Research Partner
Research Partner
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University
Markus was the first researcher to take the our advanced diffusion MRI methods to clinical scanners and is a key contributor in developing diffusion MRI beyond previous existing strategies.
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Publications and Presentations
Mapping prostatic microscopic anisotropy using linear and spherical b-tensor encoding: A preliminary study
Magn Reson Med. (2021) – M. Nilsson, G. Eklund, F. Szczepankiewicz, M. Skorpil, K. Bryskhe, C.-F. Westin, C. Lindh, L. Blomqvist, and F. Jäderling
Magic DIAMOND: Multi-fascicle diffusion compartment imaging with tensor distribution modeling and tensor-valued diffusion encoding
Med Image Anal (2021) – A. Reymbaut, A. Valcourt Caron, G. Gilbert, F. Szczepankiewicz, M. Nilsson, S. K. Warfield, M. Descoteaux, and B. Scherrer.
Gradient waveform design for tensor-valued encoding in diffusion MRI
J Neurosci Methods (2020) – F. Szczepankiewicz, C.-F.Westin, and M. Nilsson.
Tensor‐valued diffusion MRI differentiates cortex and white matter in malformations of cortical development associated with epilepsy
Epilepsia (2020) – B. Lampinen, A. Zampeli, I. M. Björkman-Burtscher, F. Szczepankiewicz, K. Källén, M. Compagno Strandberg*, and M. Nilsson* *) Contributed equally to this work.
Disentangling white-matter damage from physiological fiber orientation dispersion in multiple sclerosis
Brain Commun. Epub (2020) – K. Winther Andersen, S. Lasič, H. Lundell, M. Nilsson, D. Topgaard, F. Sellebjerg, F. Szczepankiewicz, H. Roman Siebner, M. Blinkenberg, and T. B. Dyrby
Improved fibre dispersion estimation using b-tensor encoding
Neuroimage. 2020 Jul 15;215:116832 – M. Cottaar, F. Szczepankiewicz, M. Bastiani, M. Hernandez-Fernandez, S. N. Sotiropoulos, M. Nilsson, and S. Jbabdi
Towards unconstrained compartment modeling in white matter using diffusion‐relaxation MRI with tensor‐valued diffusion encoding
Magn Reson Med. 2020 Sep;84(3):1605-1623 – B. Lampinen, F. Szczepankiewicz, J. Mårtensson, D. van Westen, O. Hansson, C.‐F. Westin, and M. Nilsson
Motion‐compensated b‐tensor encoding for in vivo cardiac diffusion‐weighted imaging
NMR Biomed. 2020 Feb;33(2):e4213 – S. Lasič, F. Szczepankiewicz, E. Dall’Armellina, A. Das, C. Kelly, S. Plein, J. Schneider, M. Nilsson, and I. Teh
Tensor-valued diffusion MRI in under 3 minutes: An initial survey of microscopic anisotropy and tissue heterogeneity in four brain tumor types
Magn Reson Med. 2020 Feb;83(2):608-620 – M. Nilsson, F. Szczepankiewicz, C.-F. Westin, A. Goldby, D. van Westen, and P. C. Sundgren
Multidimensional diffusion MRI with spectrally modulated gradients reveals unprecedented microstructural detail
Sci Rep. 2019 Jun 21;9(1):9026 – H. Lundell, M. Nilsson, T. B. Dyrby, G. J. M. Parker, P. L. Hubbard Cristinacce, F.-L. Zhou, D. Topgaard, and S. Lasič
Maxwell-compensated design of asymmetric gradient waveforms for tensor-valued diffusion encoding
Magn Reson Med. 2019 Oct;82(4):1424-1437 – F. Szczepankiewicz, C.-F. Westin, and M. Nilsson
Tensor-valued diffusion encoding for diffusional variance decomposition (DIVIDE): Technical feasibility in clinical MRI systems
PLoS One. 2019 Mar 28;14(3):e0214238 – F. Szczepankiewicz, J. Sjölund, F. Ståhlberg, J. Lätt, and M. Nilsson
Searching for the neurite density with diffusion MRI: Challenges for biophysical modeling
Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Jun 1;40(8):2529-2545 –B. Lampinen, F. Szczepankiewicz, M. Novén, D. van Westen, O. Hansson, E. Englund, J. Mårtensson, C.-F. Westin, and M. Nilsson
Cumulant expansions for measuring water exchange using diffusion MRI
J Chem Phys. 2018 Feb 21;148(7):074109 – L. Ning, M. Nilsson, S. Lasič, C.-F. Westin, and Y. Rathi
Imaging brain microstructure with diffusion MRI: practicality and applications
NMR Biomed. 2019 Apr;32(4):e3841 – D. C. Alexander, T. B. Dyrby, M. Nilsson, and H. Zhang
Liquid crystal phantom for validation of microscopic diffusion anisotropy measurements on clinical MRI systems
Magn Reson Med. 2018 Mar;79(3):1817-1828 – M. Nilsson, J. Larsson, D. Lundberg, F. Szczepankiewicz, T. Witzel, C.-F. Westin, K. Bryskhe, and D. Topgaard
Resolution limit of cylinder diameter estimation by diffusion MRI: The impact of gradient waveform and orientation dispersion
NMR Biomed. 2017 Jul;30(7):e3711 – M. Nilsson, S. Lasič, I. Drobnjak, D. Topgaard, and C.-F. Westin
Neurite density imaging versus imaging of microscopic anisotropy in diffusion MRI: A model comparison using spherical tensor encoding
Neuroimage. 2017 Feb 15;147:517-531 – B. Lampinen, F. Szczepankiewicz, J. Mårtensson, D. van Westen, P. C. Sundgren, and M. Nilsson
The link between diffusion MRI and tumor heterogeneity: Mapping cell eccentricity and density by diffusional variance decomposition (DIVIDE)
Neuroimage. 2016 Nov 15;142:522-532 – F. Szczepankiewicz, D. van Westen, E. Englund, C.-F. Westin, F. Ståhlberg, J. Lätt, P. C. Sundgren, and M. Nilsson
Q-space trajectory imaging for multidimensional diffusion MRI of the human brain
Neuroimage. 2016 Jul 15;135:345-62 – C.-F. Westin, H. Knutsson, O. Pasternak, F. Szczepankiewicz, E. Özarslan, D. van Westen, C. Mattisson, M. Bogren, L. O’Donnell, M. Kubicki, D. Topgaard, and M. Nilsson
Optimal experimental design for filter exchange imaging: Apparent exchange rate measurements in the healthy brain and in intracranial tumors
Magn Reson Med. 2017 Mar;77(3):1104-1114 – B. Lampinen, F. Szczepankiewicz, D. van Westen, E. Englund, P. C Sundgren, J. Lätt, F. Ståhlberg, and M. Nilsson
Quantification of microcirculatory parameters by joint analysis of flow-compensated and non-flow-compensated intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) data
NMR Biomed. 2016 May;29(5):640-9 – A. Ahlgren, L. Knutsson, R. Wirestam, M. Nilsson, F. Ståhlberg, D. Topgaard, and S. Lasič
Apparent exchange rate (AXR) for breast cancer characterization
NMR Biomed. 2016 May;29(5):631-9 – Lasič, S. Oredsson, S. C.Partridge, L. H. Saal, D. Topgaard, M. Nilsson, and K. Bryskhe
Constrained optimization of gradient waveforms for generalized diffusion encoding
J Magn Reson. 2015 Dec;261:157-68 – J. Sjölund, F. Szczepankiewicz, M. Nilsson, D. Topgaard, C.-F. Westin, and H. Knutsson
Conventions and nomenclature for double diffusion encoding (DDE) NMR and MRI
Magn Reson Med. 2016 Jan;75(1):82-7 – N. Shemesh, S. N. Jespersen, D. C. Alexander, Y. Cohen, I. Drobnjak, T. B. Dyrby, J. Finsterbusch, M. A. Koch, T. Kuder, F. Laun, M. Lawrenz, H. Lundell, P. P. Mitra, M. Nilsson, E. Özarslan, D. Topgaard, and C.-F. Westin
NMR diffusion encoding with axial symmetry and variable anisotropy: Distinguishing between prolate and oblate microscopic diffusion tensors with unknown orientation distribution
J Chem Phys. 2015 Mar 14;142(10):104201 – S. Eriksson, S. Lasič, M. Nilsson, C.-F. Westin, and D. Topgaard
Quantification of microscopic diffusion anisotropy disentangles effects of orientation dispersion from microstructure: Applications in healthy volunteers and in brain tumors
Neuroimage. 2015 Jan 1;104:241-52 – F. Szczepankiewicz, S. Lasič, D. van Westen, P. C. Sundgren, E. Englund, C.-F. Westin, F. Ståhlberg, J. Lätt, D. Topgaard, and M. Nilsson
Measurement tensors in diffusion MRI: Generalizing the concept of diffusion encoding
Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2014;17(Pt 3):209-16 – C.-F. Westin, F. Szczepankiewicz, O. Pasternak, E. Özarslan, D. Topgaard, H. Knutsson, and M. Nilsson
Microanisotropy imaging: quantification of microscopic diffusion anisotropy and orientational order parameter by diffusion MRI with magic-angle spinning of the q-vector
Front. Phys., 27 February 2014 – S. Lasič, F. Szczepankiewicz, S. Eriksson, M. Nilsson, and D. Topgaard
Noninvasive mapping of water diffusional exchange in the human brain using filter-exchange imaging
Magn Reson Med. 2013 Jun;69(6):1573-81 – M. Nilsson, J. Lätt, D. van Westen, S. Brockstedt, S. Lasič, F. Ståhlberg, and D. Topgaard
Biophysical modelling in diffusion MRI: The role of tissue microstructure and water exchange
Dept. of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, October 2011 – Markus Nilsson
Apparent exchange rate (AXR) mapping with diffusion MRI
Magn Reson Med. 2011 Aug;66(2):356-65 – S. Lasič, M. Nilsson, J. Lätt, F. Ståhlberg, and D. Topgaard
Filter-exchange PGSE NMR determination of cell membrane permeability
J Magn Reson. 2009 Oct;200(2):291-5 – I. Åslund, A. Nowacka, M. Nilsson, and D. Topgaard
