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Pamela W. Schaefer

Pamela W. Schaefer

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Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
22027
World Ranking
19088
National Ranking
9516

Overview

Pamela W. Schaefer is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and contributes extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on radiology, neurology, and infectious diseases. Their body of work spans several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Epidemiology, Neurology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research touches on multiple specialized topics within medical imaging and clinical treatment, such as:

  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Radiology practices and education
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Pamela W. Schaefer include:

  • Brain imaging with portable low-field MRI, 2023, Nature Reviews Bioengineering
  • Susceptibility-weighted imaging reveals cerebral microvascular injury in severe COVID-19, 2021, Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Quantitative Brain Morphometry of Portable Low-Field-Strength MRI Using Super-Resolution Machine Learning, 2022, Radiology
  • Intact Brain Network Function in an Unresponsive Patient with COVID-19, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Cerebral Microvascular Injury in Severe COVID-19, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The venues where Pamela W. Schaefer frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of the American College of Radiology
  • American Journal of Neuroradiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Academic Radiology
  • New England Journal of Medicine

They collaborate often with fellow researchers who have substantial co-authorship records. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Otto Rapalino
  • Susie Y. Huang
  • John Conklin
  • Stephen Cauley
  • Wei-Ching Lo

Through their research activities and publications, Pamela W. Schaefer contributes to furthering understanding and applications of imaging technologies, particularly portable MRI and susceptibility-weighted imaging techniques, while also addressing critical neurological effects related to COVID-19 and cerebrovascular conditions.

Best Publications

  • Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the brain.

    Pamela W. Schaefer;P. Ellen Grant;R. Gilberto Gonzalez

  • Diffusion-weighted MR imaging: diagnostic accuracy in patients imaged within 6 hours of stroke symptom onset.

    R. G. Gonzalez;P. W. Schaefer;F. S. Buonanno;L. H. Schwamm

  • Posterior leukoencephalopathy without severe hypertension: Utility of diffusion-weighted MRI

    H. Ay;Ferdinando S. Buonanno;P. W. Schaefer;D. A. Le

  • Diffusion tensor imaging as potential biomarker of white matter injury in diffuse axonal injury.

    Thierry A.G.M. Huisman;Lee H. Schwamm;Pamela W. Schaefer;Walter J. Koroshetz

  • Glial Tumor Grading and Outcome Prediction Using Dynamic Spin-Echo MR Susceptibility Mapping Compared with Conventional Contrast-Enhanced MR: Confounding Effect of Elevated rCBV of Oligodendroglimoas

    Michael H. Lev;Yelda Ozsunar;Yelda Ozsunar;John W. Henson;Amjad A. Rasheed

  • Significance of Large Vessel Intracranial Occlusion Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke and TIA

    Wade S. Smith;Michael H. Lev;Joey D. English;Erica C. Camargo

  • Time Course of Lesion Development in Patients With Acute Stroke Serial Diffusion- and Hemodynamic-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    L. H. Schwamm;W. J. Koroshetz;A. G. Sorensen;Bing Wang

  • Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Discriminates Between Cytotoxic and Vasogenic Edema in a Patient With Eclampsia

    P W Schaefer;F S Buonanno;R G Gonzalez;L H Schwamm

  • ABC/2 for rapid clinical estimate of infarct, perfusion, and mismatch volumes.

    J. R. Sims;L. Rezai Gharai;P. W. Schaefer;M. Vangel

  • CT and Conventional and Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in Acute Stroke: Study in 691 Patients at Presentation to the Emergency Department

    Mark E. Mullins;Pamela W. Schaefer;A. Gregory Sorensen;Elkan F. Halpern

  • MRI-Based Selection for Intra-Arterial Stroke Therapy. Value of Pretreatment Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Lesion Volume in Selecting Patients With Acute Stroke Who Will Benefit From Early Recanalization

    Albert J. Yoo;Luis A. Verduzco;Pamela W. Schaefer;Joshua A. Hirsch

  • A Pilot Study of Normobaric Oxygen Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke

    Aneesh B. Singhal;Thomas Benner;Luca Roccatagliata;Walter J. Koroshetz

  • Normal diffusion-weighted MRI during stroke-like deficits

    H. Ay;F.S. Buonanno;G. Rordorf;P.W. Schaefer

  • Regional Ischemia and Ischemic Injury in Patients With Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke as Defined by Early Diffusion-Weighted and Perfusion-Weighted MRI

    Rordorf G;Koroshetz Wj;Copen Wa;Cramer Sc

  • Diffusion-weighted imaging for the evaluation of diffuse axonal injury in closed head injury

    Thierry A. G. M. Huisman;A. Gregory Sorensen;Klaus Hergan;R. Gilberto Gonzalez

  • Petechial hemorrhages accompanying lobar hemorrhage: detection by gradient-echo MRI.

    Steven M. Greenberg;Seth P. Finklestein;Pamela W. Schaefer

  • Comparison of Diameter and Perimeter Methods for Tumor Volume Calculation

    A. Gregory Sorensen;Shveta Patel;Carla Harmath;Sarah Bridges

  • Systematic Characterization of the Computed Tomography Angiography Spot Sign in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage Identifies Patients at Highest Risk for Hematoma Expansion The Spot Sign Score

    Josser E. Delgado Almandoz;Albert J. Yoo;Michael J. Stone;Pamela W. Schaefer

  • First-pass quantitative CT perfusion identifies thresholds for salvageable penumbra in acute stroke patients treated with intra-arterial therapy

    P.W. Schaefer;L. Roccatagliata;C. Ledezma;B. Hoh

  • Radiation Necrosis Versus Glioma Recurrence: Conventional MR Imaging Clues to Diagnosis

    Mark E. Mullins;Glenn D. Barest;Pamela W. Schaefer;Fred H. Hochberg

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Gilberto Gonzalez
R. Gilberto Gonzalez Harvard University
Michael H. Lev
Michael H. Lev Harvard University
Lee H. Schwamm
Lee H. Schwamm Harvard University
Walter J. Koroshetz
Walter J. Koroshetz National Institutes of Health
Joshua A Hirsch
Joshua A Hirsch Harvard University
Ona Wu
Ona Wu Harvard University
Javier Romero
Javier Romero Harvard University
A. Gregory Sorensen
A. Gregory Sorensen Harvard University
Albert J. Yoo
Albert J. Yoo Harvard University
Aneesh B. Singhal
Aneesh B. Singhal Massachusetts General Hospital

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