Alan H. Stolpen, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Ainio C, Caruso G, Alessi S, Aiello AA, Petralia G, Rosanu MN, Ribero L, Causa-Andrieu PI, Colak C, Stolpen AH, De Vitis LA, Kumar A, Langstraat CL, McGree ME, Multinu F, Ostby SA, Schivardi G, Tapia AL, Colombo N, Aletti GD, Cliby WA. Predicting residual disease and extent of surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for ovarian cancer: Does the MSKCC model from the primary setting apply? Gynecol Oncol. 2026 Sep; 212:145-151 Epub 2026 Aug 18
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  2. Harms T, Park JM, Stolpen AH. Hepatobiliary Ascariasis. ACR Case-in- Point American College of Radiology. 2021.
  3. Hood MN, Blankholm AD, Stolpen AH. The Rise of Off-Label Iron-Based Agents in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Journal of Radiology Nursing. 2019; 38(1):38(1):38-41.
  4. Belay AA, Bellizzi AM, Stolpen AH. The role of T2*-weighted gradient echo in the diagnosis of tumefactive intrahepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis in myelodysplastic syndrome and diffuse hepatic iron overload: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2018 Jan 15; 12 (1):9
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  5. Essenmacher AC, Stolpen AH. A 29-year-old man presents with diffuse abdominal pain. ACR Case-in-Point. 2017 American College of Radiology. 2017.
  6. Fatima U, Gupta S, Firchau DJ, Stolpen AH, Sah R. A Rare Pericardial Malignancy. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Jul; 9 (7)
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  7. Soulez G, Bloomgarden DC, Rofsky NM, Smith MP, Abujudeh HH, Morgan DE, Lichtenstein RJ, Schiebler ML, Wippold FJ 2nd, Russo C, Kuhn MJ, Mennitt KW, Maki JH, Stolpen A, Liou J, Semelka RC, Kirchin MA, Shen N, Pirovano G, Spinazzi A. Prospective Cohort Study of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis in Patients With Stage 3-5 Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing MRI With Injected Gadobenate Dimeglumine or Gadoteridol. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Sep; 205(3):469-78.
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  8. Nepple KG, Rosevear HM, Stolpen AH, Brown JA, Williams RD. Concordance of preoperative prostate endorectal MRI with subsequent prostatectomy specimen in high-risk prostate cancer patients. Urol Oncol. 2013 Jul; 31 (5):601-6 Epub 2011 June 12
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  9. Asayama Y, Fang W, Stolpen A, Kuehn D. Detectability of pancreas divisum in patients with acute pancreatitis on multi-detector row computed tomography. Emerg Radiol. 2012 Apr; 19 (2):121-5 Epub 2011 Dec 14
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  10. Johnson RK, Premraj S, Patel SS, Wahle A, Stolpen A, Sonka M, Scholz TD. Quantitative assessment of the entire thoracic aorta from magnetic resonance images. Cardiol Young. 2011 Apr; 21 (2):170-7 Epub 2010 Dec 22
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  11. Ali S, Stolpen AH, Schmidt WN. Portosystemic encephalopathy due to mesoiliac shunt in a patient without cirrhosis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2010 May-Jun; 44 (5):381-3
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  12. Zhao F, Zhang H, Wahle A, Thomas MT, Stolpen AH, Scholz TD, Sonka M. Congenital aortic disease: 4D magnetic resonance segmentation and quantitative analysis. Med Image Anal. 2009 Jun; 13 (3):483-93 Epub 2009 Feb 21
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  13. Lockhart ME, Fielding JR, Richter HE, Brubaker L, Salomon CG, Ye W, Hakim CM, Wai CY, Stolpen AH, Weber AM. Reproducibility of dynamic MR imaging pelvic measurements: a multi-institutional study. Radiology. 2008 Nov; 249 (2):534-40 Epub 2008 Sept 16
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  14. Thomas CP, Erlandson JC, Edghill EL, Hattersley AT, Stolpen AH. A genetic syndrome of chronic renal failure with multiple renal cysts and early onset diabetes. Kidney Int. 2008 Oct; 74 (8):1094-9 Epub 2008 June 04
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  15. Nishie A, Stolpen AH, Obuchi M, Kuehn DM, Dagit A, Andresen K. Evaluation of locally recurrent pelvic malignancy: performance of T2- and diffusion-weighted MRI with image fusion. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Sep; 28 (3):705-13
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  16. Berry CJ, Johnson FL, Cabuay BM, Chase J, Stolpen AH, Bashir A, Gabriel-Griggs SM, Weiss RM. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Evanescent asymmetrical septal hypertrophy and rapidly progressive heart failure in a 32-year-old man. Circulation. 2008 Aug 19; 118 (8):e126-8
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  17. Nishie A, Obuchi M, Howe J, Dahmoush L, Stolpen A. Small islet cell tumour in the pancreas: diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted MRI. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2008 Aug; 52 (4):374-5
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  18. Lu X, Nadvoretskiy V, Bu L, Stolpen A, Ayres N, Pignatelli RH, Kovalchin JP, Grenier M, Klas B, Ge S. Accuracy and reproducibility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for assessment of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Jan; 21 (1):84-9 Epub 2007 July 12
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  19. Sheehan FH, Ge S, Vick GW 3rd, Urnes K, Kerwin WS, Bolson EL, Chung T, Kovalchin JP, Sahn DJ, Jerosch-Herold M, Stolpen AH. Three-dimensional shape analysis of right ventricular remodeling in repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jan 1; 101 (1):107-13
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  20. Rayhill SC, Wu YM, Katz DA, Voigt MD, Labrecque DR, Kirby PA, Mitros FA, Kalil RS, Miller RA, Stolpen AH, Schmidt WN. Older donor livers show early severe histological activity, fibrosis, and graft failure after liver transplantation for hepatitis C. Transplantation. 2007 Aug 15; 84 (3):331-9
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  21. Lu X, Nadvoretskiy V, Klas B, Bu L, Stolpen A, Ayres NA, Sahn DJ, Ge S. Measurement of volumetric flow by real-time 3-dimensional doppler echocardiography in children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 Aug; 20 (8):915-20 Epub 2007 June 06
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  22. van Beek EJ, Stolpen AH, Khanna G, Thompson BH. CT and MRI of pericardial and cardiac neoplastic disease. Cancer Imaging. 2007 Mar 5; 7 (1):19-26 Epub 2007 Mar 05
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  23. Obuchi M, Ishigami K, Takahashi K, Honda M, Mitsuya T, Kuehn DM, Stolpen AH, Brown BP, Nishie A. Gadolinium-enhanced fat-suppressed T1-weighted imaging for staging ureteral carcinoma: correlation with histopathology. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Mar; 188 (3):W256-61
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  24. Meinel LA, Stolpen AH, Berbaum KS, Fajardo LL, Reinhardt JM. Breast MRI lesion classification: improved performance of human readers with a backpropagation neural network computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Jan; 25 (1):89-95
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  25. Rayhill SC, Barbeito R, Katz D, Voigt M, Labrecque D, Kirby P, Miller R, Stolpen A, Wu Y, Schmidt W. A cyclosporine-based immunosuppressive regimen may be better than tacrolimus for long-term liver allograft survival in recipients transplanted for hepatitis C. Transplant Proc. 2006 Dec; 38 (10):3625-8
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  26. Cai Z, Stolpen A, Sharafuddin MJ, McCabe R, Bai H, Potts T, Vannier M, Li D, Bi X, Bennett J, Golzarian J, Sun S, Wang G, Bai EW. Bolus characteristics based on Magnetic Resonance Angiography. Biomed Eng Online. 2006 Oct 17; 5:53
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  27. Ryan GL, Stolpen A, Van Voorhis BJ. An unusual cause of adolescent dysmenorrhea. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Oct; 108 (4):1017-22
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  28. Lu D, Bai E, Liu J, Yu H, Wei Y, Cai Z, Sharafuddin MJ, Golzarian J, Stolpen A, Saba O, Vannier M, Wang G. Projection-based bolus detection for computed tomographic angiography. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2006 Sep-Oct; 30 (5):846-9
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  29. Halavaara J, Breuer J, Ayuso C, Balzer T, Bellin MF, Blomqvist L, Carter R, Grazioli L, Hammerstingl R, Huppertz A, Jung G, Krause D, Laghi A, Leen E, Lupatelli L, Marsili L, Martin J, Pretorius ES, Reinhold C, Stiskal M, Stolpen AH. Liver tumor characterization: comparison between liver-specific gadoxetic acid disodium-enhanced MRI and biphasic CT--a multicenter trial. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2006 May-Jun; 30 (3):345-54
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  30. Rayhill SC, Kirby PA, Voigt MD, La Brecque DR, Lutz CT, Katz DA, Mitros FA, Kalil RS, Miller RA, Stolpen AH, Heisey D, Wu YM, Schmidt WN. Positive serum cryoglobulin is associated with worse outcome after liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis C. Transplantation. 2005 Aug 27; 80 (4):448-56
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  31. Juweid ME, Wiseman GA, Vose JM, Ritchie JM, Menda Y, Wooldridge JE, Mottaghy FM, Rohren EM, Blumstein NM, Stolpen A, Link BK, Reske SN, Graham MM, Cheson BD. Response assessment of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by integrated International Workshop Criteria and fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Jul 20; 23(21):4652-61. Epub 2005 Apr 18.
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  32. Ishigami K, Stolpen AH, Al-Kass FM, Zhang Y, Rayhill SC, Katz DA, Abu-Yousef M. Diagnostic value of gadolinium-enhanced 3D magnetic resonance angiography in patients with suspected hepatic arterial complications after liver transplantation. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2005 Jul-Aug; 29 (4):464-71
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  33. Messerle L,, Nolting D, Bolinger L,, Stolpen AH, Mullan BF, Swenson D, Madsen M.. Transition metal cluster and polygadolinium compounds as a new paradigm for high attenuation and/or relaxivity in contrast media design: Crashing the molecular R1 = 100 barrier Academic Radiology. 2005; 12(6):546-547.
  34. Bu L, Munns S, Zhang H, Disterhoft M, Dixon M, Stolpen A, Sonka M, Scholz TD, Mahoney LT, Ge S. Rapid full volume data acquisition by real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography for assessment of left ventricular indexes in children: a validation study compared with magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Apr; 18 (4):299-305
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  35. Wang DS, Stolpen AH, Bird VG, Ishigami K, Rayhill SC, Winfield HN. Correlation of preoperative three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography with intraoperative findings in laparoscopic renal surgery. J Endourol. 2005 Mar; 19 (2):193-9
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  36. Ge S, Bu L, Zhang H, Schelbert E, Disterhoft M, Li X, Li X, Sahn D, Stolpen A, Sonka M. A real-time 3-dimensional digital Doppler method for measurement of flow rate and volume through mitral valve in children: a validation study compared with magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Jan; 18 (1):1-7
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  37. Ishigami K, Zhang Y, Rayhill S, Katz D, Stolpen A. Does variant hepatic artery anatomy in a liver transplant recipient increase the risk of hepatic artery complications after transplantation? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Dec; 183 (6):1577-84
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  38. Ishigami K, Stolpen AH, Sato Y, Dahmoush L, Winfield HN, Fajardo LL. Adrenal adenoma with organizing hematoma: diagnostic dilemma at MRI. Magn Reson Imaging. 2004 Oct; 22 (8):1157-9
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  39. Zhang H, Bu L, Stolpen A, Sonka M, Ge S. Real-time three-dimensional digital Doppler method based on Gaussian control surface for measurement of flow volumes International Congress Series. 2004; 1268(2004):1084-9.
  40. Ishigami K, Peterson JJ, Stolpen AH, Dahmoush L, Fajardo LL. Diffuse infiltrating neuroendocrine tumor of the uterus: MRI appearance. Journal of Women's Imaging. 2004; 6(2):6:85-88.
  41. Arbach L, Stolpen A, Reinhardt JM. Classification of breast MRI lesions using a backpropagation neural network (BNN) IEEE. 2004; 1:253-6.
  42. Yang F, Holzapfel G, Schulze-Bauer C, Stollberger R, Thedens D, Bolinger L, Stolpen A, Sonka M. Segmentation of wall and plaque in in vitro vascular MR images. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2003 Oct; 19 (5):419-28
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  43. Yang F, Holzapfel G, Schulze-Bauer C, Stollberger R, Thedens D, Bolinger L, Stolpen A, Sonka M. Vascular MR segmentation: wall and plaque Proceedings of SPIE; Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing. 2003; 5032(1):1667-75.
  44. Sharafuddin MJ, Stolpen AH, Dang YM, Andresen KJ, Roh BS. Comparison of MS-325- and gadodiamide-enhanced MR venography of iliocaval veins. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002 Oct; 13 (10):1021-7
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  45. Sharafuddin MJ, Stolpen AH, Dixon BS, Andresen KJ, Sun S, Lawton WJ. Value of MR angiography before percutaneous transluminal renal artery angioplasty and stent placement. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002 Sep; 13 (9 Pt 1):901-8
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  46. Sharafuddin MJ, Stolpen AH, Sun S, Leusner CR, Safvi AA, Hoballah JJ, Sharp WJ, Corson JD. High-resolution multiphase contrast-enhanced three-dimensional MR angiography compared with two-dimensional time-of-flight MR angiography for the identification of pedal vessels. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002 Jul; 13 (7):695-702
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  47. Hodroff MA, Stolpen AH, Denson MA, Bolinger L, Kreder KJ. Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis: the relationship with the Pelvic Organ Prolapse quantification staging system. J Urol. 2002 Mar; 167 (3):1353-5
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  48. Schoenberg SO, Essig M, Hallscheidt P, Sharafuddin MJ, Stolpen AH, Knopp MV, Yuh WT. Multiphase magnetic resonance angiography of the abdominal and pelvic arteries: results of a bicenter multireader analysis. Invest Radiol. 2002 Jan; 37 (1):20-8
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  49. Barnhart K, Pretorius ES, Stolpen A, Malamud D. Distribution of topical medication in the human vagina as imaged by magnetic resonance imaging. Fertil Steril. 2001 Jul; 76 (1):189-95
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  50. Barnhart KT, Stolpen A, Pretorius ES, Malamud D. Distribution of a spermicide containing Nonoxynol-9 in the vaginal canal and the upper female reproductive tract. Hum Reprod. 2001 Jun; 16 (6):1151-4
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  51. Axel L, Kolman L, Charafeddine R, Hwang SN, Stolpen AH. Origin of a signal intensity loss artifact in fat-saturation MR imaging. Radiology. 2000 Dec; 217 (3):911-5
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  52. Maki DD, Banner MP, Ramchandani P, Stolpen A, Rovner ES, Wein AJ. Injected periurethral collagen for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence: MR and CT appearance. Abdom Imaging. 2000 Nov-Dec; 25 (6):658-62
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  53. Ito K, Siegelman ES, Stolpen AH, Mitchell DG. MR imaging of complications after liver transplantation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000 Oct; 175 (4):1145-9
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  54. Siegelman ES, Charafeddine R, Stolpen AH, Axel L. Suppression of intravascular signal on fat-saturated contrast-enhanced thoracic MR arteriograms. Radiology. 2000 Oct; 217 (1):115-8
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  55. Charagundla SR, Duvvuri U, Noyszewski EA, Dandora R, Stolpen AH, Leigh JS, Reddy R. 17O-decoupled (1)H spectroscopy and imaging with a surface coil: STEAM decoupling. J Magn Reson. 2000 Mar; 143 (1):39-44
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  56. Metro MJ, Ramchandani P, Banner MP, Siegelman ES, Stolpen AH, Wein AJ, Rovner ES. Angiomyolipoma of the renal sinus: diagnosis by percutaneous biopsy. Urology. 2000 Feb; 55 (2):286
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  57. Insko EK, Siegelman ES, Stolpen AH. Subacute clot mimicking flow in a thrombosed arterial bypass graft on two-dimensional time-of-flight and three-dimensional contrast-enhanced MRA. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2000 Feb; 11 (2):192-4
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  58. Dockery WD, Stolpen AH. State-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging of the kidneys and upper urinary tract. J Endourol. 1999 Jul-Aug; 13 (6):417-23
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  59. Gilfeather M, Yoon HC, Siegelman ES, Axel L, Stolpen AH, Shlansky-Goldberg RD, Baum RA, Soulen MC, Schnall MD. Renal artery stenosis: evaluation with conventional angiography versus gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography. Radiology. 1999 Feb; 210 (2):367-72
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  60. Rizi RR, Charagundla SR, Song HK, Reddy R, Stolpen AH, Schnall MD, Leigh JS. Proton T1rho-dispersion imaging of rodent brain at 1.9 T. J Magn Reson Imaging. 1998 Sep-Oct; 8 (5):1090-6
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  61. Charagundla SR, Stolpen AH, Leigh JS, Reddy R. Off-resonance proton T1rho dispersion imaging of 17O-enriched tissue phantoms. Magn Reson Med. 1998 Apr; 39 (4):588-95
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  62. Slosman F, Stolpen AH, Lexa FJ, Schnall MD, Langlotz CP, Carpenter JP, Goldberg HI. Extracranial atherosclerotic carotid artery disease: evaluation of non-breath-hold three-dimensional gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1998 Feb; 170 (2):489-95
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  63. Stolpen AH, Reddy R, Leigh JS. 17O-decoupled proton MR spectroscopy and imaging in a tissue model. J Magn Reson. 1997 Mar; 125 (1):1-7
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  64. McDermott VG, Fernandez RJ, Meakem TJ 3rd, Stolpen AH, Spritzer CE, Gefter WB. Preoperative MR imaging in hyperparathyroidism: results and factors affecting parathyroid detection. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996 Mar; 166 (3):705-10
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  65. Mitchell DG, Stolpen AH, Siegelman ES, Bolinger L, Outwater EK. Fatty tissue on opposed-phase MR images: paradoxical suppression of signal intensity by paramagnetic contrast agents. Radiology. 1996 Feb; 198 (2):351-7
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  66. Reddy R, Stolpen AH, Charagundla SR, Insko EK, Leigh JS. 17O-decoupled 1H detection using a double-tuned coil. Magn Reson Imaging. 1996; 14 (9):1073-8
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  67. McDermott VG, Meakem TJ, Carpenter JP, Baum RA, Stolpen AH, Holland GA, Schnall MD. Magnetic resonance angiography of the distal lower extremity. Clin Radiol. 1995 Nov; 50 (11):741-6
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  68. Reddy R, Stolpen AH, Leigh JS. Detection of 17O by proton T1 rho dispersion imaging. J Magn Reson B. 1995 Sep; 108 (3):276-9
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  69. McDermott VG, Meakem TJ 3rd, Stolpen AH, Schnall MD. Prostatic and periprostatic cysts: findings on MR imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995 Jan; 164 (1):123-7
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  70. Stolpen AH. Case of the season. Spondyloarthropathy of renal dialysis. Semin Roentgenol. 1993 Apr; 28 (2):96-100
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  71. Stolpen AH, Brown CS, Golan DE. Characterization of microscopic laser beams by 2-D scanning of fluorescence emission. Appl Opt. 1988 Nov 1; 27 (21):4414-22
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  72. Stolpen AH, Golan DE, Pober JS. Tumor necrosis factor and immune interferon act in concert to slow the lateral diffusion of proteins and lipids in human endothelial cell membranes. J Cell Biol. 1988 Aug; 107 (2):781-9
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  73. Stolpen AH, Pober JS, Brown CS, Golan DE. Class I major histocompatibility complex proteins diffuse isotropically on immune interferon-activated endothelial cells despite anisotropic cell shape and cytoskeletal organization: application of fluorescence photobleaching recovery with an elliptical beam. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Mar; 85 (6):1844-8
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  74. Pober JS, Lapierre LA, Stolpen AH, Brock TA, Springer TA, Fiers W, Bevilacqua MP, Mendrick DL, Gimbrone MA Jr. Activation of cultured human endothelial cells by recombinant lymphotoxin: comparison with tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 1 species. J Immunol. 1987 May 15; 138 (10):3319-24
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  75. Stolpen AH, Guinan EC, Fiers W, Pober JS. Recombinant tumor necrosis factor and immune interferon act singly and in combination to reorganize human vascular endothelial cell monolayers. Am J Pathol. 1986 Apr; 123 (1):16-24
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