2002 Publications and Presentations and National Meetings

Amendola BE, Wolf A, Coy SR, Amendola MA. Radiosurgery as palliation for Brain metastases: A Retrospective Review of 72 Patients Harboring Multiple Lesions at Presentation. Journal of Neurosurgery 2002; (Suppl 5) 97:511-514.

Bird VG, Gomez-Marin O, Leveillee RJ, Sfakianakis GN, Rivas LA, Amendola MA. A Comparison of Unenhanced Helical Computerized tomography Findings and Renal Obstruction Determined by Furosemide 99mm-Technetium. Journal of Urology 2002; 167(4):1597-1603.

Boiselle PM, Aviram G, Fishman JE. Update on Lung Disease in AIDS. Seminars in Roentgenology 2002; 37(1):54-71.

Capizzano AA, Vermathen P, Laxer KD, Matson GB, Maudsley AA, Soher BJ, et al. Multisection Proton MR Spectroscopy for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol 2002; 23:1359-1368.

Curless RG, Bowen BC, Pattany PM, Gonik R, Kramer DL. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Childhood Brainstem tumors. Pediatric Neurology 2002; 26(5):374-378.

Curless RG, Toledano SR, Ragheb J, Cleveland WW, Falcone S. Hematogenous Brain Metastasis in Children. Pediatric Neurology 2002; 26:219-221.

DeGasperi RN, Ezuddin SH, Bauerlein EJ, Sequeira R, Lemberg L, Duncan RC. Digitized Electrocardiograms Recorded with Bipolar Right-Infraclavicular Leads Compared to Unipolar Chest V Leads and Bipolar Lead II. Journal of Electrocardiology 2002; 35(2):125-134.

Delis S, Ciancio G, Casillas J, Figueiro J, Garcia A, Miller J, Burke GW. Diabetic Muscle Infarction after Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant. Clinical Transplant 2002; 16:295-300.

Fishman JE, Aviram G. Atrial Thrombosis as a Late Complication of Cardiac Surgery: Computed Tomography Appearance. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2002; 43:643-645.

Fishman JE, Rabkin JM. Thoracic Radiology in Kidney and Liver Transplantation. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 2002; 17:122-131.

Ghersin E, Montalvo BM. Arterial Splenic Calcifications in Children with AIDS: Two case reports. Pediatric Radiology (Published online, February 2002).

Ghersin E, Montalvo BM, Jorda M. Right Ovarian Vein Aneurysm. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 2002; 21:219-221.

Gounis MJ, Lieber BB, Wakhloo AK, Siekmann R, Hopkins LN. Effect of Glacial Acetic Acid and Ethiodized Oil Concentration on Embolization with n-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate: An In-vivo Investigation. American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol 2002; 23:938-944.

Li BS, Babb JS, Soher BJ, Maudsley AA, Gonen O. Reproducibility of 3D Proton Spectroscopy in the Human Brain. Magnetic Resonance Medicine 2002; 47:439-446.

Lieber BB , Livescu V, Hopkins LN, Wakhloo AK. Particle image velocimetry Assessment of Stent Design Influence on Intraaneurysmal Flow. Ann Biomed Eng 2002; 30:768-777.

Lopes DK, Mericle RA, Lanzino G, Wakhloo AK, Guterman LR, Hopkins LN. Stenting of Occlusive Atherosclerotic Carotid Disease for the Management of Patients with Concomitant Coronary Disease. J Neurosurg 2002; 96:490-496.

Marra CM, Rajicic N. Barker DE, Cohen BA, Clifford D, Post MJD, Ruiz A, Bowen BC, Huanag ML, Queen-Baker J, Anderson J, Kelly S. Shriver S and the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group 363 Team. A Pilot Study of Cidofovir for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) in AIDS. AIDS 2002; 16:1791-1797.

Moffatt FL, Serafini AN. Radioimmunoscintigraphy for Colorectal Cancer: Current Status and Future Prospects. Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2002; 119-126.

Mohammed IM, Sandhu JS, Wakhloo AK. Stent-assisted Coiling of a Wide-Necked Persistent Trigeminal Artery Aneurysm Preserving the Internal Carotid Artery and “Jailing” the Trigeminal Artery: A Case Report. American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol 2002; 23:437-441.

Munera F, Soto JA, Palacio DM, et al. Helical CTA for the Initial Evaluation of Penetrating Neck Injuries. Radiology 2002; 224:366-372.

Pattany PM, Yezierski RP, Widerstrom-Noga EG, Bowen BC, Martinez-Arizala A, Garcia BR, Quencer RM. Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Thalamus in Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2002; 23(6):901-902.

Pattany PM, Khamis IH, Bowen BC, Goodkin K, Weaver RG, Murdoch JB, Post MJD, and Quencer RM. Effects of Physiologic Human Brain Motion on Proton Spectroscopy: Quantitative Analysis and Correction with Cardiac Gating. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2002; 23:225-230.

Quencer RM, Neuwelt EA. Advances in the Understanding of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Neuro-Oncology. American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol 2002; 23:1807-1810.

Saraf-Lavi E, Bowen BC, Quencer RM, Sklar EML, Holz A, Falcone S, Latchaw RE, Duncan R, Wakhloo, A. Detection of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae with MR Imaging and Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Prediction of Vertebral Level. American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol (2002); 23:858-867.

Saurborn D, Fishman JE, Boiselle PM. The Imaging Spectrum of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in AIDS. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 2002; 17:28-33.

Spies JB, Roth AR, Jha RC, Gomez-Jorge JT, Levy EB, Chang TC, Ascher SA. Leiomyomata Treated with Uterine Artery Embolization: Factors Associated with successful Symptoms and Imaging Outcome. Radiology 2002; 222:45-52.

Suzer O, Shirkhoda A, Jafri SZ, Madrazo BL, Bis KG Mastromatteo JF. CT Features of Renal Infarction. European Journal of Radiology 2002; 44:59-64.

Suhy J, Rule R, Miller RG, Schuff N, Licht J, Dronsky D, Maudsley AA, et al. Early Detection and Longitudinal Changes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by 1H MRSI. Neurology 2002; 58:773-779.

Weintraub JL, Romano WJ, Kirsch MJ, Sampaneanu MD, Madrazo BL. Uterine Artery Embolization; Sonographic Imaging Findings. Journal of Ultrasound and Medicine 2002; 21:633-637.

INVITED PUBLICATIONS IN NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS:

Akbar SA, Jafri SZ, Amendola M, Madrazo BL. Renal Infections from Pyelonephritis to AIDS. The Radiologist 2002; 9(6):337-351.

Bowen BC. MRI Evaluation of spinal Vascular Malformations. Online CME Course Published under the Auspices of the Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology. First appeared as a Webcast at www.asnr.org. October 2002.

Bowen BC. Subcortical Low Intensity (SCLI) Areas on T2-Weighted Images – An Uncommon Findings with a Common Explanation? American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol 2002; 23:506-507 (Editorial).

Fishman JE. Thoracic Imaging in the Patient Undergoing Transplantation. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 2002; 17:101. (Editorial)

Quencer RM. The Abnormal Annulus Fibrosus: Can We Infer The Acuteness of an Annular Injury? American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol (2002); 23:1069 (Editorial).

Quencer RM. Biography: Orlando Ortiz: Eighth President of the American Society of Spine Radiology. American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J. Neuroradiol (2002); 23:1611 (Biography).

Quencer RM. Biography: Patrick A. Turski: 40 th President of the American Society of Neuroradiology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (2002); 23:1436-1437 (Biography).

Quencer RM. R. Nick Bryant, M.D., Ph.D., President RSNA 2002. Radiology (2002); 222:6-7.

Rivas L. Letter to the Editor. Journal of TRAUMA Injury, Infection and Critical Care (Sept. 2002); 53(3): 618

Wakhloo AK, Lieber BB. Device Malfunction in Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: Shared Responsibilities of Physician and Manufacturer. American Journal of Neuroradiology Am J Neuroradiol 2002; 23:1265-1267.

BOOK CHAPTERS/MONOGRAPHS:

Maudsley AA. MR Spectroscopic Imaging. In: Toga AW and Mazziotta JC, editors. Brain Mapping: The Methods. Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2002-351-378.

Pattany PM, Widerstrom-Noga EG, Bowen BC, Martinez-Arizala A, Garcia BR, Cuevo E, Quencer RM, Yezierski RP. Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy following Spinal Cord Injury: Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain. Pain Research and Management, Vol. 23; 301-311. Chapter 17. IASP Press, Seattle, 2002.

Quencer RM. Advances in Imaging of Spinal Cord Injury: Implications for Treatment and Patient Evaluation. Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 137., Chapter 1. Elsevier Sciences 2002.

Serafini AN. Current Status of Bone Pain Pallation with Systemic Radioisotopes. Nuclear Medicine annual. Edited by Freeman LM. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002; 253-274.

Sfakianakis GN, Sfakianaki E. Scintigraphy for Brain Tumors. Imaging of Brain Tumors with Histological Correlations. Ed. Drevelegas A. Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2002; 277-297.

Thurnher MM, Post MJD. The Uses of Structural Neuroimaging in the HIV-1Infected. Chapter 27. In:Neuro AIDS Disorders: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment. Eds., Goodkin K, Bradley WE, Shapshak P. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 2002.

Whiteman MLH, Bowen BC, Post MJD, Bell MD. Intracranial Infections. Chapter 21. In:Atlas SW (ed). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine, Third Edition. Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2002; 1099-1175.

Zucker L, Serafini AN. Clinical Applications of Monoclonal Antibody Imaging. Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine, 4 th ed. Eds., Sandler P, Coleman RE, Wackers FJ, Patton JA, Gottschalk A, Hoffer PB. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002.

NATIONAL MEETINGS:

A. PAPERS:

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS ANNUAL MEETING – October 18 – 23, 2002 – Boston, Massachusetts
Normotensive and Hypertensive 3D Right Ventricle Shape Discrimination Using Artificial Intelligence and MRI. Kaygusuz M, Pattany PM, Fishman JE, Munoz R.

AMERICAN ROENTGEN RAY SOCIETY – APRIL 28 – May 1, 2002 – Atlanta, Georgia
Doppler: Correlative Studies with MRA and Angiography. Parrino SS, Madraza BL. Mastromatteo JF, Savin M.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY – MARCH 16 – 20, 2002 – Orlando, Florida
Brain Attack – Current Concepts, Etiology, Risk Factors and Treatment. 13th Annual Scientific Meeting. Wakhloo AK.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEURORADIOLOGY – May 11- 17, 2002 – Vancouver, Canada
Advances in Imaging of Spinal Cord Injury: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment. Quencer RM.

Sinonasal Intestinal Type Adenocarcinoma. Pizarro J, Sklar EML.

Transvenous N-butyl-cyanoacrylate Embolization of Complex Indirect Carotid Cavernous Fistulae. Wakhloo AK, Cameron J, Troffkin NA, Berkmen T, Lam B.

Wilson’s Disease and Differential Diagnosis: A Neuroradiologic Perspective. Kozic D, Onufer J, Falcone S, Svetel M, Semnic R, Mandelanakis A, Post MJD, Kostic V.

RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA – December 1 – 7, 2002 – Chicago, Illinois
Are Plain Films Still Needed in the Evaluation of Cervical Spine in Multi-Trauma Patients Routinely Scanned with Helical CT? Rozenberg D, Rivas L, Munera F.

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM): Does the Addition of Intratumoral Chemotherapy Improve Survival Patients Treated with Aggressive Surgical Resection and Irradiation. Amendola BE, Wolf AL, Coy SR, Amendola MA, Bloch L.

MR of Spine Trauma. Quencer RM.

Multimodality Imaging of Retained Surgical Sponges: Diagnosing a Continuing Problem. Ghersin E, Amendola MA, Jafri SZH, Engel A.

Value of Triple Contrast Helical CT in Selective Management of Gunshot Wounds of the Abdomen: A Prospective Clinical Trial to Reduce the Number of Negative Laparotomies. Munera F, Morales C, Soto JA, et al.

SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (SCVIR) – APRIL 6 – 11, 2002 – Baltimore, Maryland
How To Stent a Carotid, How Not, and When to Say No. Wakhloo AK.

SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOLOGY AND EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOLOGY – April 14-19, 2002 – Orlando, Florida
Retroperitoneal Malignancy. Amendola MA.

US of Abdominal Vascular Disease. Madrazo BL.

SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGISTS IN ULTRASOUND – October 25-27, 2002 – San Francisco, California
Color Misregistrations on PACS: Characteristics and Problem Solving Mesenteric Doppler: Correlative Studies with MRA and Angiography. Madrazo BL.

B. EXHIBITS/POSTERS :

AMERICAN ROENTGEN RAY SOCIETY – APRIL 28 – May 1, 2002 – Atlanta, Georgia
Incidental Pathology Diagnosed During CT-Aortography. Madrazo BL, Savin M, Mastromatteo JF, Bove P, Graham L, Huckabone C, Brown OW.

Renal Infections: Pyelonephritis to AIDS. Akbar S, Jafri SZ, Amendola MA, Madrazo B.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEURORADIOLOGY – May 11- 17, 2002 – Vancouver, Canada

Balloon-Assisted Coiling of Intracranial Aneurysms: Technical Consideration, Results and Follow-up. Kelly D , Wakhloo AK , Berkmen T, Troffkin N, Mohammed MI.

Wilson’s Disease and Differential Diagnosis: A Neurologic Perspective. Kozic D, Onufer J, Falcone S, Svetel M, Semnic R, Mandelanakis A, Post MJD, Kostic V.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE – May 2002 – Honolulu, Hawaii
Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Thalamus: Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury. Pattany PM , Bowen BC , Yezierski RP, Widerstrom-Noga EG, Martinez-Arizala A, Quencer RM .

Effects of Physiologic Human Brain Motion on Proton Spectroscopy: Quantitative Analysis and Correction by Cardiac Gating. Pattany PM , Bowen BC , Khamis IH, Goodkin K, Weaver RG, Murdoch JB, Quencer RM .

RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA – December 1 – 7, 2002 – Chicago, Illinois
Correlation of US and MRI Findings of Intratesticular and Paratesticular Lesions: From Infants to Adults. Amendola MA , Gupta R, Alobaidi M, Jafri SZH, Bis K.

CT Features and Pitfalls of Traumatic Injuries of the Thoracic Aorta. Rossi P , Munera F , Rivas LA.

CT and MRI of Primary Retroperitoneal Tumors. Amendola MA , Rossi PG, Casillas JV , Jafri SZH, Ghersin E.

MR Imaging Response of Single Brain Metastasis from Melanoma after GAMMA Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Rossi PG , Amendola MA , DePrima SJ, Amendola B, Wolf AL, Coy S.

Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of PE on Spiral CT. Aviram G, Fishman JE .

Renal Infections from Pyelonephritis to AIDS. Madrazo BL .

Thoracic Manifestations of the Immune Reconstitution Syndrome: Clinical Implications and Radiographic Patterns of Disease. Steiner RM, Fishman JE , Haramati LB, Deshmukh S, Weinstein DS.

FACULTY ADVISORSHIP - 2002 (Residents’ Day and Fellows’ Week)

RESIDENTS’ DAY – JUNE 15, 2002

Alex Alonso, M.D. – “The Value of Dynamic Express T2-Weighted Pelvic MRI in the Preoperative Evaluation of Enteroceles.”
Advisor: Marco A. Amendola, M.D.

David E. Bajayo, M.D. – “Inaccuracies of Long Established Diagnostic Signs for Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Value of CT of the Chest.”
Advisor: Luis Rivas, M.D.

Richard J.T. Gorniak, M.D.- “Proton Spectroscopy and Relative Cerebral Blood Volume in the Evaluation of Recurrent/Residual Brain Tumor.”
Advisors: Brian C. Bowen, M.D., Ph.D., Pradip M. Pattany, Ph.D.
**BEST RESIDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATION AWARD

Stephen W. Humes, M.D.- “Gallium Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Infection: Comparison Between Early (4 hour) and Delayed (24-72 hour) Acquisitions in Detecting Infection.”
Advisor: George N. Sfakianakis, M.D., Ph.D.

Nisha S. Mani, M.D.- “MRCP vs. Intra-operative Cholangiography to Evaluate for Common Bile Duct Stones in the Clinical Setting of Biliary Pancreatitis.”
Advisor: Javier Casillas, M.D

Manoj Massand, M.D.- “Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Physiologic Brain Motion on Point Resolved Spectroscopy.”
Advisors: Brian C. Bowen, M.D., Ph.D., Pradip M. Pattany, Ph.D.

Daniel Rozenberg, M.D.- “Are Plain Films of C-Spine Necessary in Multi-Trauma Patients after They Have Undergone CT of Cervical Spine?”
Advisor: Luis Rivas, M.D.

Michael J. Wolf, M.D.- “Can a 180 degree flip in Orientation of the Read Gradient Improve Image Quality in Patients with Spinal Instrumentation?”
Advisors: Steven Falcone, M.D., Pradip M. Pattany, Ph.D.

FELLOWS’ WEEK – May 28 – May 31, 2002

ABDOMINAL IMAGING:

Dennis A. Hulm, M.D.- “Thyroid Biopsy: Indications for Biopsy of Dominant Nodule.”
Advisor: Marco A. Amendola, M.D.

Sussan Sadeghi, M.D. - “Sonographic Characterization of Carotid Plaques: Predictive Potential of Emboligenic Events”
Advisor: Berta M. Montalvo, M.D.

MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGY:

Charles C. Cole, M.D.- “Imaging Differentiation of Fat Containing Retroperitoneal Masses”.
Advisor: Marco A. Amendola, M.D.

John C. Rodriguez, M.D. - “How often is MR Arthrography Necessary in Imaging of the Postoperative Knee?”
Advisor: Thomas Magee, M.D.

Eugene B. Rosenberg, M.D. - “Point Resolved Spectroscopy (PRESS) of Precentral Gyrus and Brain Stem in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”.
Advisors: Brian C. Bowen, M.D., Ph.D., Pradip M. Pattany, Ph.D., Robert M. Quencer, M.D.

Andrew Mandalenakis, M.D. – “Utility of T1 Weighted Coronal Images of the Knee”.
Advisor: Thomas Magee, M.D.

NEURORADIOLOGY:

Luis Fernandez, M.D. - “Evaluation of MRI/Perfusion Change in Brain after Carotid/Vertebral Artery Stenting: Correlation with Hypertension Syndrome”.
Advisors: Evelyn M.L. Sklar, M.D., Ajay K. Wakhloo, M.D., Ph.D.

Rafael L. Irizarry, M.D. - “MR spectroscopy (MRS) of the Brain in Vertically Acquired HIV Positive Adolescent Patients and the Relationship of Spectral Changes to Cognitive Decline, A Prospective Study”.
Advisor: M. Judith Donovan Post, M.D.

Dusko Kozic, M.D. - “Wilson’s Disease and Differential Diagnosis: A Neuroradiologic Perspective”.
Advisor: Michelle H. Whiteman, M.D.

Jose Pizarro, M.D..- “Long Term Radiographic Follow-Up of Open Door Cervical Laminoplasty Study”.
Advisor: Steven Falcone, M.D.

Gaurav Saigal, M.D. – “To Determine Notable Differences in Proton MR Spectroscopy Findings Between a Vertically and a Sexually Infected Group of Teenage HIV Patients: A Prospective Study”.
Advisor: M. Judith Donovan Post, M.D.

Jeff Saunders, M.D. - “Cranial Ultrasound in Full Term Infants with Isolated Severe Head Lag”.
Advisor: Jane A. Onufer, M.D.

NEUROENDOVASCULAR SURGERY & INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY

Turgut Berkmen, M.D. - “Stenting for Treatment of Nonatherosclerotic Carotid Artery Disease”
Advisor: Ajay K. Wakhloo, M.D., Ph.D.

THORACIC RADIOLOGY

Prasana R.G. Kumar, M.D. - “Low Dose Lung Cancer Screening by CT: JMH-ELCAP Program”.
Advisor: Joel E. Fishman, M.D., Ph.D.

VASCULAR/INTERVENTIONAL:

Stephen M. Borstelmann, M.D. - “Venous Stenosis and Fibrin Sheath Disruption: Are we Treating the Sheath or the Stenosis?”
Advisor: Kevin Stadtlander, M.D.

Antonio Gonzalez, M.D. - “Islet Cell Transplantation: Is There a Role for Ultrasound Guidance?”
Advisor: Tatiana Froud, M.D.

VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS:

Brian C. Bowen, Ph.D., M.D., - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI – February 14-15, 2002.

Ana M. Echenique, M.D. – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston – March 21-24, 2002.

Joel E. Fishman, M.D., Ph.D., - University of California- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA – March, 2002.

Joel E. Fishman, M.D., Ph.D., - University of Louisville, Louisville, KY – October 18, 2002.

Robert M. Quencer, M.D., - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY – March 14-15, 2002.

Robert M. Quencer, M.D., - Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY – The Robert Spitzer Memorial Lecturer, June 9, 2002.

Robert M. Quencer, M.D., - University Hospital–University Medical and Dental College of New Jersey, Newark, NJ – December 12, 2002.

George N. Sfakianakis, M.D., - University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY – April 10, 2002.

George N. Sfakianakis, M.D., - Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI – June 5, 2002.

George N. Sfakianakis, M.D. – National Naval Medical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC – October 18, 2002.

Ajay K. Wakhloo, M.D., Ph.D., - University of Oxford, Oxford, England, December 16-17, 2002.