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Department of
Neurological Surgery

IMAGING LAB

 

Davood Varghai, M.D.

Post-doctoral Scholar
2005-2008

Projects
-Photodynamic therapy of glioma
-Photo bleaching of Pc 4 in glioma cells
-Skull (bone) tissue engineering for critical-size cranial defect repair

Publications

George JE, Ahmad Y, Varghai D, Li X, Berlin J, Jackowe D, Jungermann M, Wolfe MS, Lilge L, Totonchi A, Morris RL, Peterson A, Lust WD, Kenney ME, Hoppel CL, Sun J, Oleinick NL, Dean D. Pc 4 photodynamic therapy of U87-derived human glioma in the nude rat. Las Surg Med 36:383-389, 2005.

Dean D, George JE, Ahmad Y, Wolfe MS, Lilge L, Morris RL, Peterson A, Lust WD, Totonchi A, Varghai D, Li X, Hoppel CL, Sun J, Oleinick NL. Pc 4 photodynamic therapy of U87 (human glioma) orthotopic tumor in nude rat brain. In (Bartels, Bass, de Riese, Gregory, Hirschberg, Katzir, Kollias, Madsen, Malek, McNally-Heintzelman, Tate, Trowers, Wong, eds.): Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Proc. Of BiOS 2005, San Jose, CA, SPIE 5686:526-542, 2005

Varghai D, Azizuddin K, Ahmad Y, Feyes DK, Oleinick NL, Dean D. Fluorescence of Pc 4 in U87 Cells Following Photodynamic Therapy. In (Nikiforos Kollias; Bernard Choi; Haishan Zeng; Reza S. Malek; Brian J. Wong; Justus F. R.Ilgner; Kenton W. Gregory; Guillermo J. Tearney; Henry Hirschberg; Steen J. Madsen, Eds.): Proceedings Photonics West 2007: Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III, SPIE 6424:64242A1-64242A6.

Varghai D, Cross N, Spring-Robinson C, Sharma R, Feyes DK, Ahmad Y, Oleinick NL, Muzic RF Jr., Dean D. Monitoring Pc 4-mediated photodynamic therapy of U87 tumors with F18-fluorodeoxy-glucose PET imaging in the athymic nude rat. In (Nikiforos Kollias; Bernard Choi; Haishan Zeng; Reza S. Malek; Brian J. Wong; Justus F. R.Ilgner; Kenton W. Gregory; Guillermo J. Tearney; Henry Hirschberg; Steen J. Madsen, Eds.): Proceedings Photonics West 2007: Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III, SPIE 6424:64242G1-64242G7.

Cross N, Varghai D, Spring-Robinson C, Sharma R, Muzic RF Jr., N. L. Oleinick, D. Dean. Analysis of 18F-fluorodeoxy-glucose PET imaging data captured before and after Pc 4-mediated photodynamic therapy of U87 tumors in the athymic nude rat. In (Nikiforos Kollias; Bernard Choi; Haishan Zeng; Reza S. Malek; Brian J. Wong; Justus F. R.Ilgner; Kenton W. Gregory; Guillermo J. Tearney; Henry Hirschberg; Steen J. Madsen, Eds.): Proceedings Photonics West 2007: Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III, SPIE 6424:64242F1-64242F8.

Cross N, Sharma R, Varghai D, Spring-Robinson C, Oleinick NL, Muzic RF Jr., Dean D. Hardware, Software, and Scanning Issues Encountered during Small Animal Imaging of Photodynamic Therapy in the Athymic Nude Rat. In (Nikiforos Kollias; Bernard Choi; Haishan Zeng; Reza S. Malek; Brian J. Wong; Justus F. R.Ilgner; Kenton W. Gregory; Guillermo J. Tearney; Henry Hirschberg; Steen J. Madsen, Eds.): Proceedings Photonics West 2007: Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III, SPIE 6424:64242K1-64242K7.

Varghai D, Covey K, Sharma R, Cross N, Feyes DK, Oleinick NL, Flask CA, Dean D. Monitoring Pc 4-mediated Photodynamic Therapy of U87 Tumors with Dynamic Contrast Enhanced-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) in the Athymic Nude Rat. Proceedings Photonics West 2008: Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics, SPIE 6842E (in press).


Contact

Email: Dvarghai@Gmail.Com


Imaging Laboratory, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 - (216) 844-3333