Xin Li, Ph.D., focuses his research on water exchange effect on quantification of dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI and its pathological as well as physiological applications. One unique aspect of in vivo DCE MRI lies in its indirect detection of contrast reagent (CR) via proton signal from water molecules. Since CR and water never distribute equally in vivo, this calls for the studies of water exchange. 

Dr. Li received his bachelors of science from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China in 1989. He earned his Ph.D. at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in 1999. Since 2005, Dr. Li has served as a research assistant professor at the Advanced Imaging Research Center. He also serves as a collaborative scientist in the Division of Reproductive Sciences at the Oregon National Primate Research Center.