Publications

  1. Vora SA, Pafundi DH, DeWees TA, Voss MM, Ashman JB, Bendok BR, Laack NN, Liu W, Mahajan A, Mrugala MM, Porter AB, Sio TT, Uhm JH, Yang M, Brinkmann DH, Brown PD. Short-Course, Hypofractionated Proton Beam Therapy Incorporating 18F-DOPA PET–MRI for Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Prospective Phase 2 Trial The Lancet Oncology (Manuscript accepted pending revisions-24-00665R2). 2024.
  2. Vora SA, Pafundi DH, Voss MM, Buras MR, Ashman JB, Bendok BR, Breen W, Hu LS, Kizilbash SH, Laack NN, Liu W, Mahajan A, Mrugala MM, Porter Umphrey AB, Ruff MW, Sio TT, Uhm J, Yang M, Brinkmann DH, Brown PD. Phase 2 Study of Short-Course, Hypofractionated Proton Beam Therapy Incorporating 18F-DOPA PET–MRI for Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma (In review with Editor, Manuscript Number: D-24-00665R1) The Lancet. 2024.
  3. Pepin MD, Brost EE, Klein KA, Garces YI, Brinkmann DH. A script-enabled interactive checklist document for efficient management of electronic devices in a busy multimodality radiotherapy clinic. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Mar; 25 (3):e14302 Epub 2024 Feb 18
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  4. Seaberg MH, Kazda T, Youland RS, Laack NN, Pafundi DH, Anderson SK, Sarkaria JN, Galanis E, Brown PD, Brinkmann DH. Dosimetric patterns of failure in the era of novel chemoradiotherapy in newly-diagnosed glioblastoma patients. Radiother Oncol. 2023 Nov; 188:109768 Epub 2023 June 28
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  5. McGee KP, Campeau NG, Witte RJ, Rossman PJ, Christopherson JA, Tryggestad EJ, Brinkmann DH, Ma DJ, Park SS, Rettmann DW, Robb FJ. Evaluation of a New, Highly Flexible Radiofrequency Coil for MR Simulation of Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiation Therapy. J Clin Med. 2022 Oct 11; 11 (20)
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  6. Breen WG, Youland RS, Giri S, Jacobson SB, Pafundi DH, Brown PD, Hunt CH, Mahajan A, Ruff MW, Kizilbash SH, Uhm JH, Routman DM, Jones JE, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Initial results of a phase II trial of (18)F-DOPA PET-guided re-irradiation for recurrent high-grade glioma. J Neurooncol. 2022 Jul; 158 (3):323-330 Epub 2022 May 18
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  7. Lucido JJ, Mullikin TC, Abraha F, Harmsen WS, Vaishnav BD, Brinkmann DH, Kowalchuk RO, Marion JT, Johnson-Tesch BA, El Sherif O, Brown PD, Rose PS, Owen D, Morris JM, Waddle MR, Siontis BL, Stish BJ, Pafundi DH, Laack NN, Olivier KR, Park SS, Merrell KW. Single and Multifraction Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and the Risk of Radiation Induced Myelopathy. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2022 Nov-Dec; 7(6):101047. Epub 2022 Aug 13.
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  8. Zhang H, Orme JJ, Abraha F, Stish BJ, Lowe VJ, Lucien F, Tryggestad EJ, Bold MS, Pagliaro LC, Choo CR, Brinkmann DH, Iott MJ, Davis BJ, Quevedo JF, Harmsen WS, Costello BA, Johnson GB, Nathan MA, Olivier KR, Pisansky TM, Kwon ED, Dong H, Park SS. Phase II Evaluation of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) and Immunity in (11)C-Choline-PET/CT-Identified Oligometastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Dec 1; 27 (23):6376-6383 Epub 2021 Sept 30
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  9. Laack NN, Pafundi D, Anderson SK, Kaufmann T, Lowe V, Hunt C, Vogen D, Yan E, Sarkaria J, Brown P, Kizilbash S, Uhm J, Ruff M, Zakhary M, Zhang Y, Seaberg M, Wan Chan Tseung HS, Kabat B, Kemp B, Brinkmann D. Initial Results of a Phase 2 Trial of (18)F-DOPA PET-Guided Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy for Glioblastoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Aug 1; 110 (5):1383-1395 Epub 2021 Mar 23
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  10. Qian J, Herman MG, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN, Kemp BJ, Hunt CH, Lowe V, Pafundi DH. Prediction of MGMT Status for Glioblastoma Patients Using Radiomics Feature Extraction From (18)F-DOPA-PET Imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Dec 1; 108 (5):1339-1346 Epub 2020 July 04
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  11. Zhang Y, Mutter RW, Park SS, Hieken TJ, Yan ES, Corbin KS, Brinkmann DH, Pafundi DH. Carbon Fiducial Image Guidance Increases the Accuracy of Lumpectomy Cavity Localization in Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 Jan; 9 (1):e14-e21 Epub 2018 Oct 01
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  12. Youland RS, Pafundi DH, Brinkmann DH, Lowe VJ, Morris JM, Kemp BJ, Hunt CH, Giannini C, Parney IF, Laack NN. Prospective trial evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[18F]-fluoro-L-phenylalanine (18F-DOPA) PET and MRI in patients with recurrent gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2018 May; 137 (3):583-591 Epub 2018 Jan 13
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  13. Kazda T, Pafundi DH, Kraling A, Bradley T, Lowe VJ, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Dosimetric impact of amino acid positron emission tomography imaging for target delineation in radiation treatment planning for high-grade gliomas. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2018 Apr; 6:94-100 Epub 2018 June 22
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  14. Sarkaria JN, Hu LS, Parney IF, Pafundi DH, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN, Giannini C, Burns TC, Kizilbash SH, Laramy JK, Swanson KR, Kaufmann TJ, Brown PD, Agar NYR, Galanis E, Buckner JC, Elmquist WF. Is the blood-brain barrier really disrupted in all glioblastomas? A critical assessment of existing clinical data. Neuro Oncol. 2018 Jan 22; 20 (2):184-191
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  15. Mullins JP, Grams MP, Herman MG, Brinkmann DH, Antolak JA. Treatment planning for metals using an extended CT number scale. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Nov 8; 17 (6):179-188 Epub 2016 Nov 08
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  16. Grams MP, Fong de Los Santos LE, Antolak JA, Brinkmann DH, Clarke MJ, Park SS, Olivier KR, Whitaker TJ. Cadaveric verification of the Eclipse AAA algorithm for spine SBRT treatments with titanium hardware. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 Mar-Apr; 6: (2)131-41.
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  17. Courneyea L, Mullins J, Howard M, Foote R, Garces Y, Ma D, Beltran C, Brinkmann D, Pafundi D. Positioning reproducibility with and without rotational corrections for 2 head and neck immobilization systems. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015 Nov-Dec; 5: (6)e575-81.
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  18. Becker CM, Oberoi RK, McFarren SJ, Muldoon DM, Pafundi DH, Pokorny JL, Brinkmann DH, Ohlfest JR, Sarkaria JN, Largaespada DA, Elmquist WF. Decreased affinity for efflux transporters increases brain penetrance and molecular targeting of a PI3K/mTOR inhibitor in a mouse model of glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2015 Sep; 17 (9):1210-9 Epub 2015 May 12
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  19. Kazda T, Hardie JG, Pafundi DH, Kaufmann TJ, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Evaluation of RANO response criteria compared to clinician evaluation in WHO grade III anaplastic astrocytoma: implications for clinical trial reporting and patterns of failure. J Neurooncol. 2015; 122(1):197-203.
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  20. Grams MP, Fong de Los Santos LE, Brown LC, Mayo CS, Park SS, Garces YI, Olivier KR, Brinkmann DH. Separating the dosimetric consequences of changing tumor anatomy from positional uncertainty for conventionally fractionated lung cancer patients. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Nov-Dec; 4 (6):455-65 Epub 2014 Apr 03
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  21. Grams MP, Brown LC, Brinkmann DH, Pafundi DH, Mundy DW, Garces YI, Park SS, Olivier KR, de los Santos LE. Analysis of automatic match results for cone-beam computed tomography localization of conventionally fractionated lung tumors. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 4 (1):35-42 Epub 2013 Mar 26
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  22. Pafundi DH, Laack NN, Youland RS, Parney IF, Lowe VJ, Giannini C, Kemp BJ, Grams MP, Morris JM, Hoover JM, Hu LS, Sarkaria JN, Brinkmann DH. Biopsy validation of 18F-DOPA PET and biodistribution in gliomas for neurosurgical planning and radiotherapy target delineation: results of a prospective pilot study. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Aug; 15 (8):1058-67 Epub 2013 Mar 03
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  23. Cheville AL, Brinkmann DH, Ward SB, Durski J, Laack NN, Yan E, Schomberg PJ, Garces YI, Suman VJ, Petersen IA. The addition of SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy to breast cancer radiation planning spares lymph nodes critical for arm drainage. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Mar 15; 85: (4)971-7.
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  24. Youland RS, Kitange GJ, Peterson TE, Pafundi DH, Ramiscal JA, Pokorny JL, Giannini C, Laack NN, Parney IF, Lowe VJ, Brinkmann DH, Sarkaria JN. The role of LAT1 in (18)F-DOPA uptake in malignant gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2013 Jan; 111 (1):11-8 Epub 2012 Oct 20
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  25. Ahmed KA, Stauder MC, Miller RC, Bauer HJ, Rose PS, Olivier KR, Brown PD, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Stereotactic body radiation therapy in spinal metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Apr 1; 82 (5):e803-9 Epub 2012 Feb 11
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  26. Mutaf YD, Brinkmann DH. An investigation of temporal resolution parameters in cine-mode four-dimensional computed tomography acquisition. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2008 Oct 29; 9 (4):172-180
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  27. Mutaf YD, Brinkmann DH. Optimization of internal margin to account for dosimetric effects of respiratory motion. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Apr 1; 70(5):1561-70.
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  28. Mutaf YD, Antolak JA, Brinkmann DH. The impact of temporal inaccuracies on 4DCT image quality. Med Phys. 2007 May; 34: (5)1615-22.
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  29. Schallenkamp JM, Miller RC, Brinkmann DH, Foote T, Garces YI. Incidence of radiation pneumonitis after thoracic irradiation: Dose-volume correlates. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Feb 1; 67 (2):410-6
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  30. Davis BJ, Brinkmann DH, Kruse JJ, Herman MG, LaJoie WN, Schwartz DJ, Pisansky TM, Kline RW. Selective identification of different brachytherapy sources, ferromagnetic seeds, and fiducials in the prostate using an automated seed sorting algorithm. Brachytherapy. 2004; 3: (2)106-12.
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  31. Brinkmann DH, Kline RW. Automated seed localization from CT datasets of the prostate. Med Phys. 1998 Sep; 25: (9)1667-72.
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