2021
Personalised, image-guided, noninvasive brain stimulation in gliomas: Rationale, challenges and opportunities
Sprugnoli G, Rossi S, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, El-Fakhri G, Golby A, Santarnecchi E. Personalised, image-guided, noninvasive brain stimulation in gliomas: Rationale, challenges and opportunities. EBioMedicine 2021, 70: 103514. PMID: 34391090, PMCID: PMC8365310, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-grade gliomasNeuronal activityBrain tumorsProximity of tumor cellsSlow tumor growthAggressive human cancersMalignant brain tumorsBrain stimulationTumor mitosisHealthy brain tissuePatient survivalMechanism of actionImage-guidedTumor cellsTumor growthSynaptic activityHuman cancersTumorTherapeutic interventionsClinical settingNoninvasive brain stimulationElectrical stimulationWhole-brain levelPatientsBrain tissue
2016
A novel approach to assess the treatment response using Gaussian random field in PET
Wang M, Guo N, Hu G, El Fakhri G, Zhang H, Li Q. A novel approach to assess the treatment response using Gaussian random field in PET. Medical Physics 2016, 43: 833-842. PMID: 26843244, PMCID: PMC4714995, DOI: 10.1118/1.4939879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTherapy response assessmentStandardized uptake valuePositron emission tomographyEarly treatment responseResponse assessmentPositron emission tomography imagingTreatment responseTherapy responsePrediction of early treatment responseTreatment planningResponse to anticancer therapyTherapy response evaluationTumor-to-background contrastPost-therapy imagingClinical practiceEvaluate therapy responseReceiver operating characteristic curveDevelopment of personalized treatment plansEvaluate therapy effectsPersonalized treatment plansUptake valuePretherapy imagingClinical oncologyPatient managementAnticancer therapy