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Disease Category Disease/ Medical Condition Biomarker Imaging Technique Investigators Comments

Cardiology / Vascular

Acute myocardial infarction


Intravascular thrombus

MRI

Brady T
 
Cardiology / Vascular Alveolar pulmonary edema Pulmonary consolidation CT
MRI
McLoud TC
Shepard J

 
Cardiology / Vascular Aortic aneurysm Vascular diameter, circumference

US
CT
MRI

Waltman A  
Cardiology / Vascular Aortic dissection Anatomic disruption of arterial wall

US
CT
MRI Angiography

Gonzalez RG
Waltman A

 
Cardiology / Vascular Arterial embolism Intravascular thrombus CT
MRI
Angiography

Waltman A  
Cardiology / Vascular Deep venous thrombosis Intravascular thrombus US
MRI
Angiography

O’Neill MJ
Waltman A

 
Cardiology / Vascular Dissection, peripheral Vascular diameter, lumen CT
MRI
Angiography

Waltman A  
Cardiology / Vascular Iliac aneurysm Vascular diameter, circumference

US
CT
MRI

Waltman A  
Cardiology / Vascular Interstitial pulmonary edema Increased pulmonary interstitial markings
CT McLoud TC
Shepard J

 
Cardiology / Vascular Ischemic Heart Disease Myocardial blood flow via 13N-Ammonia Nuclear medicine SPECT

Fischman AJ  
Cardiology / Vascular Pulmonary embolism Embolism volume MRI Weissleder R via monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticles (MION)

Cardiology / Vascular Pulmonary embolism Intravascular thrombus

CT McLoud TC

 
Cardiology / Vascular Pulmonary embolism Ventilation/perfusion mismatch

Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Cardiology / Vascular Neurological Metabolic Arteriosclerosis, peripheral Vascular diameter, lumen CTA
MRA Angiography
Gonzalez RG
Hunter G
Lev M
Waltman A

 
Cardiology / Vascular Neurological Metabolic

Atherosclerosis, central Arterial calcification CT Brady T  
Cardiology / Vascular Metabolic

Coronary artery disease Arterial calcification CT Brady T  
Cardiology / Vascular Metabolic Coronary artery disease Myocardial blood flow via 13N-Ammonia

Nuclear Medicine SPECT Fischman AJ  
Cardiology / Vascular Metabolic Coronary artery disease Myocardial contractility/function

MRI
Nuclear Medicine
Brady T
Fischman AJ

 
Cardiology / Vascular Metabolic Coronary artery disease Myocardial ischemia/infarction MRI
Nuclear Medicine
Brady T
Fischman AJ

 
Cardiology / Vascular Metabolic Coronary artery disease Myocardial perfusion Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Cardiology / Vascular Gastrointestinal Portal vein thrombosis Intravascular thrombus US
CT
MRI Angiography
Hahn P
Mueller P
O’Neill MJ
Waltman A

 
Cardiology / Vascular Inflammatory Infectious Disease Endocrine Metabolic

Myocarditis Myocardial ischemia/infarction MRI Brady T  
Cardiology / Vascular Inflammatory Infectious Disease Endocrine Metabolic

Myocarditis Myocardial ischemia/infarction Nuclear Medicine Fischman AJ  
Endocrine
Infectious disease
Metabolic
Musculoskeletal

HIV lipodystrophy syndrome
Diabetes (Type II)
Obesity
Intramyocellular lipid levels Proton MR spectroscopy Torriani M
Endocrine Inflammatory Infectious Disease Cardiology / Vascular

Myopathy Soft Tissue inflammation MRI Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Endocrine Inflammatory Gstrointestinal Metabolic

Choledocholithiasis Biliary ductal dialation US
CT
MRI
Hahn P
Mueller P
O'Neill MJ

 
Endocrine Inflammatory Gstrointestinal Metabolic

Cholelithiasis Gallstones US
CT
MRI
Hahn P
Mueller P
O'Neill MJ

 
Endocrine Metabolic Inflammatory Allegric Drug reaction Increased pulmonary interstitial markings CT McLoud TC
Shepard J

 
Endocrine Metabolic Musculoskeletal Infectious Disease Gastrointestinal

AIDS wasting syndrome Body Fat Composition CT Rosenthal DI  
Endocrine Gasrtointestinal

Calculus Disease MR Cholangio- pancreatography MRI Sahani D
Prasad S

 
Endocrine Metabolic Musculoskeletal

Osteoporosis Bone mineral density Plain Radiographs DEXA CT Rosenthal DI Must establish bone strength as well as density
Endocrine Metabolic Musculoskeletal Oteopenia Bone mineral density Plain Radiographs DEXA CT Rosenthal DI Must establish bone strength as well as density

Endocrine Metabolic Musculoskeletal Gastrointestinal

Obesity Body Fat Composition      
Endocrine Musculoskeletal Metabolic

Crystalline Disease Periarticular erosion Plain Radiographs MRI Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Endocrine Inflammotory Infectious Disease Gastrointestinal

Cholecystitis Gallstones, gallbladder wall thickening US
CT
MRI
Hahn P
Mueller P
O'Neill MJ

 
Endocrine Metabolic Gastrointestinal Pancreatic Function Acinar cell receptor binding MRI Brady TJ
Shen TT
Weissleder R

Secretin MION
Gastrointestinal Biliary obstruction Biliary ductal dilatation US
CT
MRI

Hahn P
Mueller P

 
Gastrointestinal Biliary stricture Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography MRI Prasad S
Sahani D
Saini S

 
Gastrointestinal Gastrointestinal Bleeding Intraluminal hemorrhage

SPECT Fischman AJ  
Gastrointestinal Hepatic cysts Liver tissue characterization MRI (using superparamagnetic iron oxide, mangafodipir trisodium, ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide)

Hahn P
Harisinghani M
Mueller P
Weissleder R

 
Gastrointestinal Hepatobiliary disorders Liver tissue characterization MRI Hahn P
Harisinghani M
Mueller P
Weissleder R

using superparamagnetic iron oxide, mangafodipir trisodium, ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide

Gastrointestinal Genitourinary Infectious Disease

Intra-abdominal abscess Cyst composition/tissue characterization US
CT
MRI
Mueller P Must establish bone strength as well as density
Gastrointestinal Cardiology / Vascular Splenic trauma Splenic tissue characterization MRI Hahn P
Harisinghani M
Mueller P
Weissleder R

using ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide
Gastrointestinal Inflammatory Metabolic Infectious Disease

Pancreatitis Chemotactic peptide uptake SPECT Fischman AJ Via 99mTc labeled peptide analog

Gastrointestinal Inflammatory Metabolic Infectious Disease

Pancreatitis Ductal irregularity or obstruction MRI Prasad S
Sahani D
Saini S

visualized by Cholaniopancreatography
Gastrointestinal Infectious Disease

Biliary parasitic disease Biliary ductal dilatation US
CT
MRI
Hahn P
Mueller P
O'Neill MJ

 
Gastrointestinal Infectious Disease Inflammatory

Cholangitis Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography MRI Prasad S
Sahani D
Saini S

 
Infectious Disease HIV Directed molecular probes

MRI
PET Optical

Weissleder R  
Infectious Disease Pneumonia Pulmonary consolidation CT
MRI
Mcloud TC
Shepard J

 
Infectious Disease Pulmonary infection Increased pulmonary interstitial markings CT Mcloud TC
Shepard J

 
Infectious Disease Inflammatory

Pneumonitis Pulmonary consolidation CT
MRI
Mcloud TC Shepard J  
Infectious Disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Septic arthritis Cyst composition/ tissue characterization PET Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Infectious Disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Septic arthritis Increased synovial glucose metabolism MRI Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Infectious Disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Septic arthritis Synovial thickening Plain radiographs
MRI
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Infectious Disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Soft tissue infection Leukocyte accumulation Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Infectious Disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Soft tissue infection Osteoblastic activity Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Infectious Disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Soft tissue infection Soft tissue inflammation MRI Nuclear Medicine Fischman AJ
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Infectious Disease Musculoskeletal

Osteomyelitis Leukocyte accumulation Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Inflammatory Connective tissue disorders Increased pulmonary interstitial markings CT McLoud TC
Shepard J

 
Metabolic Diabetes Beta Cell Mass

Optical Weissleder R

 
Musculoskeletal Synovial chondromatosis Periarticular erosion Plain radiographs MRI Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Synovial cyst Cyst composition/ tissue characterization

US
CT
MRI

Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory Osteoarthritis Articular cartilage thickness

Plain radiographs
MRI
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Osteoarthritis Osteoblastic activity Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Trauma Soft tissue inflammation MRI Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Trauma Soft tissue inflammation Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Musculoskeletal Infectious Disease

Osteomyelitis Leukocyte accumulation Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ  
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Ganglion cyst Cyst composition/ tissue characterization US, CT, MRI Rosenthal DI  
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Inflammatory arthritis Articular cartilage thickness Plain radiographs
MRI
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory

Inflammatory arthritis Increased synovial glucose metabolism PET Fischman AJ
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory Inflammatory arthritis Periarticular erosion Plain radiographs
MRI
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory Inflammatory arthritis Synovial thickening MRI Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory Rheumatoid arthritis Articular cartilage thickness Plain radiographs
MRI
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory Infectious Disease

Soft tissue infection Soft tissue inflammation MRI Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Inflammatory Metabolic

Amyloid arthropathy Periarticular erosion Plain radiographs
MRI
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Metabolic Fracture healing Osseous bridging Plain radiographs
MRI
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI

 
Musculoskeletal Metabolic

Fracture healing Osteoblastic activity Nuclear medicine Fischman AJ.  
Neurological Anorexia rCBF PET Alpert N
Fischman AJ
Rauch SL

 
Neurological Asphyxia Altered vascular and tissue permeability CT Gonzalez RG
Grant E

 
Neurological Asphyxia Early diffusion changes DWI Grant E
Schaefer P
Sorensen AG

 
Neurological Asphyxia Lac :Cho ratio MRS Jenkins B

 
Neurological Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ACCD activation (anterior cingulate cortex division) fMRI PET Bush G
Fischman AJ
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Cortical thickness and assymetry MRI (morphometry) Kennedy D  
Neurological Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Dopamine transporter density SPECT Fischman AJ
Rauch SL

 
Neurological Autism Frontal language area MRI Caviness VS
Harris G
Kennedy D

Reversal of morphometric asymmetry in frontal language area

Neurological Autism Frontal language area fMRI Harris G Abnormal fMRI activation of frontal languag areas during semantic language tasks

Neurological Brain Development -Anencephaly -Microcephaly -Holoprosencephaly

Cortical thickness, volume, location MRI morphometry fMRI Caviness VS
Dale A
Fischl B
Kennedy D

 
Neurological Brain Function / Neuronal Content NAA Images MRI chemical shift EPI Gonzalez RG
Jenkins B
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Brain Function / Mapping Dopaminergic neurotransmitter activity

rCBF rCBV Pharmacologic MRI PET
fMRI
Bogdanov M
Chen YC
Jenkins B
Rosen BR

using D-amphetamine and CFT
Neurological Brain Injury Restricted water mobility DWI
ADC
Huisman TA
Gonzalez RG
Schaefer P
Sorensen AG

Cytotoxic edema , Vasogenic edema and diffuse axonal injury
Neurological Brain Injury / Toxicity / Trauma

Focal atrophy MRI Caviness VS
Kennedy D

 
Neurological CNS AIDS fungal and opportunistic infections

focal brain uptake PET SPECT Fischman AJ Ga, Tl, FDG
Neurological CNS AIDS neuroinflammation neurodegeneration

NAA Cho MI MRS Gonzalez R
Schaefer P
Schwamm LH

 
Neurological Dementia Blood oxygen level depletion fMRI Rosen BR

 
Neurological Dementia CBF MRI/ASL Hoge R

 
Neurological Epilepsy Cortical dysplasia MRI/ MEG fMRI Dale A
Grant E
Mandeville J
Rosen BR
Stufflebeam SM
Wald LL

 
Neurological Epilepsy Hyperperfusion, CBF

MRI/ASL Hoge R
Kwong K

 
Neurological Epilepsy NAA lateralization MRS Jenkins BG

 
Neurological Epilepsy Seizure focus MEG/EEG Halgren E
Stufflebeam SM

 
Neurological Huntinton's Disease Cortical thickness fMRI
MRI
morphometry
Dale A
Fischl B
Harris G
Kennedy D
Rosas D

 
Neurological Huntinton's Disease Basal Ganglia/ Putamen volume MRI Harris G  
Neurological Huntinton's Disease Directed molecular probes MRI
PET Optical
Fischman AJ
Weissleder R

 
Neurological Huntinton's Disease NAA, choline:creatine ratio, Lac, MRS Jenkins BG
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Migraine CBF Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging DOT Boas B Bolay
Dunn A

 
Neurological Migraine CBF, CBV, MTT DWI/PWI fMRI Grant E
Schaefer P
Sorensen AG
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Migraine Cortical spreading depression (CSD) BOLD fMRI Hadjikhani N
Rosen BR
Sorensen AG

Signal changes measured during visual aura
Neurological Migraine Restricted diffusion Optical Boas D
Dunn A

 
Neurological Neurodegenerative disorders Apparent diffusion constant (ADC) Blood oxygen level depletion

fMRI
MRI/ DWI
Jenkins BG
Kennedy D
Rosas HD
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cortical activation during provoked conditions
fMRI
PET SPECT
Fischman AJ
Rauch SL
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Cortical thickness MRI(morphometry) Kennedy D  
Neurological Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Whole brain morphometery MRI(morphometry) Kennedy D
Rosen BR

Findings include sig. Less total white-matter and greater cortex and opercular volumes

Neurological Parkinson’s disease Dopamine binding potential Dopamine transporter (DAT) density

SPECT (using I-123 altropane) Fischman AJ
Halpern E
Sahani D

 
Neurological Parkinson's Disease Cerebral blood volume (CBV), Cerebral blood flow (CBF)

MRI/ASL Hoge R  
Neurological Parkinson's Disease Directed molecular probes

PET Optical Weissleder R  
Neurological Parkinson's Disease Dopaminergic neurotransmitter activity fMRI
PET
Fishman A
Livni E
Rosen BR

Pet using 11C-CRT
Neurological Parkinson's Disease NAA levels over time MRS Gonzales RG
Jenkins BG

 
Neurological Schizophrenia CBF Neural activation of dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum

PET Alpert N
Fischman AJ
Heckers S
Rauch SL
Schaefer P

Regional activation during cognitive paradigms
Neurological Schizophrenia Cortical thickness MRI(morphometry) Fischl B
Harris G
Kennedy D
Kuperberg G

 
Neurological Schizophrenia Specific Regional Uptake, Target selection, Functional activation

fMRI Kuperberg G
Manoach D
Stufflebeam SM
Rosen BR

Regional activation during cognitive paradigms
Neurological Transgenic expression Receptor binding Engineered transferrin receptors (ETR)

MRI Basilion JP
Hogermann D
Weissleder R

Probe with superparamagnetic Tf-CLIO
Neurological Visual process disorders Neuronal activation fMRI Mandeville JB Rosen BR Tootell RBH  
Neurological Hepatic encephalopathy Glu MI NAA Lac MRS Grant E
Jenkins BG
Schaefer P

 
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS Neoplasm primary and secondary, presence and viability

Oxygen consumption CBF Optical Boas D Dunn A  
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS Neoplasm primary and secondary, presence and viability

Targeted cellular and molecular probes Optical MRI
PET
Kwong KK
Weissleder R

Exogenous contrast agents Animal models
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS neoplasm, primary and secondary Lesion Volume CT
MRI morphometry
Gonzalez R
Harris G
Kennedy D
Lev
Schaefer P
Sorensen AG

Anatomic marker of disease presence, Response to therapy
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS neoplasm, primary and secondary Microvascular blood volume and microvascular density fMRI
MRI
Belliveau
Kennedy D
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS neoplasm, primary and secondary NAA Cho Lac PCr MRS Gonzalez R
Husiman TA
Sorensen AG

Metabolism, Tumor viability, Response to therapy
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS neoplasm, primary and secondary Tumor angiogenesis MRI
MRS
MRA
Davis T
Rosen BR
Wald LL
Weissleder R

measured by dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) and monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticles (MION)

Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS neoplasm, primary and secondary Tumor growth rate MRI Bogdanov A
Marecos E
Moore A
Weissleder R

Serial studies of tumor voulme using uptake of long-circulatin dextran coated iron oxide (LCDIO)

Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm CNS Neoplasm, Schwannoma / Neurofibromatosis Tumor growth rate MRI Tang Y
Weissleder R

Transgenic murine models of neurofibromatosis
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm Glioma Tumor angiogenesis MRI
MRS
MRA
Davis T
Rosen BR
Wald LL
Weissleder R

measured by dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) and monocrystalline iron oxide nan

oparticles (MION)
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke Apparent diffusion constant (ADC) Relative cerebral blood flow index (rCBF)

DWI
fMRI
MRI (morphometry)
Kennedy D
Lo E
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke CBF CBV MTT Flow heterogeneity (FH) MRI (combined ASL and DSC) CAPTIVE Harris G
Hoge R
Ostergaard L
Rosen BR
Sorensen AG
Wald LL

MTT helps to stratify patients in clinical trials MR Perfusion Territory Imaging
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke Intravascular thrombus CT/CTA MRI/MRA Angiography Caviness VS
Gonzalez RG
Schaefer P
Sorensen AG

 
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke Neuronal activation CMRO2 ASL MRI O2 15 PET Xenon Enhanced CT

Wald LL  
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke Neuronal activation CMRO2 fMRI DOT (NIRS) Boas D
Mandeville JB
Strangman G

NIRS agress well with fMRI, useful in longitudinal studies
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke Oxygen comsumption CBF Optical Imaging Boas D
Dunn A
Lo E

 
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke, ischemic CBF rCBV water EF CAPTIVE MRI Bogdanov A
Jenkins B
Kwong K
Weissleder R

 
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke, ischemic Vascular occlusion, ischemic brain tissue DWI/PWI
MRI
CT perfusion
CTA
Gonzalez R
Harris G
Sorensen AG
Wu O

 
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Stroke, Recovery Cortical activation during sensorimotor tasks

fMRI Schaechter J
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Vulnerable plaque Subendothelial lipid pool Optical coherence tomography Near infrared spectroscopy

Brady T Muller J Weissleder R  
Neurological Infectious Disease Infectious Disease -Cerebral malaria Diffuse cerebral adema with thalamic +/- cerebellar hypoattenuation

CT Gonzalez RG  
Neurological Infectious Disease Infectious Disease -Empyema -Herpes virus -CJD

Restricted diffusion DWI Grant, E Schaefer, P  
Neurological Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Genitourinary Infectious Disease Gastrointestinal

Abscess Leukocyte accumulation SPECT Fischman AJ Tc-99m HMPAO improvement over Tl-201 and Ga-67
Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease CBF PWI/ASL Hoge R  
Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease CBF / CBV MTT SPECT fMRI Harris G
Gonzalez RG
Sorensen AG

 
Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease Directed molecular probes PET SPECT Optical Fischman AJ
Weissleder R

Animal modeling Optical with exogenous contrast agents

Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease Entorhinal cortex Anterior cingulate size and thickness MRI Hyman B Can distinguish normal from mild AD with 93% accuracy

Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease Hippocampal size MRI Quantitative volumetric morphometry Dale A
Hyman B
Fischl B
Kennedy D

 
Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease Myoinositol NAA MRS Gonzalez RG
Jenkins B

 
Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease Neuritic (senile) plaque in vivo multiphoton microscopy Hyman B Can use histochemical or immuno-fluorescence for amyloid B

Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease Neuronal injury MRI Gonzalez RG

 
Neurological Metabolic Alzheimer Disease Oxygen utilization CBF Optical Boas D
Dunn A

Combining of multi-wavelength and laser speckle contrast imaging

Neurological Metabolic Brain Development Oxygen consumption CBF Optical Imaging Boas D
Dunn A

 
Neurological Metabolic Brain Function CBF MRI fMRI PET Belliveau
Kwong K
Rosen BR

Response to stimuli
Neurological Metabolic Brain Function / Drugs of Abuse rCMRO2 CBV fMRI Jenkins B
Kosofsky B
Mandeville JB
Rosen BR

Response to stimuli
Neurological Metabolic Cardiology/ Vascular Arteriosclerosis, central Vascular lumen diameter CTA MRA Angiography Gonzalez RG
Hunter G
Lev M
Waltman A

 
Neurological Musculoskeletal Dyskinesia (PNKD) Dopa decarboxylase activity PET Fischman AJ  
Neurological Oncology /Neoplasm CNS neoplasm, primary and secondary, presence and viability Glucose Metabolism PET Alpert N
Choi N
Fischman AJ
Kennedy D
Rosen BR

Non-specific marker with wide variety of applications
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Hypertension Relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV)

DSC MRI Hunter G
Rosen BR

Usind Gd-DTPA following L-arginine infusion
Neurological Cardiology/ Vascular Intracranial arterial dissection Anatomic disruption of arterial wall CTA MRA Angiography Gonzalez R
Lev M
Waltman A

 
Neurological Inflammatory Multiple Sclerosis Comparitive brainstem analysis MS plaque demylination

MRI Jenkins B
Rosen BR
Stufflebeam SM

 
Neurological Inflammatory Multiple Sclerosis Tissue characterization, Cortical thickness fMRI MRI morphometry Fischl B
Kuperberg G

 
Neurological Musculoskeletal Pain Cortical activity fMRI PET SPECT MEG Fischman AJ
Halgren E
Rosen BR
Sorensen AG
Stuffelbeam SM

 
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm Glioma Blood-tumor barrier permeability (BTP) MRI fMRI Gonzalez RG
Kwong KK
Sorensen AG
Weissleder R

 
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm Glioma Cerebral blood volume (CBV), Cerebral blood flow (CBF)

MRI fMRI Rosen BR  
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm Glioma Glucose Uptake PET Fischman AJ
Kennedy D
Rosen BR

 
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm Glioma Tumor margin MRI Weissleder R via ultra small particulate iron oxide (USPIO)

Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm Glioma Vascular volume fraction Optical NMR Bogdanov A
Kwong KK
Weissleder R

Rodent Model
Neurological Oncology/ Neoplasm Head and neck carcinoma presence, primary and secondary Lesion Volume CT MRI</