Publications

• Schuler E, Mallozzi R, Levy J, Hristov D. Extended field-of-view (FOV) MRI distortion determination through multi-positional phantom imaging. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 21(11):322-32, 2020.

• Kim AS, Melemenidis S, Gustavsson AK, Abid D, Wu Y, Liu F, Hristov D*, and Schuler, E. Increased local tumor control through nanoparticle-mediated, radiation-triggered release of nitrite, an important precursor for reactive nitrogen species. Phys Med Biol. 65(19):195003, 2020. (*Senior co-author)

• El Kaffas A, Hoogi A, Zhou J, Durot I, Wang H, Rosenberg J, Tseng A, Sagreiya H, Akhbardeh A, Rubin D, Kamaya A, Hristov D*, and Willmann J. Spatial Characterization of Tumor Perfusion Properties from 3D DCE-US Perfusion Maps are Early Predictors of Cancer Treatment Response. Sci Rep 10(1): 6996, 2020. (*Senior co-author) 

• Capaldi DPI, Hristov DH*, and Kidd EA. Parametric Response Mapping of Coregistered Positron Emission Tomography and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography to Identify Radioresistant Subvolumes in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 107(4):756-765, 2020. (*Senior co-author)

• Zhu N, Najafi M, Han B, Hancock S, and Hristov DH. Feasibility of Image Registration for Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Radiotherapy Based on Similarity Measurement by a Convolutional Neural Network. Technol Cancer Res Treat, 18:1533033818821964, 2019.

• Banks TI, von Eyben R, Hristov DH*, and Kidd EA. Pilot study of combined FDG-PET and dynamic contrast-enhanced CT of locally advanced cervical carcinoma before and during concurrent chemoradiotherapy suggests association between changes in tumor blood volume and treatment response. Cancer Med, 7:3642-3651, 2018. (*Senior co-author)

• Han B, Najafi M, Cooper DT, Lachaine M, von Eyben R, Hancock S, and Hristov DH. Evaluation of transperineal ultrasound imaging as a potential solution for target tracking during hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Rad Onc (London, England), 13:151, 2018.

• Yu AS, Najafi M, Hristov DH*, and Phillips T. Intrafractional tracking accuracy of a transperineal ultrasound image guidance system for prostate radiotherapy. Technol Cancer Res Treat, 16:1067-1078, 2017. (*Senior co-author)

• El Kaffas A, Sigrist RMS, Fisher G, Bachawal S, Liau J, Wang H, Karanany A, Durot I, Rosenberg J, Hristov DH, and Willman JK. Quantitative Three-Dimensional Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging: First-In-Human Pilot Study in Patients with Liver Metastases. Theranostics, 7(15): 3745-3758, 2017.

• Liu F, Lou J, and Hristov DH. X-Ray responsive nanoparticles with triggered release of nitrite, a precursor of reactive nitrogen species, for enhanced cancer radiosensitization. Nanoscale, 9(38): 14627-14634, 2017.

• Zhou J, Zhang H, Wang H, Lutz AM, El Kaffas A, Tian L, Hristov DH, and Willmann JK. Early prediction of tumor response to bevacizumab treatment in murine colon cancer models using three-dimensional dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging. Angiogenesis, 20(4): 547-555, 2017.

• El Kaffas A, Smith K, Pradhan P, Machtaler S, Wang H, von Eyben R, Willman JK, and Hristov DH.  Molecular Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging of Radiation-Induced P-Selectin Expression in Healthy Mice Colon. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 97(3): 581-585, 2017.

• Schlosser J, Gong RH, Bruder R, Schweikard A, Jang S, Henrie J, Kamaya A, Koong A, Chang DT, and Hristov DH. Robotic intrafactional US guidacne for liver SABR: System design, beam avoidance, and clinical imaging. Med Phys, 43(11):5951, 2016.

• Schlosser J and Hristov DH. Radiolucent 4D Ultrasound Imaging: System Design and Application to Radiotherapy Guidance. IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 35(10):2292-2300, 2016.

• Wang H, Lutz AM, Hristov DH, and Willmann JK. Intra-animal Comparison between Three-dimensional Molecularly Targeted US and Three-dimensional Dynamic Contrast-enhanced US for Early Antiangiogenic Treatment Assessment in Colon Cancer. Radiology, 2016.

• Zhou J, Wang H, Zhang H, Lutz AM, Tian L, Hristov DH, and Willmann JK. VEGFR2-Targeted Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging Can Predict Responses to Antiangiogenic Therapy in Preclinical Models of Colon Cancer. Cancer Res, 76(14):4091-9, 2016.

• Wang H, Hristov DH, Qin J, Tian L, and Willmann JK. Three-dimensional Dynamic Contrast-enhanced US Imaging for Early antiangiogenic Treatment Assessment in a Mouse Colon Cancer Model. Radiology, 277(2):424-34, 2015.

• Bazalova-Carter M, Schlosser J, Chen J, and Hristov DH. Monte Carlo modeling of ultrasound probes for image guided radiotherapy. Med Phys, 42(10):5745-56, 2015.

• Liang J, Atwood T, von Eyben R, Fahimian B, Chin E, Horst K, Otto K, and Hristov DH. Trajectory Modulated Arc Therapy: A Fully Dynamic Delivery With Synchronized Couch and Gantry Motion Significantly Improves Dosimetric Indices Correlated With Poor Cosmesis in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Bio Phys, 92(5):1148-56, 2015.

• Western C, Hristov DH, and Schlosser J. Ultrasound Imaging in Radiation Therapy: From Interfractional to Intrafractional Guidance. Cureus, 7(6):e280, 2015.

• Wang H, Kaneko OF, Tian L, Hristov DH, and Willmann JK. Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Molecular Imaging of Angiogenesis in Colon Cancer Using a Clinical Matrix Array Ultrasound Transducer. Invest Radiol, 50(5):322-9, 2015.

• Axente M, Paidi A, Von Eyben R, Zeng C, Bani-Hashemi A, Krauss A, and Hristov DH. Clinical Evaluation of the Iterative Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithm for CT Simulation in Radiotherapy. Med Phys, 42(3):1170-83, 2015.

• Yu VY, Fahimian BP, Xing L, and Hristov DH. Quality control procedures for dynamic treatment delivery techniques involving couch motion. Med Phys, 41(8):081712, 2014.

• Axente M and Hristov DH. Imaging dose in variable pitch body perfusion CT scans: an analysis using TG111 formalism. Med Phys, 41(6):061912, 2014.