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Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Leon Qi Rong Ooi
National University of Singapore
2
Fabiana da Silva Alves
Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam
3
Yuchao Jiang
Fudan University
4
Odile Feys
Université Libre de Bruxelles
5
Sanjana Murali
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
6
Zijin Gu
Cornell University
7
Taylor Bolt
Georgia Institute of Technology
8
Xiu Mei
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
9
Isaac Sebenius
Harvard University
10
Natalie Rhodes
Hospital for Sick Children

Papers

1
MCT4-dependent lactate transport: a novel mechanism for cardiac energy metabolism injury and inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Cardiovascular Diabetology|2024
84 cit.
2
Publication in Psychopharmacology Bulletin (2025) [71 citations, W2403202245]
Psychopharmacology Bulletin|2025
71 cit.
3
Longer scans boost prediction and cut costs in brain-wide association studies
Nature|2025
50 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [45 citations, W4400747451]
Nature Communications|2024
45 cit.
5
Publication in Science Advances (2024) [44 citations, W4399562725]
Science Advances|2024
44 cit.
6
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [41 citations, W4392683903]
Nature Communications|2024
41 cit.
7
Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal
Nature Neuroscience|2025
40 cit.
8
Variability of cortico‐cortical evoked potentials in the epileptogenic zone is related to seizure occurrence
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology|2024
13 cit.
9
Dynamics of magnetic cortico‐cortical responses evoked by single‐pulse electrical stimulation
Epilepsia|2024
11 cit.
10
Publication in Imaging Neuroscience (2025) [9 citations, W4408561881]
Imaging Neuroscience|2025
9 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Nico U.F. Dosenbach
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
2
Timothy O. Laumann
Washington University in St. Louis
3
Mette Brimnes Damholt
Copenhagen University Hospital
4
Noam Shemesh
Champalimaud Foundation
5
Dustin Scheinost
Yale University
6
The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Tecnológico de Monterrey
7
Bratislav Mišić
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
8
B Rossa
Unknown
9
Noah Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
10
Anisha Keshavan
College of San Mateo

Papers

1
Reproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals
Nature|2022
2k cit.
2
CAT: a computational anatomy toolbox for the analysis of structural MRI data
GigaScience|2024
816 cit.
3
Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex
Nature Neuroscience|2022
783 cit.
4
A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex
Nature|2023
587 cit.
5
neuromaps: structural and functional interpretation of brain maps
Nature Methods|2022
471 cit.
6
Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain
Nature|2024
237 cit.
7
Data leakage inflates prediction performance in connectome-based machine learning models
Nature Communications|2024
150 cit.
8
Associations between grip strength, brain structure, and mental health in > 40,000 participants from the UK Biobank
BMC Medicine|2022
139 cit.
9
Local molecular and global connectomic contributions to cross-disorder cortical abnormalities
Nature Communications|2022
128 cit.
10
Associations of physical frailty with health outcomes and brain structure in 483 033 middle-aged and older adults: a population-based study from the UK Biobank
The Lancet Digital Health|2023
106 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Stephen M. Smith
University of Oxford
2
Kǎmil Uǧurbil
Resonance Research (United States)
3
James S. Hyde
Cardiff University
4
Robert Turner
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
5
Peter C.M. van Zijl
Kennedy Krieger Institute
6
Anders M. Dale
J. Craig Venter Institute
7
John M. Pauly
Stanford University
8
Gordon L. Shulman
Washington University in St. Louis
9
John C. Gore
Vanderbilt University
10
Alan Connelly
Mercer University

Papers

1
A default mode of brain function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
12.4k cit.
2
Cortical Surface-Based Analysis
NeuroImage|1999
11.5k cit.
3
Functional connectivity in the motor cortex of resting human brain using echo‐planar mri
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine|1995
10.1k cit.
4
Improved Optimization for the Robust and Accurate Linear Registration and Motion Correction of Brain Images
NeuroImage|2002
9.6k cit.
5
Whole Brain Segmentation
Neuron|2002
9k cit.
6
Segmentation of brain MR images through a hidden Markov random field model and the expectation-maximization algorithm
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging|2001
7.3k cit.
7
A global optimisation method for robust affine registration of brain images
Medical Image Analysis|2001
7.2k cit.
8
Sparse MRI: The application of compressed sensing for rapid MR imaging
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine|2007
7k cit.
9
Tract-based spatial statistics: Voxelwise analysis of multi-subject diffusion data
NeuroImage|2006
6.6k cit.
10
Cortical Surface-Based Analysis
NeuroImage|1999
6.4k cit.

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