Selected Publications and Reviews

In this section you will find a list of selected publications and review articles that we believe are a good starting point to learn more about our field of activity. The list is divided into different categories of interest.


Real-Time MRI

M. Uecker, S. Zhang, D. Voit, A. Karaus, K.D. Merboldt, J. Frahm.
Real-time MRI at a resolution of 20 ms.
NMR Biomed. 23, 986-994 (2010).
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S. Zhang, A.A. Joseph, D. Voit, S. Schaetz, K.D. Merboldt, C. Unterberg-Buchwald, A. Hennemuth, J. Lotz, J. Frahm.
Real-time MRI of cardiac function and flow – Recent progress.
Quant. Imaging Med. Surg. 4, 313-329 (2014).
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J. Frahm, D. Voit, M. Uecker. 
Real-time magnetic resonance imaging - Radial gradient-echo sequences with nonlinear inverse reconstruction. 
Invest. Radiol. 54, 757-766 (2019).


Basic MRI techniques

J Frahm, W Hänicke
Rapid Scan Techniques
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DD Stark, WG Bradley, Eds.)  3rd Edition, Mosby, St. Louis 1999;87-124
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O Natt, J Frahm
In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Insights into Structure and Function of the Central Nervous System.
Meas Sci Technol 2005;16:R17-R36
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MRI of human brain function

J Frahm, P Fransson, G Krüger
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Brain Function.
Modern Techniques in Neuroscience Research (U Windhorst, H Johansson, Eds.), Springer, Berlin 1999;1055-1082
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J Frahm, J Baudewig, P Dechent, KD Merboldt
Advances in Functional MRI of the Human Brain
Progr NMR Spectr 2004;44:1-32
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D Voit, J Frahm
Echo Train Shifted Multi-Echo FLASH for Functional MRI of the Human Brain at Ultra-High Spatial Resolution
NMR Biomed 2005;18:481-485
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J. Frahm, H. Bruhn, K.D. Merboldt, W. Hänicke.
Dynamic MRI of human brain oxygenation during rest and photic stimulation.
J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2, 501-505 (1992).
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

S. Hofer, J. Frahm
Topography of the Human Corpus Callosum Revisited - Comprehensive Fiber Tractography Using Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging
NeuroImage 32, 989-994 (2006)
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S Rieseberg, M Küntzel, KD Merboldt, J Frahm
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Using Partial Fourier Single-Shot Stimulated Echo Acquisition Mode Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Projection onto Convex Subsets Reconstruction
Magn Reson Med 2005;54:486-490
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UG Nolte, J Finsterbusch, J Frahm
Rapid Isotropic Diffusion Mapping Without Susceptibility Artifacts. Whole Brain Studies Using Diffusion-Weighted Single-Shot STEAM MR Imaging. 
Magn Reson Med 2000;44:731-736
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Localized proton MRS of human brain metabolism

Wilken, B., P. Dechent, F. Hanefeld and J. Frahm
Proton MRS of a Child with Sandhoff Disease Reveals Elevated Brain Hexosamine
European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 12, 56-60 (2008)
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Dreha-Kulaczewski, S. F., P. Dechent, J. Finsterbusch, K. Brockmann, J. Gärtner, J. Frahm, and V. Hanefeld
Early Reduction of Total N-Acetyl-Aspartate-Compounds in Patients with Classical Vanishing White Matter Disease. A Long-Term Follow-Up MRS Study.
Pediatric Research 63, 444-449 (2008)
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Brockmann, K., P. Dechent, C. Bönnemann, G. Schreiber, J. Frahm, and F. Hanefeld
Quantitative Proton MRS of Cerebral Metabolites in Laminin α2 Chain Deficiency
Brain & Development 29, 357-364 (2007)
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F Hanefeld, K Brockmann, PJW Pouwels, B Wilken, J Frahm, P Dechent
Quantitative Proton MRS of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease. Evidence of Dys- and Hypomyelination.
Neurology 2005;65:701-706
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B Wilken, P Dechent, J Herms, C Maxton, E Markakis, FA Hanefeld, J Frahm
Quantitative  Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Focal Brain Lesions
Pediatr Neurol 2000;23:22-31
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J Frahm, F Hanefeld
Single Voxel Proton MR Spectroscopy. Methods and Applications in Neuropediatrics.
Rivista di Neuroradiologia 2000;13:7-15
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J Frahm, F Hanefeld
Localized Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Brain Disorders in Childhood
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging in Neurochemistry (HS Bachelard, Ed), in: Advances in Neurochemistry (B Agranoff, K Suzuki, Eds), Vol 8, Plenum, New York, 1997;329-402
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Animal studies

T. Michaelis, S. Boretius and J. Frahm
Localized Proton MRS of Animal Brain in Vivo: Models of Human Disorders
Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 55, 1-34 (2009)
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J. Frahm, S. Boretius, T. Watanabe, T. Michaelis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Animal Brain In Vivo
ALTEX 23, 78-82 (2006)
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T. Watanabe, J. Frahm, T. Michaelis
Functional Mapping of Neural Pathways in Rodent Brain In Vivo Using Manganese-Enhanced Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NMR Biomed 17, 554-568 (2004)
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S. Boretius, R. Tammer, T. Michaelis, J. Brockmöller, J. Frahm.
Halogenated volatile anesthetics alter brain metabolism as revealed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of mice in vivo.
NeuroImage 69, 244-255 (2013).
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T. Watanabe, J. Frahm, T. Michaelis.
In vivo brain MRI at subnanoliter resolution: Contrast and histology.
Magn. Reson. Med. Sci., doi: 10.2463/mrms.2015-0048 (2015).
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