Tolga Cukur

Summary

Affiliation: Stanford University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Enhanced spectral shaping in steady-state free precession imaging
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 58:1216-23. 2007
  2. ncbi Variable-density parallel imaging with partially localized coil sensitivities
    Tolga Cukur
    Information Systems Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 29:1173-81. 2010
  3. ncbi Positive contrast with alternating repetition time SSFP (PARTS): a fast imaging technique for SPIO-labeled cells
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 63:427-37. 2010
  4. ncbi Multiple repetition time balanced steady-state free precession imaging
    Tolga Cukur
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 9510, USA
    Magn Reson Med 62:193-204. 2009
  5. ncbi Non-contrast-enhanced flow-independent peripheral MR angiography with balanced SSFP
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 61:1533-9. 2009
  6. ncbi Improving non-contrast-enhanced steady-state free precession angiography with compressed sensing
    Tolga Cukur
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 9510, USA
    Magn Reson Med 61:1122-31. 2009
  7. ncbi Multiple-profile homogeneous image combination: application to phase-cycled SSFP and multicoil imaging
    Tolga Cukur
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 60:732-8. 2008
  8. ncbi Fat-water separation with alternating repetition time balanced SSFP
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 60:479-84. 2008
  9. ncbi Varying kernel-extent gridding reconstruction for undersampled variable-density spirals
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 59:196-201. 2008
  10. ncbi The central signal singularity phenomenon in balanced SSFP and its application to positive-contrast imaging
    R Reeve Ingle
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 67:1673-83. 2012

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Enhanced spectral shaping in steady-state free precession imaging
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 58:1216-23. 2007
    ..The method further facilitates the use of SSFP imaging by providing a control parameter to adjust the level of banding-reduction or fat suppression to application-specific needs...
  2. ncbi Variable-density parallel imaging with partially localized coil sensitivities
    Tolga Cukur
    Information Systems Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 29:1173-81. 2010
    ..Aliasing-suppressed images can be produced with high SNR-efficiency without the need for accurate estimation of coil sensitivities and complex or iterative computations...
  3. ncbi Positive contrast with alternating repetition time SSFP (PARTS): a fast imaging technique for SPIO-labeled cells
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 63:427-37. 2010
    ..The results indicate that the proposed method can enhance the suppression level by up to 18 dB compared with conventional balanced steady-state free precession...
  4. ncbi Multiple repetition time balanced steady-state free precession imaging
    Tolga Cukur
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 9510, USA
    Magn Reson Med 62:193-204. 2009
    ..In vivo studies at 1.5 T and 3 T demonstrate the superior fat-suppression performance of multiple-TR bSSFP...
  5. ncbi Non-contrast-enhanced flow-independent peripheral MR angiography with balanced SSFP
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 61:1533-9. 2009
    ..Finally, a new double-acquisition ATR-SSFP technique reduces this sensitivity to off-resonance. In vivo results indicate that the two ATR-based techniques provide more reliable contrast when partial volume effects are significant...
  6. ncbi Improving non-contrast-enhanced steady-state free precession angiography with compressed sensing
    Tolga Cukur
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 9510, USA
    Magn Reson Med 61:1122-31. 2009
    ..Depiction of the vasculature is significantly improved with the increased resolution in the phase-encode plane and higher blood-to-background contrast...
  7. ncbi Multiple-profile homogeneous image combination: application to phase-cycled SSFP and multicoil imaging
    Tolga Cukur
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 60:732-8. 2008
    ..The signal homogeneity can be significantly increased without compromising SNR. The improved performance of the method is demonstrated for SSFP banding artifact reduction and multicoil (phased-array and parallel) image reconstructions...
  8. ncbi Fat-water separation with alternating repetition time balanced SSFP
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 60:479-84. 2008
    ..The proposed method can be tailored to achieve a smaller residual stop-band signal or a decreased sensitivity to field inhomogeneity depending on application-specific needs...
  9. ncbi Varying kernel-extent gridding reconstruction for undersampled variable-density spirals
    Tolga Cukur
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 59:196-201. 2008
    ..The image reconstructed from each annulus can be deapodized separately. The method can be applied to most k-space trajectories used in MRI...
  10. ncbi The central signal singularity phenomenon in balanced SSFP and its application to positive-contrast imaging
    R Reeve Ingle
    Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Magn Reson Med 67:1673-83. 2012
    ..The technique can also simultaneously yield images with contrast similar to balanced steady-state free precession...
  11. ncbi Hybrid prospective and retrospective head motion correction to mitigate cross-calibration errors
    Murat Aksoy
    Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 5488, USA
    Magn Reson Med 67:1237-51. 2012
    ..Moreover, the motion tracking system, which is used to reduce the dimensionality of the autofocusing problem, benefits the retrospective approach at the same time...