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Steve Allen Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED)

  • Allen S.P., Prada, F., Xu, Z.Y., et al. A Preclinical Study of Diffusion Weighted MRI Image Contrast as an Early Indicator of Thermal Ablation, Magn Reson Med 2019. Under Review
  • Allen, S. P., Steeves, T. , Fergusson, A. , Moore, D. , Davis, R. M., Vlaisialjevich, E. and Meyer, C. H. (2019), Novel acoustic coupling bath using magnetite nanoparticles for MRguided transcranial focused ultrasound surgery. Med. Phys. doi:10.1002/mp.13863
  • Quah, K, Poorman, ME, Allen, SP, Grissom WA. Simultaneous multislice MRI thermometry with a single coil using incoherent blipped-controlled aliasing. Magn Reson Med. 2019; 00: 1– 13.
  • Grissom, WA, Allen, SP. Reducing temperature errors in transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound using a reduced-field-of-view sequence. Magn Reson Med. 2019; 00: 1– 9.
  • Allen SP, Feng X, Fielden SW, Meyer CH. “Correcting image blur in spiral, retraced in/out (RIO) acquisitions using a maximized energy objective.” Magn Reson Med. 2019;81:1806–1817.
  • Sukovich, J.R., Cain, C.A., Pandey, A.S., Chaudhary, N., Camelo-Piragua, S., Allen, S.P., Hall, T.L., Snell, J., Xu, Z., Cannata, J.M. and Teofilovic, D., 2018. In vivo histotripsy brain treatment. Journal of Neurosurgery, Oct, 2018. pp.1-8. (Early View).
  • Lundt, J.E, Allen, S.P., et al, “Noninvasive, Rapid Ablation of Tissue Volume Using Histotripsy.” Ultrasound in Med. & Biol. 2017; 43(12), 2834-2847.
  • Allen, S. P., et al. "The response of MRI contrast parameters in in vitro tissues and tissue mimicking phantoms to fractionation by histotripsy." Physics in Med. & Biol. 62.17 (2017): 7167-7180.
  • Fan, Y.; Guo, R.; Shi, X., Allen, S. et al. Modified Nanoemulsions with Iron Oxide for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Nanomaterials 2016, 6, 223.
  • Allen, S. P., et al. “MR-Based Detection of Individual Histotripsy Bubble Clouds Formed in Tissues and Phantoms.” Magn Reson Med. 76.5 (2016) 1486-1493
  • Allen, S. P., et al. “Controlling cavitation-based image contrast in focused ultrasound histotripsy surgery.” Magn Reson Med, 73.1 (2015) 204-213.
  • Vlaisavljevich, E., Kim, Y., Allen, S., et al. Image-guided non-invasive ultrasound liver ablation using histotripsy: Feasibility study in an in vivo porcine model. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol. 39(8), 1398-1409.
  • Kim, Y., Fifer, C.G., Gelehrter, S.K., Owens, G.E., Berman, D.R., Vlaisavljevich, E., Allen, S.P., et al. “Developmental Impact and Lesion Maturation of Histotripsy-Mediated NonInvasive Tissue Ablation in a Fetal Sheep Model.” Ultrasound in Med. & Biol. 39(6). June 2013.
  • Allen, S. P., et al. (2011), Phase-sensitive sodium B1 mapping. Magn Reson Med, 65.4 (2011): 1125–1130.

INVITED TALKS

  • “Paramagnetic Nanoparticles for MR-Guided Surgeries,” The Nano-Symposium on Engineered Health, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA 2018

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • Allen, S.P. Steeves, T. Vlaisavjlevich, E. Fergusson A. Davis, R. Meyer, C.H. “Novel Acoustic Coupling Design to Improve MRI Guidance for Focused Ultrasound Surgery.” Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Barcelona, 2019.
  • Allen, S.P. Steeves, T. Vlaisavjlevich, E. Fergusson A. Davis, R. Meyer, C.H. “Novel Acoustic Coupling Design to Improve MR Imaging Guidance for Focused Ultrasound Surgery.” Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Montreal. 2019.
  • Gilbo YK, Sporkin, H. Fielden, Mugler, J. Miller, G.W. Allen, SP. Meyer. C. “Detecting T1-based “Signal Reduction in Focused Ultrasound Heating of Bone using a 3D Spiral Ultra-Short Echo Time Sequence.” Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Montreal. 2019.
  • Allen, S.P. Feng, X. Elias, W.J. Pauly, K.B. Meyer, C. “Intraoperative, diffusion-weighted, MR imaging immediately after transcranial FUS thalamotomy.” 6th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound 2018, Reston, VA, 2018, BR-13.
  • Allen, S.P. Feng, X. Elias, W.J. Meyer, C. “Intraoperative, diffusion-weighted, MR imaging for transcranial focused ultrasound thalamotomy.” 12th Interventional MRI Symposium, 2018, Boston, MA, 2018.
  • Feng, X. Allen, S.P. Fielden, S. Meyer, C. “Accelerated real-time 3D MR thermometry using a retraced spiral-in/out trajectory.” 6th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound 2018, Reston, VA, 2018, BR-43.
  • Gilbo, Y. Sporkin, H. Fielden, S. Mugler, J. Miller, G. Allen, S.P. Pfeuffer, J. Keifer, B. Meyer, C. “T1-based Signal Reduction in Focused Ultrasound Heating of Bone using a 3D Spiral UltraShort Echo Time Sequence.” 6th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound 2018, Reston, VA, 2018, P-YI-13.
  • Allen, S.P. Feng, X., Fielden, S. Meyer, C.H. “Improved Automatic Deblurring Using a Novel Objective Function Paired with a Retraced Spiral Acquisition Trajectory”. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Paris. p. 2680, 2018.
  • Allen, S.P. Feng X., Sporkin, H., and Meyer, C. “Rapid Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Immediately After Sonication Using Outer-Volume Suppression Pulses and Single-Shot, Spiral Acquisition”. Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Nanjing, 2017.
  • Allen, S.P., and Hall, T.L. "Feasibility of MRI monitoring of histotripsy therapy." AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1821. No. 1. AIP Publishing, 2017.
  • Sukovich, J., Allen, S.P. et al.. “In Vivo Porcine Histotripsy Brain Treatments”. 5th International Focused Ultrasound Symposium. Bethesda. 2016: A34.
  • Lundt, J., Allen, S.P. et al.. “Effects of Dosing and Focal Spacing in Rapid Ablation of Large Tissue Volume Using Histotripsy with Electronic Focal Steering”. 5th International Focused Ultrasound Symposium. Bethesda. 2016: A42.
  • Sukovich, J, Allen, S.P. et al.. “Efficacy and Treatment Envelope of Transcranial Histotripsy Therapy without Using Aberration Correction”. 5th International Focused Ultrasound Symposium. Bethesda. 2016: A127.
  • Allen, S.P., Hall, T.L., Cain, C.A., Hernandez-Garcia, L. “Response of MR Contrast Parameters in Tissues and Tissue Mimicking Phantoms to Histotripsy” Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Singapore. 2016.
  • Lundt, J.E., Allen, S.P, Sukovich J.R., Hall, T.L., Xu, Z.. “Non-Invasive Rapid Ablation of Large Tissue Volume Using Histotripsy”. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Tel Aviv, 2016.
  • Allen, S.P., Hernandez-Garcia, L., Cain, C.A., Hall, T.L. “MR-Based Quantification of Damaged Kidney Volume Incurred By Shockwave Lithotripsy”. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Theraeutic Ultrasound, Tel Aviv, 2016.
  • Allen, S.P., Hernandez-Garcia, L., Cain, C.A., Hall, T.L. “Response of MR Contrast Parameters in Tissues and Tissue Mimicking Phantoms to Histotripsy”. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Theraeutic Ultrasound, Tel Aviv, 2016.
  • Allen, S.P., Hernandez-Garcia, L., Cain, C.A., Hall, T.L. “Real-Time Feedback of Cavitation Ablation Therapy (Histotripsy)”. 4th International Focused Ultrasound Symposium. Bethesda. 2014: 89-LV.
  • Allen, S.P, Hernandez-Garcia, L., Cain, C.A., Hall, T.L. “Feasibility of MRI Monitoring of Histotripsy Therapy”. Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound. Las Vegas, 2014: p. 235.
  • Allen, S.P., Hall, T.L., Cain, C.A., Hernandez-Garcia, L. “MR-Based Targeting of Histotripsy Therapy at 7T” Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Salt Lake City, p 1831.
  • Allen, S.P., Roberts, W.W., Hall, T.L., Cain, C.A., Hernandez-Garcia, L., “Characterization of the In Vivo Histotripsy Lesion Using High Field MRI.” Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Melbourne, p 1582.