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CURRICULUM VITAE

Lutfi Tugan Muftuler PhD
Professor
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

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Brain Cancer Radio-Pathomics for Predicting Heterogeneous Cytology
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Peter LaViolette
Dates:
06/09/2017 - 05/31/2023
Direct Funds:
$1,742,533
  
Title:
The role of neuroactive kynurenine metabolites in the chronic sequelae of concussion and contact sport exposure.
Source:
NIH Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Timothy Meier
Dates:
12/01/2017 - 11/30/2023
Direct Funds:
$1,677,776
  
Title:
Enabling Kinematic Joint Profiling Using MRI
Source:
NIH Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Kevin Koch
Dates:
02/01/2020 - 01/31/2023
Direct Funds:
$368,100
  
Title:
A Complete Metal Artifact Reduced MRI Exam for Neuroimaging
Source:
NIH Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
K.M. Koch, A.S Nencka
Dates:
02/01/2021 - 11/30/2023
Direct Funds:
$429,000
  
Title:
Investigating intervertebral disc endplate degeneration for non-specific low back pain
Source:
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Role:
PI
PI:
Muftuler LT
Dates:
08/01/2022 - 07/31/2024
Direct Funds:
$200,000
  
Pending
Peer Review
Title:
Advancing Diffusion MRI Through Bias-Free Acquisitions and Modeling
Source:
NIH Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Role:
Co-PI
PI:
L.T. Muftuler, A.S. Nencka
Dates:
04/01/2022 - 03/31/2026
Direct Funds:
$2,675,684
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
Electrical Impedance Tomography of Breast Cancer
Source:
DOD DAMD
Role:
PI
PI:
L.T. Muftuler
Dates:
05/2002 - 05/2005
Direct Funds:
$299,881
  
Title:
Center for In-Vivo Molecular Functional Onco-Imaging
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
O. Nalcioglu
Dates:
05/2002 - 05/2005
  
Title:
Dimensions of Organization in Human Auditory Cortex
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
K. Saberi
Dates:
09/2004 - 08/2008
Direct Funds:
$309,974
  
Title:
In-Vivo Conductivity Imaging of Tumors with MREIT
Source:
NIH
Role:
PI
PI:
L.T. Muftuler
Dates:
01/01/2005 - 12/31/2010
Direct Funds:
$850,000
  
Title:
Prenatal Glucocorticoids Influence Brain and Behavior
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
E.P. Davis
Dates:
04/2006 - 03/2011
Direct Funds:
$1,280,000
  
Title:
Neurobiology of auditory language perception
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
G.S. Hickok
Dates:
04/2006 - 03/2011
Direct Funds:
$2,988,000
  
Title:
Emergence of SIB in Developmentally Delayed Individuals
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
C.A. Sandman
Dates:
05/2006 - 04/2011
Direct Funds:
$1,375,000
  
Title:
Integrative functions of the planum temporale
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
G.S. Hickok
Dates:
12/2008 - 11/2013
Direct Funds:
$1,555,000
  
Title:
Smoking, Neurocircuitry, and Genes in Adult ADHD
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
J.H. Gehricke
Dates:
06/2009 - 05/2013
Direct Funds:
$740,000
  
Title:
Gene Causing Paget and Inclusion Body Myopathy
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-PI
Dates:
09/2009 - 02/2011
Direct Funds:
$250,000
  
Title:
MRI study of discogenic pain
Source:
UCI/Dean’s office
Role:
PI
PI:
Self
Dates:
03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011
Direct Funds:
$10,000
  
Title:
Novel Quantitative MRI techniques to study Dementia and Disc Degeneration
Source:
AHW FP00002161
Role:
PI
PI:
L.T. Muftuler
Dates:
01/2011 - 06/2014
Direct Funds:
$500,000
  
Title:
Quantitative MRI of the Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Source:
AOSpine International
Role:
PI
PI:
L.T. Muftuler
Dates:
08/01/2012 - 07/31/2015
Direct Funds:
$387,000
  
Title:
The NCAA-DOD Grand Alliance: Concussion Assessment, Research and Education
Source:
DOD
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Michael McCrea
Dates:
2014 - Present
Direct Funds:
$5,422,000
  
Title:
Multi-parametric Quantitative MRI of Spinal Cord Injury
Source:
CTSI
Role:
PI
PI:
L. Tugan Muftuler
Dates:
2014 - 2016
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Multi-parametric imaging analyses of Modic changes of the lumbar spine
Source:
AOSpine Research Network - consortium award
Role:
co-investigator
PI:
Dino Samartzis (university of Hong Kong)
Dates:
01/01/2015 - 12/31/2016
Direct Funds:
$25,000 (These funds only support travel expenses and publication costs for international collaborations)
  
Title:
ICECAN
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Thomas Chelimsky
Dates:
07/01/2015 - 06/30/2022
Direct Funds:
$2,784,000
  
Title:
Enhancing MAVRIC Metal Artifact Reduction Technology
Source:
GE Healthcare
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Kevin M. Koch
Dates:
2015 - 2017
Direct Funds:
$169,000
  
Title:
The Epilepsy Connectome Project
Source:
NIH
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Jeffrey Binder
Dates:
2015 - 2020
Direct Funds:
$4,011,939
  
Title:
Connectome Technology Maintenance and Development Hub
Source:
GE Healthcare
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Kevin M. Koch
Dates:
05/18/2017 - 08/31/2022
Direct Funds:
$300,000
  
Title:
Distinguishing normal from pathological aging: Investigating memory and underlying structural integrity
Source:
CTSI
Role:
PI
PI:
L. Tugan Muftuler, Ira Driscoll
Dates:
2017 - 2019
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Service Academy Longitudinal TBI Outcomes Study (SALTOS)
Source:
Indiana University/DoD Army Medical Research Acquisition
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
P. Pasquina, T. McAllister. M. McCrea
Dates:
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2022
Direct Funds:
$713,076
  
Title:
Optimizing B1+ shimming on GE950 7T MRI
Source:
GE Healthcare
Role:
PI
PI:
L. Tugan Muftuler
Dates:
2018 - 2019
Direct Funds:
$70,000
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 

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
 

MEDICAL COLLEGE 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.
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
 
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.