Key Recent Publications
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Xu Z, Michel KA, Walker CM, Harlan CJ, Martinez GV, Gordon JW, Chen HY, Vigneron DB, Bankson JA. Model-constrained reconstruction accelerated with Fourier-based undersampling for hyperpolarized [1-13 C] pyruvate imaging. Magn Reson Med 89(4):1481-1495, 2023. PMCID: PMC9892212
Kadria-Vili Y, Neumann O, Zhao Y, Nordlander P, Martinez GV, Bankson JA, Halas NJ. Gd2O3-mesoporous silica/gold nanoshells: A potential dual T1/T2 contrast agent for MRI-guided localized near-IR photothermal therapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 119(29):e2123527119, 2022. PMCID: PMC9303993
Harlan CJ, Xu Z, Walker CM, Michel KA, Reed GD, Bankson JA. The effect of transmit B1 inhomogeneity on hyperpolarized [1-13 C]-pyruvate metabolic MR imaging biomarkers. Med Phys 48(9):4900-4908, 2021. PMCID: PMC8486175
Michel KA, Ragavan M, Walker CM, Merritt ME, Lai SY, Bankson JA. Comparison of selective excitation and multi-echo chemical shift encoding for imaging of hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate. J Magn Reson 325:106927, 2021. PMCID: PMC8009829
Xu Z, Niedzielski JS, Sun C, Walker CM, Michel KA, Einstein SA, Martinez GV, Bankson JA. Correction and optimization of symmetric echo-planar spectroscopic imaging for hyperpolarized [1-13C]-pyruvate. J Magn Reson 321:106859, 2020. PMCID: PMC7722237
Walker CM, Gordon JW, Xu Z, Michel KA, Li L, Larson PEZ, Vigneron DB, Bankson JA. Slice profile effects on quantitative analysis of hyperpolarized pyruvate. NMR Biomed 33(10):e4373, 2020. PMCID: PMC7484340
Harlan CJ, Xu Z, Michel KA, Walker CM, Lokugama SD, Martinez GV, Pagel MD, Bankson JA. Technical Note: A deuterated 13 C-urea reference for clinical multiparametric MRI prostate cancer studies including hyperpolarized pyruvate. Med Phys 47(7):2931-2936, 2020. PMCID: PMC7375896
Einstein SA, Thompson EA, Guo C, Whitley EM, Bankson JA, Cressman ENK. Application of Trifluoroacetic Acid as a Theranostic Agent for Chemical Ablation of Solid Tissue. J Vasc Interv Radiol 31(1):169-175, 2020. PMCID: PMC6926148
Michel KA, Zieliński R, Walker CM, Le Roux L, Priebe W, Bankson JA, Schellingerhout D. Hyperpolarized Pyruvate MR Spectroscopy Depicts Glycolytic Inhibition in a Mouse Model of Glioma. Radiology 293(1):168-173, 2019. PMCID: PMC67762319
Walker CM, Fuentes D, Larson PEZ, Kundra V, Vigneron DB, Bankson JA. Effects of excitation angle strategy on quantitative analysis of hyperpolarized pyruvate. Magn Reson Med 81(6):3754-3762, 2019. PMCID: PMC6435389
Kennis BA, Michel KA, Brugmann WB, Laureano A, Tao RH, Somanchi SS, Einstein SA, Bravo-Alegria JB, Maegawa S, Wahba A, Kiany S, Gordon N, Silla L, Schellingerhout D, Khatua S, Zaky W, Sandberg D, Cooper L, Lee DA, Bankson JA, Gopalakrishnan V. Monitoring of intracerebellarly-administered natural killer cells with 19F MRI. J Neurooncol 142(3):395-407, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03091-5
Kirpich A, Ragavan M, Bankson JA, McIntyre LM, Merritt ME. Kinetic Analysis of Hepatic Metabolism Using Hyperpolarized Dihydroxyacetone. J Chem Inf Model 28;59(1):605-614, 2019. PMCID: PMC6533070.
Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH, Bankson JA, Brindle K, Cunningham CH, Gallagher FA, Keshari KR, Kjaer A, Laustsen C, Mankoff DA, Merritt ME, Nelson SJ, Pauly JM, Lee P, Ronen S, Tyler DJ, Rajan SS, Spielman DM, Wald L, Zhang X, Malloy CR, Rizi R. Hyperpolarized 13C MRI: Path to Clinical Translation in Oncology. Neoplasia 21(1):1-16, 2019. PMCID: PMC6260457
Bader DA, Hartig SM, Putluri V, Foley C, Hamilton MP, Smith EA, Saha PK, Panigrahi A, Walker C, Zong L, Martini-Stoica H, Chen R, Rajapakshe K, Coarfa C, Sreekumar A, Mitsiades N, Bankson JA, Ittmann MM, O'Malley BW, Putluri N, McGuire SE. Mitochondrial pyruvate import is a metabolic vulnerability in androgen receptor-driven prostate cancer. Nat Metab 1(1):70-85, 2019. PMCID: PMC6563330
Sun CY, Walker CM, Michel KA, Venkatesan AM, Lai SY, Bankson JA. Influence of parameter accuracy on pharmacokinetic analysis of hyperpolarized pyruvate. Magn Reson Med 79(6):3239-3248, 2017. PMCID: PMC5843516
Ravoori MK, Singh SP, Lee J, Bankson JA, Kundra V. In Vivo Assessment of Ovarian Tumor Response to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Pazopanib by Using Hyperpolarized 13C-Pyruvate MR Spectroscopy and 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging in a Mouse Model. Radiology 285(3):830-838, 2017. PMCID: PMC5708291
Sandulache VC, Chen Y, Feng L, William WN, Skinner HD, Myers JN, Meyn RE, Li J, Mijiti A, Bankson JA, Fuller CD, Konopleva MY, Lai SY. Metabolic interrogation as a tool to optimize chemotherapeutic regimens. Oncotarget 8(11):18154-18165, 2017. PMCID: PMC5392315
Walker CM, Chen Y, Lai SY, Bankson JA. A novel perfused Bloch-McConnell simulator for analyzing the accuracy of dynamic hyperpolarized MRS. Med Phys 43(2):854, 2016. PMCID: PMC4723412.
Bankson JA, Walker CM, Ramirez MS, Stefan W, Fuentes D, Merritt ME, Lee J, Sandulache VC, Chen Y, Phan L, Chou PC, Rao A, Yeung SC, Lee MH, Schellingerhout D, Conrad CA, Malloy C, Sherry AD, Lai SY, Hazle JD. Kinetic modeling and constrained reconstruction of hyperpolarized 1-13C-pyruvate offers improved metabolic imaging of tumors. Cancer Res 75(22):4708-17, 2015. PMCID: PMC4651725.
Lee J, Ramirez MS, Walker CM, Chen Y, Yi S, Sandulache VC, Lai SY, Bankson JA. High-throughput hyperpolarized (13)C metabolic investigations using a multi-channel acquisition system. J Magn Reson 260:20-27, 2015. PMCID: PMC4628838.
Ramirez MS, Lee J, Walker C, Chen Y, Kingsley C, DeLaCerda J, Maldonado K, Lai S, Bankson J. Feasibility of multi-animal hyperpolarized 13C MRS. Magn Reson Med 73(5):1726-32, 2014. PMCID: PMC4257893
Sandulache VC, Chen Y, Lee J, Rubinstein A, Ramirez MS, Skinner HD, Walker CM, Williams MD, Tailor R, Court LE, Bankson JA, Lai SY. Evaluation of hyperpolarized [1-13C]-pyruvate by magnetic resonance to detect effects of ionizing radiation in real time. PLoSOne 9(1): e87031, 2014. PMCID: PMC3903593
Ramirez M, Lee J, Walker C, Sandulache V, Hennel F, Lai S, Bankson J. Radial spectroscopic MRI of hyperpolarized [1-13C]-pyruvate at 7T. MagnResonMed 72(4):986-95, 2014. PMCID: PMC3903593
Walker CM, Lee J, Ramirez MS, Schellingerhout D, Millward S, Bankson JA. A catalyzing phantom for reproducible dynamic conversion of hyperpolarized [1-13C]-pyruvate. PLoS One 8(8): e71274, 2013. PMCID: PMC3744565
Sandulache VC, Skinner H, Wang Y, Chen Y, Dodge CT, Ow TJ, Bankson JA,Myers JN, Lai SY. Glycolytic inhibition alters anaplastic thyroid carcinoma tumor metabolism and improves response to conventional chemotherapy and radiation. Mol Cancer Ther 11(6): 1373-80, 2012. PMCID: PMC3856684
Ramirez M, Lai S, Bankson JA. A throughput-optimized array system for multiple-mouse MRI. NMR Biomed 26(3): 237-47, 2013. PMCID: PMC3543508
Ragan DK, Lai SY, Bankson JA. Fast, reproducible measurement of the vascular input function in mice using constrained reconstruction and cardiac sampling. NMR Biomed 24(4): 373-384, 2011. PMCID: PMC3033468.
Schwartz D, Bankson J, Lemos R, Lai SY, Thitai-Kumar A, He Y, Hostetter G, Demeure M, Von Hoff D, Powis G. Radiosensitization and stromal imaging response correlates for the HIF-1 inhibitor PX-478 given with or without chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer. MolCancer Ther 9(7):2057-67, 2010. PMCID: PMC2935253.
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