Lab Introduction & Major Research Interests
Perfusion MRI (Arterial Spin-Labeling and Contrast-Based Methods); Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI); Medical Image Processing; Biomedical Signal Analysis.
Recent Representative Publication ( * corresponding author)
1. Wen-Chau Wu, Shun-Chung Yang, Ya-Fang Chen, Han-Min Tseng, Pei-Chi My. “Simultaneous assessment of cerebral blood volume and diffusion heterogeneity using hybrid IVIM and DK MR imaging: initial experience with brain tumors” Eur Radiol 2017:306-314. (SCI)
2. Wen-Chau Wu, Ya-Fang Chen, Han-Min Tseng, Shun-Chung Yang, Pei-Chi My. “Caveat of measuring perfusion indexes using intravoxel incoherent motion magnetic resonance imaging in the human brain” Eur Radiol 2015;25:2485-2492. (SCI)
3. Wen-Chau Wu, Shu-Hua Lien, Jia-Horng Chang, Shun-Chung Yang. “Caffeine alters resting-state functional connectivity measured by blood oxygenation level-dependent MRI” NMR Biomed 2014;27:444-452. (SCI)
4. Wen-Chau Wu, Shu-Chi Lin, Danny J. Wang, Kuan-Lin Chen, Ying-Ding Li. “Measurement of cerebral white matter perfusion using pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling 3T magnetic resonance imaging – An experimental and theoretical investigation of feasibility” PLoS ONE 2013;8:e82679. (SCI)
5. Wen-Chau Wu, Mao-Yuan Su, Chin-Cheng Chang, Wen-Yih Tseng, Kao-Lang Liu. “Renal perfusion 3T MR imaging: A comparative study of arterial spin labeling and dynamic contrast-enhanced techniques” Radiology 2011;261:845-853. (SCI)
6. Amy Pinkham, James Loughead, Kosha Ruparel, Wen-Chau Wu, Eve Overton, Raquel Gur, Ruben Gur. “Resting quantitative cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia measured by pulsed arterial spin labeling perfusion MRI” Psychiatry Res 2011;194:64-72. (SCI)
7. Wen-Chau Wu, Shu-Fen Jiang, Shun-Chung Yang, Shu-Hua Lien. “Pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling perfusion magnetic resonance imaging – A normative study of reproducibility in the human brain” Neuroimage 2011;56:1244-1250. (SCI)
8. Julian Lim, Wen-Chau Wu, Jiongjiong Wang, John A. Detre, David F. Dinges, Hengyi Rao. “Imaging brain fatigue from sustained mental workload: An ASL perfusion study of the time-on-task effect” Neuroimage 2010;49:3426-3435. (SCI)
9. Wen-Chau Wu, Maria Fernandez-Seara, John A. Detre, Felix W. Wehrli, Jiongjiong Wang. “A theoretical and experimental investigation of the tagging efficiency of pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling” Magn Reson Med 2007;58:1020-1027. (SCI)