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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2025

Ultrafast J-resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging for high-resolution metabolic brain imaging.

Yibo Zhao, Yudu Li, Wen Jin, Rong Guo, Chao Ma, Weijun Tang, Yao Li, Georges El Fakhri, Zhi-Pei Liang

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Yibo ZhaoBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0848-7808
Yudu LiBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Wen JinBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Rong GuoBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Chao MaDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Weijun TangDepartment of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3726-5243
Yao LiSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Georges El FakhriDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Zhi-Pei LiangBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. z-liang@illinois.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-3056

Funding

Unified Joint Statistical Reconstruction of PET & MRP41EB022544 · NIBIB · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Georges El Fakhri · 2017 to 2026
$14.8M
Improving Image-Guided Radiation Therapy of Gliomas with High-Resolution MR Spectroscopic ImagingR01EB033582 · NIBIB · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Chao Ma · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) P41EB022544U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) R01EB033582
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Abstract

Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging has potential for non-invasive metabolic imaging of the human brain. Here we report a method that overcomes several long-standing technical barriers associated with clinical magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, including long data acquisition times, limited spatial coverage and poor spatial resolution. Our method achieves ultrafast data acquisition using an efficient approach to encode spatial, spectral and J-coupling information of multiple molecules. Physics-informed machine learning is synergistically integrated in data processing to enable reconstruction of high-quality molecular maps. We validated the proposed method through phantom experiments. We obtained high-resolution molecular maps from healthy participants, revealing metabolic heterogeneities in different brain regions. We also obtained high-resolution whole-brain molecular maps in regular clinical settings, revealing metabolic alterations in tumours and multiple sclerosis. This method has the potential to transform clinical metabolic imaging and provide a long-desired capability for non-invasive label-free metabolic imaging of brain function and diseases for both research and clinical applications.

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BrainMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdultBrain NeoplasmsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMultiple SclerosisPhantoms, Imaging

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