Alexander Rauscher

Website

http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~rauscher/

Degrees / Designations

PhD, Physics 2005

Email Address

rauscher@physics.ubc.ca

Phone

604.827.5462

Mailing Address

M10 - Purdy Pavilion 2221 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5

Twitter

@@rauscherMRI

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Biography

Academic Appointment

Assistant Professor

Body Locations and Systems

Brain

Multiple Sclerosis

Traumatic Brain Injury

Diagnosis and Therapy

Diagnostic Imaging

Other Areas of Research

MRI Physics

PhD in Physcis in 2005, TU Wien, Autria.
2010 -2014 Assistant Professor at the Department of Radiology, UBC. Since 2015 CRC Tier 2 in the Deparment of Pediatrics
Notable awards: CIHR New Investigator Award 2012; London Drugs Award for Research Excellence in Radiology 2013; Toshiba Award 2004

Current Projects

Magnetic resonance imaging of multiple sclerosis. Quantitative susceptibility mapping.
Magnetic resonance imaging of concussion. Development of new MRI techniques. Investigation of spinal cord injury using MR frequency imaging.

News and Awards

Oct 8, 2016Shrinking brains and nerve damage: the harm of concussions in ice hockey

Nov 14, 2013Often ignored aspect of MRI proves highly useful for brain scans

Publications

NMR in biomedicine - 2011, Mar 15
The influence of white matter fibre orientation on MR signal phase and decay.
Denk C, Hernandez Torres E, MacKay A, Rauscher A
Neurology - 2013, Jul 16
Magnetic resonance frequency shifts during acute MS lesion formation.
Wiggermann V, Hernández Torres E, Vavasour IM, Moore GR, Laule C, MacKay AL, Li DK, Traboulsee A, Rauscher A
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI - 2009, Dec 28
Susceptibility weighted imaging with multiple echoes.
Denk C, Rauscher A
NeuroImage. Clinical - 2013, Nov 1
Evaluation of white matter myelin water fraction in chronic stroke.
Borich MR, Mackay AL, Vavasour IM, Rauscher A, Boyd LA
NeuroImage - 2012, Aug 28
Rapid whole cerebrum myelin water imaging using a 3D GRASE sequence.
Prasloski T, Rauscher A, MacKay AL, Hodgson M, Vavasour IM, Laule C, Mädler B
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 2005, Apr 7
Magnetic susceptibility-weighted MR phase imaging of the human brain.
Rauscher A, Sedlacik J, Barth M, Mentzel HJ, Reichenbach JR
Magnetic resonance in medicine - 2005, Jun 27
Nonnvasive assessment of vascular architecture and function during modulated blood oxygenation using susceptibility weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
Rauscher A, Sedlacik J, Barth M, Haacke EM, Reichenbach JR
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI - 2003, Jul 28
Automated unwrapping of MR phase images applied to BOLD MR-venography at 3 Tesla.
Rauscher A, Barth M, Reichenbach JR, Stollberger R, Moser E
Magnetic resonance in medicine - 2008, Nov 3
Susceptibility weighted imaging at ultra high magnetic field strengths: theoretical considerations and experimental results.
Deistung A, Rauscher A, Sedlacik J, Stadler J, Witoszynskyj S, Reichenbach JR
NeuroImage - 2004, Apr 27
Optimized 3 T EPI of the amygdalae.
Robinson S, Windischberger C, Rauscher A, Moser E
Medical image analysis - 2009, Mar 24
Phase unwrapping of MR images using Phi UN--a fast and robust region growing algorithm.
Witoszynskyj S, Rauscher A, Reichenbach JR, Barth M
Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik - 2007, Jan 12
Demonstration of paramagnetic and diamagnetic cerebral lesions by using susceptibility weighted phase imaging (SWI).
Deistung A, Mentzel HJ, Rauscher A, Witoszynskyj S, Kaiser WA, Reichenbach JR
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI - 2009, Jun 1
ToF-SWI: simultaneous time of flight and fully flow compensated susceptibility weighted imaging.
Deistung A, Dittrich E, Sedlacik J, Rauscher A, Reichenbach JR
NeuroImage - 2008, Oct 16
Investigation of the influence of carbon dioxide concentrations on cerebral physiology by susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SWI).
Sedlacik J, Kutschbach C, Rauscher A, Deistung A, Reichenbach JR
Investigative radiology - 2006, Feb 16
Contrast-enhanced, high-resolution, susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the brain: dose-dependent optimization at 3 tesla and 1.5 tesla in healthy volunteers.
Noebauer-Huhmann IM, Pinker K, Barth M, Mlynarik V, Ba-Ssalamah A, Saringer WF, Weber M, Benesch T, Witoszynskyj S, Rauscher A, Reichenbach JR, Trattnig S
Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik - 2007, Jan 12
Susceptibility weighted imaging: data acquisition, image reconstruction and clinical applications.
Rauscher A, Sedlacik J, Deistung A, Mentzel HJ, Reichenbach JR
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 2009, Oct 9
Localization of the subthalamic nucleus: optimization with susceptibility-weighted phase MR imaging.
Vertinsky AT, Coenen VA, Lang DJ, Kolind S, Honey CR, Li D, Rauscher A
Neuroimaging clinics of North America - 2008, Dec 9
MR relaxation in multiple sclerosis.
MacKay AL, Vavasour IM, Rauscher A, Kolind SH, Mädler B, Moore GR, Traboulsee AL, Li DK, Laule C
NeuroImage - 2008, Feb 11
Investigations on the effect of caffeine on cerebral venous vessel contrast by using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) at 1.5, 3 and 7 T.
Sedlacik J, Helm K, Rauscher A, Stadler J, Mentzel HJ, Reichenbach JR
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI - 2004, Sep 29
Robust field map generation using a triple-echo acquisition.
Windischberger C, Robinson S, Rauscher A, Barth M, Moser E
Neurosurgical focus - 2012, Dec 3
A prospective study of physician-observed concussion during a varsity university hockey season: white matter integrity in ice hockey players. Part 3 of 4.
Koerte IK, Kaufmann D, Hartl E, Bouix S, Pasternak O, Kubicki M, Rauscher A, Li DK, Dadachanji SB, Taunton JA, Forwell LA, Johnson AM, Echlin PS, Shenton ME
RöFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin - 2005, Jul 15
High resolution susceptibility weighted MR-imaging of brain tumors during the application of a gaseous agent.
Rauscher A, Sedlacik J, Fitzek C, Walter B, Hochstetter A, Kalff R, Kaiser WA, Reichenbach JR
Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc - 2008, May 15
Informatics in Radiology: GUIBOLD: a graphical user interface for image reconstruction and data analysis in susceptibility-weighted MR imaging.
Deistung A, Rauscher A, Sedlacik J, Witoszynskyj S, Reichenbach JR
Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik - 2009, May 22
Quantification of modulated blood oxygenation levels in single cerebral veins by investigating their MR signal decay.
Sedlacik J, Rauscher A, Reichenbach JR
Magnetic resonance imaging - 2011, Aug 19
Bilateral filtering of magnetic resonance phase images.
McPhee KC, Denk C, Al-Rekabi Z, Rauscher A
Lancet (London, England) - 2014, Jan 13
Prevalence of extracranial venous narrowing on catheter venography in people with multiple sclerosis, their siblings, and unrelated healthy controls: a blinded, case-control study.
Traboulsee AL, Knox KB, Machan L, Zhao Y, Yee I, Rauscher A, Klass D, Szkup P, Otani R, Kopriva D, Lala S, Li DK, Sadovnick D
Journal of neurotrauma - 2014, Jan 20
To exclude or not to exclude: further examination of the influence of white matter hyperintensities in diffusion tensor imaging research.
Lange RT, Shewchuk JR, Heran MK, Rauscher A, Jarrett M, Brubacher JR, Iverson GL
Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists - 2014, Jul 18
A prospective study of the influence of acute alcohol intoxication versus chronic alcohol consumption on outcome following traumatic brain injury.
Lange RT, Shewchuk JR, Rauscher A, Jarrett M, Heran MK, Brubacher JR, Iverson GL
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society - 2014, Sep 26
Increased spinal cord movements in cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
Vavasour IM, Meyers SM, MacMillan EL, Mädler B, Li DK, Rauscher A, Vertinsky T, Venu V, MacKay AL, Curt A
European radiology - 2005, Mar 31
Application of an exogenous hyperoxic contrast agent in MR mammography: initial results.
Fischer DR, Reichenbach JR, Rauscher A, Sedlacik J, Kaiser WA
NeuroImage. Clinical - 2016, Jun 22
Quantifying visual pathway axonal and myelin loss in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica.
Manogaran P, Vavasour IM, Lange AP, Zhao Y, McMullen K, Rauscher A, Carruthers R, Li DK, Traboulsee AL, Kolind SH
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism - 2016, Jun 4
Anisotropic cerebral vascular architecture causes orientation dependency in cerebral blood flow and volume measured with dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging.
Hernández-Torres E, Kassner N, Forkert ND, Wei L, Wiggermann V, Daemen M, Machan L, Traboulsee A, Li D, Rauscher A
PloS one - 2015, Oct 22
Orientation Dependent MR Signal Decay Differentiates between People with MS, Their Asymptomatic Siblings and Unrelated Healthy Controls.
Hernández-Torres E, Wiggermann V, Hametner S, Baumeister TR, Sadovnick AD, Zhao Y, Machan L, Li DK, Traboulsee A, Rauscher A
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 2016, Feb 12
FLAIR2: A Combination of FLAIR and T2 for Improved MS Lesion Detection.
Wiggermann V, Hernández-Torres E, Traboulsee A, Li DK, Rauscher A
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 2015, Dec 19
Corticospinal tract integrity measured using transcranial magnetic stimulation and magnetic resonance imaging in neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis.
Manogaran P, Vavasour I, Borich M, Kolind SH, Lange AP, Rauscher A, Boyd L, Li DK, Traboulsee A
Lancet (London, England) - 2014, Jan 13
Prevalence of extracranial venous narrowing on catheter venography in people with multiple sclerosis, their siblings, and unrelated healthy controls: a blinded, case-control study.
Traboulsee AL, Knox KB, Machan L, Zhao Y, Yee I, Rauscher A, Klass D, Szkup P, Otani R, Kopriva D, Lala S, Li DK, Sadovnick D
Neuropsychology - 2016, Sep 19
Structural Brain Markers Are Differentially Associated With Neurocognitive Profiles in Socially Marginalized People With Multimorbid Illness.
Gicas KM, Giesbrecht CJ, Panenka WJ, Lang DJ, Smith GN, Vila-Rodriguez F, Leonova O, Jones AA, Barr AM, Procyshyn RM, Buchanan T, MacEwan GW, Su W, Vertinsky AT, Rauscher A, Honer WG, Thornton AE
Schizophrenia research - 2016, Sep 18
Subcortical grey matter alterations in cocaine dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared to non-psychotic cocaine users.
Willi TS, Lang DJ, Honer WG, Smith GN, Thornton AE, Panenka WJ, Procyshyn RM, Vila-Rodriguez F, Su W, Vertinsky AT, Leonova O, Rauscher A, MacEwan GW, Barr AM
Addiction biology - 2016, Feb 2
Characterization of white matter integrity deficits in cocaine-dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared with non-psychotic cocaine users.
Willi TS, Barr AM, Gicas K, Lang DJ, Vila-Rodriguez F, Su W, Thornton AE, Leonova O, Giesbrecht CJ, Procyshyn RM, Rauscher A, MacEwan WG, Honer WG, Panenka WJ
BMJ open - 2015, Aug 22
Mortality from treatable illnesses in marginally housed adults: a prospective cohort study.
Jones AA, Vila-Rodriguez F, Leonova O, Langheimer V, Lang DJ, Barr AM, Procyshyn RM, Smith GN, Schultz K, Buchanan T, Krausz M, Montaner JS, MacEwan GW, Rauscher A, Panenka WJ, Thornton AE, Honer WG
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 2016, Sep 19
Microbleeds in Alzheimer's Disease: A Neuropsychological Overview and Meta-Analysis.
Sepehry AA, Rauscher A, Hsiung GY, Lang DJ
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 2016, Apr 14
RE: Elucidating Pretreatment Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer Patients: The Impact of Cancer-Related Post-traumatic Stress.
Sepehry AA, Tyldesley S, Davis MK, Simmons C, Rauscher A, Lang DJ
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 2016, Feb 12
Prevalence of Brain Microbleeds in Alzheimer Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Influence of Neuroimaging Techniques.
Sepehry AA, Lang D, Hsiung GY, Rauscher A
PloS one - 2016, Feb 26
Myelin Water Fraction Is Transiently Reduced after a Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury--A Prospective Cohort Study in Collegiate Hockey Players.
Wright AD, Jarrett M, Vavasour I, Shahinfard E, Kolind S, van Donkelaar P, Taunton J, Li D, Rauscher A
Frontiers in neurology - 2016, Feb 23
A Prospective Pilot Investigation of Brain Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Hemorrhagic Lesions after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
Jarrett M, Tam R, Hernández-Torres E, Martin N, Perera W, Zhao Y, Shahinfard E, Dadachanji S, Taunton J, Li DK, Rauscher A
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 2016, Aug 13
Reduced Myelin Water in the White Matter Tracts of Patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C.
Davies-Thompson J, Vavasour I, Scheel M, Rauscher A, Barton JJ
Neural plasticity - 2016, Jun 13
Motor Skill Acquisition Promotes Human Brain Myelin Plasticity.
Lakhani B, Borich MR, Jackson JN, Wadden KP, Peters S, Villamayor A, MacKay AL, Vavasour IM, Rauscher A, Boyd LA

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Alexander Rauscher

Biography

The influence of white matter fibre orientation on MR signal phase and decay.

Magnetic resonance frequency shifts during acute MS lesion formation.

Susceptibility weighted imaging with multiple echoes.

Evaluation of white matter myelin water fraction in chronic stroke.

Rapid whole cerebrum myelin water imaging using a 3D GRASE sequence.

Magnetic susceptibility-weighted MR phase imaging of the human brain.

Nonnvasive assessment of vascular architecture and function during modulated blood oxygenation using susceptibility weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

Automated unwrapping of MR phase images applied to BOLD MR-venography at 3 Tesla.

Susceptibility weighted imaging at ultra high magnetic field strengths: theoretical considerations and experimental results.

Optimized 3 T EPI of the amygdalae.

Phase unwrapping of MR images using Phi UN--a fast and robust region growing algorithm.

Demonstration of paramagnetic and diamagnetic cerebral lesions by using susceptibility weighted phase imaging (SWI).

ToF-SWI: simultaneous time of flight and fully flow compensated susceptibility weighted imaging.

Investigation of the influence of carbon dioxide concentrations on cerebral physiology by susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SWI).

Contrast-enhanced, high-resolution, susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the brain: dose-dependent optimization at 3 tesla and 1.5 tesla in healthy volunteers.

Susceptibility weighted imaging: data acquisition, image reconstruction and clinical applications.

Localization of the subthalamic nucleus: optimization with susceptibility-weighted phase MR imaging.

MR relaxation in multiple sclerosis.

Investigations on the effect of caffeine on cerebral venous vessel contrast by using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) at 1.5, 3 and 7 T.

Robust field map generation using a triple-echo acquisition.

A prospective study of physician-observed concussion during a varsity university hockey season: white matter integrity in ice hockey players. Part 3 of 4.

High resolution susceptibility weighted MR-imaging of brain tumors during the application of a gaseous agent.

Informatics in Radiology: GUIBOLD: a graphical user interface for image reconstruction and data analysis in susceptibility-weighted MR imaging.

Quantification of modulated blood oxygenation levels in single cerebral veins by investigating their MR signal decay.

Bilateral filtering of magnetic resonance phase images.

Prevalence of extracranial venous narrowing on catheter venography in people with multiple sclerosis, their siblings, and unrelated healthy controls: a blinded, case-control study.

To exclude or not to exclude: further examination of the influence of white matter hyperintensities in diffusion tensor imaging research.

A prospective study of the influence of acute alcohol intoxication versus chronic alcohol consumption on outcome following traumatic brain injury.

Increased spinal cord movements in cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

Application of an exogenous hyperoxic contrast agent in MR mammography: initial results.

Quantifying visual pathway axonal and myelin loss in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica.

Anisotropic cerebral vascular architecture causes orientation dependency in cerebral blood flow and volume measured with dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging.

Orientation Dependent MR Signal Decay Differentiates between People with MS, Their Asymptomatic Siblings and Unrelated Healthy Controls.

FLAIR2: A Combination of FLAIR and T2 for Improved MS Lesion Detection.

Corticospinal tract integrity measured using transcranial magnetic stimulation and magnetic resonance imaging in neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis.

Prevalence of extracranial venous narrowing on catheter venography in people with multiple sclerosis, their siblings, and unrelated healthy controls: a blinded, case-control study.

Structural Brain Markers Are Differentially Associated With Neurocognitive Profiles in Socially Marginalized People With Multimorbid Illness.

Subcortical grey matter alterations in cocaine dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared to non-psychotic cocaine users.

Characterization of white matter integrity deficits in cocaine-dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared with non-psychotic cocaine users.

Mortality from treatable illnesses in marginally housed adults: a prospective cohort study.

Microbleeds in Alzheimer's Disease: A Neuropsychological Overview and Meta-Analysis.

RE: Elucidating Pretreatment Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer Patients: The Impact of Cancer-Related Post-traumatic Stress.

Prevalence of Brain Microbleeds in Alzheimer Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Influence of Neuroimaging Techniques.

Myelin Water Fraction Is Transiently Reduced after a Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury--A Prospective Cohort Study in Collegiate Hockey Players.

A Prospective Pilot Investigation of Brain Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Hemorrhagic Lesions after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Reduced Myelin Water in the White Matter Tracts of Patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C.

Motor Skill Acquisition Promotes Human Brain Myelin Plasticity.