This project develops and validates biophysical models of diffusion and nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation to quantify microstructural properties in muscle tissue and the prostate using methods for estimating physiological properties, the random permeable barrier model, and diffusion relaxometry acquisitions.

This project uses advanced diffusion MRI techniques and novel analysis methods to identify imaging biomarkers of brain changes and cognitive outcomes in patients with mild traumatic brain injury, aiming to improve diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning.

This project develops and validates biophysical models of diffusion and nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation to quantify tissue microstructure in the brain—such as axonal integrity, inflammation, fiber orientation dispersion, axonal diameters, axonal beading, undulations, and water exchange—using diffusion methods and a leading-edge Siemens Connectom.X gradient system.