SELECT PUBLICATIONS

2025

MM. Liu, O. Bane, X. Mu, et al. Multiparametric MRI for predicting renal function deterioration and chronic kidney disease development in patients undergoing nephrectomy for renal masses: a pilot study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, In Press.

P. van Houdt, L. Vaclavu, S. Sourbron, E. Shalom, C. Federau, M. Iima, MM. Liu, L. Knutsson, R. Wirestam, M. Gunther, MJP van Osch, R. A. van der Heijden. ESR Essentials: Perfusion MRI – practice recommendations by the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology. European Radiology, In Press.

MM. Liu, O. Bane, X. Mu, et al. Immuno-Oncologic Profiling of Renal Masses using Multiparametric MRI: A Pilot Study. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2025. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2025-012833 (open access)

MM. Liu, J. Dyke, T. Gladytz et al. Detecting Early Kidney Allograft Fibrosis with Multi-b-value Spectral Diffusion MRI, Scientific Reports, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-24701-5 (open access)

MM. Liu, T. Gladytz, J. Dyke et al. Estimation of Multi-Component Flow in the Kidney with Multi-b-value Spectral Diffusion, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30644 (open access: arxiv)

MM. Liu, N. Saadat, S. Roth et al. A Method for Imaging the Ischemic Penumbra with MRI using IVIM, American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2025. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8656 (open access: AJNR pre-print)

2024

MM. Liu, N. Saadat, S. Roth et al. Quantification of Collateral Supply with Local-AIF Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI Predicts Infarct Growth, American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2025. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8441 (open access: AJNR pre-print)

C. Warioba, MM. Liu, S. Penano et al. Efficacy Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion Augmentation Through Functional Connectivity in an Acute Canine Stroke Model, American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2024. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8320 (open access: AJNR pre-print)

2023

MM. Liu, N. Saadat, Y. Jeong et al. Quantitative perfusion and water transport time model from multi b-value diffusion magnetic resonance imaging validated against neutron capture microspheres, Journal of Medical Imaging, 2023. DOI: 10.1117/1.JMI.10.6.063501 (open access)

MM. Liu. Use, Optimization, and Expansion of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging in Cerebrovascular Disease, PhD Dissertation, University of Chicago, 2023. DOI: 10.6082/uchicago.7506 Advisor: Timothy J. Carroll, PhD. Chair: Patrick La Riviere, PhD. Committee members Zheng Feng Lu, MD, Sean Foxley, PhD, Michael Hurley, MD, External member: Gregory Christoforidis, MD.

2022

MM. Liu, N. Saadat, Y. Jeong et al. Augmentation of perfusion with simultaneous vasodilator and inotropic agents in experimental acute middle cerebral artery occlusion: a pilot study, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 2022. DOI: 10.1136/jnis-2022-018990 (open access: PMC)

A. Bross, E. Dukes, R. Ehrlich et al. Tomographic Muon Imaging of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, 2022. DOI: 10.31526/jais.2022.280 (open access)

2021

G. Christoforidis, N. Saadat, MM. Liu et al. Effect of early Sanguinate (PEGylated carboxyhemoglobin bovine) infusion on cerebral blood flow to the ischemic core in experimental middle cerebral artery occlusion, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 2021. DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-018239 (open access: PMC)

A. Dimov, G. Christoforidis, N. Saadat, MM. Liu, et al. QSM in canine model of acute cerebral ischemia: A pilot study. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28498 (open access: PMC)

2020

N. Saadat, G. Christoforidis, Y. Jeong, MM. Liu et al. Influence of simultaneous pressor and vasodilatory agents on the evolution of infarct growth in experimental acute middle cerebral artery occlusion, Journal of NeuoInterventional Surgery 2020. DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016539. (open access: PMC)

MM. Liu, P. La Riviere. Simulation of Muon Tomography Projections to Image the Pyramids of Giza, MPHY 41800 Research in Advanced Tomographic Imaging, 2020. Not submitted for peer-reviewed publication. (open access: arxiv)

MM. Liu, Z. Pan, R. Basu Thakur et al. Simulation and calibration of a compact millimeter-wavelength Fourier transform spectrometer, Applied Optics 2020. DOI: 10.1364/AO.397312 (open access: repository)

2019

Z. Pan, MM. Liu, R. Basu Thakur et al. Compact millimeter-wavelength Fourier-transform spectrometer, Applied Optics 2020. DOI: 10.1364/AO.58.006257 (open access: arxiv)