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Email

l.johnston@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Head of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Education
PhD
The University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-5032-4674

Prof Leigh Johnston

Head of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering

169 Scholarly works
19 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Correction of connectivity induced by autocorrelation and filtering in resting state functional near-infrared spectroscopy data
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2026.110804
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Quantitative susceptibility mapping demonstrates aging-related long-term structural brain changes in adult rats after mild ischemic stroke
    DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcag182
  • 2026

    Journal article

    REDUCED CEREBRAL BLOOD VELOCITY AND VASCULAR FUNCTION IN AGEING AND MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: A PILOT STUDY
    DOI: 10.31189/2165-7629-15-s2.239
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Rapid and simplified post-processing for simultaneous B0 and B1 mapping in the application of CEST
    DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70001
  • 2022

    Research Grant

    Whole-Head Optically-Pumped Room-Temperature Magnetoencephalography
  • 2021

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    National Imaging Facility Vic Biomedical Imaging Capability
  • 2021

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    National Imaging Facility (NIF): New Frontiers - Plant, Molecular and MRI-HIFU Imaging
Leigh Johnston

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    In vivo evaluation of population-specific inversion pulses in parallel transmission
    DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30593
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A general model for head and neck auto-segmentation with patient pre-treatment imaging during adaptive radiation therapy
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.17732
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Quasi-instantaneous subject-specific slice-by-slice pTx pulse design with Deep Learning: application to 2D diffusion MRI
    DOI: 10.58530/2025/3443
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Subpopulation universal pulses: practical online implementation
    DOI: 10.58530/2025/3449
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Optimising Ex-Vivo Hand Imaging at Ultra-High FIeld (7T)
    DOI: 10.58530/2025/5354
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Recovering high-quality fiber orientation distributions from a reduced number of diffusion-weighted images using a model-driven deep learning architecture
    DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30187

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Energy Inefficiency in Long COVID and ME/CFS
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Tissue Bio-Physicochemical Quantification Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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