R. Jason Stafford, Ph.D.
Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. R. Jason Stafford
R. Jason Stafford, Ph.D., DABR is a Professor with tenure and is Chief of the Section of MRI and Ultrasound Physics in the Department of Imaging Physics at MD Anderson. He is board certified in diagnostic medical physics and has been on the clinical faculty since 2002.
Dr. Stafford received his training and doctorate degree in Medical Physics from the Health Science Center at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2001. His research was the design and validation of fast magnetic resonance imaging techniques for monitoring focused ultrasound thermal therapy. The work garnered awards locally (MD Anderson Alfred Knudson Outstanding Dissertation Award and the Aaron M. Blanchard Research Award in Medical Physics) and nationally (American College of Medical Physics Graduate Student Award and first place in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine John C. Cameron Young Investigator competition).
Dr. Stafford has over 138 peer reviewed publications, has served as primary or co-investigator and several grants, and speaks at national and international meetings. He has mentored five graduate students and six post-doctoral fellows during his tenure as well as lectures and coordinates in core GSBS courses at MD Anderson. His research interests lie primarily in the use of magnetic resonance imaging for guidance of oncologic interventions and therapies. Over the years, much of this research has translated into clinical services, which he now supports at MD Anderson.
He has an exemplary extramural service record serving as President of the Society for Thermal Medicine, Chair of the AAPM Magnetic Resonance Subcommittee, Chair of the AAPM Working Group for MR Safety, Chair of AAPM Task Group 345 as well as serving on the ACR MR Safety committee and the American Board Magnetic Resonance Safety board of directors. He is a fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Faculty, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Image-Guided Interventions | Image-Guided Therapy | Thermal Therapy
Clinical Interests
Development and implementation of quality assurance program for ultrasound (US) imaging | Acceptance testing of new and upgraded US imaging systems | Maintaining records and performing all physics QC and acceptance tests required for the ACR US Accreditation Program | Clinical support and quality control resource for US imaging | Clinical support and quality control resource for MRI | Development and continued quality assurance of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocols | MR Safety
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2001 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, US, Medical Physics, Ph.D |
| 1996 | California State University, Fresno, California, US, Physics, M.S |
| 1994 | California State University, Fresno, California, US, Physics, BS |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2005 | American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Medical Physics) |
Experience & Service
Other Professional Positions
Residency Rotation Program Coordinator (MRI Physics), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2022
Consultant, Visualase, Inc, Houston, Texas, 2006 - 2015
Institutional Committee Activities
Chair, UTHSC-MDACC GSBS Academic Standards Committee, 2022 - 2023
Member, UTHSC-MDACC GSBS Academic Standards Committee, 2021 - 2023
Designated MR Safety Expert, Institutional MR Safety Committee, 2021 - Present
Member, Department of Imaging Physics Clinical Effort Value Committee, 2020
Member, UTHSC-MDACC GSBS Medical Physics Program Steering Committee, 2019 - Present
Member, Faculty Senate, 2019 - 2022
Member, Department of Imaging Physics Governance Committee, 2019 - Present
Member, Division of Diagnostic Imaging Safety, Quality & Value Committee, 2019 - Present
Member, UTHSC-MDACC GSBS Medical Physics Candidacy Exam Committee, 2017 - 2019
Member, Division of Diagnostic Imaging Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2016 - Present
Member, Department of Imaging Physics Education Quality Committee, 2014 - 2018
Reviewer, Department of Imaging Physics Grant Review Committee, 2014 - 2016
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Education Functional Committee, 2014 - 2019
Member, Department of Imaging Physics Residency Steering Committee, 2014 - Present
Member, Department of Imaging Physics Research Faculty Search Committee, 2014 - 2019
Member, Division of Diagnostic Imaging Value Assessment Team, 2013 - Present
Member, Department of Imaging Physics Executive Committee, 2013 - Present
Member, Department of Diagnostic Radiology Neuro MRI Quality Assurance Committee, 2013 - 2019
Member, Division of Diagnostic Imaging Faculty Functional Committee, 2013 - 2018
Chair, Odyssey Program Committee, 2013
Chair, Division of Diagnostic Imaging MR Safety Committee, 2013 - Present
Member, UTHSC-MDACC GSBS Medical Physics Program Faculty Curriculum Review Committee, 2013 - Present
Reviewer, Institutional Research Grant Committee (Basic Science Study Section), 2012 - 2019
Member, UTHSC-MDACC GSBS Academic Standards Committee, 2012 - 2018
Member, Odyssey Program Committee, 2010 - 2013
Member, Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Issues Committee, 2010 - 2015
Member, MRI Curriculum Committee for the Diagnostic Imaging Program, 2010 - 2012
Member, Department of Diagnostic Radiology fMRI Committee, 2010 - 2013
Member, Department of Imaging Physics Scientific Computing Resources Committee, 2010 - Present
Member, Faculty Senate, 2008 - 2014
Member, Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery Program Income Advisory Committee, 2008 - Present
Member, UTHSC-MDACC GSBS Medical Physics Program Steering Committee, 2008 - 2014
Member, Division of Diagnostic Imaging Quality Control Committee, 2007 - 2012
Member, Division of Diagnostic Imaging MR Safety Committee, 2007 - 2013
Honors & Awards
| 2017 | Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| 2008 | The John S. Laughlin Science Council Research Symposium |
| 2005 - 2006 | Nomination, Robert M. Chamberlain Distinguished Mentor Award |
| 2002 | Aaron M. Blanchard Research Award in Medical Physics |
| 2002 | Alfred Knudson Outstanding Dissertation Award |
| 2001 | First Place, American Association of Physicists in Medicine John C. Cameron Young Investigator Competition |
| 2000 | American College of Medical Physics Graduate Student Award |
| 1996 | Second Place, SCANNING Eighth Annual International Scientific Meeting student poster competition |
| 1995 | Jean S. Hirayama Scholarship |
| 1994 | California State University at Fresno School of Natural Sciences Outstanding Student in Physics Award |
| 1993 | Hugh William Miles Memorial Scholarship in Physical Science |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Formal Peers
- 2022. MR Safety Considerations for Patients with Implants. Invited. Boston, MA, US.
- 2017. MRI-Guided Thermal Therapy and Interventions. Invited. Goiania, Goias, BR.
- 2014. MRI for Minimally Invasive Therapy. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. MRI-Guided Interventions and Therapy. Invited. Madison, WI, US.
- 2010. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE-GUIDED THERMAL THERAPY AT MDACC. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. MR Imaging-Guided Laser-Induced Interventions at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Invited. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2009. MRI Guidance for Laser Induced Thermal Therapy in the Prostate. Invited. Toronto, CA.
- 2009. MR-Guidance of Thermal Therapy. Invited. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2007. MR-Guidance of Thermal Therapy. Invited. Frankfurt, DE.
- 2006. Overview of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Invited. Fresno, CA, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
| Title: | Intracellular Magnetic Hyperthermia using Superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles (SPINs) for Advanced Breast and Prostate Cancer Therapy |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | R01 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
| Title: | Development of State-of-the-Art Software Tools for Processing Multimodal Medical Images of Healthy and Diseased Human Hands |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 1R01EB034920-01A1 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2027 |
| Title: | Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Prospective Validation of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI as a Metric of Orodental Injury After Radiotherapy (QI-ProVE-MRI) |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Mentor |
| Date: | 2022 - 2026 |
| Title: | Enhanced Biomechanical Modeling of the Breast for Womens Health |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NIBIB |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5R01EB032533-02 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | Characterization of endovascular ablative therapies with computational modeling |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5R21CA260016-02 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2027 |
| Title: | Interdisciplinary Translational Pre/Postdoctoral Program in Cancer Nanotechnology |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-mentor |
| ID: | 5T32CA196561-08 |
| Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
| Title: | UTEP/UTMDA Partnership for Hispanic Cancer Disparities Research |
| Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | RP210153 |
| Date: | 2021 - 2023 |
| Title: | Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Artificial Intelligence Pipeline for Oropharyngeal Cancer Radiotherapy Treatment Guidance |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NIDCR |
| Role: | Other Significant Contributor |
| ID: | 5F31DE031502-02 |
| Date: | 2021 - 2023 |
| Title: | Project 3: Virtual Operating Center (VoC) at MDACC |
| Funding Source: | Siemens Healthcare |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| Date: | 2021 - 2022 |
| Title: | Computational Analysis to Improve Image Guided Head and Neck Treatment and Toxicity Assessment |
| Funding Source: | CCSG ROCIP Pilot Project |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2020 - 2025 |
| Title: | Multi-Parametric MRI Assessment of Brain Connectivity and Spectroscopic Biomarkers in Patients with a Substance Use Disorder |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NIDA |
| Role: | Co-Mentor |
| ID: | 5K23DA049216-03 |
| Date: | 2020 - 2023 |
| Title: | Multi-modal imaging to characterize the spatiotemporal evolution of thermochemical ablation |
| Funding Source: | SIR Foundation |
| Role: | Mentor |
| Date: | 2020 - 2023 |
| Title: | Project 1: Co-Development of Standardized MR Protocol Set |
| Funding Source: | Siemens Healthcare |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2018 - 2023 |
| Title: | Optimization and Evaluation of Anatomical Models of Liver Radiation Response |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5R01CA221971-05 |
| Date: | 2016 - 2021 |
| Title: | Simultaneous Thermal and Osmotic Stresses in Tumor Ablation: Imaging and Biology |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5R01CA201127-05 |
| Date: | 2015 - 2017 |
| Title: | Multi-modality MRI/CT Markers for Improved Assessment of Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | NIH/ C4 Imaging LLC |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 1R44CA199905-01 |
| Date: | 2015 - 2018 |
| Title: | Hemorrhagic versus Calcific Brain Lesion |
| Funding Source: | MDACC/General Electric Healthcare |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | WS#18 |
| Date: | 2015 - 2018 |
| Title: | Multifunctional Hollow Gold Nanospheres for Concurrent Photothermal-Chemotherapy |
| Funding Source: | Ocenan NanoTech, LLC/NIH |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 1R44CA196025-01 |
| Date: | 2015 - 2017 |
| Title: | Patient Specific Treatment Planning System for MR-Guided Thermal Therapy in Brain |
| Funding Source: | Medtronic, Inc |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | PA15-0091 |
| Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
| Title: | Assessment of the Feasibility of Acquisition of Candidate Imaging Biomarker Kinetics of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging during Chemoradiotherapy in Human Papilloma Virus-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas |
| Funding Source: | General Electric Healthcare/MDACC |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | No Assigned # |
| Date: | 2013 - 2014 |
| Title: | Deep Penetrating Release Nanoparticles as Tumor Radiosensitizers |
| Funding Source: | Focused Ultrasound Foundation |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2013 - 2015 |
| Title: | MRI for Minimally-Invasive Therapy |
| Funding Source: | General Electric Healthcare/MDACC |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | WS#6 |
| Date: | 2011 - 2013 |
| Title: | Multimodal Image Guided Interstitial Laser Therapy with Magneto-Fluorescent Nanostructures |
| Funding Source: | Alliance for NanoHealth Seed Grant |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | No Assigned # |
| Date: | 2010 - 2012 |
| Title: | Prospective 3D Treatment Planning for MR-Guided Laser Induced Thermal Therapy Procedures |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NIBIB |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | R21 EB010196 |
| Date: | 2010 - 2014 |
| Title: | Nanoparticle-Directed Photothermal Ablation of Primary Brain Tumors Guided by Magnetic Resonance Thermal Imaging |
| Funding Source: | Nanospectra/NIH |
| Role: | Subcontract PI |
| ID: | R01 CA151372 03 |
| Date: | 2009 - 2011 |
| Title: | Nanoparticle-Directed Ablation of Prostate Tumors |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2008 - 2009 |
| Title: | Evaluation of antitumor efficacy of laser stimulated release of paclitaxel from nanoshell microspheres administered intra-arterially into liver tumor in an animal model |
| Funding Source: | Mike Hogg Fund |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| Date: | 2008 - 2010 |
| Title: | A Study to Determine Correlation of MR Thermal Imaging to Actual Size of Ablation during Laser Ablation Therapy |
| Funding Source: | Biotex, Inc |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | CS2008-00023738LG |
| Date: | 2008 - 2009 |
| Title: | TVT Colon Tumor Model |
| Funding Source: | Covidien |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | LS2008-00023708LG |
| Date: | 2007 - 2009 |
| Title: | Magnetic Resonance Image Guidance for Minimally Invasive & Robotically Assisted Interventions |
| Funding Source: | UTMDACC |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | DKFZ-UTMDACC |
| Date: | 2006 - 2011 |
| Title: | Medical Physics Training Grant for Image-Guided Therapy Research |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | 1 T32 CA119930 03 |
| Date: | 2006 - 2007 |
| Title: | Interactive Image Guided Thermal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Subcontract PI |
| ID: | R44 AG19276-04 |
| Date: | 2006 - 2008 |
| Title: | Interactive Image-Guided Closed Loop Thermal Therapy System |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Subcontract PI |
| ID: | R44 CA079282 |
| Date: | 2006 - 2007 |
| Title: | Interactive Image Guided Thermal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | Subcontract PI |
| ID: | R44 CA79282 |
| Date: | 2005 - 2008 |
| Title: | TMRP – Dynamic Data-Driven System for Laser Treatment of Cancer |
| Funding Source: | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | CNS0540063 03 |
| Date: | 2005 - 2006 |
| Title: | Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with MR-Guided Laser Ablation |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| ID: | R43 CA101573 |
| Date: | 2004 - 2005 |
| Title: | MR-Guidance of Nanoshell-Mediated Laser Induced Thermal Therapy in Prostate |
| Funding Source: | UTMDACC SPORE |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2004 - 2006 |
| Title: | Interactive Image Guided Thermal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Subcontract PI |
| ID: | R44 AG019276 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Valenzuela RF, Duran-Sierra E, Antony M, Amini B, Lo S, Torres KE, Benjamin RS, Ma J, Hwang KP, Stafford RJ, Araujo D, Bishop AJ, Ratan R, Wang WL, Espinoza J, Valenzuela PV, Wu C, Madewell JE, Murphy WA Jr, Costelloe CM. Building a pre-surgical multiparametric-MRI-based morphologic, qualitative, semiquantitative, first and high-order radiomic predictive treatment response model for undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma to replace RECIST. Cancer Imaging 25(1):56, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40281609.
- McCullum L, Mulder S, West N, Aghoghovbia R, Ali AMS, Scott H, Salzillo TC, Ding Y, Dresner A, Subashi E, Ma D, Stafford RJ, Hwang KP, Fuller CD. Technical Development and In Silico Implementation of SyntheticMR in Head and Neck Adaptive Radiation Therapy: A Prospective R-IDEAL Stage 0/1 Technology Development Report. medRxiv, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39252894.
- Abdelsalam ME, Lu T, Baiomy A, Awad A, Odisio BC, Habibollahi P, Irwin D, Karam JA, Matin SF, Stafford J, Ahrar K. Magnetic resonance imaging-guided renal biopsy shows high safety and diagnostic yield: a tertiary cancer center experience. Eur Radiol. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38400904.
- Wang L, Ding Y, Bruno TL, Stafford RJ, Lin E, Bathala TK, Sanders JW, Ning MS, Ma J, Klopp AH, Venkatesan A, Wang J, Martirosyan KS, Frank SJ. A Novel Positive-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Line Marker for High-Dose-Rate (HDR) MRI-Assisted Radiosurgery (MARS). Cancers (Basel) 16(10), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38792000.
- Valenzuela RF, Duran-Sierra E, Canjirathinkal M, Amini B, Torres KE, Benjamin RS, Ma J, Wang WL, Hwang KP, Stafford RJ, Wu C, Zarzour AM, Bishop AJ, Lo S, Madewell JE, Kumar R, Murphy WA Jr, Costelloe CM. Perfusion-weighted imaging with dynamic contrast enhancement (PWI/DCE) morphologic, qualitative, semiquantitative, and radiomics features predicting undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) treatment response. Sci Rep 14(1):21681, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39289469.
- Jacobsen MC, Rigaud B, Simiele SJ, Rauch GM, Ning MS, Vedam S, Klopp AH, Stafford RJ, Brock KK, Venkatesan AM. Feasibility of quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging during intra-procedural MRI-guided brachytherapy of locally advanced cervical and vaginal cancers. Brachytherapy 22(6):736-745, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37612174.
- Head J, Development Cooperative NR, Salzillo TC, Dresner MA, Way A, Wahid KA, McDonald BA, Mulder S, Naser MA, He R, Ding Y, Yoder A, Ahmed S, Corrigan KL, Manzar GS, Andring L, Pinnix C, Stafford RJ, Mohamed ASR, Christodouleas J, Wang J, Fuller CD. Development and implementation of optimized endogenous contrast sequences for delineation in adaptive radiotherapy on a 1.5T MR-linear-accelerator: a prospective R-IDEAL stage 0-2a quantitative/qualitative evaluation of in vivo site-specific quality-assurance using a 3D T2 fat-suppressed platform for head and neck cancer. J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 10(6):065501, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37937259.
- Maheshwari E, Nougaret S, Stein EB, Rauch GM, Hwang KP, Stafford RJ, Klopp AH, Soliman PT, Maturen KE, Rockall AG, Lee SI, Sadowski EA, Venkatesan AM. Update on MRI in Evaluation and Treatment of Endometrial Cancer. Radiographics:220070. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36018785.
- Jacobsen MC, Beriwal S, Dyer BA, Klopp AH, Lee SI, McGinnis GJ, Robbins JB, Rauch GM, Sadowski EA, Simiele SJ, Stafford RJ, Taunk NK, Yashar CM, Venkatesan AM. Contemporary image-guided cervical cancer brachytherapy: Consensus imaging recommendations from the Society of Abdominal Radiology and the American Brachytherapy Society. Brachytherapy 21(4):369-388, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35725550.
- Venkatesan AM, Mudairu-Dawodu E, Duran C, Stafford RJ, Yan Y, Wei W, Kundra V. Detecting recurrent prostate Cancer using multiparametric MRI, influence of PSA and Gleason grade. Cancer Imaging 21(1):3, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33407861.
- Chen HS, Jen ML, Hou P, Stafford RJ, Liu HL. A dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI digital reference object for testing software with leakage correction: Effect of background simulation. Med Phys 48(10):6051-6059, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34293208.
- Sen A, Fowlkes NW, Kingsley CV, Kulp AM, Huynh T, Willis BJ, Brewer Savannah KJ, Bordes MCA, Hwang KP, McCulloch MM, Stafford RJ, Contreras A, Reece G, Brock KK. Technical Note: Histological validation of anatomical imaging for breast modeling using a novel cryo-microtome. Med Phys 48(11):7323-7332, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34559413.
- Payne A, Chopra R, Ellens N, Chen L, Ghanouni P, Sammet S, Diederich C, Ter Haar G, Parker D, Moonen C, Stafford RJ, Moros E, Schlesinger D, Benedict S, Wear K, Partanen A, Farahani K. AAPM Task Group 241: A medical physicist's guide to MRI-guided focused ultrasound body systems. Med Phys 48(9):e772-e806, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34224149.
- Mitchell D, Hwang KP, Bankson JA, Stafford RJ, Banerjee S, Takei N, Fuentes D. An information theory model for optimizing quantitative magnetic resonance imaging acquisitions. Phys Med Biol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32947269.
- Ger RB, Yang J, Ding Y, Jacobsen MC, Cardenas CE, Fuller CD, Howell RM, Li H, Stafford RJ, Zhou S, Court LE. Synthetic head and neck and phantom images for determining deformable image registration accuracy in magnetic resonance imaging. Med Phys. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30007075.
- Melancon MP, Zhou M, Zhang R, Xiong C, Allen P, Wen X, Huang Q, Wallace M, Myers JN, Stafford RJ, Liang D, Ellington AD, Li C. Selective uptake and imaging of aptamer- and antibody-conjugated hollow nanospheres targeted to epidermal growth factor receptors overexpressed in head and neck cancer. ACS Nano. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24754567.
- Lim TY, Stafford RJ, Kudchadker RJ, Sankaranarayanapillai M, Ibbott G, Rao A, Martirosyan KS, Frank SJ. MRI characterization of cobalt dichloride-N-acetyl cysteine (C4) contrast agent marker for prostate brachytherapy. Phys Med Biol 59(10):2505-2516. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24778352.
- Carpentier A, McNichols RJ, Stafford RJ, Guichard JP, Reizine D, Delaloge S, Vicaut E, Payen D, Gowda A, George B. Laser thermal therapy: real-time MRI-guided and computer-controlled procedures for metastatic brain tumors. Lasers Surg Med. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22109661.
- Melancon MP, Elliott AM, Shetty A, Huang Q, Stafford RJ, Li C. Near-infrared light modulated photothermal effect increases vascular perfusion and enhances polymeric drug delivery. J Control Release. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21763373.
- Taylor BA, Elliott AM, Hwang KP, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Correlation between the temperature dependence of intrinsic MR parameters and thermal dose measured by a rapid chemical shift imaging technique. NMR Biomed. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21721063.
- Hirsch LR, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, Sershen SR, Rivera B, Price RE, Hazle JD, Halas NJ, West JL. Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100(23):13549-54. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14597719.
Review Articles
- Pedrosa I, Altman DA, Dillman JR, Hoff MN, McKinney AM, Reeder SB, Rogg JM, Stafford RJ, Webb JA, Hernandez DL, Watson RE. American College of Radiology Manual on MR Safety: 2024 Update and Revisions. Radiology 315(1):e241405, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40167436.
Other Articles
- Valenzuela RF, Duran-Sierra E, Antony M, Amini B, Lo S, Torres KE, Hwang K, Ma J, Stafford R, Ratan R, Madewell JE, Araujo D, Murphy Jr WA, Costelloe CM A follow-up study on the novel use of contrast-enhanced susceptibility-weighted imaging for extremity desmoid fibromatosis response assessment. Scientific Reports, 2025. PMID: 40594237.
- Sacks, Michael, Thomas, Benjamin, Goodbrake, Christian, Webb, Aldan, Kingsley, CHarles, Stafford, Jason, Reece, Gregory, Brock, Kristy A Novel Diffusion Tensor Based Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for Human Breast Tissue, 2025.
- Stafford R Perfusion-weighted imaging with dynamic contrast enhancement (PWI/DCE) morphologic, qualitative, semiquantitative, and radiomics features predicting undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) treatment response". Scientific Reports.
Abstracts
- Stafford R, Walker C, Briere T, Yung J. QA Aspects of MRI for Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Proceedings of the Radiological Society of North America, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Salzillo, T T, Dresner, M, Way, A, Wahid, K, McDonal, B, Mulder, S, Nasere, M, He, R, Ding, Y, Yoder, A, Ahmed, S, Corrigan, K, Gohar, M, Andring, A, Pinnix, C, Stafford, J. Development and implementation of optimized endogenous contrast sequences for delineation in adaptive radiotherapy on a 1.5T MR-linear-accelerator: a prospective R-IDEAL stage 0-2a quantitative/qualitative evaluation of in vivo site-specific quality-assurance using a 3D T2 fat-suppressed platform for head and neck cancer. Journal of Medical Imaging 10(6), 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Jacobsen M, Thompson E, Fahrenholtz S, MacLellan C, Stafford J, Cressman E, Layman R. Feasibility of CT thermometry of laser ablations in ex-vivo porcine liver. Proceedings of the Society for Thermal Medicine 36th Annual Meeting, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Fuentes D, Fahrenholtz S, Guo C, Thompson E, Jacobsen M, Layman R, Stafford J, Cressman E. Mathematical model developments for thermoembolization. Proceedings of the Society for Thermal Medicine 36th Annual Meeting, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Lim TY, Kudchadker RJ, Wang J, Stafford R, Bruno TL, Bathala TK, Mahmood U, Pugh TJ, Ibbott G, Frank SJ. Initial patient experience with positive-contrast MRI markers for low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy 14(1):S35, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Dextraze K, Ahrar J, Ninan E, Ahrar K, Stafford RJ. A Statistical Model of the Relationship between Iceball and Perfusion Deficit Visualized during MRI-guided Cryoablation. Proceedings of the RSNA 100th Scientific Assembly, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Alzubaidi S, Ahrar JU, Javadi S, Gupta S, Stafford RJ, Ahrar K. MRI-guided biopsy using a cylindrical high-field-strength magnet: experience with 303 biopsies in 294 patients. J Vasc Interv Radiol 24:S96, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Hsieh C, Stafford RJ, Reeve D. Phase imaging measurement of static magnetic field homogeneity, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Fahrenholtz S, Fuentes D, Hazle J, Stafford RJ. Uncertainty quantification by generalized polynomial chaos for MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Melancon M, Stafford RJ, Avritscher R, Bankson J, Vykoukal J, Hazle J, Li C. MR imaging for SPIO labeled adipose-derived stem cell as a theranostic approach to management of liver injury, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Stafford RJ, McNichols RJ, Gowda A, Ninan E, Teniente Y, Ahrar K. Temperature monitoring of laser ablation of bone lesions. Proceedings of the Radiological Society of North America 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Fuentes DT, Yung J, Elliott AE, Hazle JD, R Stafford RJ. Kalman filtered MR temperature imaging. Proceedings of the international society for magnetic resonance in medicine 19th scientific meeting & exhibition, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Taylor BA, Loeffler R, Song R, Stafford RJ, McCarville R, Hankins J, Hillenbrand C. Measurement of field inhomogeneity and susceptibility effects for liver iron quantification in patients with iron overload. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 19th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Maier F, Krafft A, Stafford RJ, Yung J, Dillmann R, Semmler W, Bock M. 3D passive marker tracking for MR-guided intervention. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 19th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Yung J, F Maier F, Fuentes DT, Krafft A, Elliott AE, Bock M, Hazle JD, Semmler W, Stafford RJ. Model based correction of triggered MR thermometry for LITT. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 19th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Yung JP, Fuentes D, Elliott AM, Stafford RJ, and Hazle JD. Model assisted MR thermometry for laser induced thermal therapy. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX October 6-9, 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Fuentes D, Yung J, Elliott A, Hazle J, Stafford, RJ. Real-time model assisted MR temperature imaging for monitoring LITT procedures. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX October 6-9, 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Taylor B, Yung J, Elliott A, Hazle J, Stafford R. Measurement of the temperature response of multiple intrinsic MR parameters using a rapid chemical shift imaging technique, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Stafford R, Pan L, Ahrar K. Preliminary experience with real-time multiplanar bSSFP sequence for MR-guided intervention, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Melancon MP, Lu W, Elliott AE, Taylor BA, Huang Q, Hazle JD, Ng CS, Stafford RJ. MRI-guided thermal ablation using multimodality, multifunctional SPIO@au nanoshell targeted to epidermal growth factor receptors, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Lu W, Melancon MP, Xiong C, Huang Q, Elliott A, Stafford, RJ, Ku G, Gelovani JG, Li C. Brain tumor theranostics: photoacoustic tomography-guided thermal ablation mediated with targeted hollow gold nanosphers (HAuNS), 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Fuentes D, Elliott A, Hazle J, Stafford R. MR temperature imaging validation of a bioheat transfer model for 3D prospective planning of LITT, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Stafford R, Maier F, Krafft A, Bock M, Winkel A, Ahrar K. Phase only cross-correlation tracking of a passive marker for MR-guided interventions, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Navkar NV, Tsekos NV, Stafford JR, Weinberg JS, Deng Z. Visualization and planning of neurosurgical interventions with straight access. Proceedings of Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions First International Conference, IPCAI 2010, Geneva, Switzerland, June 23, 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Taylor, Allen B, Elliott, Andrew M, Hwang, Ken-Pin, Hazle, John D, Stafford, Jason R. Multi-parametric monitoring of thermal ablations using rapid chemical shift imaging. Proceedings of the ISMRM-ESMRMB Joint Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1-7 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Fuentes, David, Feng, Yusheng, Elliott, Andrew M, Shetty, Anil, McNichols, Roger, Oden, Tinsley J, Stafford, Jason R. Real-time bioheat transfer models for computer driven MR guided LITT. Proceedings of the ISMRM-ESMRMB Joint Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1-7 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Hwang, Ken-Pin, Zhang, Zhenghui, Reed, Brandy J, Underwood, Michelle L, Stafford, Jason R, Tinkey, Peggy T, Alsop, David C, Uthamanthil, Rajesh. SSFSE sequence for fast elastography in the presence of susceptibility. Proceedings of the ISMRM-ESMRMB Joint Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1-7 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Stafford, Jason R, Maier, Florian, Krafft, Joachim A, Bock, Michael, Winkel, Axel, Ahrar, Kamran. Phase only cross-correlation tracking of a passive marker for MR-guided interventions. Proceedings of the ISMRM-ESMRMB Joint Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1-7 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Navkar, Nikhil, Deng, Zhigang, Stafford, Jason R, Weinberg, Jeffrey, Tsekos, Nikolaos V. A Method for Planning Interventions in the Brain with Straight Access Paths. Proceedings of the ISMRM-ESMRMB Joint Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1-7 2010, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Shetty A, Schwartz JA, Yung J, Price RE, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Gold nanoshell mediated heating Of brain tumors, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Elliott AE, Shetty A, Melancon M, Xiaojun J, Taylor BA, Hazle JD, Li C, Stafford RJ. MRTI evaluation of SPIO core gold coated nanoshells for thermal therapy and as T2* contrast agent, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Fuentes DT, Elliott AE, Shetty A, Walker C, Stafford RJ. Thermal image reconstruction of in vivo nanoparticle concentrations for MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy optimization, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Krafft A, Maier F, Jenne J, Semmler W, Stafford RJ, Huber P, Bock M. Robotically assisted focal spot scanning MRgFUS: initial in vivo experiments, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Tian M, Silva G, Marini F, Zheng Y, Baimbridge F, Quan X, Jackson J, Paolillo V, Mukhopadhyay U, Alauddin M, Borne A, Uthamanthil R, Brammer D, Najjar A, Soghomonyan S, Jeong H, Rios J, Mawlawi O, Pan T, Stafford R, Kundra V, Li C, Shpall E, Perin E, Gelovani J. Long-term monitoring of persistence, migration and differentiate of HSV1-tk expressed mesenchymal stem cells in an ischemia-reperfusion porcine model with 18F-FEAU PET/CT and MRI, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Taylor BA, Hwang K, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Performance of the Steighlitz-McBride Algorithm for Spectral Parameter Estimation from a Rapid Multi-Gradient Echo Acquisition. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Taylor BA, Elliott AM, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Multiparametric monitoring of chemical ablatons using a rapid chemical shift imaging technique. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Krafft AJ, Florian M, Zamecnik P, de Olivira A, Jurgen J, Stafford RJ, Ahrar K, Winkel A, Semmler W, Bock M. Automatic passive tracking of an manually steerable instrument holder for MR-guided interventions applied in LITT. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Stafford RJ, Retics B, Roth A, Lorenz CH, Krafft AJ, Bock M, Ahrar K. Tracking system for real-time MR-guided percutaneous interventions at 1.5T. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Elliott AM, Shetty AM, McNichols R, Fuentes D, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Magnetic resonance guided laser thermal therapy with finite element simulation for treatment planning. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Stafford RJ, Krafft AJ, McNichols RJ, Gowda A, Bock M, Hazle JD. Localized FFT phase-correction algorithm for improved real-time PRF shift thermometry. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Yung J, Shetty AM, Springer AC, Weinberg J, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Comparison of Thermal Dose Models in Canine Brain Using the Dice Similarity Coefficient. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Javadi S, Stafford RJ, Ahrar JU, Gupta S, Wallace MJ, Pan L, Ahrar K. Real-time MR-guided percutaneous interventions in a dedicated 1.5T clinical suite. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Taylor BA, Elliott AM, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. MR-guided thermal ablation in bone using a rapid chemical shift imaging technique. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shetty AM, Melancon MP, Elliott AM, Huang Q, Wen X, Li C, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Perfusion changes following EGFR targeted hollow gold-nanoshell mediated heating of tumors. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Ai H, Taylor BA, Elliott AM, LePetross H, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Initial evaluation of a fast chemical shift thermometry technique in the breast. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Feng Y, Fuentes D, Stafford RJ, Tinsley O. Model-based real-time control for laser induced thermal therapy with applications to prostate cancer treatment. Proceedings of SPIE 7175, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Martirosyan KS, Stafford RJ, Elliott AM, Frank SJ. PMMA/SWCNT composites for prostate brachytherapy MRI contrast agent markers. Technical Proceedings of the NanoTech 2:44-47, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Ahrar J, Javadi S, Valenzuela Y, Gupa S Stafford RJ, Ahrar K. MRI-Guided Biopsy Using a High Field Strength Magnet: Initial Experience with 95 Patients, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Melancon MP, Elliiott AM, Shetty AM, Taylor BA, Xiaojun J, Huang Q, Gelovani J, Stafford RJ, Li C. Theragnostics with magnetic gold nanoshells: photothermal therapy and T2* magnetic resonance imaging, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Melancon MP, Shetty AM, Huang Q, Williams R, Wen X, Elliott AM, Gelovani J, Stafford RJ, Li C. Hollow gold nanospheres (HGNSs) mediated hyperthermia causes increased vascular perfusion in tumors for enhanced delivery of polymeric drug, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Krafft AJ, Jenne JW, Maier F, Rauschenbert J, Stafford RJ, Semmler W, Bock M. Robotic assisted HIFU thermotherapy under MR guidance, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Ahrar K, Stafford RJ, Ahrar J, Javdi S, Valenzuela Y. Invited talk: Implementation of clinical MR services: MR-guided biopsy techniques, A clinical perspective, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Shetty AM, Black PC, Coss EE, Dinney CP, Gelovani J, Stafford RJ. Utilization of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) to understand variability in bioluminescence measurements in orthopedic bladder tumors, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Melancon MP, Lu W, Zhi Y, Zhang R, Elliott AM, Shetty AM, Stafford RJ, Olson T, Gelovani J, Zhang J, Li C. In vitro and in vivo targeting of hollor gold nanospheres (HGNSs) direted at EGF receptors, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Diagaradjane P, Shetty AM, Wang J, Schwartz J, Park H, Deorukhkar A, Stafford RJ. Modulation of in vivo tumor radiation response via vascular-focused hyperthermia-characterizing gold nanoshells as integrated anti-hypoxic and localized vascular disrupting agents. Proceedings of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 50th Annual Meeting, International Journal of Radiation Boston Massachusettes, OncologyBiologyPhysics, September 21-25 72(1):S64-S64, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Shetty AM, Elliott AM, Schwartz JA, Wang J, Coss EE, Klumpp S, Gelovani J, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Use of DCE-MRI to evaluate perfusion changes in prostate tumors induced by gold nanoshell mediated heating, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Wong FC, Ahrar K, Wong AC, Stafford RJ, Mawlawi O, Wong BS, Tinkey P. A canine cTVT model for metabolic imaging of tumors, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Parmeswaran D, Shetty AM, Wang J, Elliiott AM, Schwartz J, Shujun S, Park HC, Deorukhkar A, Stafford RJ, Cho SH, Tunnell JW, Hazle JD, Krishnan S. Enhanced radiation treatment efficacy induced by optically activated gold nanoshell mediated mild hyperthermia: An anti-hypoxic and vascular disrupting effect, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Shetty AM, Weinberg J, McNichols R, Gowda A, Yung J, Klumpp S, Uthamanthil R, Borne A, Elliott A, Hazle J, Stafford RJ. Predictive capabilities of thermal damage model for real time MR Monitored Interstitial Laser Treatment in a Canine Brain Model, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Taylor BA, Shetty AM, Elliott AM, Springer AC, Hwang KP, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Image-guided thermal ablation in bone using dynamic chemical shift imaging, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Springer A, Shetty A, Elliott AM, Paquet M, Wang J, Scwartz J, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Nanoshell-mediated laser induced thermal therapy in an in vivo model, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Marsh R, Stafford RJ, Reeve D. Potential sources of variation in quantitative ultrasound quality control measurements, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Shetty AM, McNichols R, Gowda A, Klumpp S, Elliott A, Borne A, Brammer D, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Validation of Percutaneous MRI-Guided Laser Ablation With Real-Time MR Temperature Monitoring iin a Canine Prostate Model. Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Taylor BA, Hwang K, Elliott AM, Shetty AM, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. A high spatiotemporal chemical shift imaging technique for MR-guided thermal therapy with multi-parametric monitoring capabilities. Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Kraftt A, Jenne J, Rauschenberg J, Semmler W, Stafford RJ, Bock M. MR-guided HIFU thermotherapy with a robotic assistance system. Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Shetty AM, Price RE, Schwartz J, Uthamanthil R, Wang J, Elliiott A, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Evaluation of nanoshell mediated tumor ablation with real-time multiplanar MR temperature imaging in a canine brain tumor model. Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Stafford RJ, McNichols RJ, Gowda A, Hazle JD. A fast phase-correction algorithm for improved real-time PRF shift thermometry. Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Elliott AM, Shetty AM, Melancon M, Ji X, Taylor BA, Hazle JD, Li C, Stafford RJ. MRTI evaluation of SPIO core gold coated nanoshells for thermal therapy and as T2* contrast agent. Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, Proceedings 16th Scientific Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Taylor BA, Hwang KP, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. A novel approach to multi-parametric dynamic chemical shift imaging (Young Investigator Finalist), 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Martirosyan K, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, Frank SJ. Encapsulated contrast agent marker (ECAM) for MRI prostate brachytherapy. Proceedings of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA March 9-13, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Elliott AM, Wang J, Shetty AM, Schwartz J, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Nanoscale imaging, sensing, and actuation for biomedical applications V. Proceedings of SPIE 6865, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Shetty AM, Elliott AM, Schwartz JA, Wang J, Esparza-Coss E, Klumpp S, Taylor B, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Use of Gold Nanoshells to Mediate Heating Induced Perfusion Changes in Prostate Tumors. Proceedings of SPIE 6865, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Krafft AJ, de Oliveria A, Maier F, Jenne JW, Zamecnik P, Stafford RJ, Ahrar K, Winkel A, Semmler W, Bock M. A highly flexible holder system for percutaneous interventions: Application in in vivo needle and ex vivo LITT experiments, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Diagaradjane P, Shetty AM, Wang J, Elliott A, Schwartz J, Shentu S, Park C, Deorukhkar A, Stafford RJ, Cho S. Gold nanoshell mediated hyperthermia enhances the efficacy of radiation therapy. Proceedings of SPIE 6865, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Elliott AM, Wang J, Shetty AM, Schwartz J, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Gold nanoshell thermal confinement of conformal laser thermal therapy in liver metastasis. Proceedings of SPIE 6865, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Elliott AM, Scwartz J, Wang J, Shetty A, O'Neal DO, Bourgoyne C, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. Comparison of optical diffusion approximation and delta P1 approximation models for laser fluence in cancer treatment, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Shetty A, Najjar A, Elliott A, Springer A, Stafford J, Diller K, Gelovani J, Hazle J. Validation of a dual reporter sytem for in-vivo heat-mediated HSP70 expression in prostate tumor. Proceedings of SPIE 6842, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Elliott AM, Hazle JD, Li C, Stafford RJ. Modeling laser thermal therapy output for nanoshell heating using a natural coordinate system. Proceedings of SPIE 6865, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Stafford RJ, Shetty AM, Elliott AM, Scwartz J, Melancon MP, Li C, Hazle JD. Characterization of gold nanoshells for thermal therapy using MRI (Presented in The 2008 John S. Laughlin Science Council Research Symposium), 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Oden JT, Fuentes D, Diller KR, Hazle JD, Elliott AM, Shetty AM, Stafford RJ. Computational modeling and real-time control of patient-specific laser treatment of cancer, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Ibbott G, Heart M, Wang X, Gillin M, Taylor B, Stafford RJ. Evaluation of gel dosimeters in proton beams, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Stafford RJ, McNichols RJ, Gowda A, Elliott AM, Shetty AM, Hazle JD. A closed-looped guidance of laser induced thermal therapy using MRI, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Stafford RJ, Elliott AM, Shetty AM, Wang J, Hazle JD. Nanoparticle enhanced laser induced thermal therapy in liver: simulation, phantom and ex vivo investigation of feasibility, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Bajaj C, Oden JT, Diller KR, Browne JC, Hazle JD, Babuska I, Bass J, bidaut L, Demkowicz L, Elliott AM, Feng Y, Fuentes D, Kwon B, Prudhomme S, Stafford RJ, Zhang Y. Using cyber-infrastructure for dynamic data driven laser treatment of cancer, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Shetty AM, Black PC, Esparza-Coss E, Stafford RJ, Elliiott AM, Dinney CP, Hazle JD. Evaluation of variability in bioluminescence measurements in orthotopic bladder tumors with dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI), 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Elliott AM, Stafford RJ, Shetty AM, Hazle JD, Schwartz J, Wang J, Bourgoyne C, O'Neal DP. MR temperature imaging for development and validation of 3D light propagation models in the presence of gold-silica nanoshells for thermal therapy treatment planning, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Arhar K, Sanaz J, Stafford RJ, Ahrar J, Gowda A, McNichols R. Education exhibit: Principles of laser induced thermal therapy, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Elliott AM, Stafford RJ, Shetty AM, Schwartz JA, Wang J, Bourgoyne C, O'Neal PD, Hazle JD. Characterization of laser-induced thermal response of microshells for cancer treatment using magnetic-resonance temperature imaging, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Kappadath SC, Stafford RJ, Elliott AM, Whitmen GJ. Magnetic resonance image-guided breast biopsy equipment in a 3.0-T environment: safety and image artifact evaluations, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Gowda A, Borne A, Fox M, McNichols R, Stafford RJ, Ahrar K. Rapid interstitial laser ablation in a subcutaneous tumor model, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Le-Petross H, Carkaci S, Stafford RJ, Elliott AM, Jackson EF. 1.5-T and 3.0-T Magnetic resonance imaging artificats from breast biopsy clips, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Stafford RJ, Weinberg JS, McNichols RJ, gowda A, Shetty AM, Elliott AM. MR-Guided laser induced thermal therapy in normal canine brain: Pre-clinical device evaluation, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Martirosyan KS, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, Frank SJ. Encapsulated contrast agent marker (ECAM) for MRI prostate bracytherapy, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Marsh R, Bankson JA, Patel N, Stafford RJ, Terry N, Hazle JD. Analysis of high B-value diffusion data may highlight in-vivo cellular changes, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Shetty AM, Stafford RJ, Esparza-Coss E, Elliott AM, Hazle JD. Growth and initial area under curve correlation data from DCE-MRI for treatment planning and monnitoring in Orthotopic tumor models, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Elliott AM, Stafford RJ, Shetty A, O'Neal P, Bourgoyne C, Hazle JD. Characterization of thermal response of light activated nanoshells in phantom using MR temperature imaging, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Stafford RJ, Shetty A, Elliott AM, Paquet M, Schwartz J, Hazle JD. Magnetic resonance temperature imaging of light activated nanoshell thermal therapy. Proceedings of the Society of Thermal Medicine, Bethesda, MD, April 6-8, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Shetty AM, Stafford RJ, Esparza-Coss E, Andtbacka R, Brown G, Black P, Metwalli A, McConkey D, Dinney C, Hazle J. Poster of special merit: High frequency ultrasound to monitor murine orthotopic bladder cancer model: An alternative to magnetic resonance imaging, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Shetty A, Stafford RJ, Elliott AM, Kassouf W, Brown GA, Pisters LA, Stephens LC, Tinkey PL, Bidaut L, Hazle JD. Three-dimensional MR tracking of convective therapy distribution in prostate (First Place Award for Interventional Poster Presentation), 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Stafford RJ, Hwang KP, Elliott AM, shetty AM. Temperature imaging using an aliased fat-water fast chemical shift acquisition #1430, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- O'Neal DP, Stafford RJ, Hazle JD. Magnetic resonance temperature imaging of nanoshell photo-thermal therapy, nanobiophotonics and biomedical applications III. Proceedings of SPIE 6095, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Tinsley JO, Diller KR, Bajaj C, Browne JC, Hazle JD, Babuska IJ, Bass J, Demkowicz LF, Feng Y, Fuentes D, Prudehomme S, Rylander MN, Stafford RJ, Zhang Y. Development of a computational paradigm for laser treatment of cancer 3:530-537, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Ahrar K, Stafford RJ, Tinkey PT, Stephens LC, Wallace MJ, Wright KC. Evaluation of cerebral microemboli during radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors in a canine model, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Yuan Q, Stafford RJ, Jackson EF. Diffusion imaging of breast in vivo at 3.0 T using a single-shot EPI sequence with partially parallel imaging technique. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 13th Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 7-13:366, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Rylander MN, Feng Y, Diller KR, Stafford RJ, Hazle JD, Bass J. Optimal hyperthermia protocol design through inverse modeling for prostate cancer treatment By controlling HSP expression. Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, Vail, CO, III-76, June 22-26, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- McNichols RJ, a G, Gelnett MD, Stafford RJ. Percutaneous MRI-guided laser therapy in canine prostate. Proceedings of SPIE 5686:214-225, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Stafford RJ, O'Neal DP, Hazle JD. Magnetic resonance temperature imaging of light activated nanoshell thermal therapy. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 13th Scientific Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, May 7-13:31, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- McNichols JR, Gowda A, Ahrar K, Stafford RJ, Price ER, Hazle DJ. Feasibility of percutaneous vertebroplasty with MR-guided laser ablation. Proceedings of SPIE 5312:433-444, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- McNichols RJ, Gowda A, Stafford RJ, Price ER, Hazle JD. MRI-guided laser thermal therapy in the prostate: preliminary results. Proceedings of SPIE 5312:94-104, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Stafford RJ, McNichols RJ, Gowda A, Price RE, Hazle JD. Evaluation of a prototype MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy device for prostate ablation. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Medical Physics 31 (6):1817, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Stafford RJ, Tanaka N, Price RE, Rosser CJ, Tanaka M, Pisters LL, Hazle JD. MR imaging of intraprostatic gene therapy vector delivery techniques in an ex vVivo canine model. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Medical Physics 30(6):1460, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Hirsch LR, Stafford RJ, Price RE, Hazle JD, Halas NJ, West JL. Targeted hyperthermic cancer therapy using immunoconjugated nanoshells, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Hirsch LR, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, Sershen SR, Price RE, Hazle JD, Halas NJ, West JL. Photothermal tumor therapy using metal nanoshells, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Bagrecha N, Stafford RJ, Hazle JD, Jiang T, Zouridakis G. Graphical user interface for MRI-guided ablative thermal therapy, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Ma J, Bankson JA, Stafford RJ. Multipoint dixon imaging using sensitivity encoding. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 11th Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada, #1069, July 10-16, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Bagrecha N, Pavlidis I, Tsiamyrtzis P, Stafford RJ, Hazle JD, Zouridakis G. Segmentation and tracking algorithm for visualization during MRI-guided ablative thermal therapy, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Hirsch LR, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, Sershen SR, Price RE, Hazle JD, Halas NL, West JL. Photothermal tumor therapy using metal nanoshells, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Ma J, Choi H, Stafford RJ. Silicone prosthesis imaging using an inversion recovery fast spin echo and fast dixon technique. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 11th Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada, #285, July 10-16, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Stafford RJ, Hirsch LR, Price RE, Rivera B, Sershen SR, West JL, Hazle JD. Magnetic resonance-guided extracorporeal laser mediated thermal therapy of intratumoral gold nanoshell particle injections. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 11th Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada, #86, July 10-16, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Stafford RJ, Tanaka N, Price RE, Rosser CJ, Tanaka M, Pisters LL, Hazle JD. MR imaging of intraprostatic gene therapy vector delivery techniques in an ex vivo canine model. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 11th Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada, #1172, July 10-16, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Stafford RJ, Hazle JD. Dynamic updating of spiral interleaves for magnetic resonance temperature imaging. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 10th Scientific Meeting, Honolulu, HI, #2212, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Bagrecha N, Stafford RJ, Hazle JD, Zouridakis G. Visualization during magnetic resonance imaging-guided thermal therapy. Proceedings Second Joint EMBS BMES Conference 2002, Houston, TX, October, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Bankson JA, Stafford RJ, Hazle JD. Partially parallel imaging with phase-sensitive data: increased temporal resolution for MR thermometry. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 10th Scientific Meeting, Honolulu, HI, #2404, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Hirsch L, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, Sershen S, Price R, Hazle JD, Halas N, West J. Nanoshell-based photothermally induced cancer therapy, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Stafford RJ, Hazle JD. Fast multi-planar magnetic resonance temperature imaging using multi-shot EPI and spiral acquisitions: sequence comparison and optimization. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 10th Scientific Meeting, Honolulu, HI, #2226, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Hazle JD, Stafford RJ, Rosser CJ, Price RE, Tanaka M, Tanaka N, Pisters LL. MR imaging of gene therapy vector delivery in ex vivo canine prostate. Proceedings of the Society of Molecular Imaging 1st Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Hirsch LR, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, Sershen SR, Price RE, Hazle JD, Halas N, West JL. Targeted photothermal tumor therapy using metal nanoshells. Proceedings Second Joint EMBS BMES Conference 2002, Houston, TX, October 1:530, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Kangasniemi M, Stafford RJ, Hazle JD. Dynamic Gadolinium uptake in experimental cerebral tumors and in thermally exposed canine brain tissue. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 10th Scientific Meeting, Honolulu, HI, #2222, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Stafford RJ, Diederich CJ, Price RE, Nau WH, Rivera B, Olsson LE, Hazle JD. MR guidance of tumor ablation in canine prostate using a transurethral ultrasound applicator. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 9th Scientific Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, #326, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Diederich CJ, Stafford RJ, Price RE, Hazle JD. Transurethral ultrasound thermal therapy (TRUSTT) with MR thermal monitoring in canine prostate in vivo. Proceedings of SPIE 4247:166, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Popple R, Stafford RJ, Starkschall G. Computer-assisted simulator-portal image registration. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, SU-II-EXH C-34, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Schomer D, Stafford RJ, Diederich CJ, Price RE, Kangasniemi M, Hazle JD. MR guided ablation of experimental brain tumors using a novel interstitial ultrasound applicator: a pilot study, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Stafford RJ, Hazle JD, Diederich CJ, Olsson LE, Price RE. Real-time MR temperature imaging of ultrasound thermal therapy using EPI. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, #6924, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Hazle JD, Price RE, Schomer DF, Stafford RJ, Olsson LE, Diederich CJ, Tyreus PD. MR guided interstitial ultrasound ablation of experimental brain tumors. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 9th Scientific Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, #2209, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Olsson LE, Stafford RJ, Diederich CJ, Hazle JD. Monitoring in fat with T2-weighted MRI. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, #6715, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Stafford RJ, Hazle JD. Interleaved gradient-echo planar imaging with fat suppression for MR temperature imaging. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 8th Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, #1335, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Hazle JD, Stafford RJ, Fenstermacher MJ, Price RE. MR guided focused ultrasound thermal therapy in a canine tumor model. Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 8th Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, #1362, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Schomer DF, Stafford RJ, Diederich CJ, Price RE, Hazle JD. Minimally invasive, image guided, tumor ablation in the brain with a novel intracavitary ultrasound applicator, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
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