Curriculum Vitae

Education

I am currently seeking postdoctoral opportunities. Please feel free to contact me by email if you know of a suitable position.
Ph.D. Candidate Biomedical Enginerring, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2022-2027(expected)
- Advisor: Dr. Zhiyong Zhang
- Research Group Website: https://zzmri.sjtu.edu.cn/
B.S. Biomedical Enginerring, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2018-2022

CONTACT INFORMATION

Affiliations:

School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China
National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy (NERC-AMRT), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Email: saraqiu@sjtu.edu.cn

Mailing Address: Translational Medicine Building, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang, Shanghai, P. R. China

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ultrafast spatially encoded MRI techniques and their applications.
New MRI sequence and pulse design in portable low-field MRI systems.
Function magnetic resonance imaging in low-field MRI.

Journal Publications

Multi-Shot Multi-Echo xSPEN Technique for Portable Low-Field MRI Systems

Qiu, Y., Lee, P. K., Dai, K., Chen, S., Yang, S., Wang, C., Bai, H., Dang, Z., & Zhang, Z. (2026). "Multi-Shot Multi-Echo xSPEN Technique for Portable Low-Field MRI Systems." NMR in Biomedicine. doi: 10.1002/nbm.70294

Diffusion Weighted Fast Spin Echo With RF-Encoded Slabs for Portable Low-Field MRI Systems

Lee, P. K., Qiu, Y., Chen, S., et al. (2026). "Diffusion Weighted Fast Spin Echo With RF-Encoded Slabs for Portable Low-Field MRI Systems." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 95(6), 3253-3269. doi: 10.1002/mrm.70292

Multiband Fast Spin Echo on portable low-field systems

Lee, P. K., Qiu, Y., Wang, C., & Zhang, Z. (2025). "Multiband Fast Spin Echo on portable low-field systems." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 1-16. doi: 10.1002/mrm.70036

A new approach for multislice spatiotemporal encoding MRI in a portable low‐field system

Qiu, Y., Chen, S., Solomon, E., et al. (2025). "A new approach for multislice spatiotemporal encoding MRI in a portable low‐field system." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 93(2), 709-717. doi: 10.1002/mrm.30300

Spatiotemporal encoding MRI in a portable low-field system
The 2025 Young Investigator Award Winner

Qiu, Y., Dai, K., Zhong, S., Chen, S., Wang, C., Chen, H., Frydman, L., & Zhang, Z. (2024). "Spatiotemporal encoding MRI in a portable low-field system." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 92(3), 1011-1021. doi: 10.1002/mrm.30104

Susceptibility-weighted imaging at high-performance 0.5 T magnetic resonance imaging system: Protocol considerations and experimental results

Qiu, Y., Bai, H., Chen, H., et al. (2022). "Susceptibility-weighted imaging at high-performance 0.5 T magnetic resonance imaging system: Protocol considerations and experimental results." Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 999240. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.999240

Conference Proceedings

Self-Navigated Multi-Shot and Multiband SPEN DWI for Portable Low-Field MRI
Digital Poster (2026 ISMRM Meeting)

May 11, 2026

Digital Poster at Low field systems and applications, Vancouver, Canada.
Qiu Y., Lee P. K., Chen S., Dai K., Wang C., & Zhang Z., Self-Navigated Multi-Shot and Multiband SPEN DWI for Portable Low-Field MRI, the ISMRM Annual Meeting, 11 May, 2026
https://echo.ismrm.org/abstracts/view/a9ec32d2-a90f-44de-9abd-79c64e7ef732

Multi-Shot Multi-Echo xSPEN technique for permanent gradient portable low-field MRI systems
Oral Presentation (2025 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Merit Award)

May 14, 2025

Oral at Truly Low-Field MRI, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA.
Qiu Y., Lee P. K., Chen S., Dai K., Wang C., & Zhang Z., Multi-Shot Multi-Echo xSPEN technique for permanent gradient portable low-field MRI systems, the ISMRM Annual Meeting, 14 May, 2025
https://cds.ismrm.org/protected/25MPresentations/abstracts/0898_KkGEc7QW5.html

Spatiotemporal Encoding MRI in a Portable Low-Field System
Oral Presentation (2025 ISMRM Young Investigator Award Winner)

May 12, 2025

Oral at Young Investigator Awards: Oral Presentations, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA.
Qiu Y., Lee P. K., Dai K., Zhong S., Chen S., Wang C., Chen H., Frydman L., & Zhang Z., Spatiotemporal Encoding MRI in a Portable Low-Field System, the ISMRM Annual Meeting, 12 May, 2025
https://cds.ismrm.org/protected/25MPresentations/abstracts/0008_K3BS6BS2i.html

Interventional navigation at a portable MRI system: A pilot study

May 07, 2024

Digital Poster at Interventional Hardware & Technical Developments, Singapore.
Qiu Y., Xu C., Wei X., Wang C., Chen H., & Zhang Z., Interventional Navigation At APortable MRI System: A Pilot Study, the ISMRM Annual Meeting, 04-09 May, Singapore, 2024
https://cds.ismrm.org/protected/24MPresentations/abstracts/2720.html

Diffusion tensor imaging in portable low-field MRI

May 07, 2024

Digital Poster at Embrace the Flexibility: Low-Field Acquisition, Singapore.
Dai, K., Qiu, Y., Chen, S., Chen, H., Zhang, 2. Diffusion tensor imaging in portable low-field MRI; The ISMRM 2024 (Singapore), 04-09 May 2024
https://cds.ismrm.org/protected/24MPresentations/abstracts/2695.html

Spatiotemporal encoding MRI at a portable low field system without parallel imaging
Oral Presentation (2024 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Merit Award)

May 06, 2024

Oral at Low-Field High-Quality MRI, Singapore.
Qiu Y., Dai K, Zhong S., Chen H., Lucio Frydman, & Zhang Z, Spatiotemporal Encoding MRI At A Portable Low Field System Without Parallel Imaging, the ISMRM Annual Meeting, 04-09 May, Singapore, 2024.
https://cds.ismrm.org/protected/24MPresentations/abstracts/0155.html

Ultrafast multi-parametric quantitative MRI using Multi-TR echo-planar time-resolved imaging (Multi-TR-EPTI)

June 06, 2023

Oral at Radiomics, Quantitative MRI & Miscellaneous Data Acquisition & Analysis , Toronto, ON, Canada.
Bai, H., Qiu, Y., Dai. K., Chen, H., and Zhang, Z., Ultrafast multi-parametric quantitative MRI, 32th International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Canada, June 06, 2023
https://cds.ismrm.org/protected/23MPresentations/abstracts/0252.html

A SNR and contrast comparison study at 0.11T, 0.25T, 1.5T and 3T MRI systems

June 05, 2023

Digital Poster at Low-Field & Point-of-Care/Portable MRI II , Toronto, ON, Canada.
Qiu, Y., Bai, H., Chen, H., Zhang, Z. A SNR and contrast comparison study at 0.11T, 0.25T, 1.5T and 3T MRI systems, 32th International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Canada, June 05, 2023 https://cds.ismrm.org/protected/23MPresentations/abstracts/1760.html

Scholarship and Awards

2025 Doctoral National Scholarship of China (awarded to less than 1% of PhD students)
Gold Award, China International College Students’ Innovation Competition (2025)
Prince-Meaney Translational Science Award Winner for the ISMRM 2025 Young Investigator Award
2023-2024 Taozepu Scholarship
Shanghai Jiao Tong University outstanding graduate of 2022 (2022.06)
2020 National College Students Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Shanghai area, first prize (2020)

Research Experience

2026.1-2026.7
Clinical imaging evaluation of brain tumor patients on portable MRI
- Optimize imaging protocols and acquisition parameters for scanning brain tumor patients on portable low-field MRI systems.
- Compare the appearance of the same contrast across different brain tumor types on clinical scanners and portable scanners to assess the clinical utility of low-field MRI in brain tumor evaluation.
2025.3-2025.12
End-to-end multi-band multi-shot SPEN DWI design for portable low-field MRI systems
- Designed the full self-navigated multi-shot SPEN DWI workflow, including sequence design and reconstruction.
- Designed a suitable multiband module for SPEN DWI to improve SNR efficiency.
2024.6-2025.3
Multi-Shot Multi-Echo xSPEN technique for permanent gradient portable low-field MRI systems
- Designed a new MS-ME xSPEN technique, to improve SNR and contrast diversity.
- Applied it to portable MRI and systems with the constant gradient to resist the great field inhomogeneity and gradient nonlinearity.
2024.1-2024.6
New approach for multislice spatiotemporal encoding MRI in a portable low-field system
- Multi-slice SPEN sequences design for a portable low-field MRI system operating at 110 mT
- Tried multi-band RF technique on SPEN to improve SNR.
2023.1-2023.11
Spatiotemporal encoding MRI at a portable low field system
- SPEN sequences design for a portable low-field MRI system operating at 110 mT
- Approximately distortion-free SPEN acquisitions were highlighted compared to the EPI acquisitions with TOPUP correction. Robust 3D SPEN MRI and diffusion SPEN MRI further demonstrated the potential clinical values in the portable low field systems.
2022.10-2023.11
Comparison study between multi-field MRI
- Comparison of SNR, quantification fitting and protocol optimization for low field-MRI.
- Enabled similar contrasts of the typical clinical images at different fields.
2022.1-2022.6
T2 shuffling at low-field MRI systems
- Exploited the physical advantages of low and medium fields to design fast multi-contrast sequences and low-rank reconstruction methods.
- Made full use of physical characteristics of low-fields to achieve high-quality multi-contrast imaging.
2021.9-2022.1
Susceptibility-weighted imaging and protocol design at low-field MRI
- Optimized the imaging protocol to select the suitable parameters such as the values of TE, TR and the flip angle of the RF pulse according to the signal simulations for low-field SWI.
- The SWI results at 0.5T demonstrated the capability to identify magnetic susceptibility differences between variable tissues, especially, the blood veins.

Yueqi Qiu