Neil M. Rofsky, MD

Neil Rofsky

Appointments:

Chief of MRI, BIDMC
Associate Chief at Large, Department of Radiology
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Medical Education:

Fellowship

Nuclear Medicine, University of Utah
Abdominal Imaging, New York University
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, New York University

Residency

New York University Medical Center

Medical School

New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Contact:

nrofsky@bidmc.harvard.edu

Recent Publications:

  • Chan OG, Rofsky NM, Yeon SB, Hauser TH, Appelbaum E, Smith MP, Manning WJ. Non-cardiac pathology on clinical cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. In press: JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2009.
  • McMahon, C. J., B. N. Bloch, et al. (2009). "Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging in the evaluation of patients with prostate cancer." Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 17(2): 363-83. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa, I., M. Lafornara, et al. (2009). "Pregnant patients suspected of having acute appendicitis: effect of MR imaging on negative laparotomy rate and appendiceal perforation rate." Radiology 250(3): 749-57. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa, I., L. Ngo, et al. (2009). "Dynamic half-Fourier single-shot turbo spin echo for assessment of deep venous thrombosis: initial observations." Magn Reson Imaging 27(5): 617-24. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa I, Alsop DC, Rofsky NM, et al. (2009). Magnetic resonance imaging as a biomarker in renal cell carcinoma. Cancer. May 15;115(10 Suppl):2334-45. PubMed Abstract
  • Robson, P. M., A. J. Madhuranthakam, et al. (2009). "Strategies for reducing respiratory motion artifacts in renal perfusion imaging with arterial spin labeling." Magn Reson Med 61(6): 1374-87. PubMed Abstract
  • Sun, M. R., L. Ngo, et al. (2009). "Renal cell carcinoma: dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging for differentiation of tumor subtypes--correlation with pathologic findings." Radiology 250(3): 793-802. PubMed Abstract
  • Viswanath, S., B. N. Bloch, et al. (2008). "A comprehensive segmentation, registration, and cancer detection scheme on 3 Tesla in vivo prostate DCE-MRI." Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv Int Conf Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv 11(Pt 1): 662-9. PubMed Abstract
  • Rofsky, N. M. (2008). "Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: considerations for the cardiologist." JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 1(4): 457-9. PubMed Abstract
  • Adey, G. S., I. Pedrosa, et al. (2008). "Lower limits of detection using magnetic resonance imaging for solid components in cystic renal neoplasms." Urology 71(1): 47-51. PubMed Abstract
  • Bloch, B. N., R. E. Lenkinski, et al. (2008). "The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in prostate cancer imaging and staging at 1.5 and 3 Tesla: the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) approach." Cancer Biomark 4(4-5): 251-62. PubMed Abstract
  • Costa, D. N., I. Pedrosa, et al. (2008). "Body MRI using IDEAL." AJR Am J Roentgenol 190(4): 1076-84. PubMed Abstract
  • De Bazelaire, C., D. C. Alsop, et al. (2008). "Magnetic resonance imaging-measured blood flow change after antiangiogenic therapy with PTK787/ZK 222584 correlates with clinical outcome in metastatic renal cell carcinoma." Clin Cancer Res 14(17): 5548-54. PubMed Abstract
  • Ganguli, S., I. Pedrosa, et al. (2008). "Low dose pedal magnetic resonance angiography at 3 tesla with time-resolved imaging of contrast kinetics: a feasibility study." Invest Radiol 43(9): 650-5. PubMed Abstract
  • Lee, K. S., N. M. Rofsky, et al. (2008). "Localization of the appendix at MR imaging during pregnancy: utility of the cecal tilt angle." Radiology 249(1): 134-41. PubMed Abstract
  • Lenkinski, R. E., B. N. Bloch, et al. (2008). "An illustration of the potential for mapping MRI/MRS parameters with genetic over-expression profiles in human prostate cancer." Magma 21(6): 411-21. PubMed Abstract
  • Madhuranthakam, A. J., R. F. Busse, et al. (2008). "B1-insensitive fast spin echo using adiabatic square wave enabling of the echo train (SWEET) excitation." Magn Reson Med 59(6): 1386-93. PubMed Abstract
  • Morrin, M. M., I. Pedrosa, et al. (2008). "Parallel imaging enhanced MR colonography using a phantom model." J Magn Reson Imaging 28(3): 664-72. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa, I., M. T. Chou, et al. (2008). "MR classification of renal masses with pathologic correlation." Eur Radiol 18(2): 365-75. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa, I., M. R. Sun, et al. (2008). "MR imaging of renal masses: correlation with findings at surgery and pathologic analysis." Radiographics 28(4): 985-1003. PubMed Abstract
  • Rofsky, N. M., A. D. Sherry, et al. (2008). "Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a chemical perspective." Radiology 247(3): 608-12. PubMed Abstract
  • Rosen, Y., B. N. Bloch, et al. (2007). "3T MR of the prostate: reducing susceptibility gradients by inflating the endorectal coil with a barium sulfate suspension." Magn Reson Med 57(5): 898-904. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa, I., E. A. Zeikus, et al. (2007). "MR imaging of acute right lower quadrant pain in pregnant and nonpregnant patients." Radiographics 27(3): 721-43; discussion 743-53. PubMed Abstract
  • Barth, M. M., M. P. Smith, et al. (2007). "Body MR imaging at 3.0 T: understanding the opportunities and challenges." Radiographics 27(5): 1445-62; discussion 1462-4. PubMed Abstract
  • Bloch, B. N., E. Furman-Haran, et al. (2007). "Prostate cancer: accurate determination of extracapsular extension with high-spatial-resolution dynamic contrast-enhanced and T2-weighted MR imaging--initial results." Radiology 245(1): 176-85. PubMed Abstract
  • Bloch, B. N., R. E. Lenkinski, et al. (2007). "Prostate postbrachytherapy seed distribution: comparison of high-resolution, contrast-enhanced, T1- and T2-weighted endorectal magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography: initial experience." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69(1): 70-8. PubMed Abstract
  • Byrnes, V., H. Shi, et al. (2007). "The clinical outcome of small (<20 mm) arterially enhancing nodules on MRI in the cirrhotic liver." Am J Gastroenterol 102(8): 1654-9. PubMed Abstract
  • De Bazelaire, C., N. M. Rofsky, et al. (2006). "Combined T2* and T1 measurements for improved perfusion and permeability studies in high field using dynamic contrast enhancement." Eur Radiol 16(9): 2083-91. PubMed Abstract
  • Gelfand, E. V., S. Hughes, et al. (2006). "Severity of mitral and aortic regurgitation as assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: optimizing correlation with Doppler echocardiography." J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 8(3): 503-7. PubMed Abstract
  • Kiryu, S., S. H. Loring, et al. (2006). "Quantitative analysis of the velocity and synchronicity of diaphragmatic motion: dynamic MRI in different postures." Magn Reson Imaging 24(10): 1325-32. PubMed Abstract
  • Levine, D., C. Cavazos, et al. (2006). "Evaluation of real-time single-shot fast spin-echo MRI for visualization of the fetal midline corpus callosum and secondary palate." AJR Am J Roentgenol 187(6): 1505-11. PubMed Abstract
  • Miksad, R. A., G. Bubley, et al. (2006). "Prostate cancer in a transgender woman 41 years after initiation of feminization." Jama 296(19): 2316-7. PubMed Abstract
  • Niendorf, T., C. J. Hardy, et al. (2006). "Toward single breath-hold whole-heart coverage coronary MRA using highly accelerated parallel imaging with a 32-channel MR system." Magn Reson Med 56(1): 167-76. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa, I., D. Levine, et al. (2006). "MR imaging evaluation of acute appendicitis in pregnancy." Radiology 238(3): 891-9. PubMed Abstract
  • Yu JS, Rofsky NM>, et al. (2006). "Hepatic metastases: perilesional enhancement on dynamic MRI." AJR Am J Roentgenol. Apr;186(4):1051-8. PubMed Abstract
  • De Bazelaire, C., N.M. Rofsky, et al. (2005). "Arterial spin labeling blood flow magnetic resonance imaging for the characterization of metastatic renal cell carcinoma(1). "Acad Radiol 12(3): 347-57. PubMed Abstract
  • Hauser, T. H., S. B. Yeon, et al. (2005). " Subclinical pulmonary vein narrowing after ablation for atrial fibrillation." Heart 91(5): 672-3. PubMed Abstract
  • Johnson, T. R., I. Pedrosa, et al. (2005). "Magnetic resonance imaging findings in solitary fibrous tumor of the kidney." J Comput Assist Tomogr 29(4): 481-3. PubMed Abstract
  • Katz-Brull, R., N. M. Rofsky, et al. (2005). "Decreases in free cholesterol and fatty acid unsaturation in renal cell carcinoma demonstrated by breath-hold magnetic resonance spectroscopy." Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 288(4): F637-41. PubMed Abstract
  • Niendorf, T., M. Saranathan, et al. (2005). "Short breath-hold, volumetric coronary MR angiography employing steady-state free precession in conjunction with parallel imaging." Magn Reson Med 53(4): 885-94. PubMed Abstract
  • Pedrosa, I., M. Morrin, et al. (2005). "Is true FISP imaging reliable in the evaluation of venous thrombosis?" AJR Am J Roentgenol 185(6): 1632-40. PubMed Abstract
  • Rapp, J. H., S. D. Wolff, et al. (2005). "Aortoiliac occlusive disease in patients with known or suspected peripheral vascular disease: safety and efficacy of gadofosveset-enhanced MR angiography--multicenter comparative phase III study." Radiology 236(1): 71-8. PubMed Abstract
  • Sodickson, D. K., C. J. Hardy, et al. (2005). "Rapid volumetric MRI using parallel imaging with order-of-magnitude accelerations and a 32-element RF coil array: feasibility and implications." Acad Radiol 12(5): 626-35. PubMed Abstract
  • Yam, C. S., N. Rofsky, et al. (2005). "Development of a radiology report monitoring system for case tracking." AJR Am J Roentgenol 184(1): 343-6. PubMed Abstract
  • Yu JS, Kim YH, Rofsky NM>, et al. (2005). "Dynamic subtraction magnetic resonance imaging of cirrhotic liver: assessment of high signal intensity lesions on nonenhanced T1-weighted images." J Comput Assist Tomogr. Jan-Feb;29(1):51-8. PubMed Abstract
  • Sodickson DK, Hardy CJ, Zhu Y, Giaquinto RO, Gross P, Kenwood G, Niendorf T, Lejay H, McKenzie CA, Ohliger MA, Grant AK, Rofsky NM. Rapid Volumetric MRI Using Parallel Imaging With Order-of-Magnitude Accelerations and a 32-Element RF Coil Array Feasibility and implications(1). Acad Radiol. 2005 May;12(5):626-635.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Katz-Brull R, Rofsky NM, Morrin MM, Pedrosa I, George DJ, Michaelson MD, Marquis RP, Maril M, Noguera C, Lenkinski RE. Decreases in free cholesterol and fatty acid unsaturation in renal cell carcinoma demonstrated by breath-hold magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2005 Apr;288(4):F637-41. Epub 2004 Nov 30.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Niendorf T, Saranathan M, Lingamneni A, Pedrosa I, Spencer M, Cline H, Foo TK, Rofsky NM. Short breath-hold, volumetric coronary MR angiography employing steady-state free precession in conjunction with parallel imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2005 Apr;53(4):885-94.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • De Bazelaire C, Rofsky NM, Duhamel G, Michaelson MD, George D, Alsop DC. Arterial spin labeling blood flow magnetic resonance imaging for the characterization of metastatic renal cell carcinoma(1). Acad Radiol. 2005 Mar;12(3):347-57.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Yam CS, Rofsky N, Kruskal J, Sitek A. Development of a radiology report monitoring system for case tracking. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Jan;184(1):343-6.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Yu JS, Kim YH, Rofsky NM. Dynamic subtraction magnetic resonance imaging of cirrhotic liver: assessment of high signal intensity lesions on nonenhanced T1-weighted images. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2005 Jan-Feb;29(1):51-8.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Baroni RH, Pedrosa I, Tavernaraki E, Goldsmith J, Rofsky NM. Pancreatic sarcoidosis: MRI features. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2004 Nov;20(5):889-93.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Eyvazzadeh AD, Pedrosa I, Rofsky NM, Siewert B, Farrar N, Abbott J, Levine D. MRI of right-sided abdominal pain in pregnancy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Oct;183(4):907-14.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Zhu Y, Hardy CJ, Sodickson DK, Giaquinto RO, Dumoulin CL, Kenwood G, Niendorf T, Lejay H, McKenzie CA, Ohliger MA, Rofsky NM. Highly parallel volumetric imaging with a 32-element RF coil array. Magn Reson Med. 2004 Oct;52(4):869-77.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Sosna J, Pedrosa I, Dewolf WC, Mahallati H, Lenkinski RE, Rofsky NM. MR imaging of the prostate at 3 Tesla: comparison of an external phased-array coil to imaging with an endorectal coil at 1.5 Tesla. Acad Radiol. 2004 Aug;11(8):857-62.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Bloch BN, Rofsky NM, Baroni RH, Marquis RP, Pedrosa I, Lenkinski RE. 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate with combined pelvic phased-array and endorectal coils; Initial experience(1). Acad Radiol. 2004 Aug;11(8):863-7.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Weber A, Pedrosa I, Kawamoto A, Himes N, Munasinghe J, Asahara T, Rofsky NM, Losordo DW. Magnetic resonance mapping of transplanted endothelial progenitor cells for therapeutic neovascularization in ischemic heart disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Jul;26(1):137-43.
    Pub Med Abstract
  • Zuo CS, Seoane PR, Hu J, Harnish PP, Rofsky NM. MR imaging of the stomach: potential use for mangafodipir trisodium--a study in swine. Radiology. 2004 Jul;232(1):160-3. Epub 2004 May 27.
    Pub Med Abstract

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