Xiaojuan Li

Research Interests

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopic Imaging for Musculoskeletal System

Research Summary

My current research interest involves developing advanced quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) techniques at high field strength (3T and 7T), and evaluating their clinical significance for musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoarthritis, acute knee injuries and lower back pain.

Selected Publications

X. Li, G. Hu, S. Gao, “Design and implementation of a novel image compression method in teleultrasound system”, IEEE Trans. on Information Tech. in Biomedicine, 3(3): 205-213, 1999.


X. Li, Y. Lu, A. Pirzkall, T.R. McKnight, S.J. Nelson, “Analysis of spatial characteristics of the metabolic abnormalities for newly diagnosed glioma patients”, J. Magn. Res. Imag., 16(3): 229-37, 2002.

X. Li, H. Jin, Y. Lu, J. Oh, S. Chang, S.J. Nelson, “Identification of MRI and 1H MRSI Parameters That May Predict Survival for Patients with Malignant Gliomas”, NMR in Biomedicine, 17(1): 10-20, 2004.

X. Li, D.B. Vigneron, S. Cha, E.E. Graves, F. Crawford, S.M. Chang, S.J. Nelson, “Relationship of MR-derived lactate, mobile lipids and relative blood volume for in vivo gliomas’, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 26: 760-769, 2005.


X. Li, E. T. Han, C. B. Ma, T. M. Link, D. C. Newitt, S. Majumdar, “In Vivo 3T Spiral Imaging Based Multi-slice T1ρ Mapping of Knee Cartilage in Osteoarthritis”, Magn. Reson. Med, 54(4): 929-936, 2005.


Li X, Ma B, Link TM, Castillo DD, Blumenkrantz G, Lozano J, Carballido-Gamio J, Ries M, Majumdar S, “In vivo T1rho and T2 mapping of articular cartilage in osteoarthritis of the knee using 3 Tesla MRI”, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, in press, 2007.