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Luning Wang, Ph.D.

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Research Associate
1-218 CMRR
612-625-9607
wang5517@umn.edu

Education:

2008 – 2013: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Georgia

Research Interests:

  1. MRI relaxometry (T1, T2/T2*, T1rho, RAFF)
  2. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM)
  3. Ultrahigh field (7T) technique development and applications
  4. Ultrashort echo time imaging (SWIFT, UTE, PETRA)
  5. Acceleration techniques in MRI

Selected Publications:

  1. Wang, L., Langley, J. and Zhao, Q. Susceptibility quantification in MRI using modified conjugate gradient least square method. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging. Proceedings of SPIE. 2011, P7961.
  2. Zhao, Q., Wang, L., Cheng, R., Mao, L., Arnold, R.D., Howerth, E.W., Chen, Z.G., and Platt, S. Magnetic nanoparticle-based hyperthermia for head & neck cancer in mouse models. Theranostics. 2012 2(1): 113-121.
  3. Wang, L., Corum, C., Idiyatullin, D., Garwood, M., and Zhao, Q. T1 estimation for aqueous iron oxide nanoparticle suspensions using a variable flip angle SWIFT sequence. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2013 70(2): 341-347.
  4. Potter, W.M., Wang, L., McCully, K.K., and Zhao, Q. Evaluation of a new 1H/31P dual-tuned birdcage coil for 31P spectroscopy. Concepts of Magnetic Resonance, Part B. 2013 43(3): 90-99.
  5. Wang, L., Tang, W., Zhen, Z., Chen, H., Xie, J., and Zhao, Q. Improving detection specificity of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) using the SWIFT sequence with long T2 suppression. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2014 32(6): 671-678.
  6. Tang, W., Zhen, Z., Yang, C., Wang, L., Cowger, T., Chen, H., Yang, Zhao, Q., C., Hou, Y., and Xie, J. Fe5C2 nanoparticles with high MRI contrast enhancement for tumor imaging. Small. 2014 10(7): 1245-1249.
  7. Wang, L., Potter, W.M., and Zhao, Q. Quantification of super-paramagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles for cell labeling by using MR phase gradient images. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging. 2015 10(1):43-50.
  8. Tóth, F., Nissi, M.J., Wang, L., Ellermann, J.M., and Carlson, C.S. Surgical induction, histological evaluation, and MRI identification of cartilage necrosis in the distal femur in goats to model early lesions of osteochondrosis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2015 23(2): 300-7
  9. Nissi, M.J., Tóth, F., Wang, L., Carlson, C.S, and Ellermann, J.M. Improved visualization of cartilage canals using quantitative susceptibility mapping. PLoS ONE. 2015 10(7): e0132167
  10. Toth, F., Nissi, M., Ellermann, J., Wang, L., Shea, K., Polousky, J., and Carlson, C. Novel application of magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates characteristic differences in vasculature at predilection sites of Osteochondritis dissecans. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2015 43(10): 2522-7
  11. Wang, L., Nissi, M., Tóth, F., Shaver, J., Johnson, C., Zhang, J., Garwood, M., Carlson, C, and Ellermann, J. Multiparametric MRI of epiphyseal cartilage necrosis (osteochondrosis) with histological validation in a goat model. PLoS ONE. 2015 10(10): e0140400
  12. Kobayashi, N., Goerke, U., Wang, L., Ellermann, J., Metzger, G., and Garwood, M. Gradient-modulated PETRA MRI. Tomography. 2015 1(2): 85-90
  13. Johnson, C.P., Wang, L., Marette, S., Takahashi, T., Morgan, P., Ugurbil, K., Wang, D., and Ellermann, J. Improved visualization of femoroacetabular impingement cartilage damage with multi-band simultaneous multi-slice acceleration. MAGNETOM  Flash: simultaneous multi-slice supplement. 2015, 63: 107-110.
  14.  Wang, L., Nissi, M., Tóth, F., Johnson, C., Garwood, M., Carlson, C, and Ellermann, J. Quantitative susceptibility mapping detects abnormalities in cartilage canals in a goat model of preclinical osteochondritis dissecans. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26214
  15.  Tóth, F., David, F.H., LaFond, E., Wang, L., Ellermann, J., Carlson, C. In vivo visualization of induced Osteochondrosis and Osteochondritis dissecans lesions in goats using MRI T2 mapping. Investigative Radiology. DOI: 10.1002/jor.23332
  16. Ellermann, J., Johnson C.P., Wang, L., Macalena J.A., Nelson, B.J., LaPrade, R.F. New insights into the epiphyseal cartilage origin and subsequent osseous manifestation of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans utilizing a modified clinical MRI protocol. Radiology (Submitted)

Certifications:

  1. Siemens IDEA sequence development environment (SDE)
  2. Siemens IDEA imaging calculation environment (ICE)