Seed Grant Recipients

2022 STR Seed Grant Recipient

J. Lee, University of Arizona

Project Title:
Evaluation of the accuracy and efficiency of utilizing virtual-reality tools to diagnose pulmonary embolism

Date
 Grant
Recipient		 Institution Title Publication
2022
 J. Lee University of
Arizona		 Evaluation of the accuracy and efficiency of utilizing
virtual-reality tools to diagnose pulmonary embolism		 N/A
2021
 E. Tsai Stanford University Validation of Machine Learning Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring
on Low-Dose CT Performed for Lung Cancer Screening 		N/A
2020
 S.L. Cohen Northwell Health
Imaging		 A Machine Learning Algorithm to Diagnose Pneumonia
Requiring Antimicrobial Therapy Based on Clinical and Imaging Data		 N/A
2019
 L. Azour New York University School of
Medicine		 Machine Learning Based Image Reconstruction from CT
Sinogram Data to Achieve Radiation Dose Reduction		 N/A
2018
 F.J.
Fintelmann		 Harvard Medical
School		 Role of Imaging Biomarkers on Chest CT for Preoperative Risk Stratification of
Lung Cancer Patients: A Multi-Center Precision Medicine Initiative using Machine
Learning		 – Radiology: Artificial Intelligence – January 2022;
– Annals of Surgery – March 2020
6/6/2017
 L. Lin University of
Southern
California		 Evaluation of Lung Cancer Treatment Response to Stereotactic Body Radiation
Therapy Utilizing Volumetric Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced CT and
Texture Analysis		 N/A
4/14/2016
 T. D. Tailor Duke University
Medical Center		 Integration of CT Imaging Features with Cell-free Plasma DNA as Biomarkers for
Early Lung Cancer Detection in Patients with Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules		 Frontiers in Oncology – April 2019
12/1/2015
 H. H. Guo Stanford University Hospital Assurance of Subsolid Pulmonary Nodule Visualization by Low-Dose CT,
Facilitated by 3D Printing		 – Journal of Thoracic Imaging – August 2021;
– Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics –
  May 2021
4/21/2013
 D.
Litmanovich		 Beth Israel
Deaconess
Medical Center		 Functional MRI Assessment as a Primary Imaging Modality for Diagnosis,
Follow-up and Guidance of Therapy Decisions of COPD Patients
with Tracheomalacia		 American Journal of Roentgenology –
August 2017
7/27/2012
 J. Chung National Jewish
Health		 Use of 1.5T Proton MRI in the Initial Assessment and Follow-up of
Mycobacterium Avium Complex Pneumonia		 Annals of the American Thoracic Society –
January 2016
1/18/2012
 S. Singh Massachusetts
General Hospital		 Chest CT Under 1 mSv: A Pilot Study – American Journal of Roentgenology –
October 2014;
– Journal of Computed Assist Tomography –
August 2014
10/2010
 C. W. Koo NYU Langone
Medical Center		 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sub-solid Opacities Journal of Thoracic Imaging – January 2016
6/30/2009
 D. Torigian University of Pennsylvania Feasibility and Validation of Positron Emission Tomography
(PET) Imaging for Non-Invasive Assessment of Targeted
Nanocarriers to Treat Pulmonary Inflammation in a Mouse Model		 Journal of Thoracic Imaging – 2012
5/30/2007
 S. T. Chong University of
Michigan		 64-Slice Coronary CT Angiography vs. Standard Therapy in the Emergency Room:
Determining Cost-Effectiveness and Predicting Clinical Outcome in
Patients with Low and Moderate Risk
for Acute Coronary Syndrome		  
2/13/2007
 E. Y. Lee Children’s Hospital Boston Evaluation of Hyperpolarized He MRI in Pediatric Patients
with Asthma		 Journal of Thoracic Imaging – May 2009
4/13/2005
 M. Nishino Beth Israel
Deaconess
Medical Center		 Loss of Anteroposterior Intralobar Attenuation Gradient of the
Lung: Correlation with Pulmonary Function		 Academic Radiology – May 2006
9/9/2004
 D. Moses New York University Medical
Center		 Quantification of Perfusion in Primary Pulmonary Neoplasms Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine – 2008
6/6/2003
 O. Mawlawi MD Anderson
Cancer Center		 Accurate Quantification of Small Lung Nodules Based
on PET/CT Imaging		 – Journal of Nuclear Medicine – September 2005;
– Physics in Medicine and Biology – August 2006;
– Medical Physics – October 2006;
– Medical Physics – December 2007;
– Physics in Medicine and Biology – May 2007;
– Current Medical Imaging – February 2008;
– International Journal of Biomedical Imaging –
   June 2009;
– Journal of Nuclear Medicine – January 2010;
– Medical Physics – April 2010
2/7/2002
 G. Gladish MD Anderson
Cancer Center		 Investigation of the Feasibility of the Use of Normal Saline as
Negative Intravascular Contrast Agent in Thoracic
Computed Tomography		 N/A
10/2001
 M. Sneider University of
Michigan		 Multidetector Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of
Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department		 N/A
12/1/2000
 G. P. Reddy University California
San Francisco		 Coronary Pathophysiology in Dilated Cardiomyopathy  
2/15/2000
 V.S. Lee New York University
Medical Center		 Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac MR Imaging for Evaluation of
Myocardial Viability		  
2/15/2000
 J.P. Ko Massachusetts
General Hospital		 Automatic Detection of Pulmonary Nodules on Chest CT and
Assessment of Change Over Time		 Radiology – September 2003
10/1999
 D. Levin University of
California
San Diego		 The Evaluation of Pulmonary Perfusion Using Magnetic
Resonance Imaging		  
2/15/1999
 K. Garg University of
Colorado		 Thromboembolic Disease: Value of CT Venography
in Addition to CT Pulmonary Angiography		  
10/20/1997
 B. Zhao New York Hospital Cornell
Medical Center		 Development of a 3-dimensional Image Sigmentational Alogorithm to
Accurately Delineate Solitary Pulmonary Nodules of CT
Images		  
3/3/1997
 A. A. Shah New York Hospital Cornell
Medical Center		 CTV in Conjunction with PCTA for the Presence of DVT in Lower Extremities
Above the Knee		  
10/1996
 D. Roberts University of
Pennsylvania		 Functional MRI of Pulmonary Perfusion Using Steady-State Arterial Spine-tagging
Pending Application to the Detection of
Pulmonary Embolism		  
4/29/1996
 L. Broderick Indiana University Evaluation of Questionable Nodules Seen on Chest Radiographs: Fluxorscopy vs. CT N/A
4/17/1996
 J. Collins University of
Wisconsin		 The Utility of Expiratory High-resolution CT in Diagnosing
Bronchiolitis Obliterans		  
12/1995
 P. Woodward Mallinckrodt Detection of Pulmonary Nodules and ILD: Comparison of ThoraVision and
Conventional Screen-film Radiographs		  
1/13/1995
 J. Gruden University California
San Francisco		 High-resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) in Patients with Possible
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP): Finding with Bronchoscopic Correlation
after Negative Sputum Induction		 American Journal of Roentgenology –
October 1997
1/13/1995
 P. J. Mergo University of Florida Pre-procedural 3-D Reformation of Helical CT in Bronchoscopy, Thoracostomy,
and Mediastinoscopy		  
3/7/1994
 D. Dyer University of
Colorado		 Proposal for Study of Chest CT as Screening Tool for
Aortic Injury		 – Radiology – October 1999;
– The Journal of Trauma – April 2000
3/7/1994
 H. Hatabu University of
Pennsylvania		 High-Resolution MR Imaging of Lung Parenchyma – Magnetic Resonance in Medicine –
   October 1996;
– American Journal of Roentgenology –
    September 1996;
– European Journal of Radiology – February 1999;
– European Journal of Radiology – Dec. 2002;
– Radiology November 2020
12/1993
 J. Ye State University
New York		 An Efficient Approach to Quantitative Myocardial
Perfusion SPECT		  
12/1993
 R. Slone Mallinckrodt Pre and Post Operative Evaluation of Volume Reduction
Surgery Patients: A Study of Chest Wall Mechanics, Diaphragm
Motion, and Lung Volumes with Inspiratory/Expiratory CT and MRI		  
12/1993
 S. Kee University California
San Francisco		 HRCT of the Chest of Asthmatic Patients Before and After
Methacholine Challenge and Albuterol Inhalation		  
11/5/1993
 E. Drucker Massachusetts
General Hospital		 Pilot Study to Investigate the Use of Helical Scanning CT in
Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism		 Radiology – October 1998