Chao Ma, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCards
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Research
Publications
2026
Direct Cardiac T1 Mapping with Subspace Modeling and Free-breathing Data Acquisition
Marin T, Han P, Szezurek D, Zhuo Y, Mounime I, Djebra Y, Lee W, Fakhri G, Ma C. Direct Cardiac T1 Mapping with Subspace Modeling and Free-breathing Data Acquisition. IEEE Transactions On Biomedical Engineering 2026, PP: 1-10. PMID: 42184172, PMCID: PMC13249525, DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2026.3696845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLatent diffusion transformers for 3D head and neck tumor segmentation
Dong Y, Marin T, Grogg K, Beddok A, Liu X, Moteabbed M, Woo J, Ma C, Fakhri G. Latent diffusion transformers for 3D head and neck tumor segmentation. Progress In Biomedical Optics And Imaging 2026, 13926: 31. DOI: 10.1117/12.3085831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-resolution in utero SV2A PET imaging of the nonhuman primate brain using the NeuroEXPLORER
Mehta S, Sun H, Micali N, Holden D, Fowles K, Rossano S, Zhang J, Ma C, Han P, Lee W, Duque A, Rakic P, Groman S, Carson R, Scheinost D, Toyonaga T. High-resolution in utero SV2A PET imaging of the nonhuman primate brain using the NeuroEXPLORER. Journal Of Cerebral Blood Flow And Metabolism : Official Journal Of The International Society Of Cerebral Blood Flow And Metabolism 2026, 0271678x261429044. PMID: 41823342, PMCID: PMC12987752, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x261429044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFree‐Running Three‐Dimensional Cardiac Extracellular Volume Mapping in a Single Scan With Mid‐Scan Contrast Injection
Lee W, Han P, Marin T, Mounime I, Chi D, Bijari F, Normandin M, Fakhri G, Ma C. Free‐Running Three‐Dimensional Cardiac Extracellular Volume Mapping in a Single Scan With Mid‐Scan Contrast Injection. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2026, 95: 3360-3368. PMID: 41656589, PMCID: PMC13049254, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70293.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
LR-PET: A Subspace-Based Dynamic PET Imaging via Explicit Non-Negative Low-Rank Factorization
Djebra Y, Najmaoui Y, Chemli Y, Normandin M, Fakhri G, Ma C, Marin T. LR-PET: A Subspace-Based Dynamic PET Imaging via Explicit Non-Negative Low-Rank Factorization. 2025, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57106.2025.11286709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIn vivo 3D myocardial membrane potential mapping in humans using PET/MRI
Bijari F, Han P, Marin T, Lee W, Chemli Y, Gertsenshteyn I, Mounime I, Djebra Y, Chi D, Normandin M, Ma C, Fakhri G. In vivo 3D myocardial membrane potential mapping in humans using PET/MRI. EJNMMI Research 2025, 15: 93. PMID: 40715686, PMCID: PMC12297085, DOI: 10.1186/s13550-025-01287-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBayesian Posterior Distribution Estimation of Kinetic Parameters in Dynamic Brain PET Using Generative Deep Learning Models
Djebra Y, Liu X, Marin T, Tiss A, Dhaynaut M, Guehl N, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Ma C, Ouyang J. Bayesian Posterior Distribution Estimation of Kinetic Parameters in Dynamic Brain PET Using Generative Deep Learning Models. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2025, 44: 5089-5102. PMID: 40663684, PMCID: PMC12318411, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2025.3588859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUltrafast J-resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging for high-resolution metabolic brain imaging
Zhao Y, Li Y, Jin W, Guo R, Ma C, Tang W, Li Y, El Fakhri G, Liang Z. Ultrafast J-resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging for high-resolution metabolic brain imaging. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2025, 9: 1835-1847. PMID: 40542105, DOI: 10.1038/s41551-025-01418-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFast 3D cardiac extracellular volume mapping and cine imaging via continuous free-breathing acquisition with mid-scan contrast agent injection
Lee W, Han P, Marin T, Mounime I, Bijari F, Normandin M, Fakhri G, Ma C. Fast 3D cardiac extracellular volume mapping and cine imaging via continuous free-breathing acquisition with mid-scan contrast agent injection. Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine ... Scientific Meeting And Exhibition. 2025 DOI: 10.58530/2025/0789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Manifold Learning-based Approach for Denoising in Deuterium Metabolic Imaging
Chi D, Han P, De Feyter H, de Graaf R, Ma C. A Manifold Learning-based Approach for Denoising in Deuterium Metabolic Imaging. Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine ... Scientific Meeting And Exhibition. 2025 DOI: 10.58530/2025/3083.Peer-Reviewed Original Research