Publications

1. Jasper S, Swicklik J, Baffour F, Ferrero A, El Sadaney AO, Shanblatt E, Nowak T, McCollough C, Rajendran K. Quantitative assessment of areal bone mineral density using multi-energy localizer radiographs from photon-counting detector CT. Phys Med Biol. 2024 Nov 12; 69 (22)
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2. El Sadaney AO, Ferrero A, Rajendran K, Jasper S, Mazza GL, Broski SM, Shanblatt E, Nowak T, Fletcher JG, McCollough CH, Baffour FI. Opportunistic Bone Mineral Density Measurement Using Photon-Counting Detector CT Spectral Localizer Images: A Prospective Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2024 Oct 30 [Epub ahead of print]
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3. Koo CW, Huls SJ, Baffour F, McCollough CH, Yu L, Bartholmai BJ, Zhou Z. Impact of Photon-counting Detector Computed Tomography on a Quantitative Interstitial Lung Disease Machine Learning Model. J Thorac Imaging. 2024 Oct 24 [Epub ahead of print]
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4. Diehn FE, Zhou Z, Thorne JE, Campeau NG, Nagelschneider AA, Eckel LJ, Benson JC, Madhavan AA, Bathla G, Lehman VT, Huber NR, Baffour F, Fletcher JG, McCollough CH, Yu L. High-Resolution Head CTA: A Prospective Patient Study Comparing Image Quality of Photon-Counting Detector CT and Energy-Integrating Detector CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Oct 3; 45 (10):1441-1449 Epub 2024 Oct 03
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5. Dutta A, Ferrero A, Rajendran K, Drake MT, Ou FS, Giri S, Fletcher JG, McCollough CH, Baffour FI. Correction to: Quantitative metrics of bone quality determined at the distal radius using photon‑counting CT. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Sep 17 Epub 2024 Sept 17
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6. Leng S, Toia GV, Hoodeshenas S, Ramirez-Giraldo JC, Yagil Y, Maltz JS, Boedeker K, Li K, Baffour F, Fletcher JG. Standardizing technical parameters and terms for abdominopelvic photon-counting CT: laying the groundwork for innovation and evidence sharing. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2024 Sep; 49 (9):3261-3273 Epub 2024 May 20
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7. Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Hamouda AM, Everson MC, Pennington Z, Kumar R, Pinter ZW, Martini ML, Bydon M, Kennel KA, Baffour F, Nassr A, Freedman B, Sebastian AS, Abode-Iyamah K, Anderson PA, Fogelson JL, Elder BD. Change in spinal bone mineral density as estimated by Hounsfield units following osteoporosis treatment with romosozumab, teriparatide, denosumab, and alendronate: an analysis of 318 patients. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Sep 1; 41 (3):309-315 Epub 2024 July 05
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8. Gotbi E, Ibad HA, Hadidchi R, Baffour F, Demehri S. A minireview of four-dimensional CT and joint biomechanics Osteoarthritis Imaging. 2024 Sep; 4(3):100241. Epub 2024 Jul 05.
   
9. El Sadaney AO, Dutta A, Cook J, Baffour FI. Monoclonal Gammopathy of Clinical Significance (MGCS) and Related Disorders: A Review and the Role of Imaging. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Aug 29; 14 (17)
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10. Dutta A, Ferrero A, Rajendran K, Drake MT, Ou FS, Giri S, Fletcher JG, McCollough CH, Baffour FI. Quantitative metrics of bone quality determined at the distal radius using photon-counting CT. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Aug 9 Epub 2024 Aug 09
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11. Martini ML, Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Pennington Z, Everson MC, Hamouda AM, Bydon M, Freedman B, Sebastian AS, Nassr A, Anderson PA, Baffour F, Kennel KA, Fogelson J, Elder B. Opportunistic CT-Based Hounsfield Units Strongly Correlate with Biomechanical CT Measurements in the Thoracolumbar Spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Jul 15; 49 (14):1021-1028 Epub 2023 Sept 07
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12. Faghani S, Moassefi M, Yadav U, Buadi FK, Kumar SK, Erickson BJ, Gonsalves WI, Baffour FI. Whole-body low-dose computed tomography in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma predicts cytogenetic risk: a deep learning radiogenomics study. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Jun 27 Epub 2024 June 27
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13. Lauren E. Dittman, Anika Dutta, Francis Baffour, Nicholas Pulos. Updates in Pediatric Upper Extremity Imaging Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. 2024; 7.
    
14. Fletcher JG, Inoue A, Bratt A, Horst KK, Koo CW, Rajiah PS, Baffour FI, Ko JP, Remy-Jardin M, McCollough CH, Yu L. Photon-counting CT in Thoracic Imaging: Early Clinical Evidence and Incorporation Into Clinical Practice. Radiology. 2024 Mar; 310 (3):e231986
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15. Faghani S, Nicholas RG, Patel S, Baffour FI, Moassefi M, Rouzrokh P, Khosravi B, Powell GM, Leng S, Glazebrook KN, Erickson BJ, Tiegs-Heiden CA. Development of a deep learning model for the automated detection of green pixels indicative of gout on dual energy CT scan. Res Diagn Interv Imaging. 2024 Mar; 9:100044 Epub 2024 Mar 08
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16. Yalon M, Sae-Kho T, Khanna A, Chang S, Andrist BR, Weber NM, Hoodeshenas S, Ferrero A, Glazebrook KN, McCollough CH, Baffour FI. Staging of breast cancer in the breast and regional lymph nodes using contrast-enhanced photon-counting detector CT: accuracy and potential impact on patient management. Br J Radiol. 2024 Jan 23; 97 (1153):93-97
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17. Madhavan AA, Liebo GB, Baffour F, Diehn FE, Maus TP, Murthy NS, Rhodes NG, Tiegs-Heiden CA. A review of epidural and non-epidural contrast flow patterns during fluoroscopic and CT-guided epidural steroid injections. Interv Neuroradiol. 2024 Jan 5; 15910199231221857 Epub 2024 Jan 05
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18. Rixey AB, Glazebrook KN, Powell GM, Baffour FI, Collins MS, Takahashi EA, Tiegs-Heiden CA. Rhabdomyolysis: a review of imaging features across modalities. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Jan; 53 (1):19-27 Epub 2023 June 15
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19. Faghani S, Patel S, Rhodes NG, Powell GM, Baffour FI, Moassefi M, Glazebrook KN, Erickson BJ, Tiegs-Heiden CA. Deep-learning for automated detection of MSU deposits on DECT: evaluating impact on efficiency and reader confidence. Front Radiol. 2024; 4:1330399 Epub 2024 Feb 19
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20. Madhavan AA, Cutsforth-Gregory JK, Brinjikji W, Bathla G, Benson JC, Diehn FE, Eckel LJ, Mark IT, Morris PP, Payne MA, Verdoorn JT, Weber NM, Yu L, Baffour F, Fletcher JG, McCollough CH. Diagnostic Performance of Decubitus Photon-Counting Detector CT Myelography for the Detection of CSF-Venous Fistulas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2023 Dec 11; 44 (12):1445-1450
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21. Horst KK, Yu L, McCollough CH, Esquivel A, Thorne JE, Rajiah PS, Baffour F, Hull NC, Weber NM, Thacker PG, Thomas KB, Binkovitz LA, Guerin JB, Fletcher JG. Potential benefits of photon counting detector computed tomography in pediatric imaging. Br J Radiol. 2023 Dec; 96 (1152):20230189 Epub 2023 Oct 25
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22. Pitot MA, Broski SM, Baffour F, Powell GM. A Unique Case of Familial Expansile Osteolysis: Findings on 99mTc-MDP Bone Scan. Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Dec 1; 48 (12):1068-1070 Epub 2023 Oct 11
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23. Ferrero A, Powell GM, Adaaquah DK, Rajendran K, Thorne JE, Krych AJ, Horst KK, McCollough CH, Baffour FI. Feasibility of photon-counting CT for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome evaluation: lower radiation dose and improved diagnostic confidence. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Sep; 52 (9):1651-1659 Epub 2023 Mar 27
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24. Faghani S, Moassefi M, Rouzrokh P, Khosravi B, Baffour FI, Ringler MD, Erickson BJ. Quantifying Uncertainty in Deep Learning of Radiologic Images. Radiology. 2023 Aug; 308 (2):e222217
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25. Demehri S, Baffour FI, Klein JG, Ghotbi E, Ibad HA, Moradi K, Taguchi K, Fritz J, Carrino JA, Guermazi A, Fishman EK, Zbijewski WB. Musculoskeletal CT Imaging: State-of-the-Art Advancements and Future Directions. Radiology. 2023 Aug; 308 (2):e230344
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26. Cooper KS, Powell GM, Baffour FI, Johnson MP, Frick MA. Incidence of complications related to shoulder arthroplasties identified on computed tomography. Emerg Radiol. 2023 Aug; 30 (4):475-483 Epub 2023 July 06
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27. McCollough CH, Rajendran K, Baffour FI, Diehn FE, Ferrero A, Glazebrook KN, Horst KK, Johnson TF, Leng S, Mileto A, Rajiah PS, Schmidt B, Yu L, Flohr TG, Fletcher JG. Clinical applications of photon counting detector CT. Eur Radiol. 2023 Aug; 33 (8):5309-5320 Epub 2023 Apr 05
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28. Nehra AK, Rajendran K, Baffour FI, Mileto A, Rajiah PS, Horst KK, Inoue A, Johnson TF, Diehn FE, Glazebrook KN, Thorne JE, Weber NM, Shanblatt ER, Gong H, Yu L, Leng S, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Seeing More with Less: Clinical Benefits of Photon-counting Detector CT. Radiographics. 2023 May; 43 (5):e220158
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29. Baffour FI, Glazebrook KN, Ferrero A, Leng S, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG, Rajendran K. Photon-Counting Detector CT for Musculoskeletal Imaging: A Clinical Perspective. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 Apr; 220 (4):551-560 Epub 2022 Oct 19
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30. Nandakumar B, Baffour F, Abdallah NH, Kumar SK, Dispenzieri A, Buadi FK, Dingli D, Lacy MQ, Hayman SR, Kapoor P, Leung N, Fonder A, Hobbs M, Hwa YL, Muchtar E, Warsame R, Kourelis TV, Go RS, Kyle RA, Gertz MA, Rajkumar SV, Klug J, Korfiatis P, Gonsalves WI. Sarcopenia identified by computed tomography imaging using a deep learning-based segmentation approach impacts survival in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Cancer. 2023 Feb 1; 129 (3):385-392 Epub 2022 Nov 22
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31. Pitot MA, Powell GM, Holcomb R, Tiegs-Heiden CA, Baffour FI, Collins MS, Glazebrook KN. Multimodality evaluation of transfascial muscle and other soft tissue herniations of the extremities. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Jan; 52 (1):1-8 Epub 2022 July 15
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32. Rajendran K, Baffour F, Powell G, Glazebrook K, Thorne J, Larson N, Leng S, McCollough C, Fletcher J. Improved visualization of the wrist at lower radiation dose with photon-counting-detector CT. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Jan; 52 (1):23-29 Epub 2022 July 13
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33. Cook J, Rajendran K, Ferrero A, Dhillon P, Kumar S, Baffour F. Photon counting detector computed tomography: a new frontier of myeloma bone disease evaluation. ACTA Haematologica. 2023; 146 (5):419-23
    
34. Cook J, Rajendran K, Ferrero A, Dhillon P, Kumar S, Baffour F. Photon Counting Detector Computed Tomography: A New Frontier of Myeloma Bone Disease Evaluation. Acta Haematol. 2023; 146 (5):419-423 Epub 2023 June 20
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35. Faghani S, Baffour FI, Ringler MD, Hamilton-Cave M, Rouzrokh P, Moassefi M, Khosravi B, Erickson BJ. A deep learning algorithm for detecting lytic bone lesions of multiple myeloma on CT. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Jan; 52 (1):91-98 Epub 2022 Aug 18
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36. Baffour FI, Huber NR, Ferrero A, Rajendran K, Glazebrook KN, Larson NB, Kumar S, Cook JM, Leng S, Shanblatt ER, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Photon-counting Detector CT with Deep Learning Noise Reduction to Detect Multiple Myeloma. Radiology. 2023 Jan; 306(1):229-236. Epub 2022 Sep 06.
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37. Baffour FI, Rajendran K, Glazebrook KN, Thorne JE, Larson NB, Leng S, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Ultra-high-resolution imaging of the shoulder and pelvis using photon-counting-detector CT: a feasibility study in patients. Eur Radiol. 2022 Oct; 32 (10):7079-7086 Epub 2022 June 11
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38. Gong H, Baffour FI, Glazebrook KN, Rhodes NG, Tiegs-Heiden CA, Thorne JE, Cook JM, Kumar S, Fletcher JG, McCollough CH, Leng S. Deep learning-based virtual noncalcium imaging in multiple myeloma using dual-energy CT. Med Phys. 2022 Oct; 49 (10):6346-6358 Epub 2022 Aug 28
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39. Huber NR, Ferrero A, Rajendran K, Baffour F, Glazebrook KN, Diehn FE, Inoue A, Fletcher JG, Yu L, Leng S, McCollough CH. Dedicated convolutional neural network for noise reduction in ultra-high-resolution photon-counting detector computed tomography. Phys Med Biol. 2022 Sep 2; 67 (17) Epub 2022 Sept 02
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40. Esquivel A, Ferrero A, Mileto A, Baffour F, Horst K, Rajiah PS, Inoue A, Leng S, McCollough C, Fletcher JG. Photon-Counting Detector CT: Key Points Radiologists Should Know. Korean J Radiol. 2022 Sep; 23 (9):854-865
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41. Baffour FI, Ferrero A, Aird GA, Powell GM, Adkins MC, Bekele DI, Johnson MP, Fletcher JG, Glazebrook KN. Evolving Role of Dual-Energy CT in the Clinical Workup of Gout: A Retrospective Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Jun; 218 (6):1041-1050 Epub 2022 Jan 26
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42. Powell GM, Baffour FI, Baillargeon AM, Spinner RJ, Glazebrook KN. Preoperative ultrasound accurately characterizes surgically confirmed extracranial spinal accessory nerve injuries. Skeletal Radiol. 2022 Jun; 51 (6):1179-1188 Epub 2021 Oct 22
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43. Rajendran K, Petersilka M, Henning A, Shanblatt ER, Schmidt B, Flohr TG, Ferrero A, Baffour F, Diehn FE, Yu L, Rajiah P, Fletcher JG, Leng S, McCollough CH. First Clinical Photon-counting Detector CT System: Technical Evaluation. Radiology. 2022 Apr; 303 (1):130-138 Epub 2021 Dec 14
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44. Gong H, Hsieh SS, Holmes DR 3rd, Cook DA, Inoue A, Bartlett DJ, Baffour F, Takahashi H, Leng S, Yu L, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. An interactive eye-tracking system for measuring radiologists' visual fixations in volumetric CT images: Implementation and initial eye-tracking accuracy validation. Med Phys. 2021 Nov; 48 (11):6710-6723 Epub 2021 Oct 06
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45. Rixey A, Wenger D, Baffour F, Kakar S, McKenzie G. Accessory abductor digiti minimi muscle, less muscular than thought: an update on prevalence, morphology, and review of the literature. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Aug; 50 (8):1687-1695 Epub 2021 Feb 03
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46. Bartlett DJ, Erie AJ, Baffour FI, Broski SM, Glazebrook KN. BRAF inhibitor-induced panniculitis in patients treated for stage IV metastatic melanoma: a case series. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Jun; 50 (6):1257-1262 Epub 2020 Nov 09
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47. Powell GM, Baffour FI, Moynagh MR, Skinner JA, Lam TK, O'Driscoll SW, Glazebrook KN. Preoperative sonographic ulnar nerve mapping in the postoperative elbow. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Jun; 50(6):1219-1225. Epub 2020 Oct 03.
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48. Doolittle DA, Hernandez MC, Baffour FI, Moynagh MR, Takahashi N, Froemming AT, Glazebrook KN, Kim BD. CT-derived sarcopenia should not preclude surgical stabilization of traumatic rib fractures. Eur Radiol Exp. 2021 Feb 16; 5 (1):9
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49. Mohammadinejad P, Baffour FI, Adkins MC, Yu L, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG, Glazebrook KN. Benefits of iterative metal artifact reduction and dual-energy CT towards mitigating artifact in the setting of total shoulder prostheses. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Jan; 50 (1):51-58 Epub 2020 June 29
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50. Baffour FI, Glazebrook KN. Dual-Energy CT of Musculoskeletal Trauma. Semin Roentgenol. 2021 Jan; 56 (1):106-114 Epub 2020 July 30
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51. Baillargeon AM, Baffour FI, Yu L, Fletcher JG, McCollough CH, Glazebrook KN. Fat quantification of the rotator cuff musculature using dual-energy CT-A pilot study. Eur J Radiol. 2020 Sep; 130:109145 Epub 2020 June 23
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52. Baffour FI, Glazebrook KN, Kumar SK, Broski SM. Role of imaging in multiple myeloma. Am J Hematol. 2020 Aug; 95 (8):966-977 Epub 2020 May 18
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53. Powell GM, Baffour FI, Erie AJ, Puffer RC, Spinner RJ, Glazebrook KN. Sonographic evaluation of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in meralgia paresthetica. Skeletal Radiol. 2020 Jul; 49 (7):1135-1140 Epub 2020 Feb 24
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54. Baffour FI, Wenger DE, Broski SM. (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging features of lipomatous tumors. Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020; 10 (1):74-82 Epub 2020 Feb 25
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55. Baffour FI, Glazebrook KN, Morris JM, Michalak GJ, Fletcher JG, Leng S, McCollough CH. Clinical utility of virtual noncalcium dual-energy CT in imaging of the pelvis and hip. Skeletal Radiol. 2019 Dec; 48 (12):1833-1842 Epub 2019 May 30
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56. Baffour FI, Moynagh MR, Eiken PW, Welch BT, Kurup AN, Atwell TD, Schmit GD. Effectiveness and Safety of Percutaneous CT-Guided Rib Biopsy. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 Jan; 30 (1):82-86 Epub 2018 Dec 07
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57. Baffour FI, McKenzie GA, Bekele DI, Glazebrook KN. Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review. Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Dec; 13 (6):1233-1237 Epub 2018 Sept 20
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58. Arunachalam SP, Arani A, Baffour F, Rysavy JA, Rossman PJ, Glaser KJ, Lake DS, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, McGee KP, Ehman RL, Araoz PA. Regional assessment of in vivo myocardial stiffness using 3D magnetic resonance elastography in a porcine model of myocardial infarction. Magn Reson Med. 2018 Jan; 79 (1):361-369 Epub 2017 Apr 05
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59. Arani A, Arunachalam SP, Chang ICY, Baffour F, Rossman PJ, Glaser KJ, Trzasko JD, McGee KP, Manduca A, Grogan M, Dispenzieri A, Ehman RL, Araoz PA. Cardiac MR elastography for quantitative assessment of elevated myocardial stiffness in cardiac amyloidosis. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Nov; 46(5):1361-1367. Epub 2017 Feb 25.
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60. Baffour FI, Hickson LJ, Stegall MD, Dean PG, Gunderson TM, Atwell TD, Kurup AN, Schmitz JJ, Park WD, Schmit GD. Effects of Aspirin Therapy on Ultrasound-Guided Renal Allograft Biopsy Bleeding Complications. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2017 Feb; 28 (2):188-194 Epub 2016 Dec 16
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61. Miller T, Burns J, Gilligan J, Baffour F, Brook A. Patients with refractory back pain treated in the emergency department: Is immediate interlaminar epidural steroid injection superior to hospital admission and standard medical pain management? Pain Physician. 2015; 18(2):E171-6.
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62. Rossi M, Caruso F, Crespi EJ, Pedersen JZ, Nakano G, Duong M, McKee C, Lee S, Jiwrajka M, Caldwell C, Baffour F, Karlin DA, Lidoff G, Leone S, Balducci V, Miler J, Incerpi S. Probing antioxidant activity of 2'-hydroxychalcones: crystal and molecular structures, in vitro antiproliferative studies and in vivo effects on glucose regulation. Biochimie. 2013 Oct; 95(10):1954-63. Epub 2013 Jul 10.
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63. Baffour FI, Kirchoff-Torres KF, Einstein FH, Karakash S, Miller TS. Bilateral internal carotid artery dissection in the postpartum period. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Feb; 119(2 Pt 2):489-92.
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