AI Researcher at MIAAI at Danube Private University
Olgica Zaric conducted her PhD studies at Medical University of Vienna where she worked as researcher on development & implementation of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. Apart from conventional T1, T2, and contrast-enhanced MRI, this included diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), sodium imaging (23Na-MRI) & chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI at ultra-high fields.
Her major focus was investigating the feasibility of these imaging modalities and their translation into clinical practice. The research was based on establishing biochemical imaging modalities & corresponding quantitative imaging markers, reliable and applicable for breast lesion diagnosis & characterization as well as treatment monitoring. She has worked on protocols optimization, fast image acquisition methods, evaluation & verification of image post-processing methods, quantitative imaging data analysis, etc.
In the future, she plans to extend her expertise in the area of image analysis, processing & deep learning, as well as to other methods which may be potentially applicable & transferrable to different diagnostic and therapy approaches.
Key publications
Tissue sodium concentration quantification at 7 Tesla as an early biomarker for chemotherapy response in breast cancer patients
A feasibility study. Radiology, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2021201600. Zaric, O., Farr, A., Minarikova, L., Lachner, S., Asseryanis, E., Nagel, A. M., Weber, M., Singer, C.F., Trattnig, S.
Frontiers of Sodium MRI Revisited: From Cartilage to Brain Imaging
Review article. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27326. Zaric, O., Juras, V., Szomolanyi, P., Schreiner, M., Raudner, M., Giraudo, C., Trattnig, S.e
7T CEST MRI: a potential imaging tool for the assessment of tumor grade and cell proliferation in breast cancer.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.03.004. Zaric, O., Poblador E., Mlynarik, V., Bogner, W., Gruber, S., Asseryanis, E., Singer, C., Trattnig, S.
Quantitative sodium MR imaging at 7 T: Initial results and comparison with diffusion-weighted imaging in patients with breast tumors.
Radiology, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016151304. Zaric, O., Pinker, K., Zbyn, S., Strasser, B., Robinson, S., Minarikova, L., Gruber, S., Farr, A., Singer, C., Helbich, T.H., Trattnig, S., Bogner, W.
Multiparametric MR imaging with high-resolution dynamic contrast-enhancedand diffusion weighted imaging at 7 T improves the assessment of breast tumors: A feasibility study.
Radiology, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.15141905. Pinker, K., Baltzer, P., Bogner, W., Leithner, D., Trattnig, S., Zaric, O., Dubsky, P., Bago Horvath, Z., Rudas, M., Gruber, S., Weber, M., Helbich, T.H.
Bilateral diffusion-weighted MR imaging of breast tumors with submillimeter resolution using readout-segmented echo-planar imaging at 7T.
Radiology, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132340. Bogner, W., Pinker, K., Zaric, O., Baltzer, P., Minarikova, L., Porter, D., Bago-Horvath, Z., Dubsky, P., Helbich, T.H., Trattnig, S. Gruber S.