Xiawei Ou, PhD
MR Physicist, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Phone: (501) 364-4837

Dr. Xiawei Ou is the Magnetic Resonance Physicist at Arkansas Children's Hospital. He received his doctoral degree from Vanderbilt University in 2007 with a concentration in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). He continued his research at Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) as a research fellow before he joined ACH in February 2008. Dr. Ou has become a faculty member of the UAMS Department of Radiology since September 1, 2008. Dr. Ou's past research includes development of new quantitative MRI methods for small animal imaging. His current research interests include the development and application of pediatric neuroimaging methods, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetization transfer imaging (MTI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).

Xiawei Ou, Charles M. Glasier, and Jeffrey H. Snow, Diffusion Tensor Imaging Evaluation of White Matter in Adolescents with Myelomeningocele and Chiari II Malformation. Pediatric Radiology 2011 (published online ahead of print).

Xiawei Ou, Shu-Wei Sun, Sheng-Kwei Song, and Daniel Frank Gochberg. Quantitative Magnetization Transfer Measured Pool Size Ratio Reflects Optic Nerve Myelin Content in ex vivo Mice. Mag. Reson. Med 2009, 61: 364-371

Xiawei Ou, Shu-Wei Sun, Hsiao-Fang Liang, Sheng-Kwei Song, and Daniel Frank Gochberg. The MT Pool Size Ratio and the DTI Radial Diffusivity may Reflect the Myelination in Shiverer and Control Mice. NMR Biomedicine 2009, 22: 480-487

Xiawei Ou, Daniel Frank Gochberg. MT Effects and T1 Quantification in Single Slice Spoiled Gradient Echo Imaging. Mag. Reson. Med 2008, 59: 835-845

research support

Evaluation of Visual and Motor Pathways in Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight infants, Principal Investigator (ISMRM)

Neuroimaging in Childhood Obesity, Principal Investigator (ACHRI/ACNC)

Effects of Permissive Hypercapnia on Cerebral White Matter, Principal Investigator (The Thrasher Research Fund)

Evaluation of Cerebral White Matter Injury in Premature Infants by Quantitative MRI Methods, Principal Investigator (CUMG)

Effects of Neonatal Diet on Language and Neurocognitive Functions Development: an fMRI Study, Co-Investigator (USDA/ACNC)