Harish Poptani, PhD
Harish Poptani, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Radiology
Department: Radiology
Contact information
B6 Blockley Basement
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 746 7387
Email:
poptanih@uphs.upenn.edu
poptanih@uphs.upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Physics, Chemistry, Maths)
Lucknow University, India, 1987.
M.S. (Organic Chemistry)
Lucknow University, India , 1989.
Ph.D. (Radiology)
SGPGIMS, India, 1995.
Permanent linkB.S. (Physics, Chemistry, Maths)
Lucknow University, India, 1987.
M.S. (Organic Chemistry)
Lucknow University, India , 1989.
Ph.D. (Radiology)
SGPGIMS, India, 1995.
Description of Research Expertise
In vivo NMR spectroscopy, in vivo MRI - tumor models, tumor metabolism, tumor physiology, stem cell tracking, diffusion tensor imagingDescription of Clinical Expertise
In vivo MR spectroscopy, DCE imaging - head and neck cancerSelected Publications
Berrak S, Chawla S, Kim S, Quon H, Sherman E, Loevner LA, Poptani H: Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Predicting Progression Free Survival in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Head and Neck Treated with Induction Chemotherapy. Acad Radiol 18(10): 1225-32, August 2011.Kim S, Pickup S, Fairless AH, Ittyerah R, Dow HC, Abel T, Brodkin ES, Poptani H: Association between sociability and diffusion tensor imaging in BALB/cJ mice. NMR Biomed May 2011 Notes: [Epub ahead of print]
S Chawla, S Kim, LA Loevner, WT Hwang, G Weinstein, A Chalian, H Quon, H Poptani: Prediction of disease free survival in patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck using dynamic contrast enhanced MRI. Am J Neuroradiol 32(4): 778-784, April 2011.
S Wang, S Kim, S Chawla, RL Wolf, DE Knipp, A Vossough, DM O’Rourke, K Judy, H Poptani, ER Melhem.: Differentiation between glioblastomas, solitary brain metastases and primary cerebral lymphomas using diffusion tensor imaging and dynamic susceptibility contrast enhanced MR imaging. Am J Neuroradiol 32(3): 507-514, March 2011.
Kim S, Loevner LA, Quon H, Kilger A, Sherman E, Weinstein G, Chalian A, Poptani H: Prediction of Response to Chemoradiation Therapy in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Head and Neck Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 31(2): 262-8, Feb 2010
Chawla S, Zhang Y, Wang S, Chaudhary S, Chou C, O'Rourke DM, Vossough A, Melhem ER, Poptani H.: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in differentiating glioblastomas from primary cerebral lymphomas and brain metastases. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 34(6): 836-841, Nov 2010.
Morita N, Wang S, Chawla S, Poptani H, Melhem ER: Dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion weighted imaging in grading of nonenhancing astrocytomas. J Magn Reson Imaging 32(4): 803-8, Oct 2010.
Kim S, Pickup S, Poptani H: Effects of cardiac pulsation in diffusion tensor imaging of the rat brain. J Neurosci Methods Oct 2010.
Mamourian AC, Hopkin JR, Chawla S, Poptani H: Characteristic MR spectroscopy in fucosidosis: in vitro investigation. Pediatr Radiol 40(8): 1446-9, Aug 2010.
Lee SC, Poptani H, Pickup S, Jenkins WT, Kim S, Koch CJ, Delikatny EJ, Glickson JD.: Early detection of radiation therapy response in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma xenografts by in vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging. NMR Biomed 23(6): 624-32, Jul 2010.