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Ben A. Dwamena

Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Michigan
Verified email at umich.edu
Cited by 5729

Metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: mediastinal staging in the 1990s—meta-analytic comparison of PET and CT

BA Dwamena, SS Sonnad, JO Angobaldo, RL Wahl - Radiology, 1999 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To meta-analytically compare 2-[fluorine 18]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron
emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) for the demonstration of …

Diagnostic performance of stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis

KR Nandalur, BA Dwamena, AF Choudhri… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - jacc.org
Objectives : The purpose of our study was to conduct an evidence-based evaluation of stress
cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (…

Solitary Pulmonary Nodules: Meta-analytic Comparison of Cross-sectional Imaging Modalities for Diagnosis of Malignancy1

P Cronin, BA Dwamena, AM Kelly, RC Carlos - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To perform a meta-analysis to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic contrast
material–enhanced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, …

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: meta-analysis of diagnostic performance of MR cholangiopancreatography

M Dave, BJ Elmunzer, BA Dwamena, PDR Higgins - Radiology, 2010 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
(MRCP) for detection of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in patients with …

Characterization of adrenal masses by using FDG PET: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test performance

GWL Boland, BA Dwamena, M Jagtiani Sangwaiya… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data to determine
the diagnostic utility of adrenal fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission …

The prognostic power of the NOD2 genotype for complicated Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis

J Adler, SC Rangwalla, BA Dwamena… - Official journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Crohn's disease is often purely inflammatory at presentation, but most
patients develop strictures and fistulae over time (complicated disease). Many studies have …

Amyloid deposition in Parkinson's disease and cognitive impairment: a systematic review

M Petrou, BA Dwamena, BR Foerster… - Movement …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Varying degrees of cortical amyloid deposition are reported in the setting of
Parkinsonism with cognitive impairment. We performed a systematic review to estimate the …

Parathyroid adenoma localization with 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT: a meta-analysis

…, LM Fig, MD Gross, BA Dwamena - Nuclear medicine …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The aim of the study was to determine the diagnostic utility of parathyroid scintigraphy
with technetium-99m (99m Tc)-sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography/…

Accuracy of quantitative ultrasound elastography for differentiation of malignant and benign breast abnormalities: a meta-analysis

…, RC Carlos, CH Neal, BA Dwamena - Breast cancer research and …, 2012 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to systematically review recent literature on diagnostic
performance of strain ratio and length ratio, two different strain measurements in ultrasound …

Ultrasonographic differentiation of malignant from benign breast lesions: a meta-analytic comparison of elasticity and BIRADS scoring

…, RC Carlos, CH Neal, BA Dwamena - Breast cancer research and …, 2012 - Springer
There has been controversy regarding the accuracy of breast ultrasound elastography (USE)
compared to conventional B-mode Ultrasound (USB). The purpose of this study was to …