2022
Real-time PACS-integrated longitudinal brain metastasis tracking tool provides comprehensive assessment of treatment response to radiosurgery
Petersen G, Bousabarah K, Verma T, von Reppert M, Jekel L, Gordem A, Jang B, Merkaj S, Fadel S, Owens R, Omuro A, Chiang V, Ikuta I, Lin M, Aboian MS. Real-time PACS-integrated longitudinal brain metastasis tracking tool provides comprehensive assessment of treatment response to radiosurgery. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2022, 4: vdac116. PMID: 36043121, PMCID: PMC9412827, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdac116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGamma KnifeTreatment responseBrain metastasis patientsFurther treatment planningNumber of lesionsMean followBrain metastasesMetastasis patientsMultiple lesionsDiagnostic followSingle patientStereotactic radiosurgeryPatientsLesionsIndividual lesionsPrevalenceAccurate surveillanceHeterogenous responseTreatment planningTreatmentFollowRadiosurgerySize assessmentComprehensive assessmentResponse
2016
3D Quantitative tumour burden analysis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma before TACE: comparing single-lesion vs. multi-lesion imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival
Fleckenstein FN, Schernthaner RE, Duran R, Sohn JH, Sahu S, Zhao Y, Hamm B, Gebauer B, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Chapiro J. 3D Quantitative tumour burden analysis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma before TACE: comparing single-lesion vs. multi-lesion imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival. European Radiology 2016, 26: 3243-3252. PMID: 26762942, PMCID: PMC4942412, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-4168-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazard ratioOverall survivalTransarterial chemoembolizationBaseline MRIHepatocellular carcinomaTumor burdenDominant lesionTumor assessmentTumor volumeMultivariate cox proportional hazard ratiosCox proportional hazard ratiosCurrent radiological methodMethodsThis retrospective analysisProportional hazard ratiosBCLC staging systemKaplan-Meier plotsTumor diameterPatient survivalStaging systemHCC patientsMultiple lesionsLiver volumeRetrospective analysisLesion assessmentPatients