CMRR
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology
Faculty and Staff
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Luning Wang, Ph.D.
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Education:
2008 – 2013: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Georgia
Research Interests:
- MRI relaxometry (T1, T2/T2*, T1rho, RAFF)
- Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM)
- Ultrahigh field (7T) technique development and applications
- Ultrashort echo time imaging (SWIFT, UTE, PETRA)
- Acceleration techniques in MRI
Selected Publications:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Kobayashi, N., Goerke, U., Wang, L., Ellermann, J., Metzger, G., and Garwood, M. Gradient-modulated PETRA MRI. Tomography. 2015 1(2): 85-90
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- Siemens IDEA sequence development environment (SDE)
- Siemens IDEA imaging calculation environment (ICE)

