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Stephan G. Nekolla is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Surgery.

The scientist's frequent publication venues include:

  • Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine
  • Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Physica Medica
  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Research topics covered significantly in their work are:

  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications

Recent papers authored by Stephan G. Nekolla include:

  • Clinical quantitative cardiac imaging for the assessment of myocardial ischaemia, 2020, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Cardiac fibroblast activation detected by Ga-68 FAPI PET imaging as a potential novel biomarker of cardiac injury/remodeling, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
  • The added value of PSMA PET/MR radiomics for prostate cancer staging, 2021, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Imaging of cardiac fibroblast activation in a patient after acute myocardial infarction using 68Ga-FAPI-04, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
  • Whole-body uptake classification and prostate cancer staging in 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT using dual-tracer learning, 2021, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Stephan G. Nekolla has collaborated frequently with other researchers including:

  • Wolfgang Weber
  • Esteban Solari
  • Matthias Eiber
  • Markus Schwaiger
  • Remigiusz Kazimierczyk

Best Publications

  • Performance Measurements of the Siemens mMR Integrated Whole-Body PET/MR Scanner

    Gaspar Delso;Sebastian Fürst;Björn Jakoby;Ralf Ladebeck

  • Assessment of Myocardial Viability With Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Comparison With Positron Emission Tomography

    Christoph Klein;Stephan G. Nekolla;Frank M. Bengel;Mitsuru Momose

  • Tissue Classification as a Potential Approach for Attenuation Correction in Whole-Body PET/MRI: Evaluation with PET/CT Data

    Axel Martinez-Möller;Michael Souvatzoglou;Gaspar Delso;Ralph A. Bundschuh

  • First Clinical Experience with Integrated Whole-Body PET/MR: Comparison to PET/CT in Patients with Oncologic Diagnoses

    Alexander Drzezga;Michael Souvatzoglou;Matthias Eiber;Ambros J. Beer

  • Abciximab in patients with acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention after clopidogrel loading: a randomized double-blind trial.

    Julinda Mehilli;Adnan Kastrati;Stefanie Schulz;Stefan Früngel

  • Effect of sympathetic reinnervation on cardiac performance after heart transplantation.

    Frank M. Bengel;Peter Ueberfuhr;Nina Schiepel;Stephan G. Nekolla

  • Mechanical Reperfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Presenting More Than 12 Hours From Symptom Onset: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Albert Schömig;Julinda Mehilli;David Antoniucci;Gjin Ndrepepa

  • Preoperative Positron Emission Tomographic Viability Assessment and Perioperative and Postoperative Risk in Patients With Advanced Ischemic Heart Disease

    Felix Haas;Christoph J Haehnel;Wolfgang Picker;Stephan Nekolla

  • Detection of significant coronary artery disease by noninvasive anatomical and functional imaging.

    Danilo Neglia;Daniele Rovai;Chiara Caselli;Mikko Pietila

  • Serial Assessment of Sympathetic Reinnervation After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation A Longitudinal Study Using PET and C-11 Hydroxyephedrine

    Frank M. Bengel;Peter Ueberfuhr;Sibylle I. Ziegler;Stephan Nekolla

  • Evaluation of the Novel Myocardial Perfusion Positron-Emission Tomography Tracer 18F-BMS-747158-02 Comparison to 13N-Ammonia and Validation With Microspheres in a Pig Model

    S.G. Nekolla;S. Reder;A. Saraste;T. Higuchi

  • Myocardial salvage after coronary stenting plus abciximab versus fibrinolysis plus abciximab in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a randomised trial.

    Adnan Kastrati;Julinda Mehilli;Josef Dirschinger;Ullrich Schricke

  • Assessment of coronary flow reserve: comparison between contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography.

    Tareq Ibrahim;Stephan G. Nekolla;Karin Schreiber;Kenichi Odaka

  • A multi-centre evaluation of eleven clinically feasible brain PET/MRI attenuation correction techniques using a large cohort of patients

    Claes N. Ladefoged;Ian Law;Udunna Anazodo;Keith St. Lawrence

  • Early administration of reteplase plus abciximab vs abciximab alone in patients with acute myocardial infarction referred for percutaneous coronary intervention: a randomized controlled trial.

    Adnan Kastrati;Julinda Mehilli;Klaus Schlotterbeck;Franz Dotzer

  • Reproducibility of polar map generation and assessment of defect severity and extent assessment in myocardial perfusion imaging using positron emission tomography

    Stephan G. Nekolla;Christa Miethaner;Ngoc Nguyen;Sibylle I. Ziegler

  • Therapy-dependent influence of time-to-treatment interval on myocardial salvage in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with coronary artery stenting or thrombolysis.

    Albert Schömig;Gjin Ndrepepa;Julinda Mehilli;Markus Schwaiger

  • Prediction of Short-Term Cardiovascular Events Using Quantification of Global Myocardial Flow Reserve in Patients Referred for Clinical 82Rb PET Perfusion Imaging

    Kenji Fukushima;Mehrbod S. Javadi;Takahiro Higuchi;Riikka Lautamäki

  • Evaluation of alphavbeta3 integrin-targeted positron emission tomography tracer 18F-galacto-RGD for imaging of vascular inflammation in atherosclerotic mice.

    Iina Laitinen;Antti Saraste;Eliane Weidl;Thorsten Poethko

  • Extent of Cardiac Sympathetic Neuronal Damage Is Determined by the Area of Ischemia in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Ichiro Matsunari;Ullrich Schricke;Frank M. Bengel;Hans Ullrich Haase

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Schwaiger
Markus Schwaiger Technical University of Munich
Frank M. Bengel
Frank M. Bengel Hannover Medical School
Hans-Jürgen Wester
Hans-Jürgen Wester Technical University of Munich
Ernst J. Rummeny
Ernst J. Rummeny Technical University of Munich
Adnan Kastrati
Adnan Kastrati Technical University of Munich
Nassir Navab
Nassir Navab Technical University of Munich
Albert Schömig
Albert Schömig Technical University of Munich
Juhani Knuuti
Juhani Knuuti Turku University Hospital
Julinda Mehilli
Julinda Mehilli Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang A. Weber
Wolfgang A. Weber Technical University of Munich

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