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Journal Papers

published

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Li Pan, Matthias Stuber, Nael F Osman
“Correction of Through-Plane Deformation Artifacts in
Stimulated Echo Mode Cardiac Imaging,” Magn Reson Med 2006;
55:404-412.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Axel Krieger, Nael F Osman “An Integrated
System for Real-time Detection of Stiff Masses with a Single
Compression,” IEEE Trans. On Biomedical Engineering, vol 53,
issue 7, July 2006.

V. C. Shah, A. El-Sharkawy, X. Du, X. Yang & E. Atalar, SSFP
based MR Thermometry, Magn Reson Med 2004;52:704–708.

B. Qiu, A. El-Sharkawy, V. Paliwal, F. Gao, P. Karmarkar, E.
Atalar, X. Yang, ‘Simultaneous RF Heating and MR Thermal
Mapping Using An Intravascular MR-Imaging/RF-Heating System,
Magn Reson Med 2005;54:226–230.

Gabr RE, Ouwerkerk R, Bottomley PA. Quantifying in vivo MR
spectra with circles. J Magn Reson 2006; 179: 152-163.

Kumar A, Bottomley PA. Optimizing the Intrinsic Signal-to-
noise Ratio of MRI Strip Detectors. Magn Reson Med 2006
(Online: 24 May 2006 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20915).

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “Improved Myocardial Tagging
Contrast in Cine Balanced SSFP Images,” Accepted for JMRI,
June 2006.

Lee RF, Giaquinto R, Constantinides, Souza, S, Weiss RG,
Bottomley PA. A broadband phased-array system for direct
phosphorus and sodium metabolic MRI on a clinical scanner.
Magn Reson Med 2000; 43: 269-277.

Lee RF, Westgate CR, Weiss RG, Bottomley PA. An analytical
SMASH procedure (ASP) for sensitivity-encoded MRI. Magn
Reson Med 2000; 43:
716-725.

Lee RF, Westgate CR, Weiss RG, Newman D, Bottomley PA. The
planar strip array (PSA) for parallel spatial encoded MRI.
Magn Reson Med 2001; 45: 673-683.

Under Revision

El-Sharkawy, P. Sotiriadis, P. Bottomley & E. Atalar,
Absolute Temperature Monitoring using RF Radiometry in the
MRI Scanner, Under review at IEEE Transaction on Circuits
and Systems Special issue on life science.

A. El-Sharkawy, M. Schär, P. Bottomley & E. Atalar,
Monitoring and Correcting Spatio-Temporal Variations of the
MR Scanner’s Static Magnetic Field, Under review at Magnetic
Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine.

Gabr RE, Aksit P, Bottomley PA, Youssef ABM, Kadah YM.
Iterative Deconvolution-Interpolation Gridding (IDIG):
Improved Gridding for Arbitrary k-space Trajectories. Magn
Reson Med (acceptance pending 2006).

Gabr RE, Sathyanarayana S, Schär M, Weiss RG, Bottomley PA.
On restoring motion-induced signal loss in single-voxel
magnetic resonance spectra. Magn Reson Med (acceptance
pending 2006).

A. Ustun, M.Desai, K. Abd-Elmoniem, M.Schaer, M. Stuber,
"Automated Identification of Minimal Myocardial Motion for
Improved Image Quality in Coronary MRA at 3T," submitted to
AJR.

G. Korosoglou, W. Gilson, M Shaer, A. Ustun, L. Hofmann, D.
Kraitchman, M. Stuber, "Adiabatic T2 Prepared 3T Magnetic
Resonance Angiography for the Detection of Arteriogenesis in
a Rabbit Model of Hindlimb Ischemia," submitted to
Circulation.
 

Patents

Lee RF. Apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging having a
planar strip array antenna including systems and methods
related thereto.
United States Patent 6,771,070. August 3, 2004.

Lee RF. Method for parallel spatial encoded MRI and
apparatus,
systems and other methods related thereto. United States
Patent
6,476,606. November 5, 2002

A. El-Sharkawy & E. Atalar, A Radiometric Approach to
Temperature Monitoring Using a Magnetic Resonance Scanner,
US2004021642, Assignee: Johns Hopkins University. [Filed and
pending]

V. C. Shah, A. El-Sharkawy & E. Atalar, Steady State Free
Precession Based Magnetic Resonance Thermometry,
US2005052183, Assignee: Johns Hopkins University. [Filed
and published]

Conference Abstracts/Publications

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Nael Osman, “Determining the Through Plane
Resolution of Strain Encoded MRE,” IEEE Proc. Int. Symp.
Biomed. Imag., Washington D.C, July, 2002.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Nael Osman, “Strain Encoded (SENC) Imaging
with Multi-tuning: A Fast technique for MR Elastography,”
Proc. ISMRM 11th International Conference, Toronto, July
2003.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Nael Osman, “Quantification of Soft Tissue
Deformations using Strain- Encoded Magnetic Resonance
Imaging,” Proc. SPIE International Conference on Medical
Imaging, San Diego, Feb. 2004.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Nael Osman, “Optimized Fat Suppression
Sequence for Cardiac Imaging using Stimulated Echo Mode
(STEAM),” Proc. SCMR International Conference, San
Francisco, February 2005.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Li Pan, Matthias Stuber, Nael Osman,
“Correcting Through-Plane Deformation Artifacts in
Stimulated Echo Mode (STEAM) Cardiac Imaging,” Proc. SCMR
International Conference, San Francisco, February 2005.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Li Pan, Matthias Stuber, Nael Osman,
“Correcting Motion Artifacts in Stimulated Echo Mode (STEAM)
Cardiac Imaging,” Proc. ISMRM 13th International Conference,
Miami, June 2005.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Li Pan, Nael Osman, “Real-time black-blood
cine imaging of the heart at 3.0 Tesla,” Proc. SCMR 9th
International Conference, Miami, Jan 2006.

Ahmed S. Fahmy, Li Pan, Nael Osman, “Acquisition of black-
blood cine cardiac images at 3.0 Tesla,” Proc. ISMRM 14th
International Conference, Seattle, May 2006.

Gabr RES, Ronald Ouwerkerk R, Paul A. Bottomley PA. 2529.
CFIT: A Novel Circle-Fitting Approach to Spectral Analysis.
Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med 2006; 14: 2529.

Gabr RES, Schär M, Sathyanarayana S, Weiss RG, Bottomley PA.
Predicting SNR Gains from Constructive Averaging of Proton
Spectra: Theory and Practice. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med
2006; 14: 2540.

Kumar A, Bottomley PA. Optimizing the SNR Performance of the
Tunable Strip Detector. Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med 2006;
14: 2620.

Gabr RE, Aksit P, Bottomley PA, Youssef ABM, Kadah YM.
Iterative Deconvolution-Interpolation Gridding. Proc Intl
Soc Mag Reson Med 2006; 14: 2952.
Li Pan, Ahmed S. Fahmy, Robert G. Weiss, Amy Spooner,
Matthias Stuber, Nael Osman, “Real-time imaging of regional
function of the heart using fast-SENC at 3 Tesla” Proc.
ISMRM 14th International Conference, Seattle, May 2006

Li Pan, Ahmed S. Fahmy, Amy Spooner, Robert G. Weiss,
Matthias Stuber, Nael Osman, “Detection of regional
dysfunction in post-infarction patients using strain encoded
(SENC) imaging at 3 Tesla,” Proc. ISMRM 14th International
Conference, Seattle, May 2006.

El-Sharkawy AM, Sotiriadis P, Bottomley P, Atalar E.
Accurate Absolute Thermal Monitoring with RF Radiometry.
Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med 2006; 14: 697.

M. Bernardo, C. Shaw, H. Kobayashi, G. Metzger, D.
Thomasson, A. El-Sharkawy, P. Choyke, Multiple Mouse Imaging
System for High-Throughput In-Vivo Molecular Imaging
Research on a Clinical 3.0 T MRI Scanner, NIH Research
Festival 2005.

El-Sharkawy et al, Absolute Thermal Mapping Using the MR
Scanner, proceeding of ISMRM 2005.

Qiu, A. El-Sharkawy, V. Paliwal, P. Karmarkar, F. Gao, E.
Atalar, X. Yang,Development of an Intravascular MR-
imaging/RF-Heating/Temperature-Monitoring System for Thermal
Enhancement of Vascular Gene Therapy, proceeding of ISMRM
2005.

A Krieger, P. Guion, A. El-Sharkawy, G. Metzger, J. Coleman,
R. Grubb, D. Qian, A. Gharib, D. Thomasson7, A. Singh, G.
Fichtinger,L. L. Whitcomb, C. Ménard, E. Atalar, MRI Guided
Prostate Interventions in 3T, proceeding of ISMRM 2005.

G. Metzger1, S. Kozerke, J. Murdoch, A. El-Sharkawy, M.
Bernardo, 3DSI Prostate Spectroscopy at 3T: Comparison of
Multi-Element Coil Combinations, proceeding of ISMRM 2005.

A. El-Sharkawy et al, A System for Prostate Image Guided
Interventions in a 3T MRI Scanner, proceeding of 5th
Interventional MRI Symposium 2004.

B. Qiu, A. El-Sharkawy, V. Paliwal, F. Gao, P. Karmarkar, E.
Atalar, X. Yang, ‘Simultaneous RF Heating and MR Thermal
Mapping Using An Intravascular MR-Imaging/RF-Heating
System’, proceeding of 5th Interventional MRI Symposium
2004.

O. Ferhanoglu, A. M. El-Sharkawy, E. Atalar, RF Heating at
the tip of pacemaker leads, proceeding of ESMRMB 2004.

A. El-Sharkawy & E. Atalar, Measurement of Field Variations
Associated With Magnet Temperature Changes, proceeding of
ISMRM 2004.

O. Ferhanoglu, T. O. Tasci, A. El-Sharkawy, A. Altintas, E.
Atalar, Investigating RF heating of pacemakers in MRI using
a safety index, proceeding of ISMRM 2004.

A. El-Sharkawy & E. Atalar, A Radiometric Approach to
Temperature Monitoring in the MR Scanner: A Feasibility
Study, proceeding of ISMRM 2003.

V. C. Shah, A. El-Sharkawy, X. Du, X. Yang & E. Atalar, SSFP
based MR Thermometry, proceeding of ISMRM 2003.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “A technique for improving tag
contrast persistence in SSFP MRI imaging using adaptive
flip angle,” in Proc. IEEE-ISBI Conf. (ISBI 2004), Crystal
City, VA (USA), April 2004.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “A new pulse sequence of combined
delay-enhancement and SENC function for imaging myocardial
viability in a single breathhold,” in SCMR 8th Annual
Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA (USA), Jan. 2005,
JCMR: 7(1), pp. 235-236.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “Fuzzy clustering of heart tissues
from combined function and delayed-enhancement MRI images,”
in Proc. ISMRM 13th Annual Scientific Meeting, Miami, FL
(USA), May 2005.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “Myocardial tagging contrast
without fading in cine SSFP images,” in Proc. ISMRM 13th
Annual Scientific Meeting, Miami, FL (USA), May 2005.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “A New Pulse Sequence of Combined
Delayed Enhancement and SENC Function for Imaging Myocardial
Viability in a Single Breath Hold,” in SCMR 9th Annual
Scientific Sessions, Miami, FL(USA), Jan. 2006.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “Identifying Different Heart
Tissues from Combined Functional and Viability Images Using
C-SENC,” in SCMR 9th Annual Scientific Sessions, Miami, FL
(USA), Jan. 2006.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “Composite Strain-Encoding (C-
SENC) Imaging of Dysfunctional and Scarred Regions in
Patients’ Hearts,” in SCMR 9th Annual Scientific Sessions,
Miami, FL(USA), Jan. 2006.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “Identifying different Heart
Tissues from Combined Functional and Viability MRI Images,”
in Proc. IEEE-ISBI Conf. (ISBI 2006), Crystal City, VA
(USA), April 2006.

El-Sayed Ibrahim et. al., “Multi-stage clustering of
different heart tissues in patients using composite strain
encoding (C-SENC) MRI images,” in Proc. ISMRM 14th Annual
Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA (USA), May 2006

M. Tsui, S. Chen, C. Liu and L. Volokh, "Evaluation of
quantitative image reconstruction methods for maximum lesion
detectability in In-111 ProstaScint® prostate SPECT B," SNM
annual meeting, San Diego, California, 2006.

Ayman M. Khalifa, Jerry L. Prince, and Nael F. Osman, "A
fast method
for motion tracking of Tagged MR images using modified HARP
", 9th Annual SCMR Scientific meeting, Miami, Florida,
2006.

Ayman M. Khalifa, Jerry L. Prince, and Nael F. Osman,
"Modified HARP
method improves tracking and quantification of cardiac
motion in patients", 9th Annual SCMR Scientific meeting,
Miami, Florida, 2006.

Ayman M. Khalifa, Abou Bakr M. Youssef, and Nael F. Osman,
"Improved
Harmonic Phase (HARP) Method for Motion Tracking a Tagged
Cardiac MR Images", 27th IEEE EMBS Annual International
Conference, Shanghai, China,
2005

Ayman M. Khalifa, and Nael F. Osman, "Robust Motion Tracking
of Tagged MR Images Using Combined Harmonic Phase (HARP) and
Active Contour Model", Proc. SCMR seventh annual scientific
meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2004.

A.M. Gharib, D.A. Herzka, A.Ustun, M. Desai, J. Locklin, R.
Pettigrew, M.Stuber," Coronary MR Angiography at 3T During
Diastole and Systole," ISMRM 2006.

A.Ustun, R.G. Weiss, M. Desai, M. Stuber, "Automated
Identification of Minimal Myocardial Motion for Improved
Image Quality in Coronary MRA at 3T," ISMRM 2006.

A. Ustun, K. Abdelmoniem, C. Stehning, M. Stuber, "Automated
Identification of Minimal Myocardial Motion Period During a
Cardiac Cycle for Coronary MRI," ISMRM 2006.

A.Ustun, K. Abd-Elmoniem, C. Stehning, M.Stuber, "Automated
Identification of Minimal Myocardial Motion for Improved
Image Quality in Coronary MRA at 3T," ISMRM 2005.

A. Ustun, M. Desai, M. Stuber, "Automated Identification of
Minimal Myocardial Motion Period During a Cardiac Cycle for
Coronary MRI," ISMRM 2005.

Ali Ustun, "Imaging Assessment of Cardiovascular and Tissue
Mechanics: Automated Identification of Minimal Myocardial
Motion for Improved Image Quality in Coronary MRA at 3T,"
ISMRM Workshop on Flow and Motion, July 13-16 of 2006.

Sathyanarayana S, Aksit P, Arepally A, Karmarkar P,
Solaiyappan M, Atalar E,"Tracking Planar Orientations of
Active Interventional Devices for Realtime Image Guided
Procedures", pp 3351, Proceedings of International Society
for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 14 (2006).

Sathyanarayana S, Aksit P, Arepally A, Karmarkar P,
Solaiyappan M, Atalar E, "Tracking Planar Orientations of
Active MRI Needles", under review, Journal of Magnetic
Resonance in Imaging, 2006.


 

 

 

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