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Walter Kucharczyk

- Verified email at utoronto.ca - Cited by 10739

Wojciech Kucharczyk

- Verified email at uthrad.pl - Cited by 394

Hypertrophic olivary degeneration: metaanalysis of the temporal evolution of MR findings

…, P Tuite, J Saint Cyr, W Kucharczyk… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is usually caused
by a lesion in the triangle of Guillain and Mollaret and presents clinically as palatal tremor. …

Physics of MRI: a primer

DB Plewes, W Kucharczyk - Journal of magnetic resonance …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article is based on an introductory lecture given for the past many years during the “MR
Physics and Techniques for Clinicians” course at the Annual Meeting of the ISMRM. This …

Relaxivity and magnetization transfer of white matter lipids at MR imaging: importance of cerebrosides and pH.

W Kucharczyk, PM Macdonald, GJ Stanisz… - Radiology, 1994 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To measure the effect of the major lipid components of white matter on the relaxation
times and magnetization transfer (MT) of water protons. MATERIALS AND METHODS: …

Predicting optimal deep brain stimulation parameters for Parkinson's disease using functional MRI and machine learning

…, A Coblentz, RP Munhoz, J Ashe, W Kucharczyk… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Commonly used for Parkinson’s disease (PD), deep brain stimulation (DBS) produces
marked clinical benefits when optimized. However, assessing the large number of possible …

Palliative Treatment of Painful Bone Metastases with MR Imaging–guided Focused Ultrasound1

D Gianfelice, C Gupta, W Kucharczyk, P Bret, D Havill… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging–guided
focused ultrasound for the palliation of pain caused by bone metastases in patients in …

High signal intensity in MR images of calcified brain tissue.

RM Henkelman, JF Watts, W Kucharczyk - Radiology, 1991 - pubs.rsna.org
Calcified lesions of the brain occasionally appear bright on T1-weighted MR images. This
report shows that particulate calcium can reduce T1 relaxation times by a surface relaxation …

MR of human postmortem brain tissue: correlative study between T2 and assays of iron and ferritin in Parkinson and Huntington disease.

JC Chen, PA Hardy, W Kucharczyk… - American journal …, 1993 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that the T2 shortening observed on MR images of the
brain in patients with Parkinson and Huntington diseases is due to tissue iron deposition. …

Hybrid epoxy nanocomposites: improvement in mechanical properties and toughening mechanisms—a review

A Białkowska, M Bakar, W Kucharczyk, I Zarzyka - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This article presents a review on the recent advances in the field of ternary diglycidyl ether
of bisphenol A epoxy nanocomposites containing nanoparticles and other modifiers. …

Pituitary adenomas: high-resolution MR imaging at 1.5 T.

W Kucharczyk, DO Davis, WM Kelly, G Sze, D Norman… - Radiology, 1986 - pubs.rsna.org
The magnetic resonance (MR) images of 28 patients with surgically confirmed pituitary
adenomas were retrospectively evaluated. The examinations were performed on a 1.5-T …

Posterior pituitary gland: appearance on MR images in normal and pathologic states.

N Colombo, I Berry, J Kucharczyk, W Kucharczyk… - Radiology, 1987 - pubs.rsna.org
T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images of the pituitary gland and sella turcica routinely
demonstrate a region of high signal intensity in the neurohypophysis. High-resolution MR …