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Image-guided brachytherapy for prostate cancerDeborah J Rubens
Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Box 648, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 44:735-48, viii-ix. 2006..Future volumetric image developments may permit multimodality image fusion to integrate tumor-specific imaging such as MR spectroscopy or positron emission tomography/CT into real-time ultrasound, CT, or MR...- Doppler artifacts and pitfallsDeborah J Rubens
Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642 8648, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 44:805-35. 2006..Careful attention to the technical parameters of frequency, gain, filter and scale is required to correctly identify vascular patency or thrombosis, especially in slow-flowing vessels... - Hepatobiliary imaging and its pitfallsDeborah J Rubens
Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642 8648, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 42:257-78. 2004..If one keeps the clinical scenario in mind and always images a patient where he or she hurts, US is a powerful and effective diagnostic method for evaluating acute right upper quadrant pain... - Robot-assisted prostate brachytherapyYan Yu
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv Int Conf Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv 9:41-9. 2006..Preliminary experimental results reveal that the prototype system is quite accurate (sub-millimeter) in placing brachytherapy needles... - Hybrid dosimetry: feasibility of mixing angulated and parallel needles in planning prostate brachytherapyLei Fu
Department of Radiation Oncology, James P Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
Med Phys 33:1192-8. 2006..When close to the breakdown point, the dosimetry outcomes worsen drastically. Therefore, for moderate PAI the hybrid dosimetry is feasible... - Vivo motion and force measurement of surgical needle intervention during prostate brachytherapyTarun Podder
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
Med Phys 33:2915-22. 2006..The knowledge gleaned from this study promises to be useful for not only designing mechanical/robotic systems but also developing a predictive deformation model of the prostate and real-time adaptive controlling of the needle... - Bouquet brachytherapy: feasibility and optimization of conically spaced implantsLei Fu
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642-8647, USA
Brachytherapy 4:59-63. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Conically spaced implantation for prostate brachytherapy with 125I and 103Pd seeds is feasible in terms of dosimetry outcomes. Techniques for optimized inverse planning for this approach have been developed... 
Integration of crawling waves in an ultrasound imaging system. Part 2: signal processing and applicationsZaegyoo Hah
University of Rochester, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Ultrasound Med Biol 38:312-23. 2012..The oil-gelatin phantom and the mouse livers demonstrate not only shear speed estimation, but the frequency dependence of the shear wave speeds...- Automatic localization of implanted seeds from post-implant CT imagesHaisong Liu
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Phys Med Biol 48:1191-203. 2003..It is reliable and convenient for localizing implanted seeds on CT and can be used to assist post-implant dosimetry for prostate brachytherapy... 
Quantitative crawling wave sonoelastography of benign and malignant thyroid nodulesJONATHAN WALSH
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147:233-8. 2012....- Hepatic arterial waveforms on early posttransplant Doppler ultrasoundWade C Hedegard
Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Ultrasound Q 27:49-54. 2011..To determine the significance of spectral Doppler hepatic artery waveforms obtained in the first 10 days after primary liver transplantation and to determine the best early predictor of hepatic arterial thrombosis (HAT)... - Crawling waves from radiation force excitationZaegyoo Hah
University of Rochester, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Ultrason Imaging 32:177-89. 2010..It is shown, through experiments and simulation, that crawling waves can be generated from focused beams that produce radiation force excitation within the tissue. Some examples are also shown... - The importance of monophasic Doppler waveforms in the common femoral vein: a retrospective studyEdward P Lin
Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
J Ultrasound Med 26:885-91. 2007.... - Renal sonography with 2-dimensional versus cine organ imaging: preliminary resultsDana Jandzinski
Department of Radiology, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
J Ultrasound Med 26:635-44. 2007..This pilot study was undertaken to determine whether cine organ imaging (COI) of the entire kidney yields a quicker and equally diagnostic study compared with traditional 2-dimensional (2D) scanning... - Real-time shear velocity imaging using sonoelastographic techniquesKenneth Hoyt
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Ultrasound Med Biol 33:1086-97. 2007..More importantly, high-contrast visualization of focal carcinomas was demonstrated introducing the clinical potential of this novel sonoelastographic imaging technique... - Congruence of imaging estimators and mechanical measurements of viscoelastic properties of soft tissuesMan Zhang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Ultrasound Med Biol 33:1617-31. 2007.... - Noninvasive imaging of liver transplant complicationsWael E A Saad
Vascular Interventional Radiology Section, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14618, USA
Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 10:191-206. 2007..Sequelae of hepatic artery stenosis including biliary necrosis will also be reviewed briefly... - Quantitative characterization of viscoelastic properties of human prostate correlated with histologyMan Zhang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Ultrasound Med Biol 34:1033-42. 2008..01). This study contributes to the current limited knowledge on the viscoelastic properties of the human prostate, and the inherent elastic contrast produced by cancer... - Sonoelastographic imaging of interference patterns for estimation of shear velocity distribution in biomaterialsZhe Wu
ECE Department, University of Rochester, Hopeman Building 204, Rochester, New York 14627 0126, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 120:535-45. 2006..The distribution of the crawling/holographic wave speeds are estimated. The estimated wave speeds correlate with the stiffness distributions... - Detection and diagnosis of nonpalpable supraclavicular lymph nodes in lung cancer at CT and USPatrick J Fultz
Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Radiology 222:245-51. 2002..To assess frequency and significance of enlarged nonpalpable supraclavicular lymph nodes by using chest computed tomography (CT) and supraclavicular ultrasonography (US) in patients at initial diagnosis of lung cancer... - Doppler ultrasound imaging of magnetically vibrated brachytherapy seedsStephen A McAleavey
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 50:252-5. 2003..In vitro experiments with agar and liver-tissue phantoms using a clinical scanner and simple apparatus demonstrate that the technique is feasible... - Sonographically guided biopsy of supraclavicular lymph nodes: a simple alternative to lung biopsy and other more invasive proceduresPatrick J Fultz
Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642-8648, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 180:1403-9. 2003 - Three-dimensional registration of prostate images from histology and ultrasoundLawrence S Taylor
Biomedical Engineering and University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Ultrasound Med Biol 30:161-8. 2004..3-D images showing the overlapping histology and sonoelastography of prostate surface reconstructions for one prostate are presented to illustrate the technique; results for four prostates yielded an accuracy of 92% +/- 3%... - Slow flow or no flow? Color and power Doppler US pitfalls in the abdomen and pelvisShannon C Campbell
Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Radiographics 24:497-506. 2004.... - Sonoelastographic imaging of interference patterns for estimation of the shear velocity of homogeneous biomaterialsZhe Wu
ECE Department, University of Rochester, Hopeman Building 204 Rochester, NY 14627 0126, USA
Phys Med Biol 49:911-22. 2004..These approaches are validated by a conventional shear wave time-of-flight approach, and they are accurate within 4% on various homogeneous tissue-mimicking phantoms... - A unified view of imaging the elastic properties of tissueKevin J Parker
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester, PO. Box 270126, Rochester, New York 14627-0127, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 117:2705-12. 2005..Examples use simple geometry to emphasize the common nature of the approaches... - Pseudoaneurysms and the role of minimally invasive techniques in their managementNael E A Saad
Departments of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Radiographics 25:S173-89. 2005..The use of noninvasive treatment has led to a marked decrease in the morbidity and mortality rates for pseudoaneurysms... - Multidetector CT of the female pelvisKristina A Siddall
Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 43:1097-118, ix. 2005..Multiplanar MDCT has received some acceptance for evaluation of small primary tumor volume and small metastatic implants. MDCT also has a role in the evaluation of pelvic varices and suspected pelvic congestion syndrome... - Torsion and beyond: new twists in spectral Doppler evaluation of the scrotumVikram S Dogra
Division of Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 5056, USA
J Ultrasound Med 23:1077-85. 2004..To illustrate how spectral Doppler waveform analysis plays an adjunctive but very definite role in scrotal sonography... - Shear wave focusing for three-dimensional sonoelastographyZhe Wu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, New York 14627, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 111:439-46. 2002..The parallel bar is an ideal applicator to create more uniform vibration within a controllable localized volume. The field has uniformity especially in the direction along the bars... - Sonographic appearance of scrotal wall metastases from lung adenocarcinomaVikram Dogra
Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106
AJR Am J Roentgenol 179:1647-8. 2002 - Real-time sonoelastography of hepatic thermal lesions in a swine modelMan Zhang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester New York 14627, USA
Med Phys 35:4132-41. 2008..These results support that sonoelastography outperforms conventional B-mode ultrasound and could potentially be used for assessment of thermal therapies... - Prostate cancer: three-dimensional sonoelastography for in vitro detectionLawrence S Taylor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 240 Hutchison Rd, Rm 205, Rochester, NY 14627-0126, USA
Radiology 237:981-5. 2005..CONCLUSION: Sonoelastography performed considerably better than did gray-scale US in the depiction of prostate cancer for tumors with volumes of more than 1 cm3... - Treated needles: do they facilitate sonographically guided biopsies?Dana I Jandzinski
Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
J Ultrasound Med 22:1233-7. 2003..We sought to compare needle visualization and diagnostic yield rates resulting from the use of several commercially available treated needles in sonographically guided biopsies... - Endoluminal management of arterioportal fistulae in liver transplant recipients: a single-center experienceWael E A Saad
Department of Imaging Sciences, Section of Vascular Interventional Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Vasc Endovascular Surg 40:451-9. 2006.... - Safety and efficacy of fluoroscopic versus ultrasound guidance for core liver biopsies in potential living related liver transplant donors: preliminary resultsWael E A Saad
Department of Imaging Sciences, Section of Vascular Interventional Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, New York 14642, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 17:1307-12. 2006..To describe and evaluate the safety and efficacy of fluoroscopically guided percutaneous liver biopsies in comparison with ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous liver biopsies in potential living related liver donors...
Research Grants
- 3D Prostate Cancer Imaging Based on "Crawling Wave" ExcitationDeborah Rubens; Fiscal Year: 2009..Successful development of the novel 3D crawling wave imaging technology will be readily applicable to ultrasound scanners and therefore can be widely disseminated. ..
- 3D Prostate Cancer Imaging Based on "Crawling Wave" ExcitationDeborah Rubens; Fiscal Year: 2007..Successful development of the novel 3D crawling wave imaging technology will be readily applicable to ultrasound scanners and therefore can be widely disseminated. ..
- 3D SONOELASTOGRAPHY IMAGING FOR PROSTATE CANCERDeborah Rubens; Fiscal Year: 2006..Year 1: 25 patients) Aim 3: Apply the results of aims 1 and 2 to evaluate the clinical utility of in-vivo prostate cancer detection by sonoelastography. (Years 2-4: 90 patients) ..
- 3D SONOELASTOGRAPHY IMAGING FOR PROSTATE CANCERDeborah Rubens; Fiscal Year: 2001..Comparisons will be made with specimen scans and pathology results as in Stage II. Successful verification of these postulates will permit significant improvement in prostate cancer detection and treatment. ..
- 3D Prostate Cancer Imaging Based on "Crawling Wave" ExcitationDeborah J Rubens; Fiscal Year: 2010..Successful development of the novel 3D crawling wave imaging technology will be readily applicable to ultrasound scanners and therefore can be widely disseminated. ..