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2019 Publication List

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  1. Liew CJ, Krishnaswamy P, Cheng LT, Tan CH, Poh AC, Lim TC. Artificial Intelligence and Radiology in Singapore: Championing a New Age of Augmented Imaging for Unsurpassed Patient Care. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2019 Jan;48(1):16-24. PMID: 30788490.
  2. Lim GH, Teo SY, Allen JC Jr, Chinthala JP, Leong LCH. Determining Whether High Nodal Burden in Early Breast Cancer Patients Can Be Predicted Preoperatively to Avoid Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. J Breast Cancer. 2019 Mar;22(1):67-76. doi: 10.4048/jbc.2019.22.e8. PMID: 30941234; PMCID: PMC6438828.
  3. Leong LCH, Moey THL, Tan PH, Fook-Chong S, Sim LS. Comparative Study of Pattern-Based Versus Size Ratio Ultrasound Strain Elastographic Techniques on Breast Masses. J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Jul;38(7):1779-1790. doi: 10.1002/jum.14867. Epub 2018 Nov 28. PMID: 30484886.
  4. Xiang F, Gogna A, Leong LCH, Tan BKT. Pseudoaneurysm after vacuum-assisted breast biopsy treated with percutaneous thrombin injection. Breast J. 2019 Mar;25(2):318-319. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13213. Epub 2019 Feb 7. PMID: 30734400.
  5. Basu P, Leong LCH, Tan BY, Tan BKT. Breast calcifications in patients with end-stage renal disease. Breast J. 2019 May;25(3):515-516. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13272. Epub 2019 Apr 11. PMID: 30973661.
  6. Tan PY, Tham WP, Yong YR. Clinics in diagnostic imaging (194). SVC aneurysm. Singapore Med J. 2019 Jan;60(1):17-21. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019005. PMID: 30840993; PMCID: PMC6351698.
  7. Smith CP, Harmon SA, Barrett T, Bittencourt LK, Law YM, Shebel H, An JY, Czarniecki M, Mehralivand S, Coskun M, Wood BJ, Pinto PA, Shih JH, Choyke PL, Turkbey B. Intra- and interreader reproducibility of PI-RADSv2: A multireader study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 Jun;49(6):1694-1703. doi: 10.1002/jmri.26555. Epub 2018 Dec 21. PMID: 30575184; PMCID: PMC6504619.
  8. Greer MD, Shih JH, Lay N, Barrett T, Bittencourt L, Borofsky S, Kabakus I, Law YM, Marko J, Shebel H, Merino MJ, Wood BJ, Pinto PA, Summers RM, Choyke PL, Turkbey B. Interreader Variability of Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2 in Detecting and Assessing Prostate Cancer Lesions at Prostate MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 Jun;212(6):1197-1205. doi: 10.2214/AJR.18.20536. Epub 2019 Mar 27. PMID: 30917023; PMCID: PMC8268760.
  9. Aslim EJ, Law YM, Tan PH, Allen JC Jr, Cheng LT, Chidambaram VA, Khor LY, Tan BY, Eu EW, Cheng CWS, Yuen JSP, Ho HSS, Lee LS. Multiparametric MRI reporting using Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2.0 (PI-RADSv2) retains clinical efficacy in a predominantly post-biopsy patient population. Asian J Urol. 2019 Jul;6(3):256-263. doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2018.05.008. Epub 2018 Jun 1. PMID: 31297317; PMCID: PMC6595160.
  10. Ooi SKG, Makmur A, Soon AYQ, Fook-Chong S, Liew C, Sia SY, Ting YH, Lim CY. Attitudes toward artificial intelligence in radiology with learner needs assessment within radiology residency programmes: a national multi-programme survey. Singapore Med J. 2021 Mar;62(3):126-134. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019141. Epub 2019 Nov 4. PMID: 31680181; PMCID: PMC8027147.
  11. Png MA, Mohan PC, Koh JSB, Howe CY, Howe TS. Natural history of incomplete atypical femoral fractures in patients after a prolonged and variable course of bisphosphonate therapy-a long-term radiological follow-up. Osteoporos Int. 2019 Dec;30(12):2417-2428. doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-05067-7. Epub 2019 Aug 21. PMID: 31435684.
  12. Goh WXT, Leong S, Too CW, Cheng LT, Saffari SE, Lee RZ, Ng STS, Lo RHG, Tay KH, Chan SXJM, Gogna A, Irani FG, Venkatanarasimha N, Loke KSH, Chow PKH, Ng DCE, Urlings TAJ, Patel A, Damodharan K, Toh LHW, Tan BS. Catheter-Directed Computed Tomography Hepatic Angiography for Yttrium-90 Selective Internal Radiotherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Reduces Prophylactic Embolization of Extrahepatic Vessels. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2020 Mar;43(3):478-487. doi: 10.1007/s00270-019-02362-y. Epub 2019 Nov 8. PMID: 31705243.
  13. Tang CYL, Lam WW, Tan PH, Xie W, Peh WM, Tan VK, Leong LCH. Myoepithelial hyperplasia: A rare mimic of breast cancer on 18 F-FDG PET/CT. Breast J. 2020 Apr;26(4):775-777. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13643. Epub 2019 Sep 28. PMID: 31562674.
  14. Leong LCH, Moey THL, Tan PH, Sim LSJ. A Comparative Study of Pattern-Based Versus Size Ratio Ultrasound Strain Elastographic Techniques on Breast Masses. Journal Ultrasound Med. 2019 Jul; 38(7):1779-17902
  15. Ooi CC, Schneider M, Malliaras P, Png MA, Chadwick M, Jones D, Venkatanarasimha NK, Connell D. Real-time sonoelastography evaluation of the Achilles tendon following ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma injection and eccentric exercise for the treatment of refractory Achilles tendinopathy. Ultrasound. 2019 Aug. 27(3) 138–147
  16. Ong CL, Chew LE, Han NR, Ooi CC, Yeo YC, Chew SH, Wong WL, Tang PH, Teo SY. The Characteristics of Real-time Transvaginal Sono-elastography in Endometrial Cancer. J Med Ultrasound. 2022 Jan 6;30(2):101-108. doi: 10.4103/JMU.JMU_74_21. PMID: 35832355; PMCID: PMC9272722
  17. Ooi CC, Schneider M, Malliaras P, Png MA, Chadwick M, Jones D, Venkatanarasimha NK, Connell D. Real-time sonoelastography evaluation of the Achilles tendon following ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma injection and eccentric exercise for the treatment of refractory Achilles tendinopathy. Ultrasound. 2019. 27(3) 138–147
  18. Lim M, Kheok SW, Lim KC, Venkatanarasimha N, Small JE, Chen RC. Subdural haematoma mimics. Clin Radiol. 2019 Sep;74(9):663-675. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2019.04.013. Epub 2019 May 17. PMID: 31109715.
  19. Fang E, Ann CN, Maréchal B, Lim JX, Tan SYZ, Li H, Gan J, Tan EK, Chan LL. Differentiating Parkinson's disease motor subtypes using automated volume-based morphometry incorporating white matter and deep gray nuclear lesion load. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2020 Mar;51(3):748-756. doi: 10.1002/jmri.26887. Epub 2019 Jul 31. PMID: 31365182; PMCID: PMC7027785.
  20. Zeng L, Chan LL, Lim EC, Tan EK. Stem Cell Replacement Therapies in Parkinson's Disease. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2019 Apr;48(4):112-114. PMID: 31131382.
  21. Tan SYZ, Keong NCH, Selvan RMP, Li H, Ooi LQR, Tan EK, Chan LL. Periventricular White Matter Abnormalities on Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Postural Instability Gait Disorder Parkinsonism. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 Apr;40(4):609-613. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5993. Epub 2019 Mar 14. PMID: 30872421; PMCID: PMC7048499.
  22. Ooi LQR, Wen MC, Ng SY, Chia NS, Chew IHM, Lee W, Xu Z, Hartono S, Tan EK, Chan LL, Tan LC. Increased Activation of Default Mode Network in Early Parkinson's With Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. Front Neurosci. 2019 Dec 12;13:1334. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01334. Erratum in: Front Neurosci. 2020 May 12;14:426. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00426. PMID: 31920501; PMCID: PMC6920242.
  23. Chan LL. Intracranial and Extracranial Atherosclerosis: More Similar Than Different? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 Dec;40(12):2023-2024. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6349. Epub 2019 Nov 28. PMID: 31780463; PMCID: PMC6975345.
  24. Ting SK, Chen C, Hameed S, Ng AS, Kandiah N, Prakash KM, Xie W, Lam WW, Sin GL, Chan LL, Rosa-Neto P, Gauthier S, Ng KP. Phantom bedside intruder in Parkinson's disease. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 2019 Mar;7(2):91-93.
  25. Zhang AY, Lam SSW, Ong MEH, Tang PH, Chan LL. Explainable AI: Classification of MRI Brain Scans for Quality Improvement. BDCAT '19: Proceedings of the 6th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies. Dec 2019;95-102. https://doi.org/10.1145/3365109.3368791
  26. Lim JX, Han JX, See AAQ, Lew VH, Chock WT, Ban VF, Pothiawala S, Lim WEH, McAdory LE, James ML, King NKK. External Validation of Hematoma Expansion Scores in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in an Asian Patient Cohort. Neurocrit Care. 2019 Apr;30(2):394-404. doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0631-8. PMID: 30377910.
  27. Chua JM, Tang JY, Lim DS, Venkatanarasimha N, Chandramohan S, Too CW, Sanamandra SK, Salkade PR, Tan BS, Damodharan K. Should we perform fine needle aspiration cytology of subcentimetre thyroid nodules? A retrospective review of local practice. Ultrasound. 2019 Feb;27(1):64-68. doi: 10.1177/1742271X18820556. Epub 2019 Jan 9. PMID: 30774700; PMCID: PMC6362542.
  28. Venkatanarasimha N, Yong YR, Gogna A, Tan BS. Case 265: Lemmel Syndrome or Biliary Obstruction Due to a Periampullary Duodenal Diverticulum. Radiology. 2019 May;291(2):542-545. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2019162375. PMID: 30998446.
  29. Yap HY, Chong TT, Tay HL, Lee QS, Chng JK, Wang CJ, Tay KH, Choke E. Fenestrated Endovascular Repair of Zones 1 and 2 Aortic Arch Pathologies. Ann Vasc Surg. 2019 Jan;54:145.e1-145.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2018.09.005. Epub 2018 Sep 26. PMID: 30267914.
  30. Phang CC, Tan RY, Pang SC, Tan CW, Teh SP, Cheng RW, Kho YX, Chong TT, Gogna A, Foo WY, Tan CS. Paclitaxel-coated balloon in the treatment of recurrent dysfunctional arteriovenous access, real-world experience and longitudinal follow up. Nephrology (Carlton). 2019 Dec;24(12):1290-1295. doi: 10.1111/nep.13591. Epub 2019 Apr 29. PMID: 30901497.
  31. Huang HL, Venkatanarasimha N, Chan CY. Imaging and Treatment of Post-90Y Radioembolization Radiation Dermatitis. Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Mar;44(3):e140-e143. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002421. PMID: 30562197.
  32. Fan PEM, Tan SB, Farah GI, Cheok PG, Chock WT, Sutha W, Xu D, Chua W, Kwan XL, Li CL, Teo WQ, Ang SY. Adequacy of different measurement methods in determining nasogastric tube insertion lengths: An observational study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2019 Apr;92:73-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.01.003. Epub 2019 Jan 14. PMID: 30743198.
  33. Chua JME, Lam YMP, Tan BS, Tay KH, Gogna A, Irani FG, Lo HGR, Too CW. Single-centre retrospective review of risk factors for local tumour progression and complications in radiofrequency ablation of 555 hepatic lesions. Singapore Med J. 2019 Apr;60(4):188-192. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019036. PMID: 31069400; PMCID: PMC6482426.
  34. Lai GGY, Lim TH, Lim J, Liew PJR, Kwang XL, Nahar R, Aung ZW, Takano A, Lee YY, Lau DPX, Tan GS, Tan SH, Tan WL, Ang MK, Toh CK, Tan BS, Devanand A, Too CW, Gogna A, Ong BH, Koh TPT, Kanesvaran R, Ng QS, Jain A, Rajasekaran T, Yuan J, Lim TKH, Lim AST, Hillmer AM, Lim WT, Iyer NG, Tam WL, Zhai W, Tan EH, Tan DSW. Clonal MET Amplification as a Determinant of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Apr 10;37(11):876-884. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.00177. Epub 2019 Jan 24. Erratum in: J Clin Oncol. 2024 Dec 20;42(36):4356. doi: 10.1200/JCO-24-02413. PMID: 30676858.
  35. Chua JME, Too CW. CT‐Guided Transfacet Lumbar Puncture in a Patient with Hyperlordosis with Suspected Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Neurographics. 2019 Apr;9(2):111-114.
  36. Chin ZY, Chandramohan S, Kumar P, Irani FG, Venkatanarasimha N, Chow Wei T, Leong S. Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysm from Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Lesion: A Rare but Potentially Life-Threatening Complication. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 May;30(5):774-776. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.09.018. PMID: 31029395.
  37. Tan AT, Yang N, Lee Krishnamoorthy T, Oei V, Chua A, Zhao X, Tan HS, Chia A, Le Bert N, Low D, Tan HK, Kumar R, Irani FG, Ho ZZ, Zhang Q, Guccione E, Wai LE, Koh S, Hwang W, Chow WC, Bertoletti A. Use of Expression Profiles of HBV-DNA Integrated Into Genomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells to Select T Cells for Immunotherapy. Gastroenterology. 2019 May;156(6):1862-1876.e9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.01.251. Epub 2019 Jan 31. PMID: 30711630.
  38. Ganesan K, Tan JSH, Kumar P. Guidewire perforation and compartment syndrome after lower extremity angioplasty. Vasa. 2020 Jan;49(1):72-76. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000813. Epub 2019 Aug 15. PMID: 31414968.
  39. Tan RY, Pang SC, Teh SP, Lee KG, Chong TT, Gogna A, Tan CS. Comparison of alteplase and urokinase for pharmacomechanical thrombolysis of clotted hemodialysis access. J Vasc Access. 2019 Sep;20(5):501-506. doi: 10.1177/1129729818819735. Epub 2018 Dec 26. PMID: 30585114.
  40. Tan RY, Pang SC, Teh SP, Ng CY, Lee KG, Foo MWY, Gogna A, Chong TT, Tan CS. Outcomes of endovascular salvage of clotted arteriovenous access and predictors of patency after thrombectomy. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Apr;71(4):1333-1339. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.07.056. Epub 2019 Sep 3. PMID: 31492611.
  41. Lee W, Chen RC, Swaminathan SK, Ho CL. Extramedullary multiple myeloma with central nervous system and multiorgan involvement: Case report and literature review. J Radiol Case Rep. 2019 Dec 31;13(12):1-12. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v13i12.3784. PMID: 32184923; PMCID: PMC7060015. 
  42. Huang HL, Tong AKT, Thang SP, Yan SX, Lam WWC, Loke KSH, Tang CYL, Cheng LTJ, Ooi GSK, Low HC, Magsombol BM, Tham WY, Goh CXY, Tan CJ, Khor YM, Zaheer S, Bharadwaj P, Xie W, Ng DCE. Current Status and Growth of Nuclear Theranostics in Singapore. Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2019 Apr;53(2):96-101. doi: 10.1007/s13139-019-00580-3. Epub 2019 Jan 25. PMID: 31057680; PMCID: PMC6473098.
  43. Ehman EC, El-Sady MS, Kijewski MF, Khor YM, Jacob S, Ruberg FL, Sanchorawala V, Landau H, Yee AJ, Bianchi G, Di Carli MF, Falk RH, Hyun H, Dorbala S. Early Detection of Multiorgan Light-Chain Amyloidosis by Whole-Body 18F-Florbetapir PET/CT. J Nucl Med. 2019 Sep;60(9):1234-1239. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.118.221770. Epub 2019 Apr 6. PMID: 30954943; PMCID: PMC6735282.
  44. Tan JSH, Goh CXY, Koh YS, Li Y, Tuan JKL, Chua ET, Tan TWK, Wang MLC, Lee LS, Tay KJ, Kanesvaran R, Toh CK, Tong AKT, Lam WWC, Chua MLK. 68Gallium-labelled PSMA-PET/CT as a diagnostic and clinical decision-making tool in Asian prostate cancer patients following prostatectomy. Cancer Biol Med. 2019 Feb;16(1):157-166. doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2018.0288. PMID: 31119056; PMCID: PMC6528443.
  45. Tai WM, Tan SH, Tan DMY, Loke KSH, Ng DCE, Yan SX, Hwang JSG, Lim KH, Loh LM, Kek PC, Goh BKP, Lee SY, Chung AYF, Ong SYK. Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Survival of Patients with Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasm in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Institution. Neuroendocrinology. 2019;108(4):265-277. doi: 10.1159/000495140. Epub 2018 Nov 6. PMID: 30399612.
  46. Osmany S, Zaheer S, Bartel TB, Johnston M, Peh WM, Barmaky S, Jadvar H. Gallium-68-Labeled Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-11 PET/CT of Prostate and Nonprostate Cancers. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 Aug;213(2):286-299. doi: 10.2214/AJR.19.21084. Epub 2019 Jun 5. PMID: 31166760; PMCID: PMC7469486.
  47. Violet J, Jackson P, Ferdinandus J, Sandhu S, Akhurst T, Iravani A, Kong G, Kumar AR, Thang SP, Eu P, Scalzo M, Murphy D, Williams S, Hicks RJ, Hofman MS. Dosimetry of 177Lu-PSMA-617 in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Correlations Between Pretherapeutic Imaging and Whole-Body Tumor Dosimetry with Treatment Outcomes. J Nucl Med. 2019 Apr;60(4):517-523. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.118.219352. Epub 2018 Oct 5. PMID: 30291192.
  48. Tang CYL, Lam WW, Tan PH, Xie W, Peh WM, Tan VK, Leong LCH. Myoepithelial hyperplasia: A rare mimic of breast cancer on 18 F-FDG PET/CT. Breast J. 2020 Apr;26(4):775-777. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13643. Epub 2019 Sep 28. PMID: 31562674.
  49. Thang SP, Violet J, Sandhu S, Iravani A, Akhurst T, Kong G, Ravi Kumar A, Murphy DG, Williams SG, Hicks RJ, Hofman MS. Poor Outcomes for Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer with Low Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression Deemed Ineligible for 177Lu-labelled PSMA Radioligand Therapy. Eur Urol Oncol. 2019 Nov;2(6):670-676. doi: 10.1016/j.euo.2018.11.007. Epub 2018 Dec 13. PMID: 31412006.
  50. Violet J, Sandhu S, Iravani A, Ferdinandus J, Thang SP, Kong G, Kumar AR, Akhurst T, Pattison DA, Bearlieu A, Mooi J, Guo C, Kalff V, Murphy DG, Jackson P, Eu P, Scalzo M, Williams S, Hicks RJ, Hofman MS. Long term follow-up and outcomes of re-treatment in an expanded 50 patient single-center phase II prospective trial of Lutetium-177 (177Lu) PSMA-617 theranostics in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2019 Nov. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.119.236414.
  51. Cheng LTJ, Huang HL. Incidental pulmonary embolism detected on workup for Y-90 SIRT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2019 Nov;46(12):2621-2622. doi: 10.1007/s00259-019-04442-0. Epub 2019 Jul 31. PMID: 31367908.
  52. Suriyanto S, Ng EYK, Ng CED, Yan XS, Verma NK. 99mTc-MAG3 diuresis renography in differentiating renal obstruction: Using statistical parameters as new quantifiable indices. Comput Biol Med. 2019 Sep;112:103371. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2019.103371. Epub 2019 Jul 26. PMID: 31404720.
  53. Chandran M, Hao Y, Kwee AK, Swee DS, Ng DCE, Kee TYS, Bharadwaj P. Addressing bone quality and bone density after renal transplantation: A prospective evaluation of the evolution of trabecular bone score and bone mineral density over the first 5 years following renal transplantation in Asian patients. Clin Transplant. 2019 Oct;33(10):e13671. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13671. Epub 2019 Aug 16. PMID: 31332844.
  54. Khor YM, Cuddy S, Harms HJ, Kijewski MF, Park MA, Robertson M, Hyun H, Di Carli MF, Bianchi G, Landau H, Yee A, Sanchorawala V, Ruberg FL, Liao R, Berk J, Falk RH, Dorbala S. Quantitative [18F]florbetapir PET/CT may identify lung involvement in patients with systemic AL amyloidosis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 Jul;47(8):1998-2009. doi: 10.1007/s00259-019-04627-7. Epub 2019 Dec 5. PMID: 31807884; PMCID: PMC8202062.