner

  • Generalized ${ q}$ -Sampling Imaging

    Fang-Cheng Yeh;Van Jay Wedeen;Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng

  • Understanding Diffusion MR Imaging Techniques: From Scalar Diffusion-weighted Imaging to Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Beyond

    Patric Hagmann;Lisa Jonasson;Philippe Maeder;Jean-Philippe Thiran

  • Mapping human whole-brain structural networks with diffusion MRI.

    Patric Hagmann;Patric Hagmann;Maciej Kurant;Xavier Gigandet;Patrick Thiran

  • Dynamic imaging with lanthanide chelates in normal brain: contrast due to magnetic susceptibility effects.

    A. Villringer;B. R. Rosen;J. W. Belliveau;J. L. Ackerman

  • Diffusion MRI of Complex Neural Architecture

    David S. Tuch;Timothy G. Reese;Mette R. Wiegell;Van J. Wedeen

  • White matter maturation reshapes structural connectivity in the late developing human brain

    P. Hagmann;O. Sporns;N. Madan;L. Cammoun

  • Conductivity tensor mapping of the human brain using diffusion tensor MRI

    David S. Tuch;Van J. Wedeen;Anders M. Dale;John S. George

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

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

  • The Geometric Structure of the Brain Fiber Pathways

    Van J. Wedeen;Douglas L. Rosene;Ruopeng Wang;Guangping Dai

  • Fiber crossing in human brain depicted with diffusion tensor MR imaging.

    Mette R. Wiegell;Henrik B. W. Larsson;Van J. Wedeen

  • Human Acute Cerebral Ischemia: Detection of Changes in Water Diffusion Anisotropy by Using MR Imaging

    A G Sorensen;O Wu;W A Copen;T L Davis

  • Morphometry of in vivo human white matter association pathways with diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging

    Makris N;Worth Aj;Sorensen Ag;Papadimitriou Gm

  • Improving diffusion MRI using simultaneous multi-slice echo planar imaging.

    Kawin Setsompop;Julien Cohen-Adad;Borjan A. Gagoski;Tommi Raij

  • Imaging myocardial fiber architecture in vivo with magnetic resonance

    Reese Tg;Weisskoff Rm;Smith Rn;Rosen Br

  • Supplementary Material for The Geometric Structure of the Brain Fiber Pathways

    Van J. Wedeen;Douglas L. Rosene;Ruopeng Wang;Guangping Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce R. Rosen
Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University
Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng
Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng National Taiwan University
Patric Hagmann
Patric Hagmann University of Lausanne
Robert M. Weisskoff
Robert M. Weisskoff Harvard University
Vitaly Napadow
Vitaly Napadow Harvard University
Douglas L. Rosene
Douglas L. Rosene Boston University
John W. Belliveau
John W. Belliveau Harvard University
Thomas Witzel
Thomas Witzel Harvard University
Jeremy D. Schmahmann
Jeremy D. Schmahmann Harvard Medical School
P. Ellen Grant
P. Ellen Grant Boston Children's Hospital

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