Journal papers and Book chapters

1. Robitaille P, Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X, Yu Y, Burgess R, Bair S, Noa P, Yang L, Zhu H, Palmer B, Jiang Z, Chakeres D and Spigos D. Human magnetic resonance imaging at 8 T. NMR Biomed, 11, 263-5(1998).

2. Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X, Burgess R and Robitaille P. Acquisition of human multislice MR images at 8 Tesla. J Comput Assist Tomogr, 23, 335-40 (1999).

3. Zhang X, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Microstrip RF surface coil design for extremely high-field MRI and spectroscopy. Magn Reson Med, 46, 443-50. (2001).

4. Baertlein B, Ozbay O, Ibrahim T, Lee R, Zhang X, Yu Y, Kangarlu A, and Robitaille P. Authors' reply on Comments on"Theoretical Model for an MRI Radio Frequency Resonator". IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 49(5), 495-6 (2002).

5. Collins C, Yang Q, Wang J, Zhang X, Liu H, Michaeli S, Zhu X, Adriany G, Vaughan T, Anderson P, Merkle H, Ugurbil K, Smith M and Chen W. Different excitation and reception distributions with a single-loop transmit-receive surface coil near a head-sized spherical phantom at 300 MHz. Magn Reson Med, 47, 1026-8 (2002).

6. Wang J, Yang Q, Zhang X, Collins M, Smith M, Zhu X, Adriany G, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Polarization of the RF field in a human head at high field: a study with a quadrature surface coil at 7.0 T. Magn Reson Med, 48, 362-9 (2002).

7. Yang Q, Wang J, Zhang X, Collins C, Smith M, Liu H, Zhu X, Vaughan T, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Analysis of wave behavior in lossy dielectric samples at high field. Magn Reson Med, 47, 982-9 (2002).
   

8. Zhu X, Zhang Y, Tian R, Lei H, Zhang N, Zhang X, Merkle H, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Development of 17O NMR approach for fast imaging of cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen in rat brain at high field. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 99, 13194-9 (2002).

9. Zhang X, Tian R, Zhu X, Zhang Y, Merkle H and Chen W. Measurement of arterial input function of 17O water tracer in rat carotid artery by using a region-defined (REDE) implanted vascular RF Coil. MAGMA, 16:77-85 (2003).

10. Lei H, Zhu X, Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. In vivo 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human brain at 7 T: An initial experience. Magn Reson Med, 49, 199-205 (2003).

11. Lei H, Zhu X, Zhang X, Qiao H, Ugurbil K, Chen W. 31P-31P coupling and ATP T2 measurement in human brain at 7T. Magn Reson Med, 50: 656-658 (2003).

12. Zhang X, Ugurbil K and Chen W. A Novel RF volume coil using microstrip transmission line for MR imagin and spectroscopy at 4 Tesla. J Magn Reson, 161: 242-251 (2003).

13. Yang Q, Wang J, Collins C, Smith M, Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Phantom design method for high-field MRI human systems. Magn Reson Med, 52: 1016-1020 (2004).

14. Adriany G, Moortele P, Wiesinger F, Moeller S, Strupp J, Andersen P, Snyder C, Zhang X, Chen W, Pruessmann K, Boesiger P, Vaughan T, Ugurbil K. Transmit and receive transmission line arrays for 7 Tesla parallel imaging. Magn Reson Med 53:434-445 (2005).

15. Zhu XH, Zhang N, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. In vivo 17O NMR approaches for brain study at high field. NMR Biomed, 18(2): 83-103 (2005).

16. Zhang X, Zhu X and Chen W. RF coil design using the high-order harmonic resonance for MR imaging. Magn Reson Med, 53:1234-1239 (2005).

17. Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. A 300-MHz Volume RF Coil Using Inverted Microstrip Transmission Line (iMTL) for Human Head Imaging at 7T. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 52(3): 495-504 (2005).

18. Wu B, Zhang X, Qu P, Shen G. Design of an Inductively Decoupled Microstrip Array at 9.4T. J Magn Reson. 182: 126-132 (2006).

19. Qiao H, Zhang X, Zhu X, Du F, Chen W. in vivo 31P MRS of human brain at high/ultrahigh fields: a quantitative comparison of NMR detection sensitivity and spectral resolution between 4T and 7T. Magn Reson Imaging. 24: 1281-1286 (2006)

20. Yang Q, Mao W, Wang J, Smith M, Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Manipulation of Image Intensity Distribution at 7.0 T: Passive RF Shimming and Focusing with Dielectric Materials. J Magn Reson Img. 24:197-202 (2006).

21. Lee J, Hu Q, Nakamura Y, Wang X, Zhang X, Zhu X, Chen W, Yang Q, Zhang J. Open-Chest 31P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Mouse Heart at 4.7T. J Magn Reson Imaging. 24:1269-1276 (2006).
    

22. Zhu X, Du F, Zhang N, Zhang Y, lei H, Zhang X, Qiao H, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Advanced in vivo heteronuclear MRS approaches for studying brain bioenergetics driven by mitochondria. In Dynamic Brain Imaging, The Humana Press Inc, 2006.

23. Du F, Zhu X, Qiao H, Zhang X, Chen W. Efficient in vivo 31P Magnetization Transfer Approach for Noninvasively Determining Multiple Kinetic Parameters and Metabolic Fluxes of ATP Metabolism in the Human Brain. Magn Reson Med 57:103-114 (2007).

24. Wu B, Zhang X, Qu P, Shen G. Capacitively Decoupled Tunable Loop Microstrip Array at 7T. Magn Reson Imaging. 25(3): 418-424 (2007).

25. Aranguren XL, McCue J, Hendrickx B, Zhu X, Du F, Chen E, Pelacho B, Peñuelas I, Abizanda G, Uriz M, Frommer S, Ross J, Schroeder B, Seaborn M, Adney J, Hagenbrock J, Harris N, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Nelson-Holte M, Jiang Y, Billiau A, Chen W, Prósper F, Verfaillie C, and Luttun A. Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells Sustain Function of Ischemic Limbs in Mice. J Clinical Investigation, 2008, Jan 2 (Epub ahead of print).

Peer-reviewed conference papers

1. Baertlein B, Ozbay O, Zhang X, Kangarlu A, Lee R and Robitaille P. Theoretical Model of the TEM Resonator Coil. in: Proceedings of the 6th annual meeting of ISMRM, Sydney, Australia, p 2043, (1998).
   

2. Baertlein B, Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X, Ibrahim T, Yu Y, Lee R and Robitaille P. On the phenomenon of dielectric resonances in the human head at 8.0 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 4th Annual General Meeting of the British Chapter of ISMRM, Nottingham, UK, (1998).

3. Robitaille P, Kangarlu A, Abduljalil A, Zhang X, Bair S, Ibrahim T, Yu Y, Lee R and Baertlein B. On The Thermal Nature of NMR: Human MRI at 8 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biol. Systems, Tokyo, Japan, p 27, (1998).

4. Robitaille P, Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X, Ibrahim T, Yu Y, Lee R and Baertlein B. Dielectric Resonances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Insight from Very High Fields. in: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Tokyo, Japan, p 86, (1998).

5. Robitaille P, Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X and Chakeres D. Acquisition of the first Human MRI Images at 4.7 and 8.0T: From Concept to Reality. in: Proceedings of the 15th annual meeting of ESMRMB, Geneva, Switzerland, p 29, (1998).

6. Robitaille P, Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X, Chakeres D and Spigos D. Acquisition of the First Human MR Images at 8 Tesla: From Concept to Reality. in: Proceedings of RSNA, Chicago, p (1998).

7. Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X, Yu Y, Yang L, Ibrahim T, Baertlein B, Lee R, Burgess R, Bair S and Robitaille P. A Quantum Leap in Human Magnetic Resonances: Imaging at 8.0 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 7th annual meeting of ISMRM, Philadelphia, p 2038, (1999).

8. Bourekas E, Christoforidis G, Chakeres D, Baujan M, Burgess R, Zhang X, Yang L, Yu Y, Kangarlu A, Spigos D, Abduljalil A and Robitaille P. High Resolution MR Imaging of the Human Brain at 4.7 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 7th annual meeting of ISMRM, Philadelphia, p 961, (1999).

9. Burgess R, Yang L, Zhang X, Ibrahim T, Baertlein B, Lee R, Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A and Robitaille P. Human Imaging at 8 Tesla: A Case Study. in: Proceedings of the 7th annual meeting of ISMRM, Philadelphia, p 962, (1999).

10. Burgess R, Yu Y, Zhang X, Kangarlu A, Abduljalil A and Robitaille P. High Signal to Noise FLASH Imaging at 8 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 16th ESMRMB annual meeting, Sevilla, Spain, (1999).

11. Chakeres D, Abduljalil A, Kangarlu A, Zhang X, Yu Y, Schmalbrock P and Robitaille P. Low Signal Intensity Gray Matter on T2* Weighted Human Brain 8T Images",. in: Proceedings of the 7th annual meeting of ISMRM, Philadelphia, p 457, (1999).

12. Kangarlu A, Yang L, Baertlein B, Abduljalil A, Zhang X, Ibrahim T, Yu Y, Lee R and Robitaille P Analysis of Dielectric Resonances at 8.0 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 7th annaul meeting of ISMRM, Philadelphia, p 1974, (1999).

13. Robitaille P, Zhang X, Yang L, Zhu H and Jiang Z. An Inquiry into the Thermal Nature of NMR. in: Proceedings of The 40th ENC, Orlando, Florida, (1999).

14. Zhang X, Burgess R, Yu Y, Chakeres D, Kangarlu A, Abduljialil A and Robitaille P. High Resolution Imaging of the Human Head at 8 Tesla. in: Proceedings of ESMRMB annual meeting, Sevilla, Spain, p 44 (1999).

15. Zhang X and Robitaille P. Evaluation of TEM Resonator Coils for Head MR Imaging at 1.5T. in: Proceedings of RSNA, Chicago, (1999).

16. Yang Q, Smith M, Zhu X, Liu H, Michaeli S, Zhang X, Andersen P, Adriany G, Merkle H, Ugurbil K and Chen W. T2*-Weighted Human Brain Imaging with the GESEPI at 7.0 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 8th annual meeting of ISMRM, Denver, CO, p 1684, (2000).

17. Wang J, Yang Q, Collins C, Smith M, Michaeli S, Zhu X, Adriany G, Zhang X, Liu H, Andersen P, Vaughan T, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Analysis of the interaction between RF field and sample with a surface coil at 7.0T. in: Proceedings of the 8th annual meeting of ISMRM, Denver, CO, p 564, (2000).

18. Zhang X. Experimental Design of Transmission Line Volume RF coil for MR Imaging at 8T. in: Proceedings of the 8th annual meeting of ISMRM, Denver, CO, p 150, (2000).

19. Kwag J, Zhang X, Zhu X, Andersen P, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Fast Mapping of T1 Relaxation Times in the Human Brain Gray and White Matters at 7 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 1346, (2001).

20. Liu H, Zhang X, Yang Q, Smith M, Ugurbil K and Chen W. The measured T2* of human brain with macroscopic field inhomogeneity compensation at 7 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 1352, (2001).

21. Wang J, Yang Q, Collins C, Smith M, Zhang X, Adriany G, Liu H, Zhu X, Vaughan J, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Analysis of the RF Field of a Quadrature Surface Coil at 7.0T. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 698, (2001).

22. Wang J, Yang Q, Collins C, Smith M, Zhang X, Liu H, Andersen P, Vaughan J, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Analysis of the Interaction between RF Field and Sample with a Surface Coil at 7.0T. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 564, (2001).

23. Yang Q, Smith M, Liu H, Zhang X, Wang J, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Manipulation of Signal Intensity Distribution with Dielectric Loading at 7.0T. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 1096, (2001).

24. Zhang X, Sainati R, Vaughan T and Chen W. Analysis of Single Microstrip Resonator with Capacitive Termination at Very High Fields. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 699, (2001).

25. Zhang X, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Microstrip RF Surface Coils for Human MRI Studies at 7 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 1104, (2001).

26. Zhang X, Ugurbil K and Chen W. A New RF Volume Coil for Human MR Imaging and Spectroscopy at 4 Tesla. in: Proceedings of 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 1103, (2001).

27. Zhu X, Zhang X, Tang S, Ogawa S, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Probing Fast Neuronal Interaction in the Human Ocular Dominate Columns Based on fMRI BOLD Response at 7 Tesla. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 287, (2001).

28. Zhu X, Tian R, Kwag J, Zhang X, Merkle H, Strupp J, Ugurbil K and Chen W. A Robust Approach for Spatial Mapping of CMRO2 in Rat Brain Using 17O MRS Imaging Within Two Minutes. in: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM, Glasgow, UK, p 494, (2001).

29. Lei H, Zhu X, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Liu H and Chen W. Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements by 17O Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging with Bolus Injection of H217O in Rat: A Revisit. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 1093, (2002).

30. Lei H, Zhu X, Zhang X, Ugurbil K and Chen W. In Vivo 31P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Human Brain at 7 T: An Initial Experience. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 235, (2002).

31. Wang J, Yang Q, Collins C, Smith M, Zhang X, Adriany G, Ugurbil K and Chen W. A Method for Predicting Human Head Signal Distribution at 9.4 T. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 918, (2002).
    

32. Yang Q, Wang J, Zhang X, Smith M, Adriany G, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Phantom Design in the Presence of Wave Behavior of the Radiofrequency Field. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 913, (2002).

33. Zhang X, Zhu X, Lei H, Zhang Y and Chen W. A 400 MHz flexible MTL RF coil using the 2nd harmonic resonance for rat MR imaging at 9.4T. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 159, (2002).

34. Zhang X, Tian R, Zhu X, Zhang Y, Merkle H and Chen W. Design of an implanted RF coil for determining input function of rat carotid artery at 9.4T. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 889, (2002).

35. Zhang X, Yang Q, Lei H, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Comparison Study of Microstrip Transmission Line (MTL) Volume coil and Shielded Birdcage Coil at 4T. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 881, (2002).

36. Zhu X, Lei H, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Zhang N, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Evidence of Limited Permeation of Metabolic Water in Rat Brain Observed by 17O Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging and Its Implications. in: Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 1094, (2002).

37. Zhu X, Qiao H, Zhang X, Lei H and Chen W. Imaging Creatine Kinase Reaction Activity in Human Brain Using 3D 31P CSI at 7 Tesla. in: Proceedings of 11th annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p126, (2003).

38. Liu H, Zhang X, Andersen P, Ugurbil K and Chen W. Measured Excitation and Reception Fields of a Surface Coil at 298 MHz. in: Proceedings of 11th annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p2443, (2003).

39. Zhu X, Zhang X and Chen W. Study of 17O NMR Sensitivity and Relaxation Times of Cerebral Water in Human at 7 Tesla. in: Proceedings of 11th annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p868 (2003).

40. Adriany G, Van de Moortele P, Wiesinger F, Zhang X, Snyder C, Chen W, Pruessmann K, Boesiger P, Vaughan T and Ugurbil K. Transceive stripline arrays for ultra high field parallel imaging applications. in: Proceedings of 11th annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p474 (2003).

41. Wentorf F, Chen W and Zhang X. Initial findings of diffusion anisotropy in articular cartilage. in: Proceedings of 11th annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p57 (2003).

42. Zhang X, Zhu X, Qiao H, Liu H, Vaughan T, Ugurbil K and Chen W. A circular-polarized double-tuned (31P and 1H) TEM coil for human head MRI/MRS at 7T. in: Proceedings of 11th annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p 423, (2003).

43. Zhang X, Ugurbil K and Chen W. A volume RF coil using inverted microstrip transmission line (iMTL) for human head imaging at 7T. in: Proceedings of 11th annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p719, (2003).

44. Qiao H, Zhang X, Zhu X, Chen W. 31P MRS in human brain at 4T and 7T: signal-to-noise ratio and spectra l resolution comparisons. in: Proceedings of 12th annual meeting of ISMRM, Kyoto, Japan, p 2429 (2004).

45. Zhu X, Qiao H, Zhang X, Chen W. Differentiating high-energy phosphate metabolites and pH in human gray and white matters by using 3D 31P chemical shift imaging of entire brain at 7 tesla. in: Proceedings of 12th annual meeting of ISMRM, Kyoto, Japan, p 114 (2004).

46. Zhang X, Chen W. Design of high frequency volume coil using MTL resonators: a simple solution to the RF volume coil design at ultrahigh magnetic fields. in: Proceedings of 12th annual meeting of ISMRM, Kyoto, Japan, p 1547 (2004).

47. Zhang X, Liao Y, Zhu X, Chen W. An MTL coil array with a broad frequency tuning range for ultra-high field human MR applications from 3T to 7T. in: Proceedings of 12th annual meeting of ISMRM, Kyoto, Japan, p 1602 (2004).

48. Du F, Zhu X, Qiao H, Zhang X, Chen W. A 31P magnetization transfer approach for studying high-energy phosphate metabolic rates, fluxes and thermal equilibrium in three-site chemical exchange system of Pcr, ATP and Pi in human brain. in: Proceedings of 13th annual meeting of ISMRM, Miami, p210 (2005).

49. Zhang X, Chen W. B1 shimming using a volume coil at high fields. in: Proceedings of 13th annual meeting of ISMRM, Miami, p938 (2005).

50. Zhang X, Burr A, Zhu X, Adriany G, Ugurbil K, Chen W. A dual-tuned microstrip volume coil array for human head parallel 1H/31P MRI/MRS at 7T. in: Proceedings of 13th annual meeting of ISMRM, Miami, p896 (2005).

51. Zhu X, Luttun A, McCue J, Schroeder B, Seaborn M, Verfaillie C, Du F, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Chen W, Bioenergetics Measured by In Vivo 31P MRSI in Hind Limb Muscles Correlates with Functional Performance Before and After Stem Cell Treatment in a Mouse Model of Peripheral Vascular Disease, ISMRM, p352 (2006).

52. Zhu X, Zhang X, Zhang N, Zhang Y, Strupp J, Ugurbil K, Chen W, high-field 17O Study of 3D CMRO2 Imaging in Human Visual Cortex, ISMRM, p409 (2006)

53. Zhu X, Zhang Y, Zhang N, Zhang X, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Direct Imaging of CMRO2 in Cat Visual Cortex at Rest and Visual Stimulation. ISMRM, p457 (2006).

54. Wu B, Zhang X, Shen G. An Optimized Four-channel Microstrip Loop Array at 7T. ISMRM, p2569 (2006).
    

55. Wu B, Zhang X, Shen G. Inductively Decoupled Microstrip Array at 9.4T, ISMRM, p528 (2006).
    

56. Xie Z, Xu D, Kelley D, Vigneron D, Zhang X. Dual-frequency volume coil with quadrature capability for 13C/1H MRI/MRS at 7T, ISMRM workshop on Advances in high field MR (2007).

57. Zhang X. Sample Self-resonance Excitation and Reception, ENC (2007).
    

58. Zhang X, Ogawa S, Chen W. An inverted microstrip transmission line (iMTL) surface coil for 3T and 4T MR imaging, ENC (2007).

59. Wang J, Kim H, Mao W, Zhang X, Chen W, Smith M B, Constable. NMR Signal Intensity and Receive Sensitivity, ISMRM p321 (2007).

60. Wang C, Zhang X. Potential Advantage of degenerated Birdcage Coil for Parallel Imaging. 8th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, p146-147 (2007).

61. Wang C, Zhang X. B1 Shimming by Pre-emphasis at High Field. 8th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, p144-145 (2007).

62. Xie Z, Xu D, Kelley D, Wang C, Vigneron D, Zhang X. A Dual-tuned Quadrature Microstrip Volume Coil for Mouse MR Imaging at 7T. 8th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, p151 (2007)