Papers

†: (co-)1st author, *: (co-)corresponding author. One can enter the website by clicking the underlined title of a paper.

[ Published ]

1. Youjin Lee†, Seonguk Kim, Sangil Kim, Yeona Kang*, "Feature Integration of [18F]FDG PET Brain Imaging Using Deep Learning for Sensitive Cognitive Decline Detection." PloS One 21, no. 7 (2026): e0341995

2. Youjin Lee†, Thanh D. Nguyen, Yong Du, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Sara Zein, Nikolaos A. Karakatsanis, Sadek Nehmeh, Martin G. Pomper, Susan A Gauthier, and Yeona Kang*. "Validating the Utility of Supervised Clustering Algorithm for Precise [11C]DPA-713 PET Brain Image Quantification." Journal of Nuclear Medicine 66, no. 5 (2025): 764-70. (Top 2.94% in JCR 2023; recipient of the 2026 Alavi–Mandell Award)

3. Minwoo Park†, Youjin Lee*, Sangil Kim*, Young-Jin Kim, Shin Young Kim, Yeongsic Kim, and Hyun-Min Kim. "Distinguishing nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung disease on X-ray images using deep transfer learning." BMC Infectious Diseases 23, no. 1 (2023): 1-11.

4. Minwoo Park†, Young-Jin Kim†, Dawoon Jung, Yeongsic Kim, Hyun-Min Kim, Youjin Lee*, and In Young Choi*. "Quality improvement of outpatient clinical chemistry tests through a novel middleware-laboratory information system solution." Clinical Biochemistry 113 (2023): 21-28.

[ Accepted ]

1. Youjin Lee†, Yeona Kang, Sandra Hurtado Rua, Hannah Schwartz, Ilhami Kovanlikaya, Alexey Dimov, Yi Wang, Thanh D. Nguyen, Susan A. Gauthier*,  "TSPO PET Imaging of Early Inflammatory Activity and Paramagnetic Rim Lesion Formation in Multiple Sclerosis." EJNMMI Research

[ Submitted ]

1. Youjin Lee, Seonguk Kim, Jung-Tae Park*, "Fourier-Based Neural Approximation of High-Energy Nonresonant Bloch States for the Gross--Pitaevskii Equation." (Submitted)

2. Dinesh Sivakolundu†, Youjin Lee, Liangdong Zhou, Ha Luu, Iliana Pliska-Bloch, Hannah Schwartz, Kimberly Markowitz, Yeona Kang, Amy Kuceyeski, Thanh Nguyen, Susan Gauthier*, "Impaired glymphatic clearance links neuroinflammation and disability in multiple sclerosis," (Submitted)

[ In preparation ]

1. Youjin Lee†*, Estimating Parametric Map of Dynamic PET Brain Imaging Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks

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[ Published Conference Abstracts ]

1. Youjin Lee†, Thanh Nguyen, Yeona Kang, Susan Gauthier, "Spatially Structured Association between Neuroinflammation and Myelin Damage along a Thalamic Gradient in Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis Journal 32. Suppl. 4 (2026): 819 (MSToronto2026 – ePoster Abstract)

2. Youjin Lee†, Liangdong Zhou, Yeona Kang, Thanh Nguyen, Susan Gauthier, "CSF Fraction is Associated with Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis Journal 32. Suppl. 4 (2026): 550 (MSToronto2026 – Paper Poster Session 1 & 2 Abstract)

3. Zoe Kapur†, Youjin Lee, Iliana Pliska-Bloch, Noel George, Kimberly Markowitz, Hannah Schwartz, Thanh Nguyen, Susan Gauthier, "Longitudinal QSM and Myelin Water Fraction Assessment of Paramagnetic Rim Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis Journal 32. Suppl. 4 (2026): 254 (MSToronto2026 – Paper Poster Session 1 & 2 Abstract)

4. Dinesh Sivakolundu†, Youjin Lee, Iliana Pliska-Bloch, Hannah Schwartz, Kimberly Markowitz, Amy Kuceyeski, Thanh Nguyen, Susan Gauthier*, "Region-Specific CSF Fraction Shows Stronger Associations with Disability and PIRA Than DTI-ALPS in Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis Journal 32. Suppl. 4 (2026): 188-189 (MSToronto2026 – Paper Poster Session 1 & 2 Abstract)

5. Youjin Lee†, Yeona Kang, Sandra Hurtado Rua, Hannah Schwartz, Ilhami Kovanlikaya, Alexey Dimov, Yi Wang, Thanh D. Nguyen, Susan A. Gauthier*, "TSPO PET Imaging of Early Inflammatory Activity and Paramagnetic Rim Lesion Formation in Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis Journal 32, Suppl. 2 (2026): 121-122. (ACTRIMS 2026 Abstract)

6. Youjin Lee†, Seonguk Kim, Sangil Kim, Yeona Kang*, “Navigating Alzheimer’s: Harnessing Multimodal Learning Models for Disease Classification through PET Brain Imaging Integration.” Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 45, Suppl. 1 (2025): 353–354. (Brain & Brain PET 2025 Abstract)

7. Youjin Lee†, Yeona Kang, Sandra Hurtado Rua, Thanh D. Nguyen, Susan A. Gauthier*, “Longitudinal Analysis of [11C]DPA-713 PET and QSM in Multiple Sclerosis for Differentiating the Spatial Patterns of Pathological Lesions.” Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 33rd Annual Meeting (2025): 3579. (ISMRM 2025 Abstract)

• Submitted

  • Youjin Lee†, Jinwei Zhang, Mert Sisman, Pascal Spincemaille, Yi Wang, Susan A. Gauthier, Thanh D. Nguyen*, "Accelerating Clinical Brain QSM in Multiple Sclerosis Using LARO." (to ISMRM 2027 Abstract)

  • Youjin Lee†, Ilhami Kovanlikaya, Yi Wang, Susan A. Gauthier, Thanh D. Nguyen*, "Short-term Changes in Myelin Water Fraction and Iron-Related Magnetic Susceptibility in the Rim Areas of Paramagnetic Rim Lesions." (to ISMRM 2027 Abstract)