Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Research

About Our Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Research Program

T-guided bone biopsy images in a study optimizing diagnostic yield in sclerotic bone lesions

The Division of Musculoskeletal (MSK) imaging and intervention at BIDMC is passionate about conducting impactful research that can improve the lives of patients with MSK disorders. Our research team has a wide range of research interests including bone and soft tissue tumors, optimizing MSK biopsy techniques, metabolic bone disease, and developing new imaging biomarkers for the assessment of muscle disorders. Please reach out to us to learn more about our research publications.

Recent Selected Publications

Anderson ME, Wu JS, Vargas SO. CORR® Tumor Board: Can Navigation Improve the Ability to Achieve Tumor-free Margins in Pelvic and Sacral Primary Bone Sarcoma Resections? A Historically Controlled Study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019:477(7):1544-1547. PMID: 31169622
Anderson ME, Wu JS, Vargas SO. CORR® Tumor Board: Is the Width of a Surgical Margin Associated with the Outcome of Disease in Patients with Peripheral Chondrosarcoma of the Pelvis? A Multicenter Study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019:477:2429-2431. PMID: 3156758
Anderson ME, Wu JS, Vargas SO. CORR® Tumor Board: Is Microscopic Vascular Invasion In Tumor Specimens Associated With Worse Prognosis In Patients With High-Grade Localized Osteosarcoma? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2020. In Press. PMID: 32118597
Chang HC, Lin YC, Ng SH, Cheung YC, Wang CH, Chen FP, Chang HP, Sung CM, Fan CM, Yeh KY, Wu JS. Effect of Chemotherapy on Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Body Composition Precision Error in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. J Clin Densitom. 2019;22(3):437-443. PMID: 30172603.
Hosseinzadeh S*, DeAngelis JP, Komarraju A, Wu AC, Wu JS. Imaging of Acute Shoulder Trauma. Semin Roentgenol. 2021. In Press
Lee YH, Quek ST, Khong PL, Lee CS, Zhang L, Ng KH, Kamishima T, Fukuda K, Do KH, Yang SO, Chen D, Wu JS, Chan WP. "Consensus Survey on Pre-procedural Safety Practices in Radiological Examinations: A Multicenter Study in Seven Asian Regions" Br J Radiol. In Press.
Lin YC, Wu JS, Kuo SF, Cheung YC, Sung CM, Fan CM, Chen FP, Mhuircheartaigh JN. Vertebral Fractures in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: Utility of Trabecular Bone Score and Relationship with Serum Bone Turnover Biomarkers. J Clin Densitom. 2020;23(1):37-43 PMID: 30773275.
Roy B, Darras BT, Zaidman CM, Wu JS, Kapur K, Rutkove SB. Exploring the Relationship Between Electrical Impedance Myography and Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Clin Neurophysiol. 2019;130(4):515-520. PMID: 30772764
Shergill AK*, Camacho A, Horowitz JM, Jha P, Ascher S, Berchmans E, Slama J, Nougaret S, Wasnik AP, Robbins JB, Dighe MK, Wang CL, Nimhuircheartaigh JM, Phillips J, Menias C, Brook OR. Imaging of Transgender Patients: Expected Findings and Complications of Gender Reassignment Therapy. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Aug;44(8):2886-2898.
Slanetz PJ, Perry H*, Kudla AU*, Soto JA. Building Trust in Radiology Practice. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2020. Vol. 17 (2): 296-297.
Thavikulwat AC*, Wu JS, Chen X*, Anderson ME, Ward A, Kung J. Image-guided Core Needle Biopsy of Adipocytic Tumors: Diagnostic Accuracy and Concordance with Final Surgical Pathology. AJR 2020. In Press.
Zandee van Rilland E*, Kim S*, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Shif Y*, Kung J, Wu JS. Association of Aspirin and Other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs with Bleeding Complications in Image-Guided Musculoskeletal Biopsies. Skeletal Radiol 2020. In Press.
Aparna Komarraju (1), Shlomit Goldberg-Stein (2), Roar Pederson (4), Christopher McCrum (3), Avneesh Chhabra (3). Spectrum of Common and Uncommon Causes of Knee Joint Hyaline Cartilage Degeneration and their Key Imaging Features. European Journal of Radiology, 2020. In Press.

Recent Abstracts/Oral Presentations

Riedel M, Staffa S, Miller C, Zurakowski D, Wu JS, Kwon JY. What is Too Swollen? Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery with Acute Wound Complications for Operatively-Treated Lower Extremity Fractures. Presentation at the AOFAS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2019.
Smith JL*, Wu JS. Hands Up! Systemic Diseases with Characteristic Imaging Findings in the Hand. Oral Educational Poster at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. November 2019.
Kim W, Kung, JW, Wu JS. Evaluation of Image-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Radio-occult Bone Lesions. Oral presentation at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. May 2020.
Kim S*, van Rilland E*, Kung JW, Shif Y*, Mhuircheartaigh JN Wu JS. Association of Aspirin and Other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Bleeding Complications in Image-Guided Musculoskeletal Biopsies. Oral presentation at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. May 2020.
Thavilukut A*, Kung JW, Wu JS. Image-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Adipocytic Tumors: Diagnostic Accuracy and Concordance with Final Surgical Pathology. Oral presentation at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. May 2020.
Kim S, van Rilland E*, Kung JW, Shif Y*, Mhuircheartaigh JN Wu JS. Association of Aspirin and Other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Bleeding Complications in Image-Guided Musculoskeletal Biopsies. Oral podium presentation at the Society of Skeletal Radiology Annual Meeting, Huntington Beach, CA. March 2020.
Thavilukut A*, Kung JW, Wu JS. Image-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Adipocytic Tumors: Diagnostic Accuracy and Concordance with Final Surgical Pathology. Oral podium presentation at the Society of Skeletal Radiology Annual Meeting, Huntington Beach, CA. March 2020.
Kudla AU*, Choudhury N, Sugiyama N, et al. Improving House-Staff Interdepartmental Communication. Silverman Symposium on Quality Improvement, Boston, MA. 2019.
Kudla AU*, Mercer R*, Ghaderi K*, et al. Expedited Workflow for Emergent MRIs Overnight. Silverman Symposium on Quality Improvement, Boston, MA. 2019.
Hashiba K*, Kudla AU*, Eisenberg R, Slanetz P. Benefits of a Radiology Resident Near-Miss Peer Learning Conference. RSNA 2019 Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Maxwell C*, Kudla AU*, Ni Mhuircheartaigh J, Kim W, Wu J. Causes and Utility of MRI Callbacks in MSK Imaging. Society of Skeletal Radiology, 2020 Annual Meeting. Huntington Beach, CA.

Recent Books/Book Chapters

Hegazi T and Wu JS. Musculoskeletal MRI: A Case-Based Approach to Interpretation and Reporting. Springer 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-26776-6. 303 pages.
Mhuircheartaigh JN, Smith SE, Melenevsky Y, Wu JS. Musculoskeletal System, in Lee EY, Hunsaker A, Bettina Siewert B. (eds.) Computed Body Tomography with MRI Correlation. 5th Ed. Wolters Kluwer. 2020. pp 559-716.
Komarraju A and Chhabra A. Advanced Cross-sectional Radiology: Ultrasound, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Diabetic Foot. in Boulton AJ, Rayman G, Wukich DK (eds.) The Foot in Diabetes. John Wiley & Sons. 2020. pp 169-185.

Recent Grants/Awards