Manuel Taso, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Radiology
MRI Physicist, Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (CAMRIS)
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Perelman School of Medicine
Richards Medical Research Laboratory Bldg.
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Richards Medical Research Laboratory Bldg.
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.Sc. (Physics and Chemistry)
Provence University, Marseille, France, 2011.
M.Sc. (Medical Imaging and Radiation Physics)
Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, 2013.
Ph.D. (Biomechanics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France, 2016.
Permanent linkB.Sc. (Physics and Chemistry)
Provence University, Marseille, France, 2011.
M.Sc. (Medical Imaging and Radiation Physics)
Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, 2013.
Ph.D. (Biomechanics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France, 2016.
Description of Research Expertise
My research focuses on the development and translation of novel MRI methods for structural and functional imaging across the body. This combines endogenous contrast mechanisms and highly optimized sequences mainly relying on volumetric Turbo Spin Echo and image acceleration methods.Specific areas of interest and developments include non-invasive perfusion imaging using Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL), water exchange imaging and microstructural imaging.
Selected Publications
Taso, Manuel, Alsop, David C.: Tissue-to-fluid water-exchange imaging using T2-selective saturation labeling. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 94(1): 150-165, 2025.Taso, Manuel, Munsch, Fanny, Girard, Olivier M., Duhamel, Guillaume, Alsop, David C., Varma, Gopal: Fast-spin-echo versus rapid gradient-echo for 3D magnetization-prepared acquisitions: Application to inhomogeneous magnetization transfer. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 89(2): 550-564, 2023.
Taso, Manuel, Aramendía-Vidaurreta, Veronica, Englund, Erin K., Francis, Susan, Franklin, Suzanne, Madhuranthakam, Ananth J., Martirosian, Petros, Nayak, Krishna S., Qin, Qin, Shao, Xingfeng, Thomas, David L., Zun, Zungho, Fernández-Seara, Maria A., Group, the ISMRM Perfusion Study: Update on state-of-the-art for arterial spin labeling (ASL) human perfusion imaging outside of the brain. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 89(5): 1754-1776, 2023.
Taso, Manuel, Munsch, Fanny, Zhao, Li, Alsop, David C: Regional and depth-dependence of cortical blood-flow assessed with high-resolution Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL). Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. SAGE Publications Ltd STM, 41(8): 1899-1911, 2021.
Munsch, Fanny, Taso, Manuel, Zhao, Li, Lebel, R. Marc, Guidon, Arnaud, Detre, John A., Alsop, David C.: Rotated spiral RARE for high spatial and temporal resolution volumetric arterial spin labeling acquisition. Neuroimage 223: 117371, 2020.
Taso, Manuel, Zhao, Li, Guidon, Arnaud, Litwiller, Daniel V., Alsop, David C.: Volumetric abdominal perfusion measurement using a pseudo-randomly sampled 3D fast-spin-echo (FSE) arterial spin labeling (ASL) sequence and compressed sensing reconstruction. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 82(2): 680-692, 2019.
Taso, Manuel, Guidon, Arnaud, Zhao, Li, Mortele, Koenraad J., Alsop, David C.: Pancreatic perfusion and arterial-transit-time quantification using pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling at 3T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 81(1): 542-550, 2019.
Taso, Manuel, Girard, Olivier M., Duhamel, Guillaume, Le Troter, Arnaud, Feiweier, Thorsten, Guye, Maxime, Ranjeva, Jean-Philippe, Callot, Virginie: Tract-specific and age-related variations of the spinal cord microstructure: a multi-parametric MRI study using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and inhomogeneous magnetization transfer (ihMT). NMR in Biomedicine 29(6): 817-832, 2016.
Massire, Aurélien, Taso, Manuel, Besson, Pierre, Guye, Maxime, Ranjeva, Jean-Philippe, Callot, Virginie: High-resolution multi-parametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of the human cervical spinal cord at 7T. Neuroimage 143: 58-69, 2016.
Fonov, V. S., Le Troter, A., Taso, M., De Leener, B., Lévêque, G., Benhamou, M., Sdika, M., Benali, H., Pradat, P.-F., Collins, D. L., Callot, V., Cohen-Adad, J.: Framework for integrated MRI average of the spinal cord white and gray matter: the MNI-Poly-AMU template. Neuroimage 102 Pt 2: 817-827, 2014.