Publications

Journal Publications 

 

Andrew M Hernandez, Ramsey Alizadeh, Sarah Yoon, Michael T Corwin, Elizabeth A Morris, Youngkyoo Jung. Quantification of Imaging Suite–Level Energy Patterns in MRI, CT, and PET/CT to Guide Energy Efficiency, Radiology, 2026; 319(1)

Donghoon Kim, Sarah Yoon, Timothy M Hughes, Yu-Chien Wu, Danielle Harvey, Megan E Lipford, Samuel N Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D Baker, Christopher T Whitlow, Stephanie E Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. The differential relationship between white matter cerebrovascular perfusion and microstructure between normal cognition and mild cognitive impairment, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2025; 108(1)

Andrew M Hernandez, Ramsey Alizadeh, Omkar Ghatpande, Amy Van Sant, Youngkyoo Jung. A semi-automatic analytical methodology for characterizing the energy consumption of MRI systems using load duration curves, Medical Physics, 2024; 51(10)

Donghoon Kim, Megan E Lipford, Hongjian He, Qiuping Ding, Vladimir Ivanovic, Samuel N Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Christopher T Whitlow, Youngkyoo Jung. Parametric cerebral blood flow and arterial transit time mapping using a 3D convolutional neural network, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2023; 90(2)

Donghoon Kim, Timothy M Hughes, Megan E Lipford, Suzanne Craft, Laura D Baker, Samuel N Lockhart, Christopher T Whitlow, Stephanie E Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. Relationship Between Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Cognition Among People With Risk of Cognitive Decline. Front Physiol. 2021; 12

 

 

 

Selected Conference Abstracts

 

Youngkyoo Jung, Ramsey Alizadeh, Sarah Yoon, Michale T Corwin, Lotfi Hacein-Bey, and Andrew M Hernandez. Sustainable MRI: Energy And Environmental Benefits of Accelerated Imaging with Deep-Learning Reconstruction. ISMRM, 2025. Honolulu, Hawaii, 5417.

Sarah Ye eun Yoon, Anqi Zhang, Michael Andrew Germuska, Arzu Ozturk, and Youngkyoo Jung. Impact Of Aging On Cerebrovascular And Metabolic Function: A Voxel-Wise Analysis Of CBF, CVR, OEF, And CMRO₂ Using Dual-Calibrated FMRI. ISMRM, 2025. Honolulu, Hawaii, 4370.

Youngkyoo Jung, Sarah Y Hong, Ramsey Alizadeh, Michael T Corwin, Lotfi Hacein-Bey, Andrew M Hernandez. Energy-Efficiency of Machine Learning-Based Parametric Mapping in Arterial Spin Labeling MRI. AAPM, 2024. Los Angeles, California, 13308.

Andrew M Hernandez, Ramsey Alizadeh, Michael T Corwin, Lotfi Hacein-Bey, Youngkyoo Jung. Reducing Energy Consumption While Preserving Image Quality for Accelerated Brain MRI Using Deep-Learning Reconstruction: A Phantom Study. AAPM, 2024. Los Angeles, California, 11232.

Donghoon Kim, Sarah Y Hong, Timothy M. Hughes, Megan Lipford, Samuel N. Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Christopher T. Whitlow, Stephanie E. Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. Vascular contribution to the relationship between cerebrovascular reactivity and cognition. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 2023. Amsterdam, Netherland, 82668.

Anqi Zhang, Donghoon Kim, Sarah Y Hong, Timothy M. Hughes, Samuel N. Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Christopher T. Whitlow, Stephanie E. Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. Generalized Calibrated BOLD fMRI for the Relationship between Cerebral Metabolism and Hypertensive Status. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 2023. Amsterdam, Netherland, 83149.

Donghoon Kim, Timothy M. Hughes, Yu-Chien Wu, Samuel N. Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Christopher T. Whitlow, Stephanie E. Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. The Effects of Hypertension on White Matter Microstructural and Vascular Imaging Metrics.  Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 2023. Amsterdam, Netherland, 78539.

Youngkyoo Jung, Sarah Y Hong, Donghoon Kim, Prashanthi Vemuri, Bret J Borowski, Clifford R Jack Jr, Robert Koeppe, Samuel N Lockhart, Theresa M Harrison, Leslie Gordineer, Nancy Woolard, Mark A Espeland, Danielle J Harvey, Laura Lovato, Arthur W Toga, Joseph C Masdeu, Hwamee Oh, Darren R Gitelman, Neelum T Aggarwal, Maria C Carrillo, Heather M Snyder, Rachel A Whitmer, Laura D Baker, Charles Decarli, Susan M Landau, US POINTER Study Group. Relationship between Arterial Transit Time and Framingham Risk Score in the U.S. POINTER lifestyle intervention trial. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 2023. Amsterdam, Netherland, 83207.

Sarah Hong, Donghoon Kim, Arzu Ozturk, Sterling Johnson, Youngkyoo Jung. Improved Intensity Based WMH Detection Using a Ventricle Template and 3D Distant Calculation. OHBM Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2023. 3771.

Youngkyoo Jung, Sarah Hong, et. al. Choice of Inversion Time for Arterial Spin Labeling MRI in the U.S. POINTER Lifestyle Intervention Trial.   Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2022, San Diego, CA. IC-P-070.

Donghoon Kim, Timothy Hughes, Jeongchul Kim, Danielle Harvey, Samuel N. Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Christopher Whitlow, Stephanie E. Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors on Cerebrovascular Dynamics in Gray Matter. Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2022, San Diego, CA. IC_O-02-04.

Donghoon Kim, Timothy Hughes, Jeongchul Kim, Danielle Harvey, Samuel N. Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Christopher Whitlow, Stephanie E. Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. The Relationship between Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors and White Matter Structural and Vascular Imaging Metrics. Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2022, San Diego, CA. IC_P-053.

Donghoon Kim, Tim M Hughes, Jeongchul Kim, Danielle J Harvey, Samuel N Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D Baker, Christopher T Whitlow, Stephanie E Okonmah‐Obazee, Christina E Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. The Relationship between Vascular Risk Factors and White Matter Structural and Vascular Imaging Metrics, Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2022, San Diego, CA.

Donghoon Kim, Megan Lipford, Hongjian He, Qiuping Ding, Vladimir Ivanovic, Samuel Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Christopher T Whitlow, Youngkyoo Jung. Parametric ATT and CBF Mapping Using a Three-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network. In: Proceedings of Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2022, London, UK, p. 4904.

Anqi Zhang, Donghoon Kim, Jeong-chul Kim, Brad A Hobson, Sonny R Elizaldi, John Morrison, Smita Iyer, Abhijit J Chaudhari, Youngkyoo Jung. Automated Brain Extraction from T1-weighted MRI of Rhesus Macaques using a U-Net Deep Learning Framework. In: Proceedings of Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2022, London, UK, p. 3438.

Ciara Jekel, Donghoon Kim, Tim M. Hughes, Samuel N. Lockhart, Christopher T. Whitlow, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Stephanie Okonmah-Obazee, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. Age-related association between white matter integrity and cerebral blood flow in white matter. Alzheimer’s Dement. 2021;17(Suppl. 4):e053035.

Donghoon Kim, Tim M. Hughes, Megan E. Lipford, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Samuel N. Lockhart, Christopher T. Whitlow, Stephanie Okonmah-Obazee, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Matthew Bobinski, Youngkyoo Jung. Regional cerebrovascular reactivity and cognitive performance among people with risk of cognitive decline. Alzheimer’s Dement. 2021;17(Suppl. 4):e053331.

Donghoon Kim, Timothy M. Hughes, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Samuel N. Lockhart, Suzanne Craft, Laura D. Baker, Christopher T. Whitlow, Stephanie Okonmah-Obazee, Matthew Bobinski, and Youngkyoo Jung. Relationship between cerebrovascular reactivity and cognition among people with risk of cognitive decline. Alzheimer’s Dement. 2020;16(Suppl. 5):e044578.

Youngkyoo Jung, Timothy M. Hughes, Samuel Lockhart, Donghoon Kim, Christopher T. Whitlow, Suzanne Craft. ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER WHITE MATTER BLOOD FLOW AND WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITIES REGARDLESS OF COGNITIVE STATUS. In: Proceedings of Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Los Angeles, California, July, 2019; P4‐575.