Laistler Group

• Radio Frequency Coils
• Body MR and Motion Compensation
• Parameter selective MR micro-imaging and microscopy 

• Christian Doppler Lab for Patient-Centered Breast Imaging (2024 - 2031)

• CITRUS - Closed-Loop Individualized Image-guided Transcranial Ultrasonic Stimulation (2022 - current),
  Horizon Europe
• MRITwins – Twinning of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Institutes (2022 – current)
  Horizon Europe
• FlexShim (2019-2022)
  OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Jubiläumsfonds
• BRACOIL - Smart bra-shaped MRI breast coil (2017-2022)
  FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France)
• pULSE - parallel transmit Ultra-fast Local SAR Estimation (2015-2019)
  FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Projects
• FLEXAR7 - Multi-purpose FLEXible coil ARray for high resolution 7T MRI (2013-2018)
  FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France)

Selected peer-reviewed publications

• Obermann M, Nohava L, Frass-Kriegl R, Soanca O, Ginefri J-C, Felblinger J, Clauser P, Baltzer P, Laistler E.Panoramic magnetic resonance imaging of the breast with a wearable coil vest. Invest Radiol 2023; 58(11):799–810. 
• Nohava L, Czerny R, Roat S, Obermann M, Kuehne A, Frass-Kriegl R, Felblinger J, Ginefri J-C, Laistler E. Flexible multi-turn multi-gap coaxial RF coils: design concept and implementation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 and 7 Tesla. IEEE TMI 2021; 40(4):1267-1278.
• Nohava L, Obermann M, Frass-Kriegl R, Soanca O, Laistler E. A modular system of flexible receive-only coil arrays for 3 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Z Med Phys 2023;
• Frass-Kriegl R, Navarro de Lara LI, Pichler M, Sieg J, Moser E, Windischberger C, Laistler E, 2018. Flexible 23-channel coil array for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla. PLOS ONE, 13(11), p.e0206963. 
• Navarro de Lara LI, Windischberger C, Kuehne A, Woletz M, Sieg J, Bestmann S, Weiskopf N, Strasser B, Moser E, Laistler E, 2014. A novel coil array for combined TMS/fMRI experiments at 3 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 74(5), pp.1492-1501.

• Obermann, Michael, Flexible Transmission Line Resonators Advancing Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 Tesla, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2024.
• Gruber, Bernhard, Pushing the Limits of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Instrumentation, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
• Rapp, Bastian, Motion Detection in MRI Using Wireless Accelerometers and Beat Pilot Tone, Master thesis, TU Wien and and Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
• Gomez Tamm, Ernesto, Development of a magnetic-resonance-compatible torso motion phantom, Master thesis, TU Wien and and Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
• Czerny, Raphaela, Flexible coil arrays for magnetic resonance imaging – performance comparison of coaxial transmission line resonators and stranded wire elements, Master thesis, TU Wien and Medical University of Vienna, 2022.
• Nohava, Lena, Concepts for Wearable Technology in MR: Lightweight Flexible Radio Frequency Coils and Optical Wireless Communication, PhD thesis, Université Paris-Saclay, 2020.
• Czerny, Raphaela, Flexible radio frequency coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: loss comparison between multi-turn multi-gap coils and standard loop coils, Bachelor thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2019.
• Obermann, Michael, An ultra-flexible 3-channel receive-only coil array for 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging made of coaxial transmission line resonators, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2018.
• Hossein Nezhadian, Sajad, Réseau flexible de résonateurs à ligne de transmissions pour l'émission et la réception en IRM cardiaque à 7T, PhD thesis, Université Paris-Saclay/Paris-Sud, 2017.
• Hosseini, Seyed Ehsan, An 8-channel receive-only radio frequency coil array for magnetic resonance microscopy at 7 Tesla, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2017.
• Nohava, Lena, A parallel transmission pulse design framework for 7 T MRI with physical constraints and SAR minimization, Master thesis, University of Vienna, 2017.
• Kühne, André, Parallel transmission in MRI - electromagnetic considerations and advances in signal chain hardware, PhD thesis, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, 2016.
• Navarro de Lara, Lucia Isabel, A receive-only phased array head coil for combined transcranial magnetic stimulation-functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2016.
• Roat (Goluch), Sigrun, A design and development procedure for transceive radio frequency coils in ultra-high field magnetic resonance, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2015.
• Frass-Kriegl, Roberta, A flexible coil array for high resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 7 Tesla, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2015.
• Laistler, Elmar, Magnetic resonance micro-imaging of the human skin in vivo using miniature radio frequency coils, PhD thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2010.
• Laistler, Elmar, Correction of geometric distortions in EPI, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2005.

Elmar Laistler

• is Associate Editor, Frontiers in Physics, Section Medical Physics and Imaging