2009

A decade of combined imaging: from a PET attached to a CT to a PET inside an MR.
T. Beyer, B.J. Pichler
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 36 Suppl 1:S1-2, 2009 (IF 2007: 4.101)

2008

Measurement of T1, T2, and Magnetization Transfer Properties During Embryonic Development at 7 Tesla Using the Chicken Model.
A. Boss, M. Oppitz, H.F. Wehrl, C. Rossi, M. Feuerstein, C.D. Claussen, U. Drews, B.J. Pichler, F.Schick
Magn Reson Imaging. 28(6):1510-1514, 2008 (IF 2007: 1.486)

MRI-Based Attenuation Correction for PET/MRI: A Novel Approach Combining Pattern Recognition and Atlas Registration.
M. Hofmann, F. Steinke, V. Scheel, G. Charpiat, J. Farquhar, P. Aschoff, M. Brady, B. Schölkopf, B.J. Pichler.
J Nucl Med. 49(11): 1875-83, 2008 (IF 2007: 5.915)

T cell-mediated help against tumors.
T. Wieder, H. Braumüller, M. Kneilling, B. Pichler, M. Röcken.
Cell Cycle 7(19):2974-7, 2008 (IF 2007: 3.314)

An integrated MR/PET system: prospective applications.
H-P.W. Schlemmer, B.J. Pichler, R. Krieg, W.D. Heiss.
Abdom Imaging, 2008 (IF 2007: 1.213) [Epub ahead of print]

Simultaneous MR/PET Imaging of the Human Brain: Feasibility Study.
H-P.W. Schlemmer, B.J. Pichler, M. Schmand, Z. Burbar, C. Michel, R. Ladebeck, K. Jattke, D. Townsend, C. Nahmias, P.K. Jacob, W.-D. Heiss, C.D. Claussen.
Radiology 248(3):1028-1035, 2008 (IF 2007: 5.561)

Latest advances in molecular imaging instrumentation.
B.J. Pichler, H.F. Wehrl, M.S. Judenhofer.
J Nucl Med. 49 Suppl 2: 5S-23S, 2008 (IF 2007: 5.915)

Radionuclide imaging: A molecular key to the atherosclerotic plaque.
H.F. Langer, R. Haubner, B.J. Pichler, M. Gawaz.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 52(1):1-12, 2008 (IF 2007:11.054)

The immunoadhesin glycoprotein VI-Fc regulates arterial remodeling after mechanical injury in ApoE-/- mice.
T. Schönberger, D. Siegel-Axel, R. Bußl, S. Richter, M.S. Judenhofer, R. Haubner, G. Reischl, K. Klingel, G. Münch, P. Seizer, B.J. Pichler, M. Gawaz.
Cardiovasc Res. 80(1):131-7, 2008 (IF 2007: 6.127)

Single and dual energy attenuation correction in PET/CT in the presence of iodine based contrast agents.
N.S. Rehfeld, B.J. Heismann, J. Kupferschläger, P. Aschoff, G. Christ, A.C. Pfannenberg, B.J. Pichler.
Med Phys. 35:1959, 2008 (IF 2007: 3.198)

TNFR1 signaling and IFN-gamma signaling determine whether T cells induce tumor dormancy or promote multistage carcinogenesis.
N. Müller-Hermelink, H. Braumüller, B. Pichler, T. Wieder, R. Mailhammer, K. Schaak, K. Ghoreschi, A. Yazdi, R. Haubner, C.A. Sander, R. Mocikat, M. Schwaiger, I. Förster, R. Huss, W.A. Weber, M. Kneilling, M. Röcken.
Cancer Cell. 13(6):507-18, 2008 (IF 2007: 23.858)

Cell tracking with optical imaging.
E.J. Sutton, T.D. Henning, B.J. Pichler, C. Bremer, H.E. Daldrup-Link.
Eur Radiol. 18(10):2021-32, 2008 (IF 2007: 3.405)

Anemia and splenomegaly in cGKI-deficient mice.
M. Föller, S. Feil, K. Ghoreschi, S. Koka, A. Gerling, M. Thunemann, F. Hofmann, B. Schuler, J. Vogel, B. Pichler, R.S. Kasinathan, J.P. Nicolay, S.M. Huber, F. Lang, R. Feil.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(18):6771-6, 2008 (IF 2007: 9.598)

Platelet GPVI binds to collagenous structures in the core region of human atheromatous plaque and is critical for atheroprogression in vivo.
C. Schulz, S. Penz, C. Hoffmann, H. Langer, A. Gillitzer, S. Schneider, R. Brandl, S. Seidl, S. Massberg, B. Pichler, E. Kremmer, K. Stellos, T. Schönberger, W. Siess, M. Gawaz.
Basic Res Cardiol. 103(4):356-67, 2008 (IF 2007: 4.333)

Positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging: the next generation of multimodality imaging?
B.J. Pichler, H.F. Wehrl, A. Kolb, M.S. Judenhofer.
Semin Nucl Med. 38(3):199-208, 2008 (IF 2007: 5.250)

Simultaneous PET/MRI: A new approach for functional and morphological imaging.
M.S. Judenhofer, H.F. Wehrl, D.F. Newport, C. Catana, S.B. Siegel, M. Becker, A. Thielscher, M. Kneilling, M. Lichy, M. Eichner, K. Klingel, G. Reischl, S. Widmaier, M. Röcken, R.E. Nutt, H.-J. Machulla, K. Uludag, S.R. Cherry, C.D. Claussen, B.J. Pichler.
Nat Med. 14(4):459-65, 2008 (IF 2007: 26.382)

PET/MRI hybrid imaging: devices and initial results.
B.J. Pichler , M.S. Judenhofer, H.F. Wehrl.
Eur Radiol. 18(6):1077-86, 2008 (IF 2007: 3.405)

Neurodegeneration and motor dysfunction in a conditional model of Parkinson's disease.
Nuber S, Petrasch-Parwez E, Winner B, Winkler J, von Hoersten S, Schmidt T, Boy J, Kuhn M, Nguyen HP, Teismann P, Schulz JB, Neumann M, Pichler BJ, Reischl G, Holzmann C, Schmitt I, Bornemann A, Kuhn W, Zimmermann F, Servadio A, Riess O.
J Neurosci. 2008 Mar 5;28(10):2471-84. (IF 2007: 7.490)

Simultaneous in vivo positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Catana C, Procissi D, Wu Y, Judenhofer MS, Qi J, Pichler BJ, Jacobs RE, Cherry SR.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(10):3705-10, 2008 (IF 2007: 9.598)

2007

Severe intestinal obstruction on induced smooth muscle-specific ablation of the transcription factor SRF in adult mice.
Angstenberger M, Wegener JW, Pichler BJ, Judenhofer MS, Feil S, Alberti S, Feil R, Nordheim A.
Gastroenterology. 133(6):1948-59, 2007 (IF 2006: 12.457 )

PET/MR images acquired with a compact MR-compatible PET detector in a 7-T magnet.
Judenhofer MS, Catana C, Swann BK, Siegel SB, Jung WI, Nutt RE, Cherry SR, Claussen CD, Pichler BJ.
Radiology. 244(3):807-14, 2007 (IF 2006: 5.251 )

Targeted mast cell silencing protects against joint destruction and angiogenesis in experimental arthritis in mice.
Kneilling M, Hultner L, Pichler BJ, Mailhammer R, Morawietz L, Solomon S, Eichner M, Sabatino J, Biedermann T, Krenn V, Weber WA, Illges H, Haubner R, Rocken M.
Arthritis Rheum. 56(6):1806-16, 2007 (IF 2006: 7.751)

Spontaneous cellular uptake of exogenous messenger RNA in vivo is nucleic acid-specific, saturable and ion dependent.
Probst J, Weide B, Scheel B, Pichler BJ, Hoerr I, Rammensee HG, Pascolo S.
Gene Ther. 14(15) 1175-80, 2007 (IF 2006: 4.782)

A splice site mutation in the murine Opa1 gene features pathology of autosomal dominant optic atrophy.
Alavi MV, Bette S, Schimpf S, Schuettauf F, Schraermeyer U, Wehrl HF, Ruttiger L, Beck SC, Tonagel F, Pichler BJ, Knipper M, Peters T, Laufs J, Wissinger B.
Brain. 130(Pt 4):1029-42, 2007 (IF 2006: 7.617)

2006

Simultaneous acquisition of multislice PET and MR images: initial results with a MR-compatible PET scanner.
Catana C, Wu Y, Judenhofer MS, Qi J, Pichler BJ, Cherry SR.
J Nucl Med. 47(12):1968-76, 2006 (IF 2006: 4.986)

Optical imaging of experimental arthritis using allogeneic leukocytes labelled with a near-infrared fluorescent probe.
G.H. Simon, H.E. Daldrup-Link, J. Kau, S. Metz, J. Schlegel, G. Piontek, O. Sabarowski, S. Demos, J. Duyster, B.J. Pichler
Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging. 33(9):998-1006, 2006 (IF 2004: 3,935)

Performance test of a LSO-APD detector in a 7 Tesla MRI scanner for simultaneous PET-MR imaging.
B.J. Pichler, M.S. Judenhofer, C. Catana, J.H. Walton, M. Kneilling, R.E. Nutt, S.B. Siegel, C.D. Claussen, S.R. Cherry:
J. Nucl. Med. 47(4):639-647, 2006 (IF 2004: 5,362)

A hyperspectral fluorescence system for 3D in vivo optical imaging.
G. Zavattini, S. Vecchi, G. Mitchell, U. Weisser, R.M. Leahy, B.J. Pichler, D.J. Smith, S.R. Cherry:
Phys. Med. Biol. 51(8):2029-2043, 2006 (IF 2004: 2,368)

2005

Evaluation of high performance data acquisition boards for simultaneous sampling of fast signals from PET detectors.
M.S. Judenhofer, B.J. Pichler, S.R. Cherry:
Phys. Med. Biol. 50(1):29-44, 2005 (IF 2004: 2,368)

Characterization and readout of MADPET-II detector modules: validation of a unique design concept for high resolution small animal PET.
D.P. McElroy, W. Pimpl, B.J. Pichler, M. Rafecas, T. Schüler, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE. Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52:199-204, 2005 (IF 2004: 1,737)

Imaging of delayed type hypersensitivity reaction by positron emission tomography and [18F]Galacto-RGD.
B.J. Pichler, M. Kneilling, R. Haubner, H. Braumüller, M. Schwaiger, M. Röcken, W.A. Weber:
J. Nucl. Med. 46(1):184-189, 2005 (IF 2004: 5,362)

2004

Cell tracking with Gadophrin–2: a bifunctional contrast agent for MR imaging, optical imaging, and fluorescence microscopy.
H.E. Daldrup-Link, M. Rudelius, S. Metz, G. Piontek, B. Pichler, M. Settles, U. Heinzmann, J. Schlegel, R.A.J. Oostendorp, E.J. Rummeny:
Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging. 31(9):1312-1321, 2004 (IF 2004: 3,935)

Effect of noise in the probability matrix used for statistical reconstruction of PET data.
M. Rafecas, G. Böning, B.J. Pichler, E. Lorenz, M. Schwaiger, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(1):149-156, 2004 (IF 2004: 1,737)

Lutetium oxyorthosilicate block detector readout by avalanche photodiode arrays for high resolution animal PET.
B.J. Pichler, B.K. Swann, J. Rochelle, R.E. Nutt, S.R. Cherry, S.B. Siegel:
Phys. Med. Biol. 49(18):4305-4319, 2004 (IF 2004: 2,368)

2003

Inter-crystal scatter in a dual layer, high resolution LSO-APD positron emission tomograph.
M. Rafecas, G. Boening, B.J. Pichler, E. Lorenz, M. Schwaiger, S.I. Ziegler:
Phys. Med. Biol. 48(7):821-848, 2003 (IF 2004: 2,368)

Test of a scintillating fiber readout with avalanche photodiodes.
E. Lorenz, B.J. Pichler, W. Pimpl, S. Ziegler, R. Mirzoyan:
Nucl. Instr. Meth., A 504:154-160, 2003 (IF 2004: 1,349)

Detector characterization and detector setup of a NaI-LSO PET/SPECT camera.
B.J. Pichler, T. Gremillion, V. Ermer, M. Schmand, B. Bendriem, M. Schwaiger, S.I. Ziegler, R. Nutt, S.D. Miller:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 50(5):1420-1427, 2003 (IF 2004: 1,737)

2001

A prototype high-resolution animal positron emission tomograph with avalanche photodiode arrays and LSO crystals.
S.I. Ziegler, B.J. Pichler, G. Böning, M. Rafecas, W. Pimpl, E. Lorenz, N. Schmitz, M. Schwaiger:
Eur. J. Nucl. Med. 28(2):136-143, 2001 (IF 2004: 3,935)

Implementation of Monte Carlo coincident aperture functions in image generation of a high resolution animal positron tomograph.
G. Böning, B.J. Pichler, M. Rafecas, E. Lorenz, M. Schwaiger, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 48(3):805-810, 2001 (IF 2004: 1,737)

A Monte Carlo study of high resolution PET with granulated dual layer detectors.
M. Rafecas, G. Böning, B.J. Pichler, E. Lorenz, M. Schwaiger, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 48(4):1490-1495, 2001 (IF 2004: 1,737)

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A 4x8 APD array, consisting of two monolithic silicon wafers, coupled to a 32-channel LSO matrix for high resolution PET.
B.J. Pichler, F. Bernecker, G. Böning, M. Rafecas, W. Pimpl, M. Schwaiger, E. Lorenz, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 48(4):1391-1396, 2001 (IF 2004: 1,737)

Integrated low noise, low power, fast charge-sensitive preamplifier for avalanche photodiodes in JFET-CMOS-technology.
B.J. Pichler, W. Pimpl, W. Buttler, L. Kotoulas, G. Böning, M. Rafecas, E. Lorenz, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 48(6):2370-2374, 2001 (IF 2004: 1,737)

1998 - 2000

Production of a diffuse very high reflectivity material for light collection in nuclear detectors.
B.J. Pichler, E. Lorenz, R. Mirzoyan, L. Weiss, S.I. Ziegler:
Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 442:333-336, 2000 (IF 2004: 1,349)

LGSO scintillation crystals coupled to new large area APDs compared to LSO and BGO.
B.J. Pichler, G. Böning, M. Rafecas, M. Schlosshauer, E. Lorenz, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 46(3):289-291, 1999 (IF 2004: 1,737)

Studies with a prototype high resolution PET scanner based on LSO-APD modules.
B.J. Pichler, G. Böning, E. Lorenz, R. Mirzoyan, W. Pimpl, M. Schwaiger, S.I. Ziegler:
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 45(3):1298-1302, 1998 (IF 2004: 1,737)