OHSU

Luminita Alina Tudorica, PhD

Title:

Research Assistant Professor

Department:

Diagnostic Radiology

Specialty:

Head and neck MRImaging/MRSpectroscopy, breast diagnostic and interventional MRI, breast tomosynthesis and cardiac MRI.

Qualifications:

PhD Nuclear Physics, University of Bucharest (2001)
PhD Physical Chemistry with a concentration in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, SUNY at Stony Brook (2001)
M.S. Nuclear Physics, University of Bucharest (1994)
B.S., Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania, (1992)

Honors and Awards:

2001-2003 Student/Postdoctoral Stipend Awards, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
1990-1993 Scholarship Award, University of Bucharest, Romania

Funding Received:

Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Award, 2004 – 2008
University of Stony Brook – Brookhaven National Lab., Seed Grant Award. 2005-2007
Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Foundation Award, 2006-2008

COS: 

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Publications:

  • Gabis L, Parton P, Roche P, Lenn N, Tudorica A, Huang W. In Vivo 1H MR Spectroscopic Measurement of Brain Glycine Levels in Non Ketotic Hyperglycinemia. J Neuroimaging 2001; 11: 209-211. PMID 11296595
  • Kahne D, Tudorica A, Borella A, Shapiro L, Johnstone F, Huang W, Whitaker-Azmitia PM. Behavioral and magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies in the rat hyperserotonemic model of autism. Physiol Behav 2002; 75: 403-410. PMID 11897268
  • Tudorica A, Li H, Hospod FE, Delucia-Deranja E, Huang W, Patlak CS, Newman GC. Cerebral Blood Volume Measurements by Rapid Contrast Infusion and T2*-Weighted Echo Planar MRI. Magn Reson Med 2002; 47: 1145-1157. PMID 12111961 Christodoulou C, Krupp L, Liang Z, Huang W, Melville P, Roque C, Scherl W, Morgan T, MacAllister W, Li L, Tudorica LA, Li X, Roche P, Peyster R.
  • Cognitive performance and MR markers of cerebral injury in cognitively impaired MS patients. Neurology 2003; 60: 1793-1798. PMID 12796533
  • Li L, Li X, Lu H, Huang W, Christodoulou C, Tudorica A, Krupp L, Liang Z. MRI volumetric analysis of multiple sclerosis: methodology and validation. IEEE Trans On Nuclear Sci 2003; 50: 1686-1692.
  • Newman GC, Delucia-Deranja E, Tudorica A, Hospod FE, Patlak CS. Cerebral blood volume measurements by T2*-weighted MRI and contrast infusion. Magn Reson Med 2003; 50: 844-855. PMID 14523972.
  • Huang W, Fisher PR, Dulaimy K, Tudorica LA, O’Hea B, Button TM. Detection of breast malignancy: diagnostic MR protocol for improved specificity. Radiology 2004; 232: 585-591. PMID 15205478.
  • Yankeelov TE, Rooney WD, Huang W, Dyke JP, Li X, Tudorica A, Lee J-H, Koutcher JA, Springer CS. Evidence for shutter-speed variation in CR bolus-tracking studies of human pathology. NMR Biomed 2005; 18: 173-185. PMID 15578708.
  • Li X, Huang W, Yankeelov TE, Tudorica A, Rooney WD, Springer CS. Shutter-speed analysis of contrast reagent bolus-tracking data: preliminary observations in benign and malignant breast disease. Magn Reson Med 2005; 53: 724-729. PMID 15723402.
  • Gabis L, Huang W, Azizian A, DeVincent C, Tudorica A, Kesner-Baruch Y, Roche P, Pomeroy J. 1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Markers of Cognitive and Language Ability in Clinical Subtypes of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Child Neurology 2008, 23(7):766-774. PMID 18487520
  • Huang W, Li X, Morris EA, Tudorica LA, Seshan VE, Rooney WD, Tagge I, Wang Y, Xu J, Springer CS. The magnetic resonance shutter speed discriminates vascular properties of malignant and benign breast tumors in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2008; 105: 17943-17948. PMID 19004780
  • Li X, Huang W, Morris EA, Tudorica LA, Seshan VE, Rooney WD, Tagge I, Wang Y, Xu J, Springer CS. Dynamic NMR effects in breast cancer dynamic-contrast-enhanced MRI. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2008; 105: 17937-17942. PMID 19008355