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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