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Yongxian Qian on Breaking into Imaging, Working with Sodium, and Looking Toward Quantum MRI

Yongxian Qian, PhD. Photos: Pawel Slabiak/NYU Langone Health.

Yongxian Qian, imaging scientist whose interests include multinuclear MRI and quantum computing, talks about how he entered the field, why sodium MRI matters, and what quantum tech can mean for imaging.

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Lab Notebook Research Brief

Clarifying the Picture of Brain Sodium with ‘Single-Quantum Sodium MRI’

Illustration: Shuttertock.

NYU Langone scientists propose MRI sodium separation method with potential to inform research on ion imbalances in neurological conditions.

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Research Brief

Can Sodium MRI Tell Which Breast Cancer Patients Need an Alternative to Chemo?

Illustration: Pawel Slabiak/NYU Langone Health; salt photo by Andrii Leonov/Unsplash; image of ductal carcinoma tissue by the National Cancer Institute/Unsplash.

Recent research shows that sodium MRI can predict cancer response to chemotherapy. The National Cancer Institute is funding NYU Grossman School of Medicine to develop and validate the method.