I have received my masters in Medical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in 2012 and PhD in Medical Imaging (with a focus on diffusion MRI) in 2016 at the UMCU. Since then, I have been working at CUBRIC, Cardiff University in the UK on extracting new information from multi-contrast MRI experiments with the ultra-strong gradient Connectom MRI scanner. I am interested in optimising different aspects of the preprocessing and analysis pipeline, as well as applying differential geometric methods to diffusion MRI data. My work at the Image Sciences Institute focuses on optimising MRI experiment design for MRI scanners with clinical gradient systems.
Image Sciences Institute
University Medical Center Utrecht
Heidelberglaan 100
Q.02.4.45
3584 CX Utrecht
The Netherlands
University Medical Center Utrecht
Heidelberglaan 100
Q.02.4.45
3584 CX Utrecht
The Netherlands
email: C.M.W.Tax@umcutrecht.nl
office: Q.02.4.41
phone: +31 88 75 58562
secretary: +31 88 75 57772
office: Q.02.4.41
phone: +31 88 75 58562
secretary: +31 88 75 57772
Publications
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Giving the prostate the boost it needs: Spiral diffusion MRI using a high-performance whole-body gradient system for high b-values at short echo times
Mar 2025 in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 93 (3), p. 1256-1272 -
Methodological considerations on diffusion MRI tractography in infants aged 0–2 years: a scoping review
Aug 2024 in Pediatric Research -
Optimisation of quantitative brain diffusion-relaxation MRI acquisition protocols with physics-informed machine learning
May 2024 in Medical Image Analysis 94 -
Macro- and micro-structural insights into primary dystonia: a UK Biobank study
Mar 2024 in Journal of Neurology 271 (3), p. 1416-1427 -
Diffusion-weighted MR spectroscopy: Consensus, recommendations, and resources from acquisition to modeling
Mar 2024 in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 91 (3), p. 860-885 -
Diffusion MRI in prostate cancer with ultra-strong whole-body gradients
Dec 2024 in NMR in Biomedicine 37 (12), -
Advanced Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Cancer Microstructure Assessment in Body Imaging, and Its Relationship With Histology
Oct 2024 in Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 60 (4), p. 1278-1304 -
Developmental differences in canonical cortical networks: Insights from microstructure-informed tractography
Oct 2024 in NETWORK NEUROSCIENCE 8 (3), p. 946-964 -
Estimating axon radius using diffusion-relaxation MRI: calibrating a surface-based relaxation model with histology
Aug 2023 in Frontiers in Neuroscience 17 -
Practical considerations of diffusion-weighted MRS with ultra-strong diffusion gradients
Dec 2023 in Frontiers in Neuroscience 17 -
Ultra-strong diffusion-weighted MRI reveals cerebellar grey matter abnormalities in movement disorders
Jan 2023 in NeuroImage: Clinical 38 p. 1-9 -
Mapping the human connectome using diffusion MRI at 300 mT/m gradient strength: Methodological advances and scientific impact
Jul 2022 in NeuroImage 254 p. 1-24 -
Physiological effects of human body imaging with 300 mT/m gradients
May 2022 in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 87 (5), p. 2512-2520 -
Improved neonatal brain MRI segmentation by interpolation of motion corrupted slices
May 2022 in Journal of Neuroimaging 32 (3), p. 480-492 -
Prevalence of white matter pathways coming into a single white matter voxel orientation: The bottleneck issue in tractography
Mar 2022 in Human Brain Mapping 43 (4), p. 1196-1213 -
Structural magnetic resonance imaging in dystonia: A systematic review of methodological approaches and findings
Nov 2022 in European Journal of Neurology 29 (11), p. 3418-3448 -
Proceedings of the 13th International Newborn Brain Conference: Neuro-imaging studies
2022 in Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine 15 (2), p. 389-409 -
Measuring compartmental T-2-orientational dependence in human brain white matter using a tiltable RF coil and diffusion-T-2 correlation MRI
Aug 2021 in NeuroImage 236 p. 1-18 -
The effect of gradient nonlinearities on fiber orientation estimates from spherical deconvolution of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data
Feb 2021 in Human Brain Mapping 42 (2), p. 367-383 -
Resolving bundle-specific intra-axonal T2 values within a voxel using diffusion-relaxation tract-based estimation
Feb 2021 in NeuroImage 227 p. 117617 -
Computing and visualising intra-voxel orientation-specific relaxation-diffusion features in the human brain
Feb 2021 in Human Brain Mapping 42 (2), p. 310-328 -
Tractography dissection variability: What happens when 42 groups dissect 14 white matter bundles on the same dataset?
Nov 2021 in NeuroImage 243 p. 1-18 -
Fiber orientation distribution from diffusion MRI: Effects of inaccurate response function calibration
Nov 2021 in Journal of Neuroimaging 31 (6), p. 1082-1098 -
MICRA: Microstructural image compilation with repeated acquisitions
Jan 2021 in NeuroImage 225 p. 117406 -
Strong diffusion gradients allow the separation of intra- and extra -axonal gradient -echo signals in the human brain
Aug 2020 in NeuroImage 217 p. 116793 -
A deep learning-based method for improving reliability of multicenter diffusion kurtosis imaging with varied acquisition protocols
Nov 2020 in Magnetic Resonance Imaging 73 p. 31-44 -
Cross-scanner and cross-protocol multi-shell diffusion MRI data harmonization: Algorithms and results
Nov 2020 in NeuroImage 221 p. 117128 -
Automated characterization of noise distributions in diffusion MRI data
Oct 2020 in Medical Image Analysis 65 -
Imaging Alzheimer's genetic risk using diffusion MRI: A systematic review
2020 in NeuroImage. Clinical 27 p. 102359 -
Cross-scanner and cross-protocol diffusion MRI data harmonisation: A benchmark database and evaluation of algorithms
Jul 2019 in NeuroImage 195 p. 285-299 -
Fast and accurate Slicewise OutLIer Detection (SOLID) with informed model estimation for diffusion MRI data
Nov 2018 in NeuroImage 181 p. 331-346 -
Quantifying the brain's sheet structure with normalized convolution
Jul 2017 in Medical Image Analysis 39 p. 162-177 -
"MASSIVE" Brain Dataset: Multiple Acquisitions for Standardization of Structural Imaging Validation and Evaluation
May 2017 in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 77 (5), p. 1797-1809 -
The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography
Nov 2017 in Nature Communications [E] 8 (1), -
The importance of correcting for signal drift in diffusion MRI
Jan 2017 in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 77 (1), p. 285-299 -
Sheet Probability Index (SPI): Characterizing the geometrical organization of the white matter with diffusion MRI
Nov 2016 in NeuroImage 142 p. 260-279 -
Seeing More by Showing Less: Orientation-Dependent Transparency Rendering for Fiber Tractography Visualization
Oct 2015 in PLoS ONE [E] 10 (10), -
Microstructural brain abnormalities in Huntington's disease: A two-year follow-up
Jan 2015 in Human Brain Mapping 36 (6), p. 2061-2074 -
REKINDLE: Robust Extraction of Kurtosis INDices with Linear Estimation
2015 in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 73 (2), p. 794-808 -
Methodological considerations on tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS)
2014 in NeuroImage 100 p. 358-369 -
Recursive calibration of the fiber response function for spherical deconvolution of diffusion MRI data
2014 in NeuroImage 86 p. 67-80 -
Hoe magnetisme en diffusie kunnen bijdragen aan hersenonderzoek: toepassingen van diffusie-MRI-tractografie
2014 in Neuropraxis 18 (3), p. 92-105 -
Evaluating contextual processing in diffusion MRI: application to optic radiation reconstruction for epilepsy surgery
2014 in PLoS ONE [E] 9 (7), p. e101524 -
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and fiber tractography: The state of the art and its potential impact on patient management
Jan 2013 in PET Clinics 8 (3), p. 279-293