Team
Daniel is co-founder of Random Walk Imaging and is one of the world’s leading experts in advanced diffusion nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, holding a Professorship in Physical Chemistry at Lund University.
Publications and Presentations
Glioma grading, molecular feature classification, and microstructural characterization using MR diffusional variance decomposition (DIVIDE) imaging
Eur Radiol. (2021) – S. Li, Y. Zheng, W. Sun, S. Lasič, F. Szczepankiewicz, Q. Wei, S. Han, S. Zhang, X. Zhong, L. Wang, H. Li, Y. Cai, D. Xu, Z. Li, Q. He, D. van Westen, K. Bryskhe, D. Topgaard, and H. Xu.
Multidimensional diffusion magnetic resonance imaging for characterization of tissue microstructure in breast cancer patients: A prospective pilot study
Cancers (Basel) (2021) – I. Daimiel Naranjo, A. Reymbaut, P. Brynolfsson, R. Lo Gullo, K. Bryskhe, D. Topgaard, D.D. Giri, J.S. Reiner, S.B. Thakur, and K. Pinker-Domenig.
Toward nonparametric diffusion‐T1 characterization of crossing fibers in the human brain
Magn Reson Med (2020) – A. Reymbaut, J. Critchley, G. Durighel, T. Sprenger, M. Sughrue, K. Bryskhe, and D. Topgaard.
Computing and visualising intra-voxel orientation-specific relaxation-diffusion features in the human brain
Hum Brain Mapp. (2020) – J.P. de Almeida Martins, C.M.W. Tax, A. Reymbaut, F. Szczepankiewicz, M. Chamberland, D.K. Jones, and D. Topgaard.
Advanced Diffusion Encoding Methods in MRI
Royal Society of Chemistry (2020) – D. Topgaard (Editor)
Advanced Diffusion Encoding Methods in MRI: Chapter 14, Clinical Research with Advanced Diffusion Encoding Methods in MRI
Royal Society of Chemistry (2020) – A. Reymbaut, Y. Zheng, S. Li, W. Sun, H. Xu, I. Daimiel Naranjo, S. Thakur, K. Pinker-Domenig, S. Rajan, V. K. Vanugopal, V. Mahajan, H. Mahajan, J. Critchley, G. Durighel, M. Sughrue, K. Bryskhe and D. Topgaard
Advanced Diffusion Encoding Methods in MRI: Chapter 1, Translational Motion of Water in Biological Tissues – A Brief Primer
Royal Society of Chemistry (2020) – D. Topgaard
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
Transferring principles of solid-state and Laplace NMR to the field of in vivo brain MRI
Magn. Reson., 1, 27-43, 2020 – J. P. de Almeida Martins, C. M. W. Tax, F. Szczepankiewicz, D. K. Jones, C.-F. Westin, and D. Topgaard
Accuracy and precision of statistical descriptors obtained from multidimensional diffusion signal inversion algorithms
NMR Biomed. 2020 Feb 17;e4267 – A. Reymbaut, P. Mezzani, J. P. de Almeida Martins, and D. Topgaard
Multiple Dimensions for Random Walks
J Magn Reson. 2019 Sep;306:150-154. – D. Topgaard
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
Diffusion tensor distribution imaging
NMR Biomed. 32(5):e4066 (2019) – D. Topgaard
Multidimensional correlation of nuclear relaxation rates and diffusion tensors for model-free investigations of heterogeneous anisotropic porous materials
Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 6;8(1):2488. – J. P. de Almeida Martins and D. Topgaard
Quantification of the Intracellular Life Time of Water Molecules to Measure Transport Rates of Human Aquaglyceroporins
J Membr Biol. 2017 Dec;250(6):629-639 – M. Palmgren, M. Hernebring, S. Eriksson, K. Elbing, C. Geijer, S. Lasič, P. Dahl, J.S. Hansen, D. Topgaard, and K. Lindkvist-Petersson
Effects of imaging gradients in sequences with varying longitudinal storage time – Case of diffusion exchange imaging
Magn Reson Med. 2018 Apr;79(4):2228-2235 – S. Lasič, H. Lundell, D. Topgaard, and T. B. Dyrby
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
NMR quantification of diffusional exchange in cell suspensions with relaxation rate differences between intra and extracellular compartments
PLoS One. 2017 May 11;12(5):e0177273 – S. Eriksson, K. Elbing, O. Söderman, K. Lindkvist-Petersson, D. Topgaard, and S. Lasič.
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
Multidimensional Diffusion MRI
J Magn Reson. 2017 Feb;275:98-113 – D. Topgaard
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
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
Director orientations in lyotropic liquid crystals: Diffusion MRI mapping of the Saupe order tensor
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2016 Mar 28;18(12):8545-53 – D. Topgaard
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
Two-dimensional correlation of isotropic and directional diffusion using NMR
Phys Rev Lett. 2016 Feb 26;116(8):087601 – J. P. de Almeida Martins and D. Topgaard
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
Isotropic diffusion weighting using a triple-stimulated echo pulse sequence with bipolar gradient pulse pairs
Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 205:48-51 (2015) – D. Topgaard
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
NMR methods for studying microscopic diffusion anisotropy. Diffusion NMR of Confined Systems: Fluid transport in porous solids and heterogeneous materials
Chapter 7, 226-259, NMR Methods for Studying Microscopic Diffusion Anisotropy – D. Topgaard
NMR diffusion and relaxation correlation methods: New insights in heterogeneous materials
Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci. 11(3):166-172 (2013) – D. Bernin and D. Topgaard
Isotropic diffusion weighting in PGSE NMR: Numerical optimization of the q-MAS PGSE sequence
Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 178:60-63 (2013) – D. Topgaard
Isotropic diffusion weighting in PGSE NMR by magic-angle spinning of the q-vector
J Magn Reson. 2013 Jan;226:13-8 – S. Eriksson, S. Lasič, 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
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