Publications by authors named "Niloufar Saadat"

Background And Purpose: In ischemic stroke, leptomeningeal collaterals can provide delayed and dispersed compensatory blood flow to tissue-at-risk despite an occlusion and can impact treatment response and infarct growth. The purpose of this work is to test the hypothesis that inclusion of this delayed and dispersed flow with an appropriately calculated Local Arterial Input Function (Local-AIF) is needed to quantify the degree of collateral blood supply in tissue distal to an occlusion.

Materials And Methods: Seven experiments were conducted in a pre-clinical middle cerebral artery occlusion model.

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Background And Purpose: In ischemic stroke, leptomeningeal collaterals can provide compensatory blood flow to tissue at risk despite an occlusion, and impact treatment response and infarct growth. The purpose of this work is to test the hypothesis that local perfusion with an appropriate Local Arterial Input Function (AIF) is needed to quantify the degree of collateral blood supply in tissue distal to an occlusion.

Materials And Methods: Seven experiments were conducted in a pre-clinical middle cerebral artery occlusion model.

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Purpose To develop a radiomics framework for preoperative MRI-based prediction of isocitrate dehydrogenase () mutation status, a crucial glioma prognostic indicator. Materials and Methods Radiomics features (shape, first-order statistics, and texture) were extracted from the whole tumor or the combination of nonenhancing, necrosis, and edema regions. Segmentation masks were obtained via the federated tumor segmentation tool or the original data source.

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Data scarcity and data imbalance are two major challenges in training deep learning models on medical images, such as brain tumor MRI data. The recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence have opened new possibilities for synthetically generating MRI data, including brain tumor MRI scans. This approach can be a potential solution to mitigate the data scarcity problem and enhance training data availability.

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Purpose: Quantification of perfusion in ml/100 g/min, rather than comparing relative values side-to-side, is critical at the clinical and research levels for large longitudinal and multi-center trials. Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) is a non-contrast magnetic resonance imaging diffusion-based scan that uses a multitude of -values to measure various speeds of molecular perfusion and diffusion, sidestepping inaccuracy of arterial input functions or bolus kinetics. Questions remain as to the original of the signal and whether IVIM returns quantitative and accurate perfusion in a pathology setting.

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Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation status has emerged as an important prognostic marker in gliomas. This study sought to develop deep learning networks for non-invasive IDH classification using T2w MR images while comparing their performance to a multi-contrast network. Methods: Multi-contrast brain tumor MRI and genomic data were obtained from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) and The Erasmus Glioma Database (EGD).

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Rationale And Objectives: The number of international medical graduates (IMG) in radiology residencies has varied from year to year even as the number of candidates continues to grow. It is unclear from which countries the IMGs are arriving and what visas are being used to accommodate them.

Materials And Methods: We sent a survey to 195 program directors (PD) in diagnostic radiology (DR) inquiring about the number and nationality of IMG residents in their program, their attitudes about IMG candidates, the performance of their IMG trainees, and the visas that are offered.

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Background: This study tests the hypothesis that simultaneous cerebral blood pressure elevation and potent vasodilation augments perfusion to ischemic tissue in acute ischemic stroke and it varies by degree of pial collateral recruitment.

Methods: Fifteen mongrel canines were included. Subjects underwent permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion; pial collateral recruitment was scored before treatment.

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Background: Sanguinate, a bovine PEGylated carboxyhemoglobin-based oxygen carrier with vasodilatory, oncotic and anti-inflammatory properties designed to release oxygen in hypoxic tissue, was tested to determine if it improves infarct volume, collateral recruitment and blood flow to the ischemic core in hyperacute middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO).

Methods: Under an IACUC approved protocol, 14 mongrel dogs underwent endovascular permanent MCAO. Seven received Sanguinate (8 mL/kg) intravenously over 10 min starting 30 min following MCAO and seven received a similar volume of normal saline.

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Article Synopsis
  • Lower lumbar paraspinal muscles are encased in specific fascia and bone, forming a compartment that can be affected by conditions like compartment syndrome.
  • This condition is rare and can result from intense exercise or surgeries that involve prolonged unusual positions.
  • The case study describes a 60-year-old man with ongoing back pain and numbness, linked to previous surgery, and shows evidence of nerve damage and muscle fat infiltration indicating possible compression of nerves due to muscle damage (rhabdomyolysis).
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Purpose: In the present study, we investigated the potential of QSM to assess the physiological state of cortical tissue in the middle cerebral artery occlusion canine model of a cerebral ischemia.

Methods: Experiments were performed in 8 anesthetized canines. Gradient echo, perfusion, and DWI data of brains at normal and ischemic states were acquired.

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Background: This study sought to test the hypothesis that simultaneous central blood pressure elevation and potent vasodilation can mitigate pial collateral-dependent infarct growth in acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: Twenty mongrel canines (20-30 kg) underwent permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Eight subjects received continuous infusion of norepinephrine (0.

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Background: Pial arterioles can provide a variable degree of collateral flow to ischemic vascular territories during acute ischemic stroke. This study sought to identify predictive factors of the degree of pial collateral recruitment in acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: Clinical information and arteriograms from 62 consecutive patients with stroke due to either middle cerebral artery (MCA) M1 segment or internal carotid artery (ICA) terminus occlusion within 6 h following symptom onset were retrospectively reviewed.

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Purpose: This work sought to compare a quantitative T bookend dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI based perfusion protocol for absolute cerebral blood flow (qCBF) against CBF measured by the stable-isotope neutron capture microsphere method, a recognized reference standard for measuring tissue blood flow, at normocapnia, hypercapnia, and in acute stroke.

Methods: CBF was measured in anesthetized female canines by MRI and microspheres over 2 consecutive days for each case. On day 1, 5 canines were measured before and during a physiological challenge induced by carbogen inhalation; on day 2, 4 canines were measured following permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery.

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Background: Although the precise etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown, it seems that both genetic and environmental factors are important. Recent studies suggest that low serum vitamin D levels are important environmental factor in MS. The aim of this study was to compare the serum levels of vitamin D between MS patients and healthy subjects, and to determine its association with disability in MS patients.

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Purpose: To determine the role of Notch signaling in corneal epithelial migration and wound healing.

Methods: Immunolocalization of Notch1 was performed during epithelial wound healing in vivo in mouse corneal epithelial debridement wounds and in vitro in primary human corneal epithelial cells following a linear scratch wound. The effects of Notch inhibition, using the γ-secretase inhibitor N-(N-[3,5-difluorophenacetyl]-l-alanyl)-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester (DAPT) or following stable transfection with Notch1-short hairpin RNA (shRNA), was evaluated in a scratch assay and transwell migration assay.

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