2022
MR Imaging–Based In Vivo Macrophage Imaging to Monitor Immune Response after Radiofrequency Ablation of the Liver
Santana J, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Gross M, Hyder F, Pekurovsky V, Gottwald L, Boustani A, Walsh J, Kucukkaya A, Malpani R, Madoff D, Goldberg S, Ahmed M, Joshi N, Coman D, Chapiro J. MR Imaging–Based In Vivo Macrophage Imaging to Monitor Immune Response after Radiofrequency Ablation of the Liver. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 34: 395-403.e5. PMID: 36423815, PMCID: PMC11042914, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responseT1-weighted MRPrussian blue stainingRadiofrequency ablationRF ablationC57BL/6 wild-type miceMR imagingDose-escalation studyLocal immune responseMass cytometryWild-type miceRadiological-pathological correlationBlue stainingT1-weighted MR imagingHepatic radiofrequency ablationCD68 antibodyUntreated lobeVivo doseHepatic RF ablationVivo macrophagesMacrophagesMiceMR imaging scannerCoagulation areaCD68
2019
Theranostic application of lipiodol for transarterial chemoembolization in a VX2 rabbit liver tumor model
van Breugel JMM, Geschwind JF, Mirpour S, Savic LJ, Zhang X, Duran R, Lin M, Miszczuk M, Liapi E, Chapiro J. Theranostic application of lipiodol for transarterial chemoembolization in a VX2 rabbit liver tumor model. Theranostics 2019, 9: 3674-3686. PMID: 31281506, PMCID: PMC6587357, DOI: 10.7150/thno.32943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOil Red OPerfusion indexMicrovascular densityLipiodol depositionLiver cancerTherapeutic efficacyVX2 tumorsContrast-enhanced CT scanRabbit liver tumor modelTumor-specific functionsNon-tumoral liverLiver tumor modelRadiological-pathological correlationVX2 rabbit liver tumor modelPortal flowTransarterial chemoembolizationLeft lobeLipiodol retentionTherapeutic managementPatient responseTumor vascularityTumor volumeArterial flowCT scanTumor perfusion