Ming‐Kai Chen

613 citations

11 papers · 404 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 5

Physiology top 10%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 10%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 10%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Cognitive Neuroscience

Co-authors: Richard E. Carson Mika Naganawa Nabeel Nabulsi Takuya Toyonaga Yiyun Huang Christopher H. van Dyck Adam P. Mecca Ryan S. O’Dell
Topics: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers)Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (6 papers)Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (3 papers)
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Neurology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Journals: Epilepsia Medical Physics Alzheimer s & Dementia
Partner nations: United States China

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Ming‐Kai Chen

11 papers receiving 404 citations

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Synaptic density and cognitive performance in Alzheimer's disease: A PET imaging study with [¹¹C]UCB‐J

2022 117 citations Adam P. Mecca, Ryan S. O’Dell et al. Alzheimer s & Dementia profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synaptic density and cognitive performance in Alzheimer's disease: A PET imaging study with [¹¹C]UCB‐Jbreakdown → 2022 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Adam P. Mecca,Ryan S. O’Dell,Emily Sharp,Emmie Banks,Hugh H. Bartlett,Wenzhen Zhao,(unknown),(unknown),Ming‐Kai Chen,Mika Naganawa,Takuya Toyonaga,Nabeel Nabulsi,Brent C. Vander Wyk,Amy F.T. Arnsten,Yiyun Huang,Richard E. Carson,Christopher H. van Dyck	117
2	Virtual high‐count PET image generation using a deep learning method 2022 ·Medical Physics ·Juan Liu,(unknown),Rui Wang,(unknown),Yu‐Jung Tsai,(unknown),Darko Pucar,Ming‐Kai Chen,Chi Liu	4
3	Assessment of gray matter microstructure and synaptic density in Alzheimer’s Disease: a multimodal imaging study with DWI and SV2A PET 2022 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·(unknown),(unknown),Ryan S. O’Dell,Ming‐Kai Chen,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nabeel Nabulsi,Yiyun Huang,Richard E. Carson,Christopher H. van Dyck,Adam P. Mecca	1
4	Association of synaptic density and glucose metabolism with cognitive performance in early Alzheimer's disease: a PET imaging study with [11C]UCB‐J and [18F]FDG 2022 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Ryan S. O’Dell,Adam P. Mecca,(unknown),Emily Sharp,Ming‐Kai Chen,Mika Naganawa,Takuya Toyonaga,Yihuan Lu,(unknown),(unknown),Jessica Lam,Alyssa J. Miller,(unknown),(unknown),Yize Zhao,Nabeel Nabulsi,Yiyun Huang,Amy Arnsten,Richard E. Carson,Christopher H. van Dyck	1
5	Generation of parametricK_iimages for FDG PET using two 5‐min scans 2021 ·Medical Physics ·Jing Wu,Hui Liu,(unknown),Jean‐Dominique Gallezot,Mika Naganawa,(unknown),Yihuan Lu,Ming‐Kai Chen,Denise Esserman,Tassos C. Kyriakides,Richard E. Carson,Chi Liu	22
6	Generation of synthetic PET images of synaptic density and amyloid from ¹⁸F‐FDG images using deep learning 2021 ·Medical Physics ·Rui Wang,Hui Liu,Takuya Toyonaga,Luyao Shi,Jing Wu,John A. Onofrey,Yu‐Jung Tsai,Mika Naganawa,Tianyu Ma,Yaqiang Liu,Ming‐Kai Chen,Adam P. Mecca,Ryan S. O’Dell,Christopher H. van Dyck,Richard E. Carson,Chi Liu	14
7	Reduced synaptic vesicle protein 2A binding in temporal lobe epilepsy: A [¹¹C]UCB‐J positron emission tomography study 2020 ·Epilepsia ·Sjoerd J. Finnema,Takuya Toyonaga,Kamil Detyniecki,Ming‐Kai Chen,Mark Dias,Qianyu Wang,Shu-fei Lin,Mika Naganawa,Jean‐Dominique Gallezot,Yihuan Lu,Nabeel Nabulsi,Yiyun Huang,Dennis D. Spencer,Richard E. Carson	53
8	Validation of a simplified tissue‐to‐reference ratio measurement using SUVR for the assessment of synaptic density alterations in Alzheimer’s disease using [¹¹C]UCB‐J PET 2020 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Ryan S. O’Dell,Mika Naganawa,Takuya Toyonaga,Juan Young,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Emmie Banks,Joanna E. Harris,Ming‐Kai Chen,Nabeel Nabulsi,Yiyun Huang,Richard E. Carson,Christopher H. van Dyck,Adam P. Mecca	2
9	ICA‐derived sources of synaptic density PET ([¹¹C]UCB‐J) relate to cognitive impairment severity in Alzheimer’s disease 2020 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Xiaotian T. Fang,Adam P. Mecca,Mika Naganawa,Ryan S. O’Dell,Ming‐Kai Chen,Christopher H. van Dyck,Richard E. Carson	2
10	In vivo measurement of widespread synaptic loss and associated tau accumulation in early Alzheimer’s disease 2020 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Adam P. Mecca,Ryan S. O’Dell,Ming‐Kai Chen,Mika Naganawa,Takuya Toyonaga,Tyler A. Godek,Joanna E. Harris,Hugh H. Bartlett,Wenzhen Zhao,Jean‐Dominique Gallezot,Nabeel Nabulsi,Jim Ropchan,Yunpeng Ye,Brent C. Vander Wyk,Amy F.T. Arnsten,Yiyun Huang,Richard E. Carson,Christopher H. van Dyck	1
11	In vivo measurement of widespread synaptic loss in Alzheimer's disease with SV2A PET 2020 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Adam P. Mecca,Ming‐Kai Chen,Ryan S. O’Dell,Mika Naganawa,Takuya Toyonaga,Tyler A. Godek,Joanna E. Harris,Hugh H. Bartlett,Wenzhen Zhao,Nabeel Nabulsi,Brent C. Vander Wyk,Pradeep Varma,Amy F.T. Arnsten,Yiyun Huang,Richard E. Carson,Christopher H. van Dyck	187

About Ming‐Kai Chen

Ming‐Kai Chen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 11 papers that have together received 404 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (6 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (21 citations), Neurology (69 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (152 citations). Ming‐Kai Chen has collaborated with scholars based in United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Richard E. Carson, Mika Naganawa, Nabeel Nabulsi, Takuya Toyonaga, Yiyun Huang, Christopher H. van Dyck, Adam P. Mecca, Ryan S. O’Dell, Wenzhen Zhao and Hugh H. Bartlett. Their work appears in journals such as Epilepsia, Medical Physics and Alzheimer s & Dementia.

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