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Overview

Abass Alavi is primarily affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their work is focused extensively within the field of Medicine, contributing to 500 publications. Within this domain, their research notably spans subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, and Physiology.

The main topics of Abass Alavi's research include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications.

Frequent publication venues where Abass Alavi has contributed include:

  • PET Clinics (58 publications)
  • Diagnostics (9 publications)
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (9 publications)
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (8 publications)
  • Nuclear Medicine Communications (8 publications)

Co-authors who frequently collaborate with Abass Alavi are:

  • Thomas Werner (101 co-authored works)
  • Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen (66 works)
  • Mona-Elisabeth Revheim (56 works)
  • William Raynor (33 works)
  • Cyrus Ayubcha (25 works)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Abass Alavi include:

  • "Advantages and Applications of Total-Body PET Scanning," 2022, Diagnostics
  • "A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Secukinumab on Aortic Vascular Inflammation in Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis (VIP-S)," 2020, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • "The Role of Imaging Techniques to Define a Peri-Prosthetic Hip and Knee Joint Infection: Multidisciplinary Consensus Statements," 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "18F-Sodium Fluoride PET as a Diagnostic Modality for Metabolic, Autoimmune, and Osteogenic Bone Disorders: Cellular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Emerging Standards and the Hybrid Model for Organizing Scientific Events During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Best Publications

  • MR Signal Abnormalities at 1.5 T in Alzheimer's Dementia and Normal Aging

    Franz Fazekas;John B. Chawluk;Abass Alavi;Howard I. Hurtig

  • Akt stimulates aerobic glycolysis in cancer cells

    Rebecca L. Elstrom;Daniel E. Bauer;Monica Buzzai;Robyn Karnauskas

  • The [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose method for the measurement of local cerebral glucose utilization in man.

    M Reivich;D Kuhl;A Wolf;J Greenberg

  • The clinical course of pulmonary embolism.

    Jeffrey L. Carson;Mark A. Kelley;Amy Duff;John G. Weg

  • Positron emission tomography in evaluation of dementia: Regional brain metabolism and long-term outcome.

    Daniel H. S. Silverman;Gary W. Small;Carol Y. Chang;Carolyn S. Lu

  • Complications and validity of pulmonary angiography in acute pulmonary embolism.

    P D Stein;C Athanasoulis;A Alavi;R H Greenspan

  • The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive task of meditation: a preliminary SPECT study.

    Andrew B Newberg;Abass Alavi;Michael J Baime;Michael Pourdehnad

  • Diffuse cerebral swelling following head injuries in children: the syndrome of “malignant brain edema”

    Derek A. Bruce;Abass Alavi;Larissa Bilaniuk;Carol Dolinskas

  • Dual Time Point 18F-FDG PET Imaging for Differentiating Malignant from Inflammatory Processes

    H Zhuang;M Pourdehnad;E S Lambright;A J Yamamoto

  • Femoral head avascular necrosis: correlation of MR imaging, radiographic staging, radionuclide imaging, and clinical findings.

    D G Mitchell;V M Rao;M K Dalinka;C E Spritzer

  • Glucose metabolic rate kinetic model parameter determination in humans: the lumped constants and rate constants for [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose and [11C]deoxyglucose.

    M. Reivich;A. Alavi;A. Wolf;J. Fowler

  • 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic imaging in the detection and monitoring of infection and inflammation.

    Hongming Zhuang;Abass Alavi

  • Skeletal PET with 18F-Fluoride: Applying New Technology to an Old Tracer

    Frederick D. Grant;Frederic H. Fahey;Alan B. Packard;Royal T. Davis

  • Treatment-responsive limbic encephalitis identified by neuropil antibodies: MRI and PET correlates

    Beau M. Ances;Roberta Vitaliani;Robert A. Taylor;Robert A. Taylor;David S. Liebeskind;David S. Liebeskind

  • Utility of FDG-PET scanning in lymphoma by WHO classification

    Rebecca Elstrom;Liang Guan;Gary Baker;Khozaim Nakhoda

  • Dual Time Point 18F-FDG PET for the Evaluation of Pulmonary Nodules

    Alexander Matthies;Marc Hickeson;Andrew Cuchiara;Abass Alavi

  • Sex differences in regional cerebral glucose metabolism during a resting state

    RC Gur;LH Mozley;PD Mozley;SM Resnick

  • A Phase I Study of an Agonist CD40 Monoclonal Antibody (CP-870,893) in Combination with Gemcitabine in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Gregory L. Beatty;Drew A. Torigian;E. Gabriela Chiorean;Babak Saboury

  • Positron emission tomography in patients with glioma a predictor of prognosis

    Jane B. Alavi;Abass Alavi;John Chawluk;Michael Kushner

  • Combined MTOR and autophagy inhibition: Phase I trial of hydroxychloroquine and temsirolimus in patients with advanced solid tumors and melanoma

    Reshma Rangwala;Yunyoung C. Chang;Janice Hu;Kenneth M. Algazy

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Reivich
Martin Reivich University of Pennsylvania
Joel H. Greenberg
Joel H. Greenberg University of Pennsylvania
Ruben C. Gur
Ruben C. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Domenico Rubello
Domenico Rubello University of Padua
Stefano Fanti
Stefano Fanti University of Bologna
Hank F. Kung
Hank F. Kung University of Pennsylvania
Alfred P. Wolf
Alfred P. Wolf Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jayaram K. Udupa
Jayaram K. Udupa University of Pennsylvania
Joel S. Karp
Joel S. Karp University of Pennsylvania

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