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Editor's Choice article in Biomedicines

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:54:01 +0000

A seven-year longitudinal MPF mapping study identified aging-related myelin loss in healthy adults.

New version of MPF reconstruction software is available

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:25:25 +0000

Version 2.1 of MPF reconstruction software can be downloaded.

Featured Article in the Journal of Neuroscience

Sat, 02 Sep 2023 06:07:00 +0000

Researchers from the University of Washington Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences employed MPF mapping to assess correlations between myelination and language experience in two-year-old children.

New version of MPF map reconstruction software featuring surrogate B1 correction released

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 10:24:43 +0000

Version 2.0 of MPF map reconstruction software is available.

Member-Initiated Tutorial at ISMRM 2022 in London - Macromolecular Proton Fraction (MPF) from Scratch: Practical Guide on Protocols & Software Tools

Sat, 07 May 2022 08:28:31 +0000

Our team with colleagues from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Polytechnique Montreal will carry out a two-hour teaching session on the software tools and protocol design for MPF mapping.

Review article specifically focused on MPF as a myelin biomarker

Sat, 07 May 2022 07:35:21 +0000

A comprehensive review of MPF mapping methods, histological validation studies, and MPF applications was published in the Frontiers in Neuroscience.

New simple preprocessing tool for Bruker users

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 02:05:36 +0000

A simple batch converter for Bruker ParaVision images with accurate rescaling is available for download (executable and source code). Please visit our software page.

MPF mapping Symposium at ISMRM 2021 went a great success

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 07:53:39 +0000

Recollection of the first dedicated international MPF mapping Symposium at ISMRM 2021: 299 participants from 25 countries.

Member-Initiated Symposium at ISMRM 2021: Macromolecular Proton Fraction (MPF): An Emerging Quantitative Myelin Biomarker for Preclinical & Clinical Studies

Tue, 18 May 2021 02:26:47 +0000

We are pleased to announce the Member-Initiated Symposium devoted to the methodology and recent advances in MPF mapping at the on-line ISMRM 2021 Annual Meeting .Please see the Program below.

C++ software codes for reconstruction of MPF, T1, R1, and proton density maps released

Tue, 18 May 2021 01:48:45 +0000

Users can download source codes of our reconstruction software. A new version of software (v.1.1) with added functionality of B1 map rescaling is available.

First large-scale neuroscience study based on the fast MPF mapping method published in Neuroimage

Mon, 17 May 2021 22:30:43 +0000

Based on brain MPF maps from 146 adolescents, the protracted myelin development in cortical gray matter and subcortical white matter has been characterized as the function of age, gender, and puberty status.

ISMRM “Live Q&A session” on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 14:30 - 15:15 UTC.

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:07:00 +0000

We present a new MPF reconstruction algorithm eliminating the need in B1 correction at the ISMRM Virtual Conference. The full abstract and video presentation are available to the Meeting participants: https://www.ismrm.org/20/program_files/O64.htm

Software for MPF mapping released

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:20:38 +0000

Users can download the first public version of our software for reconstruction of MPF, T1, R1, and proton density maps from this website.

Scan–Rescan Repeatability and Impact of B0 and B1 Field Nonuniformity Corrections in Single‐Point Whole‐Brain Macromolecular Proton Fraction Mapping

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:29:00 +0000

A new article validating a substantial simplification of the fast MPF mapping protocols: B0 mapping can be omitted in the majority of applications. It also shows that B1 mapping also can be skipped in lower magnetic fields (1.5 T and below).

How to measure brain damage? A yardstick, of sorts, for MRI

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:10:00 +0000

Our resource in UW Medicine Newsroom

MS patients’ symptom severity linked to gray matter myelin loss

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:45:00 +0000

An earlier study published in Radiology showed a promise of MPF mapping in multiple sclerosis.