Dr. Melanie Martin
Title: Professor, Co-Director, 极品少妇XXXX做受 Brain Imaging and Metabolic Research
Phone: 204.786.9442 (office), 204-988-7495 (lab)
Office: 3L21
Building: Lockhart Hall
Email: m.martin@uwinnipeg.ca
Degrees:
Ph. D. (Yale, 2000)
Courses:
(2025-2026):
- PHYS-2503: Medical Imaging (Fall 2025)
Research Interests:
I am developing new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to infer the sizes of micron-scale compartments, such as axon diameters, in samples. I am also developing high resolution multi-contrast methods to understand brain structure. Partnering with Cubresa, Inc, I am developing simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET)/MRI methods. Partnering with SCHI and SCHERI, I am developing a new intraoperative MRI system.
Research Web Page:
Publications:
- Friesen E, Gosal R, Herrera S, Mercredi M, Buist R, Matsuda M, Martin M. Comparisons of MR and EM inferred tissue microstructure properties using a human autopsy corpus callosum sample. Magn Reson Imaging. (2025) Jan:115:110255
- Friesen, E., Sheft, M., Hari, K., Palmer, V., Zhu, S., Herrera, S., Buist R, Jiang D, Li XM, Del Bigio MR, Martin, M. (2024). Quantitative Analysis of Early White Matter Damage in Cuprizone Mouse Model of Demyelination Using 7.0 T MRI Multiparametric Approach. ASN Neuro, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17590914.2024.2404366
- Friesen E, Chisholm M, Dhakal B, Mercredi M, Does M, Gore J, and Martin M, Modelling White Matter Microstructure using Diffusion OGSE MRI: Model and Analysis Choices, Magn Reson Imag 2024;113:110221. DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2024.110221
- Friesen E, Hari K, Sheft M, Thiessen JD, Martin M. (2023). Specificity of Magnetic Resonance Metrics for Identification of Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination in the Mouse Model of Neurodegeneration: A Review. Magn Reson Mater Phy (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s10334-024-01160-z
- Yan X, Zhu H, Lang M, Yang Y, Martin M, Zhang G, Water, Yuan C, (2023) Detunable Wireless Litzcage Coil for Human Head MRI at 1.5 T. NMR Biomed. 2024 Mar;37(3):e5068. doi: 10.1002/nbm.5068.
- Lang ML, Zhang Q, Chen X, Yan N, Zhu H , Martin M, Yu F , Niu C , Zhang G, Zeng Q, First ground-based, mobile, cryogen-free, intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging system, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 99 (2023) 34-40.
- Chen Y, Wang H, Zhang G, Liu X, Huang W, Han X, Li X, Martin M, Tao L, "Contrastive Learning for Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease Using Brain 18F-FDG PET," in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 27:4 (2023) 1735-1746, doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3231905.
- Herrera SL, Sheft M, Mercredi ME, Buist R, Matsuda KM, Martin M, Axon Diameter Inferences in the Human Corpus Callosum using Oscillating Gradient Spin Echo Sequences, Magnetic Resonance Imaging 85 (2022) 64–70.
Invited Talks:
- Inferring Axon Diameters Using MRI, UBC Medical Physics Colloquium, August 29, 2024.
- Understanding the Mysteries of Disease in the Brain, Lakehead University Summer School Lectures, July 25, 2024.
- Martin M, “Beyond the Human Eye: Detecting the Microscopic with MRI”, University of Windsor, physics colloquium, virtual, Nov 17, 2021
- Keynote talk at The First International Forum of Brain Science and Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, China, June 3, 2021.
- Martin M, Jacobs R, Morton K, de Santis S, The Role of Inflammation in Animal Models, Neuroinflammation Educational Session, ISMRM, 2020, scheduled for Sydney, Australia, held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.