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James A. Zagzebski is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, radiation, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and critical care and intensive care medicine.

Their recent research output includes a variety of publications spanning imaging techniques and applications. Notable papers include:

  • Three-dimensional US for Quantification of Volumetric Blood Flow: Multisite Multisystem Results from within the Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance, 2020, Radiology
  • First-in-human imaging using a MR-compatible e4D ultrasound probe for motion management of radiotherapy, 2021, Physica Medica
  • Effects of ultrasound technology advances on measurement of carotid intima-media thickness: A review, 2020, Vascular Medicine
  • Optimization of Ultrasound Backscatter Spectroscopy to Assess Neurotoxic Effects of Anesthesia in the Newborn Non-human Primate Brain, 2020, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Issue Information, 2020, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Zagzebski has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Michelle L. Robbin, J. Brian Fowlkes, Samer Narouze, Stamatia Destounis, and Richard Hoppmann. Many of these collaborations have resulted in multiple co-authored works.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in specific scholarly venues, especially:

  • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Radiology
  • Physica Medica
  • Vascular Medicine

The main topics featured in Zagzebski's research involve:

  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Best Publications

  • Backscatter Coefficient Measurements Using a Reference Phantom to Extract Depth-Dependent Instrumentation Factors:

    Lin Xin Yao;James A. Zagzebski;Ernest L. Madsen

  • Tissue mimicking materials for ultrasound phantoms

    Ernest L. Madsen;James A. Zagzebski;Richard A. Banjavie;Ronald E. Jutila

  • Fundamentals and Applications of Ultrasonic Waves

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  • A new ultrasound tissue-equivalent material.

    M M Burlew;E L Madsen;J A Zagzebski;R A Banjavic

  • Accuracy of Liver Fat Quantification With Advanced CT, MRI, and Ultrasound Techniques: Prospective Comparison With MR Spectroscopy.

    Harald Kramer;Perry J. Pickhardt;Mark A. Kliewer;Diego Hernando

  • Interlaboratory comparison of ultrasonic backscatter, attenuation, and speed measurements.

    E. L. Madsen;Fang Dong;G. R. Frank;B. S. Garra

  • Ultrasonic shear wave properties of soft tissues and tissuelike materials

    Ernest L. Madsen;H. John Sathoff;James A. Zagzebski

  • ELASTOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF THERMAL LESIONS IN THE LIVER IN VIVO FOLLOWING RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

    T Varghese;J.A Zagzebski;F.T Lee

  • Ultrasound backscatter and attenuation in human liver with diffuse disease.

    Zheng Feng Lu;J.A. Zagzebski;F.T. Lee

  • Method of data reduction for accurate determination of acoustic backscatter coefficients

    Ernest L. Madsen;Michael F. Insana;James A. Zagzebski

  • Ultrasound transmission measurements through the os calcis.

    James A. Zagzebski;Phillip J. Rossman;Carmen Mesina;Richard B. Mazess

  • Oil-in-gelatin dispersions for use as ultrasonically tissue-mimicking materials.

    Ernest L. Madsen;James A. Zagzebski;Gary R. Frank

  • Ultrasound monitoring of temperature change during radiofrequency ablation: preliminary in-vivo results

    T Varghese;J.A Zagzebski;Q Chen;U Techavipoo

  • Temperature dependence of ultrasonic propagation speed and attenuation in excised canine liver tissue measured using transmitted and reflected pulses.

    U. Techavipoo;T. Varghese;Q. Chen;T. A. Stiles

  • Elastographic imaging of soft tissue in vivo

    Tomy Varghese;James A. Zagzebski;Udomchai Techavipoo;Quan Chen

  • Estimation of displacement vectors and strain tensors in elastography using angular insonifications

    U. Techavipoo;Q. Chen;T. Varghese;J.A. Zagzebski

  • Quantitative Assessment of In Vivo Breast Masses Using Ultrasound Attenuation and Backscatter

    Kibo Nam;James A. Zagzebski;Timothy J. Hall

  • Elastographic measurement of the area and volume of thermal lesions resulting from radiofrequency ablation: pathologic correlation.

    Tomy Varghese;Udomchai Techavipoo;Wu Liu;James A. Zagzebski

  • A frequency domain model for generating B-mode images with array transducers

    Yadong Li;J.A. Zagzebski

  • Nonlinearity parameter for tissue-mimicking materials.

    Fang Dong;Ernest L Madsen;Michael C MacDonald;James A Zagzebski

  • Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging: In Vivo Results in Normal Liver

    J.A. Zagzebski;Z.F. Lu;L.X. Yao

  • Spectral and color Doppler artifacts.

    M A Pozniak;J A Zagzebski;K A Scanlan

  • Tests of backscatter coefficient measurement using broadband pulses

    J.-F. Chen;J.A. Zagzebski;E.L. Madsen

  • Improvements in the spectral difference method for measuring ultrasonic attenuation

    Michael Insana;James Zagzebski;Ernest Madsen

  • Attenuation and Backscatter Estimation Using Video Signal Analysis Applied to B-Mode Images

    B. S. Knipp;J. A. Zagzebski;Thaddeus Wilson;F. Dong

  • Ultrasonic Imaging of Myocardial Strain Using Cardiac Elastography

    Tomy Varghese;J.A. Zagzebski;P. Rahko;C.S. Breburda

  • Continuous waves generated by focused radiators

    Ernest L. Madsen;Mitchell M. Goodsitt;James A. Zagzebski

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernest L. Madsen
Ernest L. Madsen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tomy Varghese
Tomy Varghese University of Wisconsin–Madison
Timothy J. Hall
Timothy J. Hall University of Wisconsin–Madison
William D. O'Brien
William D. O'Brien University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael L. Oelze
Michael L. Oelze University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael F. Insana
Michael F. Insana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paul L. Carson
Paul L. Carson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chrysanthy Ikonomidou
Chrysanthy Ikonomidou University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles A. Mistretta
Charles A. Mistretta University of Wisconsin–Madison
Guang-Hong Chen
Guang-Hong Chen University of Wisconsin–Madison

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