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Derek Emery

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ProfessorRadiology & Diagnostic Imaging DeptUniversity of Alberta

Derek Emery

Professor

Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.

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Latest papers

Advancing Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping With 2.5D Diffusion Models for Rapid Intracranial Hemorrhage Quantification
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2026
High-resolution fluid-suppressed diffusion tractography of the fornix across the healthy lifespan and deviations in multiple sclerosis.
Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026
Oscillating gradient spin echo diffusion time effects implicate variations in neurite beading for the heterogeneous reduced diffusion in human acute ischemic stroke lesions.
Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2025

All 53 publications

Latest funding

New Susceptibility MRI Methods for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$837,675
Relaxation Mapping for the Clinic: Application to Multiple Sclerosis
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$753,525
New Quantitative MRI for Human Stroke
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$768,826

All 9 grants and awards

53 publications.

Advancing Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping With 2.5D Diffusion Models for Rapid Intracranial Hemorrhage Quantification

Zhuang Xiong, Yang Gao, Feng Liu, Derek Emery, Ken Butcher, Alan H. Wilman, Hongfu Sun

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70358 PMID: 41873533

High-resolution fluid-suppressed diffusion tractography of the fornix across the healthy lifespan and deviations in multiple sclerosis.

Weber C, Smyth P, Blevins G, Wilbur C, Emery D, Beaulieu C

Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1162/imag.a.1186 PMID: 41924030

Oscillating gradient spin echo diffusion time effects implicate variations in neurite beading for the heterogeneous reduced diffusion in human acute ischemic stroke lesions.

Zhou M, Stobbe R, Budde M, Buck B, Kate M, Lloret M, Fairall P, Butcher K, Shuaib A, Emery D, Feiweier T, Beaulieu C

Magnetic resonance in medicine20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30618 PMID: 40554725

Tensor-valued diffusion MRI of human acute stroke.

Zhou M, Stobbe R, Szczepankiewicz F, Budde M, Buck B, Kate M, Lloret M, Fairall P, Butcher K, Shuaib A, Emery D, Nilsson M, Westin CF, Beaulieu C

Magnetic resonance in medicine202412 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29975 PMID: 38156813

Rationale and design of the multi organ inflammation with serial testing study: a comprehensive assessment of functional and structural abnormalities in patients with recovered COVID-19.

Paterson DI, White JA, Beaulieu C, Sherrington R, Prado CM, Tandon P, Halloran K, Smith S, McCombe JA, Ritchie B, Pituskin E, Haykowsky MJ, Coulden R, Emery D, Tsui AK, Wu KY, Oudit GY, Ezekowitz JA, Thompson RB

Frontiers in medicine20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1392169 PMID: 39114821

High-resolution diffusion tensor imaging and T2 mapping detect regional changes within the hippocampus in multiple sclerosis.

Valdés Cabrera D, Blevins G, Smyth P, Emery D, Solar KG, Beaulieu C

NMR in biomedicine20239 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4952 PMID: 37070533

A Normative Brain MRI Database of Neurotypical Participants from 5 to 90 Years of Age.

Treit S, Rickard JN, Stolz E, Solar K, Seres P, Emery D, Beaulieu C

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques20238 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2021.513 PMID: 34974849

Distinct patterns of progressive gray and white matter degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Ishaque A, Ta D, Khan M, Zinman L, Korngut L, Genge A, Dionne A, Briemberg H, Luk C, Yang YH, Beaulieu C, Emery D, Eurich DT, Frayne R, Graham S, Wilman A, Dupré N, Kalra S

Human brain mapping202221 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25738 PMID: 34908212

Diffusion imaging of fornix and interconnected limbic deep grey matter is linked to cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis.

Valdés Cabrera D, Smyth P, Blevins G, Emery D, Beaulieu C

The European journal of neuroscience202217 citations

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15539 PMID: 34806796

Lifespan Volume Trajectories From Non-harmonized T1-Weighted MRI Do Not Differ After Site Correction Based on Traveling Human Phantoms.

Treit S, Stolz E, Rickard JN, McCreary CR, Bagshawe M, Frayne R, Lebel C, Emery D, Beaulieu C

Frontiers in neurology20228 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.826564 PMID: 35614930

New Susceptibility MRI Methods for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wilman, Alan H

Keywords: Brain; Demyelination; Mri; Mri Development; Multiple Sclerosis; Neurodegeneration; Susceptibility Mapping

$837,675

Relaxation Mapping for the Clinic: Application to Multiple Sclerosis

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wilman, Alan H

Keywords: Mri; Multiple Sclerosis; Relaxation Mapping

$753,525

New Quantitative MRI for Human Stroke

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wilman, Alan H; Butcher, Kenneth S

Keywords: Mri Development; Mri Methods; Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping; Relaxation Mapping; Stroke Imaging; Transverse Relaxation

$768,826

Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Brain: Technical Innovation and Application to Neurological Disorders

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Beaulieu, Christian

Keywords: Aging; Brain; Diffusion Mri; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Myelin; Neurodevelopment; Stroke; Technical Development; White Matter

$1,391,914

Imaging Brain Iron in Multiple Sclerosis: Development, Validation and Clinical Implementation

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Wilman, Alan H

Keywords: Brain Iron; High Field; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Multiple Sclerosis; Relaxometry; Sub-Cortical Grey Matter; Susceptibility Mapping; Transverse Relaxation

$678,786

Development of Novel Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Methods for the Brain: Initial Applications to Stroke

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Beaulieu, Christian

Keywords: Biophysical Mechanisms; Brain; Diffusion; Human; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mri; Perfusion; Stroke; Technical Development; Transient Ischemic Attack

$777,172

Quantitative MRI for Multiple Sclerosis

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Wilman, Alan H

Keywords: Brain Iron; Fast Spin Echo Imaging; Multiple Sclerosis; Phase Imaging; Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging; T2 Quantification

$664,475

Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neurodevelopment

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Beaulieu, Christian

Keywords: Brain; Cognitive Ability; Development; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mri

$733,595

University of Alberta Heart & Stroke Research Centre

Co-investigatorCFI2002Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Lopaschuk, Gary

Keywords: vascular biology, myocardial infarction, thrombolysis, endothelial function, platelets, outcomes research, cardiovascular disease,vascular imaging, experimental therapeutics, stroke

$6,489,820

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Derek Emery

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Advancing Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping With 2.5D Diffusion Models for Rapid Intracranial Hemorrhage Quantification

High-resolution fluid-suppressed diffusion tractography of the fornix across the healthy lifespan and deviations in multiple sclerosis.

Oscillating gradient spin echo diffusion time effects implicate variations in neurite beading for the heterogeneous reduced diffusion in human acute ischemic stroke lesions.

Tensor-valued diffusion MRI of human acute stroke.

Rationale and design of the multi organ inflammation with serial testing study: a comprehensive assessment of functional and structural abnormalities in patients with recovered COVID-19.

High-resolution diffusion tensor imaging and T2 mapping detect regional changes within the hippocampus in multiple sclerosis.

A Normative Brain MRI Database of Neurotypical Participants from 5 to 90 Years of Age.

Distinct patterns of progressive gray and white matter degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Diffusion imaging of fornix and interconnected limbic deep grey matter is linked to cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis.

Lifespan Volume Trajectories From Non-harmonized T1-Weighted MRI Do Not Differ After Site Correction Based on Traveling Human Phantoms.

University of Alberta Heart & Stroke Research Centre

Frequent collaborators

Kenneth Butcher

Christian Beaulieu

Thomas Jeerakathil

Mahesh Kate

Brian Buck

Laura Gioia

Penelope Smyth

Andrew Demchuk

Michael Hill

Dar Dowlatshahi

Gregg Blevins

Michael Hill

Dariush Dowlatshahi

Shelagh Coutts

Christopher Power

Christopher Power

Richard Camicioli

Sanjay Kalra

Richard Frayne

Gavin Oudit

Lorne Zinman