Selected publications
- Domi T, Honarvar F, Sare D, Slim M, Dlamini N, & Kassner A. (2025). Characterizing the evolution of lesion, penumbra and blood-brain barrier permeability in a photothrombotic juvenile rat stroke model using MRI and histology. Scientific Reports, 15(1).
- Choi E. J, Levin D, Robertson A, Kirkham F. J, Muthusami P, Krishnan P, Shroff M, Moharir M, Dirks P, MacGregor D, Pulcine E, Bhathal I, Kassner A, Walker K, Allan W, deVeber G, Logan W. J, & Dlamini N. (2024). Assessment of MR Blood-oxygen-level-dependent (bold) cerebrovascular reactivity under general anesthesia in children with Moyamoya. Pediatric Radiology, 54(8), 1325–1336.
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Pai A. M, To T, deVeber G. A, Nichol D, Kassner A, Ertl-Wagner B, Rafay M. F, & Dlamini N. (2024). Health inequity and time from pediatric stroke onset to arrival. Stroke, 55(5), 1299–1307.
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Domi T, Robertson A, Lee W, Wintle R. F, Stence N, Bernard T, Kirton A, Carlson H, Andrade A, Rafay M. F, Bjornson B, Kim D, Dowling M, Bonnett W, Rivkin M, Krishnan P, Shroff M, Ertl-Wagner B, Strother S, Arnott S, Wintermark M, Kassner A, Dlamini, N. (2023). The development of the pediatric stroke neuroimaging platform (PEDSNIP). NeuroImage: Clinical, 39, 103438.
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Friedlander Y, Zanette B, Lindenmaier A, Li D, Kadlecek S, Santyr G, Kassner A (2022). Hyperpolarized 129 Xe MRI of the rat brain with chemical shift saturation recovery and spiral-IDEAL readout. Magn Reson Med. 87(4): 1971-1979.
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Choi EJ, Westmacott R, Kirkham FJ, Robertson A, Muthusami P, Shroff M, Moharir M, Williams T, Dirks P, MacGregor D, Slim M, Pulcine E, Bhathal I, Kaseka ML, Kassner A, Logan W, deVeber G, Dlamini N (2022). Fronto-Parietal and White Matter Haemodynamics Predict Cognitive Outcome in Children with Moyamoya Independent of Stroke. Transl Stroke Res.
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Friedlander Y, Zanette B, Lindenmaier AA, Fliss J, Li D, Emami K, Jankov RP, Kassner A, Santyr G (2021). Effect of inhaled oxygen concentration on 129 Xe chemical shift of red blood cells in rat lungs. Magn. Reson Med. 86(3): 1187-1193.
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Kaseka ML, Slim M, Muthusami P, Dirks PB, Westmacott R, Kassner A, Bhathal I, Williams S, Shroff M, Logan W, Moharir M, MacGregor DL, Pulcine E, deVeber GA, Dlamini N (2021). Distinct Clinical and Radiographic Phenotypes in Pediatric Patients With Moyamoya. Pediatr Neurol. 120: 18-26.
- Selvadurai S, Voutsas G, Massicotte C, Kassner A, Katz SL, Propst EJ, Narang I (2020). Positional obstructive sleep apnea in an obese pediatric population. J Clin Sleep Med. 16(8): 1295-1301.
- Friedlander Y, Zanette B, Lindenmaier A, Sadanand S, Li D, Stirrat E, Couch M, Kassner A, Jankov RP, Santyr G (2020). Chemical shift of 129 Xe dissolved in red blood cells: Application to a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Magn Reson Med. 84(1): 52-60
- Selvadurai S, Voutsas G, Kassner A, Massicotte C, Katz SL, Propst EJ, Narang I (2020). Positional obstructive sleep apnea in an obese pediatric population. J Clin Sleep Med.
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Domi T, deVeber G, Mikulis D, Kassner A (2020). Wallerian Degeneration of the Cerebral Peduncle and Association with Motor Outcome in Childhood Stroke. Pediatr Neurol. 102: 67-73.
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Cahill LS, Pilmeyer J, Yu LX, Steinman J, Hare GMT, Kassner A, Macgowan CK, Sled JG (2019). Ultrasound Detection of Abnormal Cerebrovascular Morphology in a Mouse Model of Sickle Cell Disease Based on Wave Reflection. Ultrasound Med Biol. 45(12): 3269-3278.
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Kapustin D, Leung J, Odame I, Williams S, Shroff M, Kassner A (2019). Hydroxycarbamide treatment in children with Sickle Cell Anaemia is associated with more intact white matter integrity: a quantitative MRI study. Br J Haematol. 187(2): 238-245
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Croal PL, Leung J, Phillips CL, Serafin MG, Kassner A (2019). Quantification of pathophysiological alterations in venous oxygen saturation: A comparison of global MR susceptometry techniques. Magn Reson Imaging. 58: 18-23.
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Croal PL, Leung J, Kosinski P, Shroff M, Odame I, Kassner A (2017). Assessment of cerebral blood flow with magnetic resonance imaging in children with sickle cell disease: A quantitative comparison with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Brain Behav. 7(11): e00811.
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Eftekhari E, Hojjat SP, Vitorino R, Carroll TJ, Cantrell CG, Lee L, Taylor MW, Morrow SA, Benhabib H, Aviv RI, Kassner A (2017). Normal appearing white matter permeability: a marker of inflammation and information processing speed deficit among relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients. Neuroradiology. 59(8): 771-780.
- Dlamini N, Yau I, Westmacott R, Shroff M, Armstrong D, Logan W, Mikulis D, deVeber G, Kassner A (2017). Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Intellectual Outcome in Childhood Stroke with Transient Cerebral Arteriopathy. Pediatr Neurol. 69:71-78.
- Domi T, Vossough A, Stence NV, Felling RJ, Leung J, Krishnan P, Watson CG, Grant PE, Kassner A (2017). The Potential for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging Techniques in Pediatric Stroke Research. Pediatr Neurol. 69:24-36.
- Merali Z, Huang K, Mikulis D, Silver F, Kassner A (2017). Evolution of blood-brain-barrier permeability after acute ischemic stroke. PLoS One. 16;12(2):e0171558.
- Kosinski P, Croal P, Leung J, Williams S, Odame I, Hare G, Shroff M, Kassner A (2017). The severity of anaemia depletes cerebrovascular dilatory reserve in children with sickle cell disease: a quantitative MRI study. Br J Haematol. 176(2):280-287.
- Leung J, Duffin J, Fisher JA, Kassner A (2016). MRI-based cerebrovascular reactivity using transfer function analysis reveals temporal group differences between patients with sickle cell disease and healthy controls. NeuroImage Clin. 12:624-30.
- Cahill LS, Gazdzinski LM, Tsui AK, Zhou YQ, Portnoy S, Liu E, Mazer CD, Hare GM, Kassner A, Sled JG (2016). Functional and anatomical evidence of cerebral tissue hypoxia in young sickle cell anemia mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 37(3):994-1005.
- Leung J, Kosinski PD, Croal PL, Kassner A. (2016). Developmental trajectories of cerebrovascular reactivity in healthy children and adolescents assessed with BOLD-MRI. J Physiol. 594(10):2681-9.
- Kim AJ, Leung J, Lerch JP, Kassner A. (2016). Reduced cerebrovascular reserve is regionally associated with cortical thickness reductions in children with sickle cell disease. Brain Research. 1642:263-9.
- Leung J, Kim JA, Kassner A. (2016). Reproducibility of cerebrovascular reactivity measures in children using BOLD MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging. 43(5):1191-5.
- Merali Z, Leung J, Wong T, Kassner A. (2015). Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and CT provide comparable measurement of blood-brain-barrier permeability in a rodent stroke model. Magn Reson Imaging. 33(8): 1007-12.
- Kassner A, Merali Z. (2015). Assessment of blood-brain barrier disruption in stroke. Stroke. 46(11): 3310-5.
- Merali Z, Leung J, Mikulis D, Silver F, Kassner A. (2015). Longitudinal Assessment of Imatinib’s Effect on the Blood-Brain Barrier After Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury with Permeability MRI. Transl Stroke Res. 6(1): 39-49.