Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis
2011
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Faculty
Faculty
Tsang-Wei Tu
Associate Professor
Department/Office
- Radiology
School/College
- College of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Tsang-Wei Tu is an Associate Professor of Radiology at Howard University College of Medicine. He is a faculty member of the Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Howard University Imaging Core. Dr. Tu’s research is dedicated to the applications of molecular and functional imaging to understand the morphologic and metabolic responses in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other neurological disorders. His research bridges the gap between radiological findings and the underlying pathophysiology in the brain for advancing imaging diagnosis.
Education & Expertise
Education
Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Postdoc
National Institutes of Health
2016
Expertise
Neuroimaging, Neuropathology, Disease Animal Model
Academics
Academics
MPHS 502 Medical Imaging Technology
BIOL 501 Topics on Anatomy & Physiology
Related Articles
- Kobayashi K, Maeda T, Ayodeji M, Tu SC, Chen A, Rajtboriraks M, Hsu CH, Tu TW, Wang PC, Hanley PJ, Jonas RA, Ishibashi N, “The Dose-effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Delivery through Cardiopulmonary Bypass", The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2022, Article 2022.07.035
- Agaronyan A, Syed R, Kim R, Hsu CH, Love SA, Hooker JM, Reid AE, Wang PC, Ishibashi N, Kang Y, Tu TW, “A Baboon Brain Atlas for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography Image Analysis”, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2022, Article 778769
- Hsu CH, Lin S, Ho AC, Johnson TD, Wang PC, Scafidi J, Tu TW, “Comparison of in vivo and ex vivo detection of hippocampal metabolites in mouse brain using 1H-MRS", NMR in Biomedicine, 2021;34(2);e4451
- Tu TW, Kovacs ZI, Sundby M, Witko J, Papadakis ZG, Reid W, Hammoud AD, Frank JA, "Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MRI Evaluation on the Long-Term Effects of Pulsed Focused Ultrasound and Microbubbles Blood Brain Barrier Opening in the Rat ", Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020, 14:908
- Jang KW, Tu TW, Rosenblatt RB, Burks SR, Frank JA, “MR-guided pulsed focused ultrasound improves mesenchymal stromal cell homing to the myocardium”, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2020;24:13278–88
- Sinharay S, Tu TW, Kovacs Z, Schreiber-Stainthorp W, Sundby M, Zhang X, Papadakis GZ, Reid WC, Frank JA, Hammoud DA, “In vivo imaging of sterile neuroinflammation in rat brain after disrupting the blood brain barrier with pulsed focused ultrasound: 18F-DPA714 PET study”, Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2019; 16:155
- Burks SR, Lorsung RM, Nagle ME, Tu TW, Frank JA, “Focused ultrasound activates voltage-gated calcium channels through depolarizing TRPC1 sodium currents in kidney and skeletal muscle”, Theranostics, 2019; 9(19): 5517-5531
- Kovacs ZI, Tu TW, Sundby M, Qureshi F, Lewis BK, Jikaria N, Frank JA, “MRI and histological evaluation of pulsed focused ultrasound and microbubbles treatment effects in the brain”, Theranostics, 2018; 8(17):4837-4855
- Tu TW, Ibrahim W, Jikaria N, Munasinghe J, Witko, Hammoud D, Frank JA, “On the detection of cerebral metabolic depression in experimental traumatic brain injury using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-weighted MRI”, Scientific Reports, 2018 Jan; 8:669
- Jang KW, Tu TW, Nagle ME, Lewis BK, Burks SR, Frank JA, “Molecular and histological effects of MR-guided pulsed focused ultrasound to the rat heart”, Journal of Translational Medicine, 2017 Dec; 15:252
- Papadakis GZ, Jha S, Bhattacharyya T, Millo C, Tu TW, Bagci U, Marias K, Karantanas AH, Patronas NJ, "18F-NaF PET/CT in Extensive Melorheostosis of the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton With Soft-Tissue Involvement", Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2017 Jul;42(7):537-539
- Tu TW, Lescher JD, Williams RA, Jikaria N, Turtzo LC, Frank JA, “Abnormal injury response in spontaneous mild ventriculomegaly Wistar rat brains: a diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer imaging study”, Journal of Neurotrauma, 2017 Jan 1;34(1):248-256
- Tu TW, Williams RA, Lescher JD, Jikaria N, Turtzo LC, Frank JA, “Radiological-pathological correlation of diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer imaging in closed head mild traumatic brain injury model”, Annals of Neurology, 2016 Jun;79(6):907-20
- Tu TW, Turtzo LC, Williams RA, Lescher JD, Dean DD, Frank JA, “Imaging of spontaneous ventriculomegaly and vascular malformations in Wistar rats: Implications for preclinical research”, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 2014, 73(12),1152-65
- Tu TW, MD Budde, M Xie, Y Chen Jr, Q Wang, JD Quirk, SK Song, “Phase-Aligned Multiple Spin-Echo Averaging: A Simple Way to Improve Signal-to-Noise Ratio of in vivo Mouse Spinal Cord Diffusion Tensor Image”, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2014, 32(10),1335-43
- Wang X, Brieland JK, Kim JH, Chen YJ, O'Neal J, O'Neil SP, Tu TW, Trinkaus K, Song SK, “Diffusion tensor imaging detects treatment effects of FTY720 in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice”, NMR in Biomedicine, 2013, 26 (12), 1742-1750
- Tu TW, Kim JH, Jakeman LB, Song SK, “The impact of myelination on axon sparing and locomotor function recovery in spinal cord injury assessed using diffusion tensor imaging”, NMR in Biomedicine, 2013, 26 (11), 1484-1495
- Tu TW, Frank JA, “Assessing white matter integrity in experimental spinal cord injury using diffusion tensor imaging”, Journal of Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, 2013, 2 (5), 415-430
- Zhu XH, Chen JM, Tu TW, Chen W, Song SK, “Simultaneous and noninvasive imaging of cerebral oxygen metabolic rate, blood flow and oxygen extraction fraction in stroke mice”, Neuroimage, 2013, 64: 437-47
- Wang Y, Wang Q, Haldar JP, Yeh FC, Xie M, Sun P, Tu TW, Trinkaus K, Klein RS, Cross AH and Song SK, “Quantification of increased cellularity during inflammatory demyelination”, Brain, 2011, 134: 3590-3601
- Tu TW, Kim JH, Wang J, Song SK, “Full tensor diffusion imaging is not required to assess the white matter integrity in mouse contusion spinal cord injury”, Journal of Neurotrauma, 2010; 27(1): 253-62
- Kim JH, Tu TW, Bayly PV, Song SK, “Impact speed does not determine severity of spinal cord injury in mice with fixed impact displacement”, Journal of Neurotrauma, 2009, 26(8): 1395-404.