CURRICULUM VITAE
Lutfi Tugan Muftuler PhD
Lutfi Tugan Muftuler PhD
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Division of Research
Department of Neurosurgery
Division of Research
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
VA Medical Center |
5000 W National Ave |
Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
03/1997 - 06/1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
09/1996 - 03/1997 Instructor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkiye |
07/1998 - 06/2001 Visiting Assistant Researcher, Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA |
07/2001 - 06/2005 Assistant Researcher, Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA |
07/2005 - 12/31/2010 Assistant Professor, Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA |
07/2005 - 12/31/2010 Assistant Professor, Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA |
07/2005 - 12/31/2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, CA |
01/01/2011 - 06/30/2023 Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/01/2023 - Present Professor, Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
06/25/2013 - 2016 Graduate Studies Council Student Admission & Welfare Committee, Graduate school, MCW |
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2001 - 12/2010 Director of MR Engineering and MREIT division, Center for Functional Onco-Imaging, University of California, Irvine, CA |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
03/1989 - 06/1989 UNESCO Fellowship for graduate research in MRI (competitive), Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
08/1992 - 10/1996 Scholarships , Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey |
03/1997 - 09/1997 NATO B-1 Fellowship for post-doctoral research in the USA (competitive), Awarded by NATO, selected by Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey |
2006 First place award in Engineering Category (competitive): “Head RF Coil Design with Surface Current Density Optimization for SENSE Imaging”, International Society in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
05/13/2014 - 2014 First place award in musculoskeletal MRI research (competitive), International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
2015 - 2016 Best basic science and applied research contribution (competitive), Grammer/European Spine Journal |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
1987 - Present Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Member) |
1996 - Present International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (Member) |
2001 - 2010 University of California Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (Member) |
06/01/2011 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin, Neuroscience Research Center (member) |
07/06/2011 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin, Cancer Center (member) |
2011 - Present American Association of Physicists in Medicine (Member) |
08/01/2012 - Present AOSpine International (member) |
2020 - Present Comprehensive Injury Center, MCW (Member) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Editorial Board |
06/01/2012 - Present Medical Physics |
01/01/2020 - Present Frontiers, Brain Imaging Methods |
Journal Review |
Measurement Science and Technology |
Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B |
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering |
Physics in Medicine and Biology |
Physiological Measurements |
Brain Structure and Function |
Medical Physics |
American Journal of Neuroradiology |
PLoS ONE |
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
Journal of Magnetic Resonance |
Neuroimage |
NMR in Biomedicine Journal |
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging |
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
10/2003 - 06/2004 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Diagnostic Imaging Study Section, NIH |
02/2005 - 02/2010 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Medical Imaging Study Section, NIH |
03/2007 reviewer, NIBIB study section, NIH |
02/2009 - 06/2010 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Molecular Imaging Study Section, NIH |
07/2020 reviewer, Emerging Technologies and Training in Neurosciences, NIH |
INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2012 Reviewer, Grant review, Swiss National Science Foundation |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
International |
What is Involved in the Development of a MRI System, Regional Workshop on Diagnostic Radiology, Turkey, 10/25/1995 - 10/27/1995 |
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles, Data Processing and Analysis, Society of Geophysicists: Synergies in Geophysical, Medical and Space Imaging, Newport Beach, CA, 07/22/2001 - 07/26/2001 |
Quantitative MRI of the Brain, 51st Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, CA, 07/27/2009 - 07/30/2009 |
MR Electrical Impedance Tomography (MREIT) in Cancer Imaging, Workshop on MR-based Impedance Imaging, Seoul, Korea, 12/08/2010 - 12/10/2010 |
L. Tugan Muftuler, MREIT in cancer imaging, ISMRM Special Emphasis Panel on tissue electrical properties imaging, Melbourne, Australia, 05/08/2012 |
L. Tugan Muftuler, Investigating Disc Degeneration and Changes in Solute Transport Mechanisms in Disc Endplates Studied by DCE-MRI, Musculoskeletal MR study group of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Milan, Italy, 05/12/2014 - Present |
L.Tugan Muftuler, Panelist at the Tissue electromagnetic properties imaging study group, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Milan, Italy, 05/14/2014 - Present |
invited speaker, Emerging Concepts in Advanced Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015 |
MR Expert panelist, diffusion MRI for junior scientists at the 2019 ISMRM, Montreal, Canada, 2019 |
L. Tugan Muftuler, MSK MRI & Radiology: Fundamentals & Challenges, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, 2023 - Present |
National |
Functional MRI: Principles and Examples, Research symposium on Effect of Acupuncture on Cardiovascular Diseases: Its Mechanism and Clinical Application, Irvine, CA, 10/14/2000 - 10/15/2000 |
L. Tugan Muftuler, Cortical and Subcortical Changes in Typically Developing Preadolescent Children, Invited speaker, Mind Research Network, University of New Mexico, 10/21/2011 |
Regional |
SBIR Proposal Mock Panel Review, Tech Coast Life Science Innovation Conference, Irvine, CA, 09/28/2000 |
Cortical and Subcortical Changes in Normally Developing Children, UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Irvine, CA, 04/04/2010 |
Local |
Panelist, UCI Neuroscience Symposium, University of CA, Irvine, 2012 |
L. Tugan Muftuler, Invited speaker, 7T MRI: Initial experiences, vision for future research, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, 2015 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2011 - Present Member, Center for Imaging Research technical council, MCW |
2013 - 2016 Member, Graduate Studies Council Student Admission & Welfare Committee, Graduate school, MCW |
2015 - Present Member, MRI safety Committee, MCW |
07/01/2022 - 06/31/2025 Member, Faculty Information Technologies Committee, MCW |
09/01/2023 - Present member, Biomedical Engineering Research committee, Biomedical Engineering/Marquette University, MCW |
Hospital |
02/2008 - 05/2008 Member, Executive Committee, Research Computing Symposium, University of California, Irvine, CA |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
2011 - Present M4 selective on medical imaging |
Graduate Student Education |
2011 - 2013 Journal club |
09/01/2012 - Present Graduate school class: Functional MRI Contrast Mechanisms & Applications |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Graduate Student Education |
09/1996 - 01/1997 Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, Fundamentals of Medical Imaging. Fundamental design principles of analog integrated circuits and various applications were studied. |
09/1996 - 01/1997 Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, Design and applications of analog integrated circuits. Fundamental design principles of analog integrated circuits and various applications were studied. |
09/2000 - 09/2010 University of California, Fundamentals of Biomedical Imaging Systems. Physics of medical imaging systems, MRI pulse sequences, instrumentation, data analysis; Electrical Impedance Tomography; Computed Tomography. |
09/2000 - 09/2010 University of California, Introduction to Functional MRI. Physics of MRI, physiology of brain activation, experimental design for fMRI, data acquisition, processing and analysis techniques. |
2018 - 2019 MCW, Marquette University, BIEN 6931 Advanced MRI concepts and applications |
PATENTS: |
2006 - Present - (Inventor) Sense Optimized MRI RF Coil Design With Target Field Method, US Patent no: 7362101. |
2011 - Present -(co-inventor) Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Treatment of the Spine. US Patent no: 20090076481.
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06/01/2012 - Present (Inventor). Single Projection Imaging with Coil-sensitivity Encoding (SPICE) MRI (filed) |
05/20/2014 - Present (Co-inventor) System and Method for Fabricating Electromagnetic Field Enhancing Objects for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (U.S. patent application 15/312,844) |
Systems and Methods For Diffusion-Weighted Multi-Spectral Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Co-inventor) |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. H. Köymen, M.S. Ozyar, N.G.Gencer, L. T. Muftuler, M.C. Saki, "Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesinde Biyomedikal Muhendisligi Calismalari" (Biomedical Engineering Research In Orta Dogu Teknik University), Journal of Electrical Engineering Chamber Of Turkey, 38: 363-369, 1993. |
2. Y.Z. Ider, L.T. Muftuler, "Measurement of AC Magnetic Field Distribution Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 16: 617-22, 1997. |
3. M. Bodner, L.T. Muftuler, O. Nalcioglu and G. Shaw, "fMRI Study Relevant to the Mozart Effect: Brain Areas Involved in Spatial-Temporal Reasoning", Neurological Research, 23: 683-690 2001. |
4. L.T. Muftuler, G. Gulsen, K.D. Sezen, O. Nalcioglu, "Automatic Tuned MRI RF Coil for Multinuclear Imaging of small animals at 3T", Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 155: 39-44, 2002. |
5. L.T Muftuler and O. Nalcioglu, "Improvement of Temporal Resolution in fMRI Using Slice Phase Encode Reordered 3D EPI", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 44: 485-90, 2000. |
6. G. Gulsen, L. T. Muftuler and O. Nalcioglu, "A Double End-Cap Birdcage RF Coil for Small Animal Whole Body Imaging", Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 156: 309-312, 2002. |
7. G.S. Hickok, B. Buschabaum, C. Humphries, T. Muftuler, "Auditory Motor Interaction Revealed by fMRI: Speech Music and Working Memory in area Spt", Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience v 15: 673-682, 2003. |
8. J.Y.Chiou, CB.Ahn, L.T. Muftuler and O. Nalcioglu, "A Simple Simultaneous Geometric and Intensity Correction Method in Echo-Planar Imaging by EPI-Based Phase Modulation", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 22: 200-205, 2003. |
9. J.Y. Chiou, C.B. Ahn, L.T. Muftuler, O. Nalcioglu "Correction of Shear Artifact Caused by Unbalanced Alternating Readout Gradient in Echo-Planar Imaging", Physica Medica, v XIX (2), 175-179, 2003 |
10. L.T Muftuler, M.J. Hamamura, O. Birgul, O. Nalcioglu, "Resolution And Contrast In Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography (MREIT) and Its Application To Cancer Imaging", Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, 3: 599-610, 2004. |
11. M.J. Hamamura, L.T. Muftuler, O. Birgul, O. Nalcioglu "Measurement of ion diffusion using magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography", Phys Med Biol. 51(11): 2753-62, 2006. |
12. L. T. Muftuler, M.J. Hamamura, O. Birgul, O. Nalcioglu, "In Vivo MRI Electrical Impedance Tomography (MREIT) of Tumors", Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 5: 381-387, 2006. |
13. L.T. Muftuler, G. Chen, O. Nalcioglu, "An Inverse Method to design RF coil arrays optimized for SENSE imaging", Physics in Medicine and Biology 51: 6457-6469 (2006). |
14. O. Birgul, M.J. Hamamura, L. T. Muftuler, O. Nalcioglu "Contrast and spatial resolution in MREIT using low amplitude current", Physics in Medicine and Biology 51: 5035-5049, 2006. |
15. G. Chen, L.T. Muftuler, S.H. Ha and O. Nalcioglu "An optimization method for designing SENSE imaging RF coil arrays", Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 186: 273-281, 2007. |
16. K.L. Nastiuk, H. Liu, M.J. Hamamura, L.T. Muftuler, O. Nalcioglu, J.J. Krolewski "In vivo MRI volumetric measurement of prostate regression and growth in mice" BMC Urology 24:7-12, 2007. |
17. M.J. Hamamura, L.T. Muftuler "Fast imaging for magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography", Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 26: 739-745, 2008. |
18. J.D. Johnson, L.T. Muftuler, and M.D. Rugg. "Multiple repetitions reveal functionally-and anatomically-distinct patterns of hippocampal activity during continuous recognition memory". Hippocampus. 18(10): 975-80, 2008. |
19. J. Serences, S. Saproo, M. Scolari, T. Ho, L.T. Muftuler "Estimating the influence of attention on population codes in human visual cortex using voxel-based tuning functions". Neuroimage 44(1):223-31, 2009. |
20. L.T. Muftuler, G. Chen, M.J. Hamamura, S.H. Ha, "MREIT with SENSE acceleration using dedicated RF coil design". Physiol Meas. 30(9): 913-929, 2009. |
21. K.I Vaden Jr, L.T. Muftuler, G.S. Hickok. "Phonological Repetition-Suppression in Bilateral Superior Temporal Sulci". Neuroimage. 49(1):1018-23, 2010. |
22. C. Buss, E.P Davis, L.T. Muftuler, K. Head, C.A. Sandman, "High pregnancy anxiety during mid-gestation is associated with decreased gray matter density in 6-9 year-old children". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 35(1):141-53, 2010. |
23. F. Kruggel, J. Turner, L. T. Muftuler. "Impact of scanner hardware and imaging protocol on image quality and compartment volume precision in the ADNI cohort". Neuroimage. 49(3):2123-33, 2010. |
24. MJ Hamamura, S.H. Ha, WW Roeck, L.T. Muftuler, DJ Wagenaar, D Meier, BE Patt, O Nalcioglu. "Development of an MR-compatible SPECT system (MRSPECT) for simultaneous data acquisition". Phys Med Biol. 55(6):1563-1575, 2010. |
25. S.H. Ha, M.J Hamamura, O. Nalcioglu and L.T. Muftuler. "A PIN Diode Controlled Dual-Tuned MRI RF Coil and Phased Array for Multi Nuclear Imaging". Phys. Med. Biol. 55(9):2589-600, 2010. |
26. S.H. Ha, M.J Hamamura, L.T. Muftuler and O. Nalcioglu. "Development of a new RF coil and gamma-ray radiation shielding assembly for improved MR image quality in SPECT/MRI". Phys. Med. Biol. 55(9):2495-504, 2010. |
27. M.A. Yassa, L T. Muftuler, C.E.L. Stark. Ultrahigh-resolution microstructural diffusion tensor imaging (msDTI) elucidates perforant path degradation in aged humans in vivo. Proc. Natl. Acad. of Sci. USA 107(28):12687-91, 2010. |
28. Y.Z. Ider, O Birgul, O. F. Oran, O. Arikan, M.J. Hamamura, L.T. Muftuler. "Fourier Transform Magnetic Resonance Current Density Imaging (FT-MRCDI) from one component of Magnetic Flux Density". Phys. Med. Biol. 55:3177-99, 2010. |
29. JW Lacy, MA Yassa, SM Stark, LT Muftuler, CE Stark. "Distinct pattern separation related transfer functions in human CA3/dentate and CA1 revealed using high-resolution fMRI and variable mnemonic similarity". Learn Mem. 18(1):15-8. (2010). |
30. M de Chastelaine, TH Wang, B Minton, LT Muftuler, MD Rugg. "The Effects of Age, Memory Performance, and Callosal Integrity on the Neural Correlates of Successful Associative Encoding". Cereb Cortex. Jan 31. 2011 [Epub ahead of print] |
31. LT Muftuler, EP Davis, C Buss, K. Head, A N Hasso, C A Sandman. "Cortical and Subcortical Changes in Typically Developing Preadolescent Children". Brain Research, 1399:15-24. 2011 |
32. EP Davis, C Buss, LT Muftuler, K Head, A Hasso, D Wing, C Hobel, C A Sandman. "Children's Brain Development Benefits from Longer Gestation". Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. 2:1 2011. |
33. Isenberg AL, Vaden KI Jr, Saberi K, Muftuler LT, Hickok G. Functionally distinct regions for spatial processing and sensory motor integration in the planum temporale. Hum Brain Mapp. 2012 Oct;33(10):2453-63. PMCID: PMC5242090 |
34. Hatfield T, Wing DA, Buss C, Head K, Muftuler LT, Davis EP. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates long-term changes in brain structure in children born preterm and exposed to chorioamnionitis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;205(4):384.e1-8. PMCID: PMC3188953 |
35. Muftuler LT, Davis EP, Buss C, Solodkin A, Su MY, Head KM, Hasso AN, Sandman CA. Development of white matter pathways in typically developing preadolescent children. Brain Res. 2012 Jul 23;1466:33-43. PMCID: PMC3389170 |
36. Arpinar VE, Hamamura MJ, Degirmenci E, Muftuler LT. MREIT experiments with 200 µA injected currents: a feasibility study using two reconstruction algorithms, SMM and harmonic B(Z). Phys Med Biol. 2012 Jul 07;57(13):4245-61. PMCID: PMC3381422 |
37. Ersoz A, Arpinar VE, Muftuler LT. Highly accelerated projection imaging with coil sensitivity encoding for rapid MRI. Med Phys. 2013 Feb;40(2):022305. doi: 10.1118/1.4789488. PubMed PMID: 23387767. |
38. Lin M, Fwu PT, Buss C, Davis EP, Head K, Muftuler LT, Sandman CA, Su MY. Developmental changes in hippocampal shape among preadolescent children. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2013 Nov;31(7):473-81. PMCID: PMC3836360 |
39. Ersoz A, Arpinar VE, Dreyer S, Muftuler LT. Quantitative analysis of the efficacy of gradient table correction on improving the accuracy of fiber tractography. Magn Reson Med. 2014 Jul;72(1):227-36. PMCID: PMC3916947 |
40. Maasumi K, Tehranzadeh J, Muftuler LT, Gardner V, Hasso AN. Assessment of the Correlation between Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and Intervertebral Disk Degeneration Using 3 Tesla MRI. Neuroradiol J. 2011 Aug 31;24(4):593-602. |
41. Li W, Muftuler LT, Chen G, Ward BD, Budde MD, Jones JL, Franczak MB, Antuono PG, Li SJ, Goveas JS. Effects of the coexistence of late-life depression and mild cognitive impairment on white matter microstructure. J Neurol Sci. 2014 Mar 15;338(1-2):46-56. PMCID: PMC4428544 |
42. Sandman CA, Head K, Muftuler LT, Su L, Buss C, Davis EP. Shape of the basal ganglia in preadolescent children is associated with cognitive performance. Neuroimage. 2014 Oct 01;99:93-102. PMCID: PMC4112008 |
43. LT Muftuler, JP Jarman, HJ Yu, VO Gardner, DJ Maiman, VE Arpinar. Association between intervertebral disc degeneration and endplate perfusion studied by DCE-MRI. Eur Spine J. (2014) Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25421547 |
44. Yu HJ, Bahri S, Gardner V, Muftuler LT. In vivo quantification of lumbar disc degeneration: assessment of ADC value using a degenerative scoring system based on Pfirrmann framework. Eur Spine J. 2015 Nov;24(11):2442-8. |
45. Gehricke JG, Swanson JM, Duong S, Nguyen J, Wigal TL, Fallon J, Caburian C, Muftuler LT, Moyzis RK. Increased brain activity to unpleasant stimuli in individuals with the 7R allele of the DRD4 gene. Psychiatry Res. 2015 Jan 30;231(1):58-63. PMCID: PMC4272659 |
46. Jarman JP, Arpinar VE, Baruah D, Klein AP, Maiman DJ, Muftuler LT. Intervertebral disc height loss demonstrates the threshold of major pathological changes during degeneration. Eur Spine J. 2015 Sep;24(9):1944-50. |
47. Arpinar VE, Rand SD, Klein AP, Maiman DJ, Muftuler LT. Changes in perfusion and diffusion in the endplate regions of degenerating intervertebral discs: a DCE-MRI study. Eur Spine J. 2015 Nov;24(11):2458-67. PMCID: PMC4755697 |
48. Huettner AM, Mickevicius NJ, Ersoz A, Koch KM, Muftuler LT, Nencka AS. Wavelet Domain Radiofrequency Pulse Design Applied to Magnetic Resonance Imaging. PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0141151. PMCID: PMC4627821 |
49. Skinner NP, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD, Tugan Muftuler L, Budde MD. Rapid in vivo detection of rat spinal cord injury with double-diffusion-encoded magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magn Reson Med. 2017 Apr;77(4):1639-1649. PMCID: PMC5285487 |
50. Ersoz A, Tugan Muftuler L. Undersampled linogram trajectory for fast imaging (ULTI): experiments at 3 T and 7 T. NMR Biomed. 2016 Mar;29(3):340-8. |
51. Lancaster MA, Olson DV, McCrea MA, Nelson LD, LaRoche AA, Muftuler LT. Acute white matter changes following sport-related concussion: A serial diffusion tensor and diffusion kurtosis tensor imaging study. Hum Brain Mapp. 2016 Nov;37(11):3821-3834. PMCID: PMC6867350 |
52. Gehricke JG, Kruggel F, Thampipop T, Alejo SD, Tatos E, Fallon J, Muftuler LT. The brain anatomy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in young adults - a magnetic resonance imaging study. PLoS One. 2017;12(4):e0175433. PMCID: PMC5391018 |
53. Pedersen WS, Muftuler LT, Larson CL. Disentangling the effects of novelty, valence and trait anxiety in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, amygdala and hippocampus with high resolution 7T fMRI. Neuroimage. 2017 Aug 01;156:293-301. PMCID: PMC5548630 |
54. Arpinar VE, Rand SD, Klein AP, Maiman DJ, Muftuler LT. Changes in perfusion and diffusion in the endplate regions of degenerating intervertebral discs: a DCE-MRI study. Eur Spine J. 2017 May;26(5):1416. |
55. Nencka AS, Meier TB, Wang Y, Muftuler LT, Wu YC, Saykin AJ, Harezlak J, Brooks MA, Giza CC, Difiori J, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, LaConte SM, Duma SM, Broglio S, McAllister T, McCrea MA, Koch KM. Stability of MRI metrics in the advanced research core of the NCAA-DoD concussion assessment, research and education (CARE) consortium. Brain Imaging Behav. 2018 Aug;12(4):1121-1140. PMCID: PMC6445663 |
56. Pedersen WS, Muftuler LT, Larson CL. Conservatism and the neural circuitry of threat: economic conservatism predicts greater amygdala-BNST connectivity during periods of threat vs safety. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2018 Jan 01;13(1):43-51. PMCID: PMC5793824 |
57. Budde MD, Skinner NP, Muftuler LT, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN. Optimizing Filter-Probe Diffusion Weighting in the Rat Spinal Cord for Human Translation. Front Neurosci. 2017;11:706. PMCID: PMC5742102 |
58. Olson DV, Arpinar VE, Muftuler LT. Assessing diffusion kurtosis tensor estimation methods using a digital brain phantom derived from human connectome project data. Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 May;48:122-128. |
59. Skinner NP, Lee SY, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD, Muftuler LT, Budde MD. Filter-probe diffusion imaging improves spinal cord injury outcome prediction. Ann Neurol. 2018 Jul;84(1):37-50. PMCID: PMC6119508 |
60. Koch KM, Meier TB, Karr R, Nencka AS, Muftuler LT, McCrea M. Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping after Sports-Related Concussion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Jul;39(7):1215-1221. PMCID: PMC6055518 |
61. Lancaster MA, Meier TB, Olson DV, McCrea MA, Nelson LD, Muftuler LT. Chronic differences in white matter integrity following sport-related concussion as measured by diffusion MRI: 6-Month follow-up. Hum Brain Mapp. 2018 Nov;39(11):4276-4289. PMCID: PMC6179912 |
62. Olson DV, Arpinar VE, Muftuler LT. Optimization of q-space sampling for mean apparent propagator MRI metrics using a genetic algorithm. Neuroimage. 2019 Oct 01;199:237-244. |
63. Olson DV, Nencka AS, Arpinar VE, Muftuler LT. Analysis of errors in diffusion kurtosis imaging caused by slice crosstalk in simultaneous multi-slice imaging. NMR Biomed. 2019 Nov;32(11):e4162. |
64. Arpinar VE, Gliedt JA, King JA, Maiman DJ, Muftuler LT. Oswestry Disability Index scores correlate with MRI measurements in degenerating intervertebral discs and endplates. Eur J Pain. 2020 Feb;24(2):346-353. |
65. Pedersen WS, Muftuler LT, Larson CL. A high-resolution fMRI investigation of BNST and centromedial amygdala activity as a function of affective stimulus predictability, anticipation, and duration. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2019 Nov 01;14(11):1167-1177. PMCID: PMC7057282 |
66. Muftuler LT, Meier TB, Keith M, Budde MD, Huber DL, McCrea MA. Serial Diffusion Kurtosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study during Acute, Subacute, and Recovery Periods after Sport-Related Concussion. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Oct 01;37(19):2081-2092. PMCID: PMC8024361 |
67. Muftuler lT. WE‐C‐210A‐02: Quantitative MRI of the Brain: Investigation of Cerebral Gray and White Matter Diseases Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2767-2768. |
68. Muftuler LT, Arpinar VE, Koch K, Bhave S, Yang B, Kaushik S, Banerjee S, Nencka A. Optimization of hyperparameters for SMS reconstruction. Magn Reson Imaging. 2020 Nov;73:91-103. |
69. Brett BL, Koch KM, Muftuler LT, Budde M, McCrea MA, Meier TB. Association of Head Impact Exposure with White Matter Macrostructure and Microstructure Metrics. J Neurotrauma. 2021 Feb 15;38(4):474-484. PMCID: PMC7875606 |
70. Nencka AS, Arpinar VE, Bhave S, Yang B, Banerjee S, McCrea M, Mickevicius NJ, Muftuler LT, Koch KM. Split-slice training and hyperparameter tuning of RAKI networks for simultaneous multi-slice reconstruction. Magn Reson Med. 2021 Jun;85(6):3272-3280. |
71. Ibrahim EH, Arpinar VE, Muftuler LT, Stojanovska J, Nencka AS, Koch KM. Cardiac functional magnetic resonance imaging at 7T: Image quality optimization and ultra-high field capabilities. World J Radiol. 2020 Oct 28;12(10):231-246. PMCID: PMC7653183 |
72. Ibrahim EH, Frank L, Baruah D, Arpinar VE, Nencka AS, Koch KM, Muftuler LT, Unal O, Stojanovska J, Rubenstein JC, Brown SA, Charlson J, Gore EM, Bergom C. Value CMR: Towards a Comprehensive, Rapid, Cost-Effective Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Int J Biomed Imaging. 2021;2021:8851958. PMCID: PMC8147553 |
73. Muftuler LT, Nencka AS, Koch KM. Diffusion propagator metrics are biased when simultaneous multi-slice acceleration is used. Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 Feb;86:46-54. |
74. Zarenia M, Arpinar VE, Nencka AS, Muftuler LT, Koch KM. Dynamic tracking of scaphoid, lunate, and capitate carpal bones using four-dimensional MRI. PLoS One. 2022;17(6):e0269336. PMCID: PMC9162359 |
75. Savitz J, Goeckner BD, Ford BN, Kent Teague T, Zheng H, Harezlak J, Mannix R, Tugan Muftuler L, Brett BL, McCrea MA, Meier TB. The effects of cytomegalovirus on brain structure following sport-related concussion. Brain. 2023 Oct 03;146(10):4262-4273. PMCID: PMC10545519 |
76. Richerson WT, Muftuler LT, Wolfgram DF, Schmit BD. Characterization of diffusion MRI using the mean apparent propagator model in hemodialysis patients: A pilot study. Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 Oct;102:69-78. PMCID: PMC10524280 |
77. Goeckner BD, Brett BL, Mayer AR, España LY, Banerjee A, Muftuler LT, Meier TB. Associations of prior concussion severity with brain microstructure using mean apparent propagator magnetic resonance imaging. Hum Brain Mapp. 2024 Jan;45(1):e26556. PMCID: PMC10789198 |
78. Binder JR, Giraldo-Chica M, Mathis J, Tong JQ, Schoenrock S, Arpinar V, Heffernan J, Muftuler LT. Interhemispheric Connectivity of the Human Temporal Lobes. bioRxiv. 2024 Jul 01. PMCID: PMC11244975 |
79. Stemper BD, Cutlan R, Vedantam A, Gerds B, Hainsworth K, Raff H, Yoganandan N, Dooley C, Le P, Muftuler LT. Differing Presentation and Functional Correlates of Cervical Spine Degenerative Changes in Military Fighter Pilots: Association with the Loading Environment Conference proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, IRCOBI. 2024;Part 202371:353-354. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. L.Tugan Muftuler (Editor). Book: Quantifying Morphology and Physiology of the Human body using MRI. CRC Press/Taylor Francis. ISBN 1439852650 |
Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions |
1. Power point slides and illustrative videos for graduate courses and lectures.
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