F Sommer

Publications

• Cine Phase Contrast MRI Determination of Renal Bloodflow. Investigator Radiol. Sommer FG, Noorbehesht, et al. In Press.
• Can single-kidney glomerular filtration rate be determined with contrast-enhanced CT? Sommer FG, Radiology. 2007; 242 (2): 325-6
• Radiology research and rock soup. Sommer FG, Radiology. 2007; 242 (2): 637; author reply 637-9
• Effects of spatial and temporal resolution for MR image-guided thermal ablation of prostate with transurethral ultrasound. Pisani LJ, Ross AB, Diederich CJ, Nau WH, Sommer FG, Glover GH, Butts K. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2005; 22 (1): 109-18
• Estimation of renal extraction fraction based on postcontrast venous and arterial differential T1 values: an error analysis. Levin YS, Chow LC, Pelc NJ, Sommer FG, Spielman DM. Magn Reson Med. 2005; 54 (2): 309-16
• Value of curved planar reformations in MDCT of abdominal pathology. Desser TS, Sommer FG, Jeffrey RB. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004; 182 (6): 1477-84
• Single breath-hold diffusion-weighted imaging of the abdomen. Chow LC, Bammer R, Moseley ME, Sommer FG. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2003; 18 (3): 377-82
• Maintenance and recovery stages of postischemic acute renal failure in humans. Ramaswamy D, Corrigan G, Polhemus C, Boothroyd D, Scandling J, Sommer FG, Alfrey E, Higgins J, Deen WM, Olshen R, Myers BD. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2002; 282 (2): F271-80
• Measurement of renal volumes with contrast-enhanced MRI. Coulam CH, Bouley DM, Sommer FG. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2002; 15 (2): 174-9
• Noninvasive measurement of extraction fraction and single-kidney glomerular filtration rate with MR imaging in swine with surgically created renal arterial stenoses. Coulam CH, Lee JH, Wedding KL, Spielman DM, Pelc NJ, Kee ST, Hill BB, Bouley DM, Derby GC, Myers BD, Sawyer-Glover AM, Sommer FG. Radiology. 2002; 223 (1): 76-82
• Power Doppler imaging and resistance index measurement in the evaluation of acute renal transplant rejection. Chow L, Sommer FG, Huang J, Li KC. J Clin Ultrasound. 2001 Nov-Dec; 29 (9): 483-90
• Multidetector CT urography with abdominal compression and three-dimensional reconstruction. Chow LC, Sommer FG. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001; 177 (4): 849-55
• Contrast-enhanced three-dimensional fast spoiled gradient-echo renal MR imaging: evaluation of vascular and nonvascular disease. Heiss SG, Shifrin RY, Sommer FG. Radiographics. 2000 Sep-Oct; 20 (5): 1341-52; discussion 1353-4
• PAH extraction and estimation of plasma flow in human postischemic acute renal failure. Corrigan G, Ramaswamy D, Kwon O, Sommer FG, Alfrey EJ, Dafoe DC, Olshen RA, Scandling JD, Myers BD. Am J Physiol. 1999; 277 (2 Pt 2): F312-8
• Unenhanced CT in the evaluation of urinary calculi: application of advanced computer methods. Olcott EW, Sommer FG. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 1999; 20 (2): 136-41
• Accuracy of detection and measurement of renal calculi: in vitro comparison of three-dimensional spiral CT, radiography, and nephrotomography. Olcott EW, Sommer FG, Napel S. Radiology. 1997; 204 (1): 19-25
• Angiographic imaging with 2D RF pulses. Alley MT, Pauly JM, Sommer FG, Pelc NJ. Magn Reson Med. 1997; 37 (2): 260-7
• Lesion contrast enhancement in medical ultrasound imaging. Stetson PF, Sommer FG, Macovski A. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1997; 16 (4): 416-25
• Non-contrast spiral CT for patients with suspected renal colic. Katz DS, Lane MJ, Sommer FG. Eur Radiol. 1997; 7 (5): 680-5
• Sonography of intraabdominal gas collections. Pattison P, Jeffrey RB, Mindelzun RE, Sommer FG. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997; 169 (6): 1559-64
• Tissue ablation using an acoustic waveguide for high-intensity focused ultrasound. Sommer FG, Sumanaweera TS, Glover G. Med Phys. 1997; 24 (4): 537-8
• Volume rendering of CT data: applications to the genitourinary tract. Sommer FG, Olcott EW, Ch'en I, Beaulieu CF. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997; 168 (5): 1223-6
• Unenhanced helical CT of ureteral stones: incidence of associated urinary tract findings. Katz DS, Lane MJ, Sommer FG. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996; 166 (6): 1319-22
• Assessment of living renal donors with spiral CT. Rubin GD, Alfrey EJ, Dake MD, Semba CP, Sommer FG, Kuo PC, Dafoe DC, Waskerwitz JA, Bloch DA, Jeffrey RB. Radiology. 1995; 195 (2): 457-62
• Cine spiral imaging. Liao JR, Sommer FG, Herfkens RJ, Pelc NJ. Magn Reson Med. 1995; 34 (3): 490-3
• Detection of ureteral calculi in patients with suspected renal colic: value of reformatted noncontrast helical CT. Sommer FG, Jeffrey RB, Rubin GD, Napel S, Rimmer SA, Benford J, Harter PM. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995; 165 (3): 509-13
• Color Doppler sonography of focal gastrointestinal lesions: initial clinical experience. Jeffrey RB, Sommer FG, Debatin JF. J Ultrasound Med. 1994; 13 (6): 473-8
• Determination of blood flow to the transplanted kidney. A novel application of phase-contrast, cine magnetic resonance imaging. Myers BD, Sommer FG, Li K, Tomlanovich S, Pelc N, McDonnell C, Pagtalunan E, Newton L, Jamison R. Transplantation. 1994; 57 (10): 1445-50
• Quantitative magnetic resonance flow imaging. Pelc NJ, Sommer FG, Li KC, Brosnan TJ, Herfkens RJ, Enzmann DR. Magn Reson Q. 1994; 10 (3): 125-47
• Renal artery blood flow: quantitation with phase-contrast MR imaging with and without breath holding. Debatin JF, Ting RH, Wegmüller H, Sommer FG, Fredrickson JO, Brosnan TJ, Bowman BS, Myers BD, Herfkens RJ, Pelc NJ. Radiology. 1994; 190 (2): 371-8
• Spiral CT of renal artery stenosis: comparison of three-dimensional rendering techniques. Rubin GD, Dake MD, Napel S, Jeffrey RB, McDonnell CH, Sommer FG, Wexler L, Williams DM. Radiology. 1994; 190 (1): 181-9
• Determining the volume of prostatic carcinoma: value of MR imaging with an external-array coil. Sommer FG, Nghiem HV, Herfkens R, McNeal J, Low RN. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993; 161 (1): 81-6
• Follow-up sonography in suspected acalculous cholecystitis: preliminary clinical experience. Jeffrey RB, Sommer FG. J Ultrasound Med. 1993; 12 (4): 183-7
• Gadolinium-enhanced MRI of the abnormal prostate. Sommer FG, Nghiem HV, Herfkens R, McNeal J. Magn Reson Imaging. 1993; 11 (7): 941-8
• Prospects for ultrasonic spectroscopy and spectral imaging of abdominal tissues. Sommer FG, Stetson P, Chen HS, Stern RA, Rachlin DJ, Macovski A. J Ultrasound Med. 1993; 12 (2): 83-90
• The pelvis: T2-weighted fast spin-echo MR imaging. Nghiem HV, Herfkens RJ, Francis IR, Sommer FG, Jeffrey RB, Li KC, Steiner RM, Glover GH. Radiology. 1992; 185 (1): 213-7
• Gynecologic vascular abnormalities: diagnosis with Doppler US. Jain KA, Jeffrey RB, Sommer FG. Radiology. 1991; 178 (2): 549-51
• In vitro proton spectroscopy of normal and abnormal prostate. Yacoe ME, Sommer G, Peehl D. Magn Reson Med. 1991; 19 (2): 429-38
• Characterization of splenic structure in Hodgkin disease by using narrow-band filtration of backscattered ultrasound. Friedman PA, Sommer FG, Chen HS, Rachlin DJ, Hoppe R. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1989; 152 (6): 1197-203
• Noise reduction in magnetic resonance imaging. Brosnan T, Wright G, Nishimura D, Cao QZ, Macovski A, Sommer FG. Magn Reson Med. 1988; 8 (4): 394-409
• The abnormal prostate: MR imaging at 1.5 T with histopathologic correlation. Carrol CL, Sommer FG, McNeal JE, Stamey TA. Radiology. 1987; 163 (2): 521-5