Dirk Müller
© Dirk Müller
MR physicist
NameDirk Müller M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering
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Contact Research Group Brain Dynamics and Imaging Methods
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology Forschungsbereich Systemische Neurowissenschaften Würzburger Straße 35
01187 Dresden
Research Interests
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that help us better understand how the brain works:
- Structural magnetic resonance imaging techniques sensitive to changes in the myelination of axons: Myelin water mapping, quantitative magnetization transfer (qMT), diffusion weighted imaging (DWI, DTI, NODDI, tractography).
- Functional MRI techniques: Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) imaging, real-time feedback, influence of transcranial brain stimulation (TMS) on fMRI.
- Development of an image processing framework: Neuro Imaging Center Python Pipelines (NICePype), automatic data analysis of structural and functional MRI data on distributed computing environments.
Employment
| since 2012 | Scientist at the Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2010 – 2011 | Research Associate, Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Germany |
| 2006 – 2010 | Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany |
| 2005 – 2006 | Research Associate, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany |
Education and Qualifications
| 2004 | Master of Science (M. Sc.), Biomedical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Münster |
| 2002 | Diplom (FH), Physical engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Coburg |
Funding and Honors
| 2010 |
Poster Award, ISMRM 2010, Stockholm: 1st Place in the Physics and Pulse Sequences Category |
Deza-Araujo YI, Neukam PT, Marxen M, Müller DK, Henle T & Smolka MN (2019) Acute tryptophan loading decreases functional connectivity between the default mode network and emotion-related brain regions. Hum Brain Mapp 40(6):1844-55.
https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24494
von Schwanenflug N, Müller DK, King JA, Ritschel F, Bernardoni F, Mohammadi S, Geisler D, Roessner V, Biemann R, Marxen M & Ehrlich S (2018) Dynamic changes in white matter microstructure in anorexia nervosa: Findings from a longitudinal study. Psychol Med epub ahead of print.1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S003329171800212X
Riedel P, Jacob MJ, Müller DK, Vetter NC, Smolka MN, Marxen M (2016) Amygdala fMRI Signal as a Predictor of Reaction Time. Front Hum Neurosci 10:516.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00516
Pfuhl G, King JA, Geisler D, Roschinski B, Ritschel F, Seidel M, Bernardoni F, Müller DK, White T, Roessner V, Ehrlich S (2016) Preserved white matter microstructure in young patients with anorexia nervosa? Hum Brain Mapp 37(11):4069-4083.
https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23296
Marxen M, Jacob MJ, Müller DK, Posse S, Ackley E, Hellrung L, Riedel P, Bender S, Epple R, Smolka MN (2016) Amygdala Regulation Following fMRI-Neurofeedback without Instructed Strategies. Front Hum Neurosci 10:183.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00183
Garbusow M, Schad DJ, Sebold M, Friedel E, Bernhardt N, Koch SP, Steinacher B, Kathmann N, Geurts DE, Sommer C, Müller DK, Nebe S, Paul S, Wittchen HU, Zimmermann US, Walter H, Smolka MN, Sterzer P, Rapp MA, Huys QJ, Schlagenhauf F, Heinz A (2016) Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer effects in the nucleus accumbens relate to relapse in alcohol dependence. Addiction biology 21(3):719-31.
https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12243
Pampel A, Müller DK, Anwander A, Marschner H, Möller HE (2015) Orientation dependence of magnetization transfer parameters in human white matter. NeuroImage 114:136-46.1
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.068
Müller DK, Pampel A, Möller HE (2013) Matrix-algebra-based calculations of the time evolution of the binary spin-bath model for magnetization transfer. Journal of magnetic resonance 230:88-97.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2013.01.013
Streicher MN, Schäfer A, Ivanov D, Müller DK, Amadon A, Reimer E, Huber L, Dhital B, Rivera D, Kögler C, Trampel R, Pampel A, Turner R (2014) Fast accurate MR thermometry using phase referenced asymmetric spin-echo EPI at high field. Magnetic resonance in medicine 71(2):524-33.
https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24681
Deppe M, Müller D, Kugel H, Ruck T, Wiendl H, Meuth SG (2013) DTI detects water diffusion abnormalities in the thalamus that correlate with an extremity pain episode in a patient with multiple sclerosis. NeuroImage 258-62
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.008
Mohammadi S, Möller HE, Kugel H, Müller DK, Deppe M (2010) Correcting eddy current and motion effects by affine whole-brain registrations: evaluation of three-dimensional distortions and comparison with slicewise correction. Magnetic resonance in medicine 64(4):1047-56.
https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.22501
Links
Research Group Imaging Physics
Core Imaging Facility, SFB940/2, TP Z2
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
SFB 940