My biomedical imaging research lab fosters translational team-science discovery from mouse to human. My lab is part of the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (BNAC). In addition, my lab provides expertise in imaging physics and analysis for the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CBI), a core facility of UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), for which I serve as the Technical Director.
My research program targets several interrelated topics in biomedical imaging of neurological disease. The principle thread connecting these topics is the advancement of neuroimaging technology for noninvasive profiling of tissue pathology. The focus of my research program lies in the development and application of novel computational methods to quantify biophysical tissue properties with MRI, primarily those related to tissue iron. Disease progression is associated with disturbed brain iron homeostasis in many neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), providing a strong rationale for the study of brain iron.
I pioneered the development of an MRI method referred to as quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). QSM capitalizes on the observation that biological tissues perturb the static magnetic field of the MRI scanner in a predictable way that depends on their magnetizability (or: magnetic susceptibility), which is strongly affected by tissue iron. QSM measures these perturbations and computes the underlying spatial distribution of susceptibility by solving several physics-based inverse mathematical problems, a process to which I have made several groundbreaking contributions.
Alongside my methodological work, a major priority of my research program is the clinical translation of advanced research imaging technology. I pursue this ambition through extensive collaboration with colleagues at the Department of Neurology, the CBI, and external partners.
Education and Training:
PhD, Medical Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Summa Cum Laude (2013)
Certificate, Certified Photonics Professional, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (2008)
MS, Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Summa Cum Laude (2008)
Certificate, Correspondence study of physics and mathematics, University of Kaiserslautern (2003)
Employment:
Affiliate Faculty Member, Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, University at Buffalo (2023-present)
Associate Professor (HS) with tenure, Neurology, University at Buffalo (2021-present)
Technical Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging, Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University at Buffalo (2020-present)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo (2016-present)
Director of Sequence Development, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (2015-present)
Research Physicist, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (2014-present)
Research Associate Professor, Radiology, University at Buffalo (2023-present)
Graduate Faculty, The Graduate School, University at Buffalo (2014-present)
Program Faculty, Neuroscience Program, University at Buffalo (2014-present)
Research Assistant Professor, Radiology, University at Buffalo (2019–2023)
Assistant Professor (HS), Neurology, University at Buffalo (2014–2021)
Technical Director of MRI, Center for Biomedical Imaging, Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University at Buffalo (2015–2020)
Postdoctoral Associate, Hans Berger Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Jena University Hospital (2013)
Postdoctoral Associate, Medical Physics, Jena University Hospital, Germany (2013)
Research Associate, Medical Physics Group, Jena University Hospital Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (2013)
Research Assistant, Medical Physics, Jena University Hospital (2008–2009)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): phase MRI; susceptibility MRI; iron MRI; preclinical imaging; multi-modal imaging
Neuroimaging: Neurodegenerative disorder; aging
Research Centers:
Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center
Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC)
Jacobs Neurological Institute
UB 2020 Strategic Strengths:
Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
Information and Computing Technology
Grants and Sponsored Research:
April 2024–March 2029 MRI-Based Quantitative Mapping of Oxygen Extraction Fraction in MS NIBIB Role: Co-Investigator $1,773,283
April 2021–March 2026 Optimizing Chest Compressions Targeting Gas Exchange and Hemodynamics in a Transitional Cardiac Arrest Model National Institutes of Health Role: Co-Investigator $1,642,389
June 2024–June 2025 Buffalo Bioimaging Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (B4ND) Role: Principal Investigator $68,000
July 2021–June 2025 Deep gray matter iron and disease progression in multiple sclerosis. National Institutes of Health Role: Principal Investigator $1,808,000
January 2024–December 2024 Assessing the Efficacy of Alterations in Subcortical-Cortical Functional Connectivity from Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Older Children after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Role: Co-Principal Investigator $54,380
January 2024–December 2024 Advanced imaging assessment of underserved relapsing and progressive multiple sclerosis patients: a case-control study Role: Co-Investigator $67,000
February 2020–December 2024 Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center National Institutes of Health Role: Co-Investigator $19,101,902
January 2022–July 2023 New combined approaches for researching brain tissue and cortical networks. German Academic Exchange Service Role: Co-Principal Investigator $35,000
August 2021–July 2023 Advanced hybrid PET-MRI imaging pipeline at 9.4T Role: Principal Investigator
June 2022–May 2023 Mapping of Metabolic profiles with the structural connectivity of the auditory path-way in blast traumatic brain injury Role: Co-Investigator $8,500
September 2017–July 2022 The role of acute and chronic neuroinflammation on iron homeostasis and oligodendrocyte viability in the deep gray matter. The Dana Foundation Role: Principal Investigator $200,000
April 2016–March 2022 Physiological mechanisms of a biomarker of recovery from a concussion National Institutes of Health Role: Co-Investigator $1,723,492
January 2020–December 2021 Mapping magnetic properties of the aging brain German Academic Exchange Service Role: Co-Principal Investigator $29,700
March 2018–September 2021 Clinical Brain Network Imaging with Canon 3T Gradient Upgrade Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. Role: Co-Investigator $160,738
July 2019–June 2021 Potential of inhibition of Poly ADP Ribose Polymerase as a therapeutic approach in blast induced cochlear and brain injury Hearing Health Foundation Role: Co-Principal Investigator $29,308
July 2016–July 2020 The Use of fMRI to Evaluate the Effects of Sound Therapy–Pilot Study BUNY Buffalo State Research and Creativity Council Role: Co-Investigator $7,000
March 2017–September 2018 Multimodal multiparametric brain mapping for pre-symptomatic diagnosis and treatment development in Krabbe Disease Role: Principal Investigator $48,000
September 2013–September 2014 Disentangling of biophysical contributions to the MR-phase signal in the human brain by analyzing of the multipole field distribution due to the anisotropic magnetic susceptibility of the neuronal network Friedrich Schiller University Jena Role: Principal Investigator
May 2014–May 2014 UUP individual Development Award University At Buffalo Role: Principal Investigator
April 2013–April 2014 ISMRM Seed Grant International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Role: Principal Investigator
July 2013–September 2013 Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Role: Principal Investigator
January 2009–December 2011 Doctoral scholarship Carl Zeiss Foundation Role: Principal Investigator
July 2010–August 2010 Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Role: Co-Investigator
Biparametric Joint Label Fusion This is an extension of the original Advanced Normalization Tools Joint Label Fusion (JLF). The original version only allows segmenting regions using single-contrast atlases, while this extended JLF version is capable of single- and dual-contrast segmentations, such as using T1-weighted images and quantitative susceptibility maps. (https://gitlab.com/R01NS114227/antsjointlabelfusion_biparametric) (2024)
Homogeneity Enabled Incremental Dipole Inversion Homogeneity Enabled Incremental Dipole Inversion (HEIDI) is a dipole inversion algorithm for quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). The algorithm consists of an underregularized LSQR-based iterative solution with data-integrity constrained weighted total variation post-processing. (https://gitlab.com/R01NS114227/qsm_heidi) (2024)
BrukerSky BrukerSky is a modular MATLAB-based database and reconstruction system for Bruker data. BrukerSky automatically creates bash scripts for all reconstructions. These scripts can either be executed manually, providing full control of the execution, or automatically. (https://gitlab.com/schweser/brukersky) (2023)
Pipeline for Super Simple Serial Slurm (pi4s) The Pipeline for Super Simple Serial Slurm (pi4s) is a super-simple Bash-based pipeline for Slurm. The pipeline submits Slurm jobs with proper dependencies between consecutive jobs, ensuring that pipeline jobs start in the right order. (https://gitlab.com/R01NS114227/pi4s) (2023)
Separation of Biophysical Contrast Mechanisms in Biomedical Imaging (2019)
Method for high accurate extraction of information from at least two-dimensional measurement data of an object, which are superimposed by a signal from external sources (2010)
SAR hotspot reduction by temporal averaging in parallel transmission MRI (2010)
Real-time local and global SAR estimation for patient safety and improved scanning performance. (2009)
Schweser F, Dwyer MG, Deistung A, Reichenbach JR, Zivadinov R. (2013) Impact of tissue atrophy on high-pass filtered MRI signal phase-based assessment in large-scale group-comparison studies: a simulation study. Front Physics (Oct)14.
Robinson, Simon Schweser, Ferdinand. (2024) Phase imaging and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping. In: Ultra-high field neuro MRI. Springer
Schweser F, Preda M, Zivadinov R. (2018) Susceptibility Weighted MRI in Rodents at 9.4 Tesla. In: Methods in Molecular Biology—Preclinical MRI: Methods and Protocols. Springer
Schweser, Ferdinand Rauscher, Alexander. (1900) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping in Multiple Sclerosis. In: Handbook of Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis. Springer
Abstracts:
Benslimane I, Grabner G, Hametner S, Jochmann T, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Conventional chi-separation compared to self calibrated method (BIOPHYSICSS-DL) with histological validation. Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Community Research Day. Buffalo, New York (Jul) Poster
Markiewicz P, Schweser F, McFarland A, Jensen MEK, Clemmensen AH. (2024) Towards Standardised and Unified Image Reconstruction in Preclinical PET. 2024 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD. Tampa, Florida (Jul), (2700) Poster
Reeves J, Bartnik A, Mohebbi M, Bergsland N, Jakimovski D, Salman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2024) Paramagnetic rim lesion evolution is related to longitudinal clinical disease progression in people with multiple sclerosis. 149th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association. Orlando, Florida (Jul) Poster
Salman F, Ramesh A, Prayer M, Adegbemigun A, Jochmann T, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Decoding Deep Gray Matter Susceptibility: Variance from the reference region, not dipole inversion artifacts, dominates reproducibility. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Reeves J, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Mohebbi M, Salman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2024) Greater 5-year Gray Matter Atrophy Is Associated with Newly Arising Paramagnetic Rim Lesions, but Not Disappearing or Persisting Rim Lesions. American Academy of Neurology. Denver, Colorado (Jul), (3880) Oral
Salman F, Ramesh A, Jochmann T, Prayer M, Adegbemigun A, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Impact of Regularization Parameter Choice on Real-World Sensitivity of QSM. EMTP Chile. Santiago, (Jul) Poster
Salman F, Thomas K, Adegbemigun A, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Biparametric Joint Label Fusion: A Comprehensive Segmentation Tool for Precision in QSM Analysis. EMTP Chile. Santiago, (Jul) Oral
Reeves J, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Mohebbi M, Salman F, Schweser F, Eckert S, Hojnacki D, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2024) Disease Modifying Therapy Use is Associated With Reduced Paramagnetic Rim Lesion Appearance, but not Rim Disappearance. ACTRIMS Forum 2024. West Palm Beach, Florida (Jul), (55) Poster
Jochmann T, Omira A, Kügler N, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2024) Single-Orientation Susceptibility Anisotropy Imaging. EMTP Chile. Santiago, (Jul) Poster
Reeves JA, Bartnik A, Mohebbi M, Ramanathan M, Bergsland N, Jakimovski D, Wilding GE, Salman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2024) Sample size estimations for clinical trials using paramagnetic rim lesion rim disappearance or appearance as an endpoint. ECTRIMS. Copenhagen, (Jul), (182) Poster
Salman F, Murdoch JB, Jakimovski D, McGranor C, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Multi-parametric investigation of thalamic iron and neurotransmitter dyshomeostasis in multiple sclerosis patients with high disability. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Strategized Replication: Exploring Inconsistencies in QSM-Based Studies of Brain Iron in Multiple Sclerosis. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Reeves JA, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Mohebbi M, Salman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2024) Modifying Therapy Use is Associated with Reduced Paramagnetic Rim Lesion Appearance, but not Rim Disappearance. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. West Palm Beach, Florida (Jul), (55) Poster
Jochmann T, Kügler N, Omira A, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2024) Orientation dependency of white matter magnetic susceptibility with the QUASAR model. EMTP Chile. Santiago, (Jul) Oral
Salman F, Ramesh A, Jochmann T, Prayer M, Adegbemigun A, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) On the Sensitivity of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping in Clinical Brain Research. EMTP Chile. Santiago, (Jul) Oral
Jochmann T, Jakimovski D, Hametner S, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2024) Nonsusceptibility frequency shifts in the human brain and their impact on quantitative suscep-tibility mapping. Joint Workshop on MR phase, magnetic susceptibility and electrical properties mapping. Lucca, (Jul) Oral
Tranquille A, GReeves JA, Bartnik A, Mohebbi M, Salman F, Jakimovski D, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Hojnacki D, Eckert S, Dwyer MG, Tavazzi E, Zivadinov R, Bergsland N. (2024) Chronic white matter inflammation is associated with choroid plexus volume and expansion over 5 years in people with progressive multiple sclerosis. ECTRIMS. Copenhagen, (Jul), (717) Poster
Riedl C, Bohrmann D, Steinmaurer A, Novak A, Mildner M, Romana H, Schweser F, Hametner S. (2024) Changes in the iron handling machinery of myeloid cells in pwMS. ECTRIMS. Copenhagen, (Jul), (1757) Poster
Jochmann T, Omira A, Kügler N, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2024) Susceptibility anisotropy imaging from single-orientation MRI with a training-free physics-informed autoencoder. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Salman F, Ramesh A, Prayer M, Adegbemigun A, Jochmann T, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Decoding Sensitivity of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: Influence of Background Field Removal and Inversion Algorithms. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Pol S, Dhanraj R, Taher A, Crever M, Charboneau T, Schweser F, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2024) Effect of siponimod on brain and spinal cord imaging markers of neurodegeneration in the theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus model of demyelination. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul), (200) Poster
Jochmann T, Kügler N, Omira A, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2024) Beyond the dipole: unveiling the hidden impact of nondipolar shifts on MRI phase contrast anisotropy in the brain. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Mir S, Salman F, Jakimovski D, McGranor C, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) A Fully Automated Pipeline for the Determination of the Iron Microstructure Coefficient (IMC) from Multi-Echo GRE Data. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2024) Optimizing QSM-T1w Neuroimaging Templates: Exploring the Impact of the Number of Subjects on Template Quality. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Singapore, (Jul) Poster
Reeves JA, Wicks T, Mohebbi M, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, GSalman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2023) Baseline paramagnetic rim lesions presence does not predict greater disability progression over 10 years. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul), (565) Poster
Benslimane I, Grabner G, Hametner S, Jochmann T, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) Single Subject Self-Calibrating Network (BIOPHYSICSS-DL) with an improved prediction model for X-separation with histological validation. IEEE WNYISPW. Rochester, New York (Jul) Oral
Jakimovski D, Weinstock-Guttman B, Burnham B, Weinstock Z, Wicks R, Ramanathan M, Sciortino T, Ostrem M, Suchan C, Dwyer MG, Reilly J, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Kennedy C, Young-Hong D, Eckert S, Hojnacki D, Benedict RHB, Zivadinov R. (2023) Disability assessment and quantification in people with severely affected multiple sclerosis. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul), (1088) Poster
Zivadinov R, Jakimovski D, Burnham A, Weinstock Z, Wicks T, Ramanathan M, Sciortino T, Ostrem M, Suchan C, Dwyer MG, Reilly J, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Kennedy C, Young-Hong D, Eckert S, Hojnacki D, Benedict RHB, Weinstock-Guttman B. (2023) Gray matter damage explains severe disability in multiple sclerosis (MS): Results from the Comprehensive Assessment of Severely Affected MS (CASA-MS) study. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul), (1088) Poster
Reeves JA, Wicks T, Mohebbi M, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Salman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2023) Paramagnetic rim lesions predict greater relapse rates over 10-year follow-up. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul) Oral
Reeves JA, Salman F, Dwyer MG, Bergsland N, Weinstock-Guttman B, Muldoon S, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) Short-term susceptibility correlations are sensitive to disrupted iron dynamics in multiple sclerosis. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Toronto, (Jul), (297) Oral
Zivadinov R, Jakimovski D, Burnham A, Weinstock Z, Wicks T, Ramanathan M, Sciortino T, Ostrem M, Suchan C, Dwyer MG, Reilly J, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Kennedy C, Young-Hong D, Eckert S, Hojnacki D, Benedict RHB, Weinstock-Guttman B. (2023) Gray matter damage explains severe disability in multiple sclerosis (MS): Results from the comprehensive assessment of severely affected MS. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul) Poster
Jochmann T, Salman F, Adegbemigun A, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2023) Nonsusceptibility frequency contributions and brain size affect quantitative susceptibility mapping in a region-dependent manner. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Toronto, (Jul), (2030) Poster
Jakimovski D, Weinstock-Guttman B, Burnham B, Weinstock Z, Wicks R, Ramanathan M, Sciortino T, Ostrem M, Suchan C, Dwyer MG, Reilly J, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Kennedy C, Young-Hong D, Eckert S, Hojnacki D, Benedict RHB, Zivadinov R. (2023) Disability assessment and quantification in people with severely affected multiple sclerosis. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul), (1179) Poster
Benslimane I, Grabner G, Hametner S, GJochmann T, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) Myelin, Iron, and Free Water Content Quantification Through BIOPHYSICSS Deep Learning. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Toronto, (Jul), (3578) Poster
Salman F, Ramesh A, Jochmann T, Payer M, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Jakimovski D, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) Systematic assessment of published QSM inversion algorithms for detecting longitudinal changes in brain susceptibility. Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Community Research Day. Buffalo, New York (Jul) Poster
Reeves J and Mohebbi M, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Salman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2023) Paramagnetic rim lesion prevalence, clinical differences, and radiological associations using a standardized classification criteria. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. San Diego, California (Jul) Poster
Zivadinov R, Jakimovski D, Burnham A, Weinstock Z, Wicks T, Ramanathan M, Sciortino T, Ostrem M, Suchan C, Dwyer MG, Reilly J, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Kennedy C, Young-Hong C, Eckert S, Hojnacki D, Kuhle J, Benedict R HB, Weinstock-Guttman B. (2023) Comprehensive Assessment of Severely Affected Multiple Sclerosis (CASA-MS) Study. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. San Diego, California (Jul) Poster
Singhal T, Schweser F, Vaquerano S, Ficke JH, Kukreja P, Pan H, Rissanen E, Carter K, Bose G, Galetta K, Glanz B, Zurawski J, Cicero S, Houtchens MK, Severson C, Dubey S, Yang BY, Bakshi R, Chitnis T, Brown B, Boer I, Weiner H. (2023) Efficacy of Ofatumumab on Microglial Activity and Brain Iron in Patients With Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis: Results From a 9-Month Study. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul), (179) Poster
Salman F, Ramesh A, Jochmann T, Payer M, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Jakimovski D, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) Systematic assessment of published QSM inversion algorithms for detecting longitudinal changes in brain susceptibility. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Toronto, (Jul), (281) Oral
Bartnik A, Smith M, Diehl AD, Duncan W, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Zivadinov R, Dwyer MG. (2023) A Centralized Neuroinformatics Platform to Provide Broad Normative and Comparative Datasets in Multiple Sclerosis. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. San Diego, California (Jul) Poster
Reeves J, Mohebbi M, Jakimovski D, Salman F, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2023) Associations between different QSM lesion subtypes and brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. San Diego, California (Jul) Poster
Reeves J and Jochmann T, Mohebbi M, Jakimovski D, Hametner S, GSalman F, Bergsland N, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) Novel MRI Technique Reveals Subtypes of Paramagnetic Rim Lesions and Predicts 5-year Rim Disappearance. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. San Diego, California (Jul) Poster
Riedl CJ, Bormann D, Testa G, Steinmaurer A, Mildner M, Schweser F, Höftberger R, Hametner S. (2023) Iron handling in MS. MSMilan2023. Milan, (Jul) Poster
Pol S, Dhanraj R, Crever M, Taher A, Charboneau T, Schweser F, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2023) Iron-oxide nanoparticle contrast enhancement predicts grey matter volume loss in a viral mouse model of demyelination. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. San Diego, California (Jul) Poster
Dhanraj R, Taher A, Charboneau T, Schweser F, Dwyer MG, Pol S, Zivadinov R. (2023) Assessing Spinal Cord Pathology In Vivo using High Field MRI in Thieler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus Mouse Model. Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. San Diego, California (Jul) Poster
Benslimane I, Grabner G, Hametner S, Jochmann T, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) Conventional chi-separation compared to self-calibrated method (BIOPHYSICSS-DL) with histological validation. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Toronto, (Jul), (4735) Poster
Jochmann T, Jakimovski D, Hametner S, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2023) Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technique Shows That Brain Tissue Induces Nondipolar Larmor Frequency Shifts. Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Community Research Day. Buffalo, New York (Jul) Poster
Marecki R, Pol S, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2023) 3D Printed Alignment Apparatus for Retrofitted Rodent PET-MRI at 9.4 Tesla. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Toronto, (Jul), (4398) Poster
Jochmann T, Reeves J, Salman F, Jakimovski D, Hametner S, Mohebbi M, Bergsland N, Weinstock-Gutman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2023) Nonsusceptibility frequency shift reveals subtypes of multiple sclerosis lesions and predicts 5-year disappearance of paramagnetic rim. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. Toronto, (Jul), (3534) Poster
Reeves JA, Jakimovski D, Mohebbi M, Bergsland N, GSalman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2023) Associations between paramagnetic rim lesions and proteomic levels. MSMilan. Milan, (Jul), (566) Poster
Marecki L, Suyog P, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2022) Design of a 3D Printed Alignment Apparatus for Retrofitted Rodent PET-MRI at 9.4 Tesla. PSMR. La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, (Jul) Oral
Benslimane I, Grabner G, Hametner S, Jochmann T, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2022) Beyond qMRI: Biological tissue properties from single-subject unsupervised deep learning with theoretical signal constraints. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. London, (Jul), (370) Oral
Benslimane I, Grabner G, Hametner S, Jochmann T, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2022) Improved self-calibrated signal model for ?-separation using single-subject (N=1) physics-constrained deep learning with histological validation. Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Imaging (AICI) Forum. Graz, (Jul) Oral
Dhanraj R, Pol S, Paredes EC, Punugu V, Schweser F, Modica C, Bertolino N, Preda M, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. (2021) Detection of pathology sensitive multimodal MRI measures in Theiler’s Murine Encephalo-myelitis Virus Model of Chronic Demyelination. American Academy of Neurology (AAN). (Aug), (2803) Poster
Jochmann T, Schweser F, Küchler N, Jakimovski D, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J. (2021) Mapping Magnetic Susceptibility and Non-Susceptibility Sources from MRI Frequency Shift with Physics-informed Deep Learning. 6th International Workshop on Optimization and Inverse Problems in Electromagnetism. (Aug) Oral
Jochmann T, Jakimovski D, Küchler N, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2021) Quantitative mapping of susceptibility and non-susceptibility frequency from gradient-echo phase images. 12th Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance Symposium. Berlin, (Aug), (13) Poster
Benslimane I, Jochmann T, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2021) Unsupervised physics-informed deep learning (N=1) for solving inverse qMRI problems–Relaxometry and field mapping from multi-echo data. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. (Aug), (330) Oral
Jochmann T, Jakimovski D, Küchler N, Zivadinov R, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2021) Quantitative mapping of susceptibility and non-susceptibility frequency with DEEPOLE QUASAR. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. (Aug), (789) Oral
Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2021) Decline of both iron concentration and iron content within the thalamus of patients with mul-tiple sclerosis over two years. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. (Aug), (2805) Poster
Jochmann T, Haueisen J, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2021) DEEPOLE QUASAR–A deep learning-based approach for quantitative susceptibility and non-susceptibility phase mapping. 5th International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast and QSM. Seoul, (Aug) Oral
Jochmann T, Kuechler N, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2020) SOJU-Net—Denoising MR phase images with physics-informed deep learning using artificial Rician noise augmentation. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. (Aug), (3196) Poster
Küchler N, Haueisen J, Schweser F, Jochmann T. (2020) A Fourier transformation based convolutional neural network layer for physics-informed deep learning of magnetic dipole inversion. German Society for Biomedical Engineering. (Aug), (p1570638759) Poster
Chandrasekharan P, Schweser F. (2020) Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Tool to Evaluate the Extent of Brain Injury in Term and Pre-term Ovine Models of Asphyxia. Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Scientific Meeting. (Aug) Poster
Zivadinov R, Schweser F, Dwyer MG, Pol S. (2020) Detection of microglia activation in the Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus model of chronic demyelination using ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxides (USPIO) nanoparticle enhanced high-field imaging. American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Toronto, (Aug), (2) Oral
Salman F, Zivadinov R, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Schweser F. (2020) Trajectories of magnetic susceptibility in the pulvinar provide further evidence for accelerated decline of thalamic iron in multiple sclerosis. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. (Aug), (1385) Poster
Pol S, Liang Q, Schweser F, Schubert A, Preda M, Sveinsson M, Ramsamay D, Dwyer MG, Weckbecker G, Zivadinov R. (2020) Subcutaneous anti-CD20 antibody treatment delays gray matter atrophy in human myelin oli-godendrocyte glycoprotein-induced experimental Autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice. American Academy of Neurology (AAN). (Aug), (2130) Poster
Wack A, Schweser F, Slavakis K, McNerny K, Muldoon S, McGranor C, Kelly E, Miletich R, Wack D. (2020) Exploring Effects of Visual Based Activities Using DTI and Resting State Imaging. OHBM. (Aug), (1647) Poster
Wack D, McNerny K, Slavakis K, Muldoon S, Schweser F, Wack A, McGranor C, Kelly E, Miletich R. (2020) Resting State and DTI Imaging of Speech in Noise. OHBM. (Aug), (1643) Poster
Baader EF, Jochmann T, Haueisen J, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2020) U3-Net for Deep Vector QSM – Solving the Susceptibility Tensor Phase Model in Single-Orientation MRI. (Aug), (3202) Poster
Choudhary P, Pol S, Preda M, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2020) Detection of metabolic alterations in the thalamus of the TMEV mouse model of multiple scle-rosis at 9.4 Tesla. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. (Aug), (2937) Poster
Jochmann T, Haueisen J, Schweser F. (2020) How to train a Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM). Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med. (Aug), (3195) Poster
Zivadinov R, Schweser F, Dwyer MG, Pol S. (2020) Effect of anti-muCD52 antibody on brain and spinal cord imaging markers of neurodegenera-tion, microglia, and macrophage activation in the Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus model of chronic demyelination. American Academy of Neurology (AAN). (Aug), (2486) Poster
Beadnall HN, Weinstock-Guttman B, Wang C, Hagemeier J, Bergsland N, Jakimovski D, Ra-manathan M, Ly L, Dwyer MG, Schweser F, Hardy T, Benedict RHB, Barnett M, Zivadinov R. (2020) Fingolimod therapy in real-world relapsing multiple sclerosis patients: cross-sectional and longitudinal assessment of cognition, quantitative MRI and deep gray matter quantitative susceptibility mapping. ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS 2020 (MSVirtual 2020). (Aug) Poster
Rajabzadeh-Oghaz H, Chandra AR, Gutierrez L, Schweser F, Ionita CN, Siddiqui A, Tutino V, Gimi B, Krol A. (2019) High-resolution MRI of the mouse cerebral vasculature to study hemodynamic-induced vascular remodeling. Proc. SPIE 10953, Medical Imaging, 2019: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, (Jan) 49
Murdoch JB, Schweser F, Saleh MG, Edden, RAE. (2019) LCModel comparison of MEGA-PRESS and HERMES for GABA (and GSH) editing at 3T. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 2237
Choudhary P, Pol S, Preda M, Sveinsson M, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2019) Longitudinal 9.4 Tesla 1H MRS in the thalamus of the Theiler’s encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 3200
Choudhary P, Weinstock NI, Preda M, Shin D, Zivadinov R, Wrabetz L, Schweser F. (2019) Longitudinal Multi-modal Multi-parametric Imaging of the Twitcher mouse model of Krabbe Disease. PSMR, (Jan) 25
Prakash Krishnan Muthaiah V, Schweser F, Preda M. (2019) Optimization of structural imaging on Chinchilla Lanigera as a pre-clinical model of Blast TBI. Military Health System Research Symposium, (Jan)
Schweser F, Jochmann T, Zivadinov R. (2019) Overcoming the Rician Noise Bias of T2* Relaxometry with an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 4854
Choudhary P, Weinstock NI, Preda M, Wrabetz L, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2019) Pre- and post-symptomatic longitudinal metabolic assessment of the Twitcher mouse model of Krabbe Disease at 9.4 Tesla. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 3200
Smith Z, Bertolino N, Pol S, Preda M, Sveinsson M, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2019) Preclinical detection of leptomeningeal inflammation in the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 3222
Shi R, Jung J-H, Schweser F. (2019) Reduction of Gibbs artifacts with the Domain Decomposition Fourier Continuation Method. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 2459
Marques, JP, Bilgic B, Meineke J, Milovic C, Chan K-S, Langkammer C, Schweser F. (2019) Towards QSM Challenge 2.0: Creation and Evaluation of a Realistic Magnetic Susceptibility Phantom. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 1122
Jochmann T, Haueisen J, Zivadinov R, Schweser F. (2019) U2-Net for DEEPOLE QUASAR–A Physics-Informed Deep Convolutional Neural Network that Disentangles MRI Phase Contrast Mechanisms. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, (Jan) 320
"QSM Consensus paper 2024" International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (2024)
"Imaging of Iron in MS" The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) Annual Meeting (2023)
"Deciphering Brain Iron Dynamics: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping and Beyond" Department of Biomedical Engineering (2023)
"Multiple Sclerosis and MRI of Brain Iron: Translational Ping Pong between Clinical Discovery and Methodological Imaging Research" Department of Neurology, Grand Rounds (2023)
"Recommended Implementation of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping for Clinical Research in The Brain: A Consensus of the ISMRM Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties Study Group" Electromagnetic Tissue Properties Study Group of the ISMRM (2022)
"How to Measure Tissue Magnetic Properties with MRI" International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (2022)
"Recommended implementation of quantitative susceptibility mapping for clinical research in the brain: Consensus of the QSM community" International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (2022)
"Ironing Out Iron in Multiple Sclerosis: There Is Too Much Brain Iron! … or Is There Not Enough?" Neurology Grand Rounds (2021)
"Multimodal multiparametric brain mapping for pre-symptomatic diagnosis and treatment development in Krabbe Disease" Clinical and Translational Science Award Symposium (2019)
Service Activities:
Source Separation session at 2024 EMTP Workshop in Santiago, Chile.; Session co-chair (2024)
Annual Meeting of the ISMRM in Singapore, Singapore. Historical Fireside Chat: Moments in susceptibility imaging history; Moderator (2024)
Annual Meeting of the ISMRM in Singapore, Singapore. Educational session: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Susceptibility Imaging.; Session chair (2024)
2023-24 Art of Research competition, University at Buffalo; Judge (2024)
National Institutes of Health 2024 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) TCB-M2; Special Emphasis Panel (2024)
National Institutes of Health 2024/01 Glioma, MS & Neuroinflammation Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1 CN-S 03); Special Emphasis Panel (2023)
The Expert Reviewer Committee reviews incidental findings at the imaging center. As the chair of the committee, I triage review requests and coordinate com-mittee reviews.; Chair of Expert Reviewer Committee, Center for Biomedical Imaging (2023–present)
UB Integrated Methods and Application Group for Imaging and Networking Excellence (UB-IMAGINE); Co-Director (2023–present)
2023 Buffalo Imaging Research Symposium; Organizing Committee Member (2023)
Faculty Mentoring Committee; Member (2023–present)
2024 EMTP Workshop in Santiago, Chile.; Steering committee member (2023–2024)
Brown WR, Cheng Y-C N, Haacke EM (Eds.), Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design.; Ad Hoc Book Chapter Reviewer (2023)
National Institutes of Health 2023/01 Emerging Imaging Technologies in Neuroscience (EITN) meeting; Special Emphasis Panel (2023)
University of Alberta, Canada. Candidate: Nashwan Naji. Title: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping in Human Brain: Short Echo-Timing, and Non-harmonized Multisite Applications.; External Dissertation Reviewer (2022–2023)
Department Representative, Department of Neurology; Jacobs School Awards Committee (2022–present)
Departmental Awards Committee, Department of Neurology; Member (2022–present)
National Institutes of Health 2022/03 Clinical Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumors (CNBT) meeting; Special Emphasis Panel (2022)
Center for Biomedical Imaging; Faculty Project Manager for 3T MRI Installation (2022–2023)
Center for Biomedical Imaging, 2022 Pilot Grant Program; Member (2022)
QSM Consensus White Paper, Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties Study Group.; Co-chair of committee (2022–2024)
National Institutes of Health 2022/01 Clinical Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumors (CNBT) meeting; Special Emphasis Panel (2021)
Faculty Senate; Senator (2021–2022)
Jezzard, P. & Choi, I.-Y. (Eds.). Advanced Neuro Magnetic Resonance Techniques and Applications. Academic Press (Elsevier).; Ad Hoc Book Chapter Reviewer (2021)
The New England Journal of Medicine; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2021–present)
Working Group for the procurement of a new human 3T MRI; Member (2020–2022)
Center for Biomedical Imaging; Co-Director (2020–present)
Frontiers in Neuroscience; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2020–present)
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Educational session: MR Physics for Scientists I.; Session chair (2020)
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Oral scientific session: Contrast Mechanisms—Acquisition and Fitting Methods; Session chair (2020)
Human Brain Mapping; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2020–present)
European Journal of Neurology; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2019–present)
Steering committee for the 2022 EPT-QSM Workshop in Lucca, Italy; Member (2019–2022)
Heliyon, Cell Press; Associate Editor for Clinical Research/Medical Imaging (2019–2023)
Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems; Program Committee Member (2019–2020)
Journal of the Neurological Sciences; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2018–present)
Frontiers Human Neuroscience; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2018–present)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2018–present)
Steering Committee of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Alternate (2017–present)
Neuroradiology; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2016–present)
Steering Committee of the Center for Biomedical Imaging (2015–present)
NeuroImage: Clinical; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2015–present)
PLOS ONE; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2015–present)
International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2015–present)
BMC Medical Imaging; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2015–present)
NMR in Biomedicine; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
Journal of Alzheimer's disease; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
European Radiology; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
Neuroimage; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
Journal of Neuroimaging; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2014–present)
ISMRM Ad Hoc Committee on Standards for Quantitative MR; Committee Member (2014–2015)
ISMRM Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties Study Group; Committee Member (2014–2015)
Second international workshop on MRI phase contrast and quantitative susceptibility mapping; Committee Member (2013)
Frontiers in Brain Imaging Methods; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2013–present)
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2013–present)
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2013–present)
Frontiers in Biomedical Physics; Editorial Board Member (2013–present)
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2012–present)
NeuroImage; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2012–present)
European Radiology; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2012–present)
First international workshop on MRI phase contrast and quantitative susceptibility mapping; Organizing Committee Member (2010–2011)
Zeitschrift fuer Medizinische Physik; Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2010–present)
UK Medical Research Council, Senior Clinical Fellowship; Scientific Grant Reviewer
Hetzler Foundation Pilot Grants; Scientific Grant Reviewer
UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute, CBI Pilot Studies Program; Scientific Grant Reviewer
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience Pilot Program, The University of Rochester, USA; Scientific Grant Reviewer
Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, FOM, The Netherlands; Scientific Grant Reviewer
FWF Austrian Science Fund, Austria; Scientific Grant Reviewer
Israeli Ministry of Science & Technology, French-Israeli Cooperation program, Israel; Scientific Grant Reviewer
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grants, Canada; Scientific Grant Reviewer
PennState Clinical and Translational Science Institute, CTSA Pilot Studies Program, USA; Scientific Grant Reviewer
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, USA; Scientific Grant Reviewer
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Spark program, Switzerland; Scientific Grant Reviewer
The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), The Investment Subsidy ZonMw/NWO BIG, The Netherlands; Scientific Grant Reviewer
UK Medical Research Council, Clinical Research Training Fellowship—Pre Doc; Scientific Grant Reviewer