Drew A Torigian

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Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology

Contact information
Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-3805
Fax: 215-614-0033
Education:
MA (Mathematics)
Johns Hopkins University, 1991.
BA (Chemistry)
Johns Hopkins University, 1991.
BA (Mathematics)
Johns Hopkins University, 1991.
MD (Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 1996.
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Description of Research Expertise

oncologic imaging (lung cancer, melanoma, lymphoma, GI, GU, and gyn cancers)
inflammation imaging
aging imaging
translational research imaging
thoracoabdominopelvic imaging
CT imaging
MR imaging
PET, PET/CT, and PET/MR imaging
functional and molecular imaging
quantitative imaging/image analysis
all types of imaging response assessment on CT, MRI, and PET

Description of Clinical Expertise

thoracic imaging (plain film radiography, CT, MRI, PET, and PET/CT)
body CT imaging
body MR imaging
PET and PET/CT imaging
oncologic imaging
vascular imaging (CT and MR)

Selected Publications

Wethington SL, Shah PD, Martin L, Tanyi JL, Latif N, Morgan M, Torigian DA, Rodriguez D, Smith SA, Dean E, Domchek SM, Drapkin R, Shih IM, Brown EJ, Hwang WT, Armstrong DK, Gaillard S, Giuntoli R, Simpkins F.: Combination ATR (ceralasertib) and PARP (olaparib) Inhibitor (CAPRI) trial in acquired PARP-inhibitor-resistant homologous recombination deficient ovarian cancer. Clin Cancer Res 29(15): 2800-2807, Aug 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-2444.

Tong Y, Udupa JK, Chong E, Winchell N, Sun C, Zou Y, Schuster SJ, Torigian DA.: Prediction of lymphoma response to CAR T cells by image analysis. PLoS One 18(7): e0282573, Jul 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282573.

Tong Y, Udupa JK, McDonough JM, Wu C, Sun C, Lipeng X, Lott C, Clark A, Mayer OH, Anari JB, Torigian DA, Cahill PJ.: Assessment of regional functional effects of surgical treatment in Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome via dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. J Bone Joint Surg Am 105(1): 53-62, Jan 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.22.00324.

Akhtar Y, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Liu T, Wu C, Odhner D, McDonough JM, Lott C, Clark A, Anari JB, Cahill P, Torigian DA.: Auto-segmentation of thoraco-abdominal organs in free breathing pediatric dynamic MRI. Proc SPIE 12466, Medical Imaging 2023: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 124660T (3 April 2023); doi: 10.1117/12.2654995 12466(124660T): 124660T-1-124660T-7, 2023 Notes: Oral presentation by Yusuf Akhtar.

Bagci U, Udupa JK, Chen X, Torigian D, Medetalibeyoglu A, Zhou D, Bai L. : Object localization using non-Euclidean metrics. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence Systems (IoTaIS) Page: 1-7, 2023.

Ilesanmi AE, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Liu T, Dewey Odhner, Pednekar G, Nag S, Lewis S, Camaratta J, Owens S, Torigian DA.: Auto-segmentation of thoracic brachial plexuses for radiation therapy planning. Proc SPIE 12466, Medical Imaging 2023: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 1246626 (3 April 2023); doi: 10.1117/12.2655159 12466(1246626): 1246626-1-1246626-6, 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

Dai J, Udupa JK, Torigian DA, Tong Y, Nie P, Zhang J, Li R, Han S, Liu T.: A deep-learning-based geographic attention model for body composition tissue segmentation. Proc SPIE 12468, Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 1246804 (10 April 2023); doi: 10.1117/12.2653371 12468(1246804): 1246804-1-1246804-7, 2023 Notes: Oral presentation by Jian Dai.

Li J, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Torigian DA.: Estimating normal metabolic activity for disease quantification via PET/CT images. Proc SPIE 12468, Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 124680J (10 April 2023); 124680J-1-124680J-6; doi: 10.1117/12.2654882 12468(124680J): 124680J-1-124680J-6, 2023 Notes: Oral presentation by Jieyu Li.

He D, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Torigian DA.: Mendability Index: a new metric for estimating the effort required for manually editing auto-segmentations of objects of interest. Proc SPIE 12469, Medical Imaging 2023: Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Research, and Applications, 1246905 (10 April 2023); doi: 10.1117/12.2654421 12469(1246905): 1246905-1-1246905-6, 2023 Notes: Oral presentation by Da He.

Park J, MacLean MT, Lucas AM, Torigian DA, Schneider CV, Cherlin T, Xiao B, Miller JE, Bradford Y, Judy RL, Regeneron Genetics Center, Verma A, Damrauer SM, Ritchie MD, Witschey WR, Rader DJ.: Exome-wide analysis of hepatic fat derived from clinical CT imaging in a medical biobank. Cell Rep Med 3(12): 100855, Dec 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100855.

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