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ACR Appropriateness Criteria(®) blunt chest trauma--suspected aortic injuryShadpour Demehri
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Emerg Radiol 19:287-92. 2012..For those patients who survive the injury and come to emergency radiology, rapid, appropriate assessment of patients who require surgery is paramount...
Development and management of a noninvasive cardiovascular imaging serviceFrank J Rybicki
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:1401-2. 2006
Initial evaluation of coronary images from 320-detector row computed tomographyFrank J Rybicki
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 24:535-46. 2008..Patient dose is estimated for prospective and retrospective ECG-gating; initial correlation between 320-slice CT and coronary catheterization is illustrated...- ACR appropriateness criteria on recurrent symptoms following lower-extremity angioplastyFrank J Rybicki
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 5:1176-80. 2008.... - Lower extremity peripheral vein bypass graft wall thickness changes demonstrated at 1 and 6 months after surgery with ultra-high spatial resolution black blood inner volume three-dimensional fast spin echo magnetic resonance imagingFrank John Rybicki
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 24:529-33. 2008.... - Multi-contrast high spatial resolution black blood inner volume three-dimensional fast spin echo MR imaging in peripheral vein bypass graftsFrank J Rybicki
Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 26:683-91. 2010..Vessel wall area differences suggest that LE-PVBG vessel wall tissues produce distinct signal characteristics under T1 and T2 MR contrast weightings... - The "post-64" era of coronary CT angiography: understanding new technology from physical principlesHansel J Otero
Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging and Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 47:79-90. 2009..This article defines and discusses interactions between these parameters for state-of-the-art CT... - Iodinated contrast opacification gradients in normal coronary arteries imaged with prospectively ECG-gated single heart beat 320-detector row computed tomographyMichael L Steigner
Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 3:179-86. 2010..To define and evaluate coronary contrast opacification gradients using prospectively ECG-gated single heart beat 320-detector row coronary angiography (CTA)... - In vivo differentiation of two vessel wall layers in lower extremity peripheral vein bypass grafts: application of high-resolution inner-volume black blood 3D FSEDimitris Mitsouras
Department of Radiology, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Magn Reson Med 62:607-15. 2009.... - Endocardial irregularities of the left atrial roof as seen on coronary CT angiographyAngeline C Poh
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 24:729-34. 2008..To describe and characterize morphological characteristics of endocardial irregularities in the roof of the left atrium as seen on coronary CT angiography... - High-resolution peripheral vein bypass graft wall studies using high sampling efficiency inner volume 3D FSEDimitris Mitsouras
Cardiovascular Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Magn Reson Med 59:650-4. 2008.... - Evaluation of low-density neutral oral contrast material in PET/CT for tumor imaging: results of a randomized clinical trialHansel J Otero
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 1620 Tremont St, 3rd Fl, Radiology Ste, Boston, MA 02120, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 193:326-32. 2009.... - Intestinal obstruction: trends in imaging utilization and their influence in its rising hospital billHansel J Otero
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Emerg Radiol 15:317-23. 2008..While hospital and imaging charges have significantly increased, the fraction represented by imaging has remained constant, suggesting that imaging is an unlikely cause for the increase in hospital charges... - MR angiography of the lower extremitiesHale Ersoy
Cardiovascular Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:1675-84. 2008.... - Interdepartmental conflict management and negotiation in cardiovascular imagingHansel J Otero
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 5:834-41. 2008..The benefits of a negotiated outcome include minimizing internal competitors, incorporating cardiologists' expertise to cardiac imaging algorithms, and more effective training opportunities... - Narrowing the phase window width in prospectively ECG-gated single heart beat 320-detector row coronary CT angiographyMichael L Steigner
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 25:85-90. 2009.... - Twenty years of cost-effectiveness analysis in medical imaging: are we improving?Hansel J Otero
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Radiology 249:917-25. 2008..S. Panel on Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine recommendations affected CEA studies in which imaging technologies were evaluated... - Contrast opacification using a reduced volume of iodinated contrast material and low peak kilovoltage in pulmonary CT angiography: Objective and subjective evaluationAndetta R Hunsaker
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 195:W118-24. 2010..The purpose of our study was to evaluate whether a reduced volume of iodinated contrast material for pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) using a low peak kilovoltage (kVp) technique yields equivalent opacification in all vessels... - Comparison of respiratory motion artifact from craniocaudal versus caudocranial scanning with 64-MDCT pulmonary angiographyChristopher Wu
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 195:155-9. 2010..The purpose of this article is to compare respiratory motion artifact between craniocaudal versus caudocranial 64-MDCT acquisition for CT pulmonary angiography... - Venous thrombosis in an outpatient oncologic center: distribution, type, and comorbiditiesFrederico F Souza
Department of Radiology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ultrasound Q 25:145-50. 2009..To examine outpatient oncologic patients with venous thrombosis (VT) and correlate ultrasound findings with clinical characteristics and outcome... - Imaging features of intramural hematoma of the aortaOrla Buckley
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 26:65-76. 2010..Despite this confusion exists regarding the precise definitions and radiologic features of IMH versus penetrating ulcers with mural thrombus and overt aortic dissection... - System-based practice: proposal for a comprehensive curriculumHansel J Otero
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Acad Radiol 15:119-26. 2008 - Reduced-dose CT: effect on reader evaluation in detection of pulmonary embolismJohn D MacKenzie
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 189:1371-9. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of reduction in radiation dose on CT detection of pulmonary embolism... - Relationship between CT coronary angiography and stress perfusion imaging in patients with suspected ischemic heart disease assessed by integrated PET-CT imagingMarcelo F Di Carli
Division of Nuclear Medicine PET, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 14:799-809. 2007..We examined the value of CTA to identify the presence of ischemia, as determined by stress perfusion imaging, using integrated positron emission tomography (PET)-CT imaging... - Periaortic lymphoma as a mimic of posttraumatic intramural hematomaMichael T Lu
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Emerg Radiol 13:35-8. 2006..While this is an atypical presentation, lymphoma and other extravascular pathology must be considered in the evaluation of a periaortic high attenuation mass seen on CT... - Biochemical safety profiles of gadolinium-based extracellular contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosisHale Ersoy
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 26:1190-7. 2007..The purpose of this review is to consolidate and update the available information on known side effects, adverse reactions, and toxicity of the Gd chelates, with particular emphasis on the potential mechanisms of NSF... - Three dimensional computed tomographic imaging in planning the surgical approach for redo cardiac surgery after coronary revascularizationHrvoje Gasparovic
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 28:244-9. 2005..Preoperative mapping of patent coronary grafts and other vital mediastinal structures reduces the morbidity of the reoperation through modification of surgical approaches... - Imaging presentation of venous thrombosis in patients with cancerFaisal Khosa
Department of Radiology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 194:1099-108. 2010..If CT and MRI are contraindicated, flow studies are appropriate. FDG PET/CT appropriately shows venous thrombosis and might play a prominent role in the future... - Cost-effective diagnostic cardiovascular imaging: when does it provide good value for the money?Hansel J Otero
Department of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 26:605-12. 2010..The studies available have, in general, favorable cost-effectiveness profiles with major determinants relating to being compared against observation, medical or no intervention instead of other imaging tests... - Comparison of ECG-gated versus non-gated CT ventricular measurements in thirty patients with acute pulmonary embolismMichael T Lu
Department of Radiology and Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 25:101-7. 2009..To prospectively compare cardiac ventricular measurements from non-gated CT and end-diastolic ECG-gated CT in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE)... - Reformatted Four-Chamber and Short-Axis Views of the Heart Using Thin Section (</=2 mm) MDCT ImagesMichael T Lu
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Acad Radiol 14:1108-12. 2007..In cardiovascular computed tomography (CT), thin collimation results in a large number of images per examination. Moreover, interpretation relies on multiplanar reformatted images... - Surgical planning for composite tissue allotransplantation of the face using 320-detector row computed tomographyShigeyoshi Soga
Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Comput Assist Tomogr 34:766-9. 2010..As a growing number of patients/recipients have undergone multiple reconstructions, vascular imaging plays an increasingly critical role in surgical planning and successful execution of the operation... - Early remodeling of lower extremity vein grafts: inflammation influences biomechanical adaptationChristopher D Owens
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Vasc Surg 47:1235-42. 2008..We sought to examine the hypothesis that systemic inflammation influences this early remodeling response... - Interrelation of coronary calcification, myocardial ischemia, and outcomes in patients with intermediate likelihood of coronary artery disease: a combined positron emission tomography/computed tomography studyMatthew P Schenker
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Circulation 117:1693-700. 2008.... - Interval increase in right-left ventricular diameter ratios at CT as a predictor of 30-day mortality after acute pulmonary embolism: initial experienceMichael T Lu
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Radiology 246:281-7. 2008.... - Quantification of clinical consultations in academic emergency radiologySalvatore Viscomi
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Acad Radiol 11:1294-7. 2004.... - Acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stumpMiriam T Aschkenasy
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Emerg Med 28:41-3. 2005..Although rare, stump appendicitis may present with signs and symptoms typical of acute appendicitis in patients status post appendectomy and should be considered in the differential diagnosis... - Calcium/vitamin D supplementation and coronary artery calcification in the Women's Health InitiativeJoAnn E Manson
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Menopause 17:683-91. 2010..We compared CAC scores after trial completion between women randomized to calcium/vitamin D supplementation and women randomized to placebo... - Fast spectroscopic imaging strategies for potential applications in fMRIRobert V Mulkern
Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Magn Reson Imaging 22:1395-405. 2004..Fast spectroscopic methods directed towards the 31P signals from phosphocreatine (PCr) and adenosine tri-phosphates (ATP) are also technically feasible and may prove useful for studying cerebral energetics within fMRI contexts... - Strategies for inner volume 3D fast spin echo magnetic resonance imaging using nonselective refocusing radio frequency pulsesDimitris Mitsouras
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Med Phys 33:173-86. 2006..We conclude that the SNR efficiency of volume imaging in conjunction with the short echo spacing afforded by hard pulse trains enables high-resolution 3D HPFSE MRI of a small field-of-view (FOV) with minimal aliasing artifact... - Reimbursement for chest-pain CT: estimates based on current imaging strategiesHansel J Otero
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Emerg Radiol 13:237-42. 2007..Reimbursements must be weighed against the complexity and patient benefits of the examination... - Liposarcoma subtypes: identification with computed tomography and ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle biopsyPaul Nikolaidis
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Eur Radiol 15:383-9. 2005..Although these data cannot be extrapolated to primary diagnosis of liposarcoma, they are important for screening and subtyping of possible recurrence... - Fast, exact k-space sample density compensation for trajectories composed of rotationally symmetric segments, and the SNR-optimized image reconstruction from non-Cartesian samplesDimitris Mitsouras
Cardiovascular Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Magn Reson Med 60:339-49. 2008.... - Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill imaging of prostate cancer: quantitative T2 values for cancer discriminationJoseph R Roebuck
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Magn Reson Imaging 27:497-502. 2009.... - New advances in cardiac computed tomographyPrasad Guntur Ramkumar
Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 24:596-603. 2009..This review focuses on post-64 generation CT scanner capabilities and novel clinical research applications enabled by these technologies... - Informatics in radiology: RadiologyWiki.org: the free radiology resource that anyone can editJonathan L Streeter
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Radiographics 27:1193-200. 2007..Nevertheless, it is hoped that RadiologyWiki will develop into a free, simple, and rapid collaborative authorship tool for communication and education in radiology... - Percutaneous biopsy of renal masses: sensitivity and negative predictive value stratified by clinical setting and size of massesFrank J Rybicki
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 180:1281-7. 2003..Negative results in small (< or = 3 cm) and large (> 6 cm) masses should be viewed with caution... - Atlantoaxial instability associated with an orthotopic os odontoideum: a multimodality imaging assessmentTomas M Vargas
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Emerg Radiol 11:223-5. 2005..Although rare, os odontoideum is an important cervical spine anomaly to consider and to distinguish from an acute fracture of the dens... - Uterine leiomyomas: MR imaging-based thermometry and thermal dosimetry during focused ultrasound thermal ablationNathan Mcdannold
Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave LMRC, 007c, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Radiology 240:263-72. 2006..To retrospectively evaluate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-based thermometry and thermal dosimetry during focused ultrasound treatments of uterine leiomyomas (ie, fibroids)... - Biexponential characterization of prostate tissue water diffusion decay curves over an extended b-factor rangeRobert V Mulkern
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Magn Reson Imaging 24:563-8. 2006.... - A novel standard-compliant audience response system for medical educationJonathan L Streeter
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Radiographics 26:1243-9. 2006..The system was designed to be easy to use, to be standard compliant, and to eliminate the high operating costs associated with current interactive ARSs...
Research Grants
- Clinical Research Using Non-Fourier 3D Cardiac MRIFrank Rybicki; Fiscal Year: 2007..Under the supervision of the experienced mentor and co-mentors, the candidate would have a unique career development opportunity that utilizes the extensive educational, clinical, and research resources of the supporting institution. ..