Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers predict survival and response in hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with sorafenib and …

…, CH Hsu, BB Chen, SY Wei, AL Cheng, TTF Shih - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Sorafenib plus metronomic tegafur/uracil therapy can induce tumor
stabilization in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. This study evaluated …

Blood perfusion of vertebral lesions evaluated with gadolinium‐enhanced dynamic MRI: in comparison with compression fracture and metastasis

WT Chen, TTF Shih, RC Chen, HY Lo… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate blood perfusion of vertebral lesions using dynamic Gd‐DTPA‐enhanced
MRI. Materials and Methods Dynamic MR studies were performed for cases of acute …

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging with Gd-EOB-DTPA for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis patients

…, CY Hsu, CW Yu, SY Wei, JH Kao, HS Lee, TTF Shih - European …, 2012 - Springer
Tiffany Ting-Fang ShihTiffany Ting-Fang Shih planned, designed and coordinated the
study and was responsible for managing data and integrating the entire research effort. …

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with coronary atherosclerosis is region-specific and independent of conventional risk factors and intra-abdominal adiposity

…, FY Shih, CH Huang, WJ Chen, YT Lee, TTF Shih… - Atherosclerosis, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate which measurement of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) best reflects
its atherogenic risk, we examined the associations between different EAT measurements …

Vertebral bone marrow perfusion evaluated with dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging: significance of aging and sex

WT Chen, TTF Shih, RC Chen, SY Lo, CT Chou… - Radiology, 2001 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To investigate blood perfusion of nonfractured, normal-appearing vertebral bodies
with regard to age and sex. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dynamic magnetic resonance …

In vitro study on interaction between human nucleus pulposus cells and mesenchymal stem cells through paracrine stimulation

SH Yang, CC Wu, TTF Shih, YH Sun, FH Lin - Spine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Coculture of human nucleus pulposus (NP) cells and mesenchymal stem cells
(MSCs) using a noncontact system. Objective. To investigate the interaction between NP …

Solitary vertebral collapse: distinction between benign and malignant causes using MR patterns

TTF Shih, KM Huang, YW Li - … Imaging: An Official Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Differentiation of benign from malignant causes of vertebral compression fracture can be
difficult at a single location. We studied 37 patients with solitary vertebral collapse (SVC) in the …

Bevacizumab preconditioning followed by etoposide and cisplatin is highly effective in treating brain metastases of breast cancer progressing from whole-brain …

…, TC Chao, SM Huang, CS Huang, TTF Shih… - Clinical Cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Purpose: We hypothesized that a window period between bevacizumab and cytotoxic
agents may enhance drug delivery into tumor tissue through bevacizumab-induced vascular …

[HTML][HTML] Percutaneous computed tomography-guided coaxial core biopsy for small pulmonary lesions with ground-glass attenuation

…, JY Shih, LA Wu, CJ Yu, HM Liu, TTF Shih… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2012 - Elsevier
Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of percutaneous
computed tomography (CT)-guided coaxial transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) for small …

Bone marrow angiogenesis magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: peak enhancement ratio is an independent predictor for overall …

TTF Shih, HA Hou, CY Liu, BB Chen… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Emerging evidence suggests that progression of hematologic malignancies is associated
with angiogenesis. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) can …