Leo J. Wolansky, MDProfessor and Chair of RadiologySection Head, Neuroradiology
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Education
Post-Graduate Training
Awards
Degree | Institution | Major |
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BA | Columbia College of Columbia University | Pre-Med/Music |
MD | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Medicine |
Post-Graduate Training
Training | Institution | Specialty |
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Residency | Lenox Hill Hospital | Diagnostic Radiology (Chief Resident 1988-1989) |
Fellowship | Yale New Haven Hospital | Neuroradiology |
Awards
Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
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President of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America | Ukrainian Medical Association of North America |
Wolansky L, Gershon A, Merkulov A, Baldwin M, Loevner L. Intra-individual comparison between gadopiclenol (0.05 mmol/kg)-and gadobutrol (0.1?mmol/kg)-enhanced MRI in terms of brain metastases visualization. Best Abstract in Class | Annual meeting of the American College of Radiology. April 13-17, 2024. Washington DC (accepted). |
UCONN Radiology Residency Faculty Lecturer Award (Teacher of the Year) | UCONN Health Radiology Residency |
Kuo York Chynn Neuroradiology Research Award of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) | Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) |
Department of Radiology, Teacher of the Year | Diagnostic Imaging & Therapeutics Residency |
Department of Radiology Teacher of the Year | University Hospitals Case Medical Center |
Department of Radiology Teacher of the Year - View Box Educator | University Hospitals Case Medical Center |
Excellence in Teaching Award | The Foundation of UMDNJ |
Listed Among "Best Doctors in New Jersey" | New Jersey Monthly |
Named a Best Doctor (1996-1997 East Coast Division; 1998) | The Best Doctors in the United States |
Outstanding Merit Award | New Jersey Medical School Faculty |
Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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Interview with NBC | Professional/Scientific Organization | President of Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA) | External | National | 2022 | 2023 |
CT Radiation Dose Committee | Other | Chair | UConn Health | University | 2022 | 2023 |
Radiology Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement | Other | Chair | UConn Health | University | 2020 | 2023 |
Brain & Spine Institute Steering Committee | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | Local | 2020 | 2021 |
Radiation Safety (Leadership Ad Hoc Group) | Other | Member | UConn Health | University | 2018 | 2018 |
“Practical Questions in Contemporary Imaging” | Founder & Co-Chair | External | International | 2018 | 2018 | |
Clinical Affairs Subcommittee | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2018 | 2020 |
Dean's Council | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2018 | 2020 |
Radiology Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement | Advisory Committee | Chair | UConn Health | Local | 2018 | 2021 |
Dean's Council | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | Local | 2018 | 2021 |
Radiation Safety Committee | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2017 | 2018 |
Clinical Competence Committee | Education Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2017 | 2018 |
EVP Clinical Cabinet | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2017 | 2020 |
Clinical Chairs & Center Directors Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2017 | ||
Clinical Council | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | Local | 2017 | 2021 |
Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member and Reviewer | External | International | 2016 | 2019 |
Journal Articles
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Genomic characterization of an esthesioneuroblastoma with spinal metastases: illustrative case.
Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons 2023 Dec;6(23):
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Double inversion recovery to detect cervical spinal cord multiple sclerosis lesions.
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2023 Mar;
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DNA methylation provides diagnostic value for meningioma recurrence in clinical practice.
Acta neurochirurgica 2023 Mar;
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Landscape of genetic variants in sporadic meningiomas captured with clinical genomics.
Acta neurochirurgica 2022 Sep;164(9):2491-2503
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Monthly Triple-dose Gadolinium Administration: Potential Associations with Leukopenia, Hypophosphatemia, and Bone Marrow T1 Hyperintensity
Journal of International Medical Research 2022 Feb;
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MRI demonstration of gadolinium deposition in bone after monthly triple-dose gadopentetate dimeglumine and correlation with frequency of hypophosphatemia.
Clinical imaging 2021 Feb;70136-141
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Application of targeted genome sequencing to brain metastasis from non-small cell lung carcinoma: Case report.
Neuro-Chirurgie 2020 Oct;
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Gray Matter Nucleus Hyperintensity After Monthly Triple-Dose Gadopentetate Dimeglumine With Long-term Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Investigative radiology 2020 Oct;55(10):629-635
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Gray Matter Nucleus Hyperintensity After Monthly Triple-dose Gadopentetate Dimeglumine with Long-term Follow-up MR Imaging
Investigative Radiology 2020 Mar;
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Multiscale, Multimodal analysis of tumor heterogeneity in IDH1 mutant vs. wild-type diffuse gliomas.
PLoS ONE 2019 Dec;14(12): e0219724.
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Disorder in Pixel-Level Edge Directions on T1WI Is Associated with the Degree of Radiation Necrosis in Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors: Preliminary Findings.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2019 Mar;40(3):412-417
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MRI evidence of acute inflammation in leukocortical lesions of patients with early multiple sclerosis.
Neurology 2017 Jul;89714-721
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Role of FDG-PET/MRI, FDG-PET/CT, and Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Perfusion MRI in Differentiating Radiation Necrosis from Tumor Recurrence in Glioblastomas.
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2017 Jul;28118-125
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Computer-Extracted Texture Features to Distinguish Cerebral Radionecrosis from Recurrent Brain Tumors on Multiparametric MRI: A Feasibility Study.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2016 Dec;37(12):2231-2236
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MTR recovery in brain lesions in the BECOME study of glatiramer acetate vs interferon β-1b.
Neurology 2016 Aug;87(9):905-11
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Hypophosphatemia is Associated with the Serial Administration of Triple-Dose Gadolinium to Patients for Brain MRI.
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2015 Apr;25(3):379-83
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Texture Descriptors to distinguish Radiation Necrosis from Recurrent Brain Tumors on multi-parametric MRI.
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering 2014 Jan;903590352B
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Impact of inflammation on brain volume in multiple sclerosis.
Archives of neurology 2012 Jan;69(1):82-8
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Clinical consequences of MRI activity in treated multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 2011 Sep;17(9):1113-21
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Brain magnetic resonance imaging in adults with asthma.
Contemporary clinical trials 2011 Jan;32(1):86-9
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New acute and chronic black holes in patients with multiple sclerosis randomised to interferon beta-1b or glatiramer acetate.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2009 Dec;80(12):1337-43
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Effect of anti-IFN{beta} antibodies on MRI lesions of MS patients in the BECOME study.
Neurology 2009 Nov;73(18):1485-92
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Serum levels of CXCL13 are elevated in active multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 2009 Nov;15(11):1271-9
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Efficacy of treatment of MS with IFNbeta-1b or glatiramer acetate by monthly brain MRI in the BECOME study.
Neurology 2009 Jun;72(23):1976-83
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Learning and generalization deficits in patients with memory impairments due to anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture or hypoxic brain injury.
Neuropsychology 2008 Sep;22(5):681-6
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Cladribine in aggressive forms of multiple sclerosis.
European journal of neurology 2007 Jun;14(6):686-9
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Evaluation of intraaxial enhancing brain tumors on magnetic resonance imaging: intraindividual crossover comparison of gadobenate dimeglumine and gadopentetate dimeglumine for visualization and assessment, and implications for surgical intervention.
Journal of neurosurgery 2007 Apr;106(4):557-66
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Contrast enhancement of central nervous system lesions: multicenter intraindividual crossover comparative study of two MR contrast agents.
Radiology 2006 Aug;240(2):389-400
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Magnetic resonance imaging protocols for cervical disc disease: what is your neighbor up to?
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2005 Apr;15(2):183-7
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Double-shot magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral lesions: fast spin-echo versus echo planar sequences.
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2000 Jul;10(3):131-7
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Water-suppression MRI: role in the evaluation of osseous lesions.
Clinical imaging 1999 Sep;23(5):319-26
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Disorder in pixel-level edge directions on T1w MRI is associated with degree of radiation necrosis in primary and metastatic brain tumors: Preliminary Findings.
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2019, 40 (3) 412-417
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Use of Double Inversion Recovery from Brain MRI in detecting cervical spinal cord Multiple Sclerosis lesions.
Journal of Neuroimaging. 2023;00: 1-6. (NA):NA
Abstracts
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Intra-individual Comparison Between Gadopiclenol (0.05 mmol/kg)-enhanced and Gadobutrol (0.1 mmol/kg)-enhanced MRI in Terms of Brain Metastases Visualization in Terms of Brain Metastasis Visualization.
Annual meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology. May 18-22, 2024. 2024 May;
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Efficacy and Safety of Gadopiclenol for Central Nervous System (CNS) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): The PICTURE Trial.
RSNA Proceedings 2022 Nov;
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Gadolinium-induced Marrow Signal Changes with Metabolic Correlation: Are Cell Lines Directly Affected?
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2020 Aug;
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MRI Evidence of Progressive Gadolinium Deposition in Bone During Monthly Triple-dose Gadolinium CE-MRI’s and its Relationship to Hypophosphatemia.
European Congress of Radiology 2020 Jul;
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Gadolinium-Induced Cranial Marrow Signal Changes and Leukopenia: Is There a Common Genesis?
ASNR Annual Meeting 2020 May;
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Gadolinium-induced Hypophosphatemia Does Not Correlate with Gadolinium Deposition in the Brain in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Undergoing Monthly Triple-Dose Gadopentetate Dimeglumine CE-MRI.
RSNA Annual Meeting, December 1-6, 2019. Chicago 2019 Dec;
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Gadolinium Deposition within the Brain 10 years After Undergoing Up to 26 Monthly Triple-Dose Gadopentetate Dimeglumine in Multiple Sclerosis Patients.
ASNR Annual Meeting, May 18-23, 2019. Boston. 2019 May;
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Hematologic abnormalities in patients exposed to monthly triple-dose gadolinium for a year.
American College of Radiology Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. 2019 May;
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MRI: Pharmacokinetics” of Gd Deposition: Quantitative Analysis of Serial Monthly Administration of Triple-Dose Gadopentetate Dimeglumine in 26 Multiple Sclerosis Patients Involving 13 Consecutive Monthly Triple–Doses.
Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) 2018 Nov;
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Determining the Effectiveness of Double Inversion Recovery (DIR) Brain MRI Sequence in Detecting Upper Spinal Cord Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
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Gadolinium-induced Marrow Signal Changes with Metabolic Correlation: Are Cell Lines Directly Affected?
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Case Reports
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Parotid Pleomorphic Adenoma.
Radiology Online 2023 Dec;
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Optic Perineuritis in an Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
The neurologist 2023 Jul;28(4):250-255
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Genomic sequencing of a pregnancy associated symptomatic meningioma of the diaphragma sellae: a case report.
British journal of neurosurgery 2022 Jan;1-5
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Leptomeningeal Involvement with Lymphoma. Radiology Online. 2020.
Radiology Online 2020 Jul;
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Neurosarcoidosis
Radiology Online 2020 Jul;
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Tuberous Sclerosis.
Radiology Online 2020 Jul;
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Basilar Invagination
Radiology Online 2020 Jan;
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Differentiation of recurrent spinal ependymoma from postradiation treatment necrosis through multiparametric PET-MR and perfusion MRI.
Clinical imaging 2017 Jan;4148-52
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Rectal carcinoid tumor metastasis to a skull base meningioma.
The neuroradiology journal 2016 Feb;29(1):49-51
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Histologically Proven Radiation-Induced Brainstem Glioma 93 Months After External Beam Radiotherapy for Pituitary Macroadenoma: Radiation Treatment Dose and Volume Correlation.
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2014 Oct;25(4):674-6
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Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis mimicking lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2007 Jun;27(2):95-8
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Autoimmune optic neuropathy with anticardiolipin antibody mimicking multiple sclerosis in a child.
American journal of ophthalmology 2003 Aug;136(2):358-60
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Reversible blindness resulting from optic chiasmitis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2001 Mar;21(1):18-21
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Transient mediastinal enlargement: an unusual computed tomographic manifestation of pulmonary venous hypertension and congestive heart failure.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 2000 Jan;67(2):216-8
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Sudden painless visual loss.
Survey of ophthalmology 46(2):143-8
Conference Papers
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Gadolinium induced marrow signal changes with metabolic correlation after monthly triple-dose Gadolinium administration for a year.
2020 Oct;
Letters
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Reply to Letter to editor ‘Regarding
“Computer-Extracted Texture Features to Distinguish Cerebral Radionecrosis from Recurrent Brain Tumors on Multiparametric MRI: A Feasibility Study.”’ AJNR 2016,
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2017, 38 (3) E20; 2017 Mar;37(12):E20
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Heterogeneity in longitudinal evolution of ring-enhancing multiple sclerosis lesions.
Annals of neurology 2011 Oct;70(4):668-9; author reply 669-70
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Safety of serial monthly administration of triple-dose gadopentetate dimeglumine in multiple sclerosis patients: preliminary results of the BECOME trial.
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2005 Jul;15(3):289-90
Other
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Dural Venous Sinus Thrombosis (cerebral venous thrombosis) complicated by cerebral hemorrhage.
Radiology Online. 2019 Oct;
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Syringomyelia Due to Chiari I
Radiology Online. 2019 Oct;
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Acute Labyrinthitis
Radiology Online 2018 Dec;
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Ameloblastoma
Radiology Online 2018 Dec;
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Angiocentric Lymphoma
Radiology Online 2018 Dec;
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Dural venous sinus thrombosis with hemorrhagic venous infarct
Radiology Online. 2018 Dec;
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Epidermoid Cyst (CP Angle)
Radiology Online 2018 Dec;
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Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
Radiology Online 2018 Dec;
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Radiology Online
https://health.uconn.edu/radiology-online/credits/
Reviews
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Positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of brain tumors: current status and future prospects.
Seminars in roentgenology 2014 Jul;49(3):275-89
Websites
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Gadopiclenol offers low-dose alternative to other GBCAs
AuntMinnie.com 2022 Dec;
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Candlelight vigil held for victims of Russian invasion in Ukraine
The Daily Campus 2022 Apr;
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‘The second coming of Stalin’ — UConn doctor recalls Ukrainian grandfather’s sacrifice
RA Archives 2022 Mar;
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Radiology leaders speak out in support of Ukraine
Innovate Healthcare 2022 Mar;
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Ukrainian Physicians 'Ready to Die for Their Freedom'
Medscape 2022 Feb;
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A Team Approach:
UConn Health’s new Brain and Spine Institute offers comprehensive, world-class patient care
Seasons Magazines 2021 Apr;
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Radiology Online
Radiology Online (https://health.uconn.edu/radiology-online/credits/) 2019 Dec;
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Friends Of Radiology in Ukraine
Friends Of Radiology in Ukraine 2016 Jun;
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Friends of Radiology in Ukraine website (2018)
http://friendsofradiologyinukraine.org
Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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Intra-individual comparison between gadopiclenol (0.05 mmol/kg)-and gadobutrol (0.1?mmol/kg)-enhanced MRI in terms of brain metastases visualization. | Other | American College of Radiology | 2024 | Washington, DC |
Intra-individual Comparison Between Gadopiclenol (0.05 mmol/kg)-enhanced and Gadobutrol (0.1 mmol/kg)-enhanced MRI in Terms of Brain Metastases Visualization in Terms of Brain Metastasis Visualization. | Other | American Society of Neuroradiology | 2024 | Las Vegas |
Ukraine: Lessons from the War and How to Help. | Plenary Lecture | Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) | 2022 | Chicago, Illinois |
Efficacy and Safety of Gadopiclenol for Central Nervous System (CNS) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): The PICTURE Trial. | Talk | Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) | 2022 | Chicago, Illinois |
Determining the Effectiveness of Double Inversion Recovery (DIR) Brain MRI Sequence in Detecting Upper Spinal Cord Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Patients | Poster | American Academy of Neurology | 2022 | Boston, MA |
Lesion detection by Double Inversion Recovery (DIR) Brain MRI Sequence in the Upper Spinal Cord in Multiple Sclerosis Patients | Poster | ACTRIMS | 2022 | West Palm Beach, FL |
Imaging of Head Trauma | Lecture | ASNR International Symposium, ARU, FORU | 2019 | Kyiv, Ukraine |
“Enhanced MRI in MS” | Lecture | American Society of Neuroradiology & Friends Of Radiology in Ukraine | 2018 | Lviv, Ukraine |
"Gadolinium Enhanced MRI in MS," | Plenary Lecture | The World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations, Annual meeting | 2018 | Ternopil, Ukraine |
“Gadolinium Enhanced MRI in MS: Should We Relax?” | Lecture | CRC Seminar, UConn Health | 2018 | Farmington, Connecticut |
“MRI of the Sella” | Lecture | UConn Health, Division of Endocrinology | 2018 | Endocrine Grand Rounds |
“Gd MRI” | Talk | Brain Research Symposium, UConn Health | 2018 | Mark Twain House, West Hartford CT |
Features of local gradient disorder on MRI that distinguish radiation necrosis and tumor recurrence postradiotherapy are associated with zonal necrosis, vessel wall thickening, hyalinization and demyelination: A preliminary study in brain tumors. Prasanna P, Rogers L, Cohen M, Singh G, Badve C, Wolansky L, Madabhushi A, Tiwari P. | Talk | Society for NeuroOncology | 2016 | |
Frequency of Gadolinium (Gd) deposition in the dentate nucleus after 13 monthly triple-doses of Gd. Mitra J, DiCamillo P, Cook S, Cadavid D, Wolansky L, Tiwari P. | Talk | RSNA | 2016 | Chicago |
Human-Machine performance comparison study in distinguishing radiation necrosis from brain tumor recurrence on routine MRI. Prasanna P, Nayate A, Gupta A. Rogers L, Wolansky L, Sing G. | Talk | RSNA | 2016 | Chicago |
A MRI-pharmacokinetic study of gadolinium deposition in the dentate nucleus in multiple sclerosis patients receiving serial triple-doses of Gd for 14 consecutive months. Wolansky L, Mitra J, DiCamillo P, Cook S, Cadavid D, Richards T, Naismith R, Lancia S, Tiwari P. | Poster | ECTRIMS | 2016 | London |
Assessment of Brain Atrophy in multiple sclerosis patients with fat-suppressed T1 weighted and FLAIR subtracted images ulitising Comparative Brain Imaging software. Hojjati M, Richards T, Tatsuoka C, Thiele F, Wolansky L. | Poster | ECTRIMS | 2016 | London |
Diagnostic utility of quantitative 18F-FDG-PET/MRI, DSC pMRI and 18F-FDG-PET/CT in differentiating radiation necrosis from tumor recurrence in post therapy GBM. Hojjati M, Badve C, Garg V, Gupta A, Tatsuoka C, Sloan A, Rogers L, Faulhaber P, Wolansky L. | Talk | ARRS | 2016 | Los Angeles |
Radiogenomic Analysis of TCBA/TCIA Diffuse Lower Grade Gliomas by Molecular Subtype. Holder C, Poisson L, Cooper L, Huang E, Chen J, Hwang S, Mukherjee S, Wolansky L, Griffith B, Yeom K, Iv M, Wintermark M, Colen R, Jain R, Kirby J, Freymann J, Rubin D, Jaffe C, Brat D, Flanders A. | Talk | RSNA | 2015 | Chicago |
Comparison of 18FDG-PET/MR to Qualitative and Semi-quantitative 18-FDG-PET/CT in Differentiation of Radiation Necrosis from Tumor Recurrence. Badve CA, Yankevich U, Abboud S, Garg, V, Sloan A, Rogers L, Wolansky L, ODonnell James, Faulhaber P. | Talk | Society of Nuclear Medicine | 2015 | Baltimore |
Improved Detection Rates with high Sensitivity Gadolinium Enhanced MRI Protocols Translate Into Increased Statistical Power for Clinical Trials in MS 31st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. 9. Brown R, Narayanan S, Cook S, Cadavid D, Wolansky L, Arnold D. | Poster | ECTRIMS | 2015 | Barcelona |
Evaluation of recurrent spinal cord mass with PET-MR after treatment for filum terminale. Abboud S, Montagnese J, Badve C, Garg V, Sloan A, Wolansky L. | Talk | ASNR | 2015 | Chicago |