Research

The Neuroradiology Division is committed to the development and validation of novel imaging techniques for the diagnosis of conditions of the brain, neck, and spine with the goal of advancing patient care. Several MUSC neuroradiology faculty members have appointments with the MUSC Center for Biomedical Imaging.

 

Research Publications

  • Roberts DR, McGeorge T, Abrams D, Hewitt R, LeBlanc D, Dennis W, Rosenberg M, Kasab SA, Holmstedt C, Spampinato MV, Torres-Rosado S, Ancrum R, Haschker M, Harvey J. "Mobile point-of-care MRI demonstration of a normal volunteer in a telemedicine-equipped ambulance." J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Oct;32(10):107301. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107301. Epub 2023 Aug 12. PMID: 37579637
  • Spampinato MV, Chetta JA, Adcock C, Kocher M, Truitt A, Lydon G, Eskandari R, Yazdani M.  "Non-sedated fast spine magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric patients." Pediatr Radiol. 2023 PMID: 37718373
  • Antonucci MU. "Minimizing Risk during MRI". Annals of Internal Medicine. Letter - March 23, 2023.
  • Amir Shaban, Sami Al Kasab, Reda M Chalhoub, Eric Bass, Ilko Maier, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Ali Alawieh, Stacey Q Wolfe, Adam S Arthur, Travis M Dumont, Peter Kan, Joon-Tae Kim, Reade De Leacy, Joshua W Osbun, Ansaar T Rai, Pascal Jabbour, Min S Park, Roberto Javier Crosa, Justin R Mascitelli, Michael R Levitt, Adam J Polifka, Walter Casagrande, Shinichi Yoshimura, Charles Matouk, Richard Williamson, Benjamin Gory, Maxim Mokin, Isabel Fragata, Daniele G Romano, Shakeel A Chowdhry, Mark Moss, Daniel Behme, Kaustubh Limaye, Alejandro M Spiotta, Edgar A Samaniego. "Mechanical Thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion strokes beyond 24 hours". J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 Jan 2:jnis-2022-019372. doi: 10.1136/jnis-2022-019372. PMID# 36593118
  • Orgest Lajthia, Eyad Almallouhi, Hamid Ali, Muhammed Amir Essibayi, Eric Bass, Ron Neyens, Mohamad Anadani, Reda Chalhoub, Kimberly Kicielinski, Jonathan Lena, Guilherme Porto, Mithun Sattur, Alejandro M Spiotta, Sami Al Kasab. "Failed mechanical thrombectomy: prevalence, etiology, and predictors". J Neurosurg. 2023 Jan 20;139(3):714-720. doi: 10.3171/2022.12.JNS222152. Print 2023 Sep 1. PMID# 36670537
  • Isaac Josh Abecassis, Eyad Almallouhi, Reda Chalhoub, Sami Al Kasab, Eric Bass, Dale Ding, Vasu Saini, Joshua D Burks, Ilko L Maier, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Jan Liman, Ali Alawieh, Stacey Wolfe, Adam S Arthur, Amir Shaban, Travis Dumont, Peter Kan, Joon-Tae Kim, Reade De Leacy, Joshua Osbun, Ansaar Rai, Pascal Jabbour, Jonathan A Grossberg, Min S Park, Roberto Crosa, Justin Mascitelli, Michael R Levitt, Adam Polifka, Walter Casagrande, Shinichi Yoshimura, Charles Matouk, Richard W Williamson, Benjamin Gory, Maxim Mokin, Isabel Fragata, Daniele G Romano, Shakeel Chowdry, Mark Moss, Daniel Behme, Kaustubh Limaye, Alejandro M Spiotta, Robert M Starke. "Outcomes after endovascular mechanical thrombectomy for low compared to high NIHSS: a multicenter study". Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2023 Feb:225:107592. PMID# 36657358
  • Katherine E Chetta, Katherine G Vincent, Bresney Fanning, Ashley B Klumb, Justin A Chetta, Allison M Rohrer, Leslie H Spence, Jeanne G Hill. "Impact of Delayed Time to Antibiotics in Medical and Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis". Children (Basel). 2023 Jan 14;10(1):160. doi: 10.3390/children10010160. PMID: 36670710; PMCID: PMC9856867.
  • Brian Fabian Saway, Timothy Webb, Aimee Weber, Matthew Triano, Jessica Barley, Maria Spampinato, Nathan Rowland. “Functional MRI-Guided Motor Cortex and Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Facial Pain: A Novel, Personalized Approach in 1 Patient”. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 Jan 1;24(1):103-110.PMID: 36251418.
  • Rameen K Walters, Rachana Gudipudi, Kate Davidson, Melissa Cooke, Jenna Barengo, Drasti Smyre, Kendrea L Garand, Bonnie Martin-Harris, Maria G Matheus, Shaun A Nguyen, Ashli K O'Rourke. "The Impact of Cervical Spinal Disease on Pharyngeal Swallowing Function". Am. J Speech Lag Pathol, 03/2023 AK9;32 (2):565-575 doi: 101044/2022_AJSLP-22.Epub 2023 Feb7 PMID 36749843
  • Sami Al Kasab, Eyad Almallouhi, Ali Alawieh, Reda Chalhoub, Mithun Sattur, Eric Bass, Dominika Pullmann, Guilherme B Porto, Jonathan R Lena, Kimberly Kicielinski, Alejandro M Spiotta. "Impact of Increasing Aspiration Catheter Size and Refinement of Technique: Experience of Over 1000 Strokes Treated with ADAPT". Neurosurgery. 2022 Jul 1;91(1):80-86. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001937. Epub 2022 Apr 14. PMID# 35411873
  • Andreana Benitez, Jens H Jensen, Kathryn Thorn, Siddhartha Dhiman, Stephanie Fountain-Zaragoza, William J Rieter, Maria Vittoria Spampinato, Eric D Hamlett, Paul J Nietert, Maria de Fatima Falangola, Joseph A Helpern. "Greater Diffusion Restriction in White Matter in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease." Ann Neurol. 2022 Jun;91(6):864-877. doi: 10.1002/ana.26353. Epub 2022 Mar 30. PMID: 35285067
  • Barisano G, Tomilovskaya E, Roberts DR, Wuyts FL. “Reply to Wostyn et al.: Potential models for perivascular space (PVS) enlargement and spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS).”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022 Aug 9;119(32):e2208241119.
  • Barisano G, Sepehrband F, Collins H, Jillings S, Jeurissen B, Taylor JA, Schoenmaekers C, De Laet C, Rukavishnikov I, Nosikova I, Litvinova L, Rumshiskaya A, Annen J, Sijbers, Laureys S, Van Ombergen A, petrovichev V, Sinitsyn V, Pechenkova E, Grishin A, Zu Eulenburg P, Law M, Sunaert S, Parize PM, Tomilovskaya E, Roberts DR, Wuyts FL. “The effect of prolonged spaceflight on cerebrospinal fluid and perivascular spaces of astronauts and cosmonauts”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022 Apr 26;119(17):e2120439119.
  • Spampinato MV, "MR Contrast Agents for Neuroradiology: Current Status", Handbook of Neuro-Oncology Neuroimaging, Third Edition  08/2022.
  • M U Antonucci, L M McTeague, M Yazdani, A Benitez. "Callosal Angle Narrowing in Research Data Bases of the Cognitively Impaired". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 Mar;43(3):E5-E6. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7416. PMID: 35144933
  • Arun Gunasekaran, Kyle D Kulbarsh, Arabinda Das, Christina Voelkel-Johnson, Sunil J Patel, Scott Lindhorst, Milad Yazdani, Jessica Barley, Nathan C Rowland. "Case report: Awake craniotomy during pregnancy for resection of glioblastoma." Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2022 Mar 22:216:107218. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2022.107218. PMID: 35367747
  • Roberts DR, Collins HR, Al Kasab S. “The Importance of the Intracranial Compartment in the Development of Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) – A Letter to the Editor”, JAMA Ophthalmol 2022 Jan 1;140(1):98-99.
  • H G Moss, L G Wolf, P Coker-Bolt, V Ramakrishnan, T Aljuhani, M Yazdani, T R Brown, J H Jensen, D D Jenkins. "Quantitative Diffusion and Spectroscopic Neuroimaging Combined with a Novel Early-Developmental Assessment Improves Models for 1-Year Developmental Outcomes." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 Jan;43(1):139-145. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7370. Epub 2021 Dec 23. PMID: 34949592
  • Rosenberg M, Coker MA, Taylor JA, Yazdani, M, Matheus, G, Blouin CK, Al Kasab S, Collins HR, Roberts DR. “Post-Flight Dural Venous Sinus Congestion in Astronauts with Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome”, JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2131465.
  • Ricci R, Salatino A, Berti A, Chiadò_Vastalla ST, Roberts DR, George MS, Mouraux A, Gammeri R, Iacono C, Lambert J, Sulcova D. “Zero gravity induced by parabolic flight enhances automatic capture and weakens voluntary maintenance of visuospatial attention”, NPJ Microgravity, 2021 Jul 27;7(1):29.
  • Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Brent Munsell, Simon S Keller, Daniel L Drane, Jens H Jensen, M Vittoria Spampinato, Nigel P Pedersen, Bernd Weber, Ruben Kuzniecky, Carrie McDonald, Leonardo Bonilha. "Radiological identification of temporal lobe epilepsy using artificial intelligence: a feasibility study." Brain Commun. 2021 Dec 8;4(2):fcab284. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab284. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35243343
  • Dorothea D Jenkins, Hunter G Moss, Truman R Brown, Milad Yazdani, Sudhin Thayyil, Paolo Montaldo, Maximo Vento, Julia Kuligowski, Carol Wagner, Bruce W Hollis, Donald B Wiest. "NAC and Vitamin D Improve CNS and Plasma Oxidative Stress in Neonatal HIE and Are Associated with Favorable Long-Term Outcomes." Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Aug 25;10(9):1344. doi: 10.3390/antiox10091344. PMID: 34572976
  • Hannah M Knochelmann, Joshua D Horton, Sixue Liu, Kent Armeson, John M Kaczmar, Megan M Wyatt, Mary S Richardson, Shirley H Lomeli, Ying Xiong, Evan M Graboyes, Eric J Lentsch, Joshua D Hornig, Judith Skoner, Seth Stalcup, Maria V Spampinato, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Elizabeth C O'Quinn, Cynthia D Timmers, Martin J Romeo, John M Wrangle, M Rita I Young, Mark P Rubinstein, Terry A Day, Roger S Lo, Chrystal M Paulos, David M Neskey. "Neoadjuvant presurgical PD-1 inhibition in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma." Cell Rep Med. 2021 Oct 19;2(10):100426. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100426. PMID: 34755137
  • Mark C DeLano, Maria Vittoria Spampinato, Eric Y Chang, Richard G Barr, Richard J Lichtenstein, Cesare Colosimo, Josef Vymazal, Zhibo Wen, Doris D M Lin, Miles A Kirchin, Gianpaolo Pirovano. "Dose-Lowering in Contrast-Enhanced MRI of the Central Nervous System: A Retrospective, Parallel-Group Comparison Using Gadobenate Dimeglumine." J Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 Nov;54(5):1660-1675. doi: 10.1002/jmri.27731. Epub 2021 May 20. PMID: 34018290
  • Chetan C Shah, Maria Vittoria Spampinato, Hemant A Parmar, Osama A Raslan, Paolo Tomà, Doris D M Lin, Josef Vymazal, Cesare Colosimo, David S Enterline. "Safety and diagnostic efficacy of gadoteridol for magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spine in children 2 years of age and younger." Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Sep;51(10):1895-1906. doi: 10.1007/s00247-021-05069-w. Epub 2021 May 5. PMID: 33950270
  • Ismail Mikdat Kabakus, Maria Vittoria Spampinato, Michael Knipfing, Gustavo Cervantes, Avni Patel, Ramin Eskandari, Milad Yazdani. "Fast Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Half-Fourier Acquisition With Single-Shot Turbo Spin Echo Sequence in Detection of Intracranial Hemorrhage and Skull Fracture in General Pediatric Patients: Preliminary Results." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 1;37(12):e1168-e1172. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001949. PMID: 31804431
  • Eyad Almallouhi, Sami Al Kasab, Zachary Hubbard, Eric C Bass, Guilherme Porto, Ali Alawieh, Reda Chalhoub, Pascal M Jabbour, Robert M Starke, Stacey Q Wolfe, Adam S Arthur, Edgar Samaniego, Ilko Maier, Brian M Howard, Ansaar Rai, Min S Park, Justin Mascitelli, Marios Psychogios, Reade De Leacy, Travis Dumont, Michael R Levitt, Adam Polifka, Joshua Osbun, Roberto Crosa, Joon-Tae Kim, Walter Casagrande, Shinichi Yoshimura, Charles Matouk, Peter T Kan, Richard W Williamson, Benjamin Gory, Maxim Mokin, Isabel Fragata, Osama Zaidat, Albert J Yoo, Alejandro M Spiotta. Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry (STAR) Collaborators. "Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Patients With Stroke Presenting With Low Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score in the Early and Extended Window". JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2137708. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37708. PMID: 34878550.
  • M U Antonucci, M Yazdani. "Expediting Care and Improving Patient Experience: Imaging after Subdural Contrast Injection during Myelography". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 Apr 22. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7114. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33888451
  • Donna R Roberts, Heather R Collins, Jessica K Lee, James A Taylor, Matthew Turner, Greg Zaharchuk, Max Wintermark, Michael U Antonucci, Edwin R Mulder, Darius A Gerlach, Davud Asemani, Heather R McGregor, Rachael D Seidler. "Altered cerebral perfusion in response to chronic mild hypercapnia and head-down tilt Bed rest as an analog for Spaceflight". Neuroradiology. 2021 Feb 15. doi: 10.1007/s00234-021-02660-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33587162.
  • Milad Yazdani, Justin Reagan, Madison Kocher, Michael Antonucci, James Taylor, Jonathan Edwards, William Alexander Vandergrift, Maria Vittoria Spampinato. "Safety of MRI in the localization of implanted intracranial electrodes for refractory epilepsy." J Neuroimaging. 2021 May;31(3):551-559. doi: 10.1111/jon.12848. PMID: 33783916.
  • Roberts DR, Inglesby, D., Brown, T., Collins HR, Eckert, MA, Asemani, D. “Longitudinal Change in Ventricular Volume is Accelerated in Astronauts Undergoing Long-duration Spaceflight”, Aging Brain, 2021 Vol. 1, 100017.
  • Chelsea Shope, Mohammed Alshareef, Thomas Larrew, Christopher Bolling, Justin Reagan, Milad Yazdani, Maria Spampinato, Ramin Eskandari. "Utility of a pediatric fast magnetic resonance imaging protocol as surveillance scanning for traumatic brain injury". J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Feb 5:1-7. doi: 10.3171/2020.8.PEDS20496. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33545669.