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John Aarsvold

  • Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 329-2213
  • jaarsvo@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Aarsvold has appointments in the Department of Radiology at Emory University and the Nuclear Medicine Service at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). He has held these positions since 1998 when he transitioned to them from appointments in the Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Aarsvold has been involved in nuclear medicine physics and engineering research for over 20 years. Most of his work has focused on the development and use of application-specific imaging systems comprising small field-of-view gamma cameras. Through development of novel laboratory and clinical systems and protocols, he has sought to impact the management of patients with breast cancer, melanoma, lung cancer, colon cancer, electrical injury, Parkinsons disease, and schizophrenia. Dr. Aarsvold co-edited Emission Tomography: The Fundamentals of PET and SPECT, an award-winning book for graduate students and other investigators researching the physics and engineering of emission tomography. In 2006, he served as the MIC Program Chair of the annual IEEE NSS/MIC (Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference).

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Emory University
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine, Emory University

Education

Degrees

  • PhD from University of Arizona
  • No Degree from Purdue University
  • MS from Colorado State University
  • BA from Saint Olaf College
  • Diploma from Plentywood High School

Research

Focus

  • Most of my research has focused on the development of laboratory and clinical use of application-specific imaging systems, particularly laboratory and clinical use of nuclear medicine systems comprising small field-of-view gamma cameras. Projects have sought to impact management of patients with breast cancer, melanoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, electrical injury, radiation injury, Parkinsons disease, schizophrenia, diabetes, and coronary artery disease.

Publications

  • Sentinel-Lymph-Node Multicenter Trials.
    Semin Nucl Med Volume: 50 Page(s): 56 - 74
    01/01/2020 Authors: Moncayo VM; Grady EE; Alazraki NP; Aarsvold JN
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Procedures.
    Semin Nucl Med Volume: 47 Page(s): 595 - 617
    11/01/2017 Authors: Moncayo VM; Alazraki AL; Alazraki NP; Aarsvold JN
  • Harmonic subtraction for evaluating right ventricle ejection fraction from planar equilibrium radionuclide angiography.
    Int J Cardiovasc Imaging Volume: 33 Page(s): 1857 - 1862
    11/01/2017 Authors: Bonta DV; Aarsvold JN; Grant SF; Alazraki NP
  • Phantom Evaluation of Bone Imaging in a Clinical Nuclear Medicine Environment
    Volume: 58
    05/01/2017 Authors: Dharmadhikari S; Brandon D; Nye J; Aarsvold J; Galt J
  • Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel nodes.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 56 Page(s): 901 - 907
    06/01/2015 Authors: Moncayo VM; Aarsvold JN; Alazraki NP
  • CTDI(vol) in PET-CT: Fixed kV/Fixed Quality Reference mAs vs Topogram-based kV/Topogram-based Quality Reference mAs
    Volume: 56
    05/01/2015 Authors: Zavosky L; Aarsvold J; Brandon D; Grant S
  • Response to comment by Aprile et al.: the EANM and SNMMI practice guideline for lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node localization in breast cancer.
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Volume: 41 Page(s): 1259 - 1260
    06/01/2014 Authors: Giammarile F; Alazraki N; Aarsvold JN; Audisio RA; Glass E; Grant SF; Kunikowska J; Leidenius M; Moncayo VM; Uren RF
  • Guest editorial.
    Semin Nucl Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 412
    01/01/2014 Authors: Alazraki NP; Aarsvold JN
  • Nuclear medicine imaging and therapy: gender biases in disease.
    Semin Nucl Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 413 - 422
    01/01/2014 Authors: Moncayo VM; Aarsvold JN; Alazraki NP
  • The EANM and SNMMI practice guideline for lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node localization in breast cancer.
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Volume: 40 Page(s): 1932 - 1947
    12/01/2013 Authors: Giammarile F; Alazraki N; Aarsvold JN; Audisio RA; Glass E; Grant SF; Kunikowska J; Leidenius M; Moncayo VM; Uren RF
  • Status of sentinel lymph node for breast cancer.
    Semin Nucl Med Volume: 43 Page(s): 281 - 293
    07/01/2013 Authors: Moncayo VM; Aarsvold JN; Grant SF; Bartley SC; Alazraki NP
  • Normal files for left-ventricle phantom and multiple-pinhole cardiac imager
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 54
    05/01/2013 Authors: Grant S; Margeanu D; Aarsvold J
  • MRPET quantification tools: registration, segmentation, classification, and MR-based attenuation correction.
    Med Phys Volume: 39 Page(s): 6443 - 6454
    10/01/2012 Authors: Fei B; Yang X; Nye JA; Aarsvold JN; Raghunath N; Cervo M; Stark R; Meltzer CC; Votaw JR
  • Initial testing of a unique, high-resolution, cardiac SPECT system
    Volume: 53
    05/01/2012 Authors: Galt J; Juni J; Aarsvold J; Esteves F
  • Sentinel lymph node detection in melanoma of head and neck versus of extremities
    Volume: 51
    05/01/2010 Authors: Sheets K; Halkar R; Aarsvold J; Owen M
  • SPECT-CT of I-123 in a head phantom
    Volume: 51
    05/01/2010 Authors: Galt J; Aarsvold J; Fitz J; Margeanu D; Sabiston E
  • MRI-based attenuation correction and quantification tools for combined MRI/PET
    Volume: 51
    05/01/2010 Authors: Fei B; Yang X; Nye J; Jones M; Aarsvold J; Raghunath N; Meltzer C; Votaw J
  • Singular Value Decomposition of Pinhole SPECT Systems.
    Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng Volume: 7263
    03/12/2009 Authors: Palit R; Kupinski MA; Barrett HH; Clarkson EW; Aarsvold JN; Volokh L; Grobshtein Y
  • Tc-99m pyrophosphate imaging of poloxamer-treated electroporated skeletal muscle in an in vivo rat model.
    Burns Volume: 32 Page(s): 755 - 764
    09/01/2006 Authors: Matthews KL; Aarsvold JN; Mintzer RA; Chen C-T; Lee RC
  • Intraoperative gamma imaging of axillary sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients.
    Phys Med Volume: 21 Suppl 1 Page(s): 76 - 79
    01/01/2006 Authors: Aarsvod JN; Greene CM; Mintzer RA; Grant SF; Styblo TM; Alazraki NP; Patt BE; Caravaglia GM; Li J; Iwanczyk JS
  • Update on detection of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer.
    Semin Nucl Med Volume: 35 Page(s): 116 - 128
    04/01/2005 Authors: Aarsvold JN; Alazraki NP
  • Clinical value of digital image fusion of CT and FDG PET in patients with head/neck cancer
    Volume: 225 Page(s): 469 - 469
    11/01/2002 Authors: Esteves F; Zavosky L; Fajman WA; Arnold J; Aarsvold J; Alazraki NP
  • Sterile-field imaging of sentinel nodes: Initial experience.
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 43 Page(s): 156P - 157P
    05/01/2002 Authors: Aarsvold JN; Mintzer RA; Greene C; Grant SF; Murray DR; Styblo TM; Alazraki NP; Halkar RK; MacDonald LR; Iwanczyk JS
  • Effect of diagnostic radionuclide studies on bone mineral density values measured by DEXA.
    Volume: 43 Page(s): 341P - 341P
    05/01/2002 Authors: Hatton BN; Zavosky LA; Aarsvold JN; Galt JR; Halkar RK
  • Sentinel node staging of early breast cancer using lymphoscintigraphy and the intraoperative gamma detecting probe.
    Radiol Clin North Am Volume: 39 Page(s): 947 - viii
    09/01/2001 Authors: Alazraki NP; Styblo T; Grant SF; Cohen C; Larsen T; Waldrop S; Aarsvold JN
  • Sentinel lymph nodes: optimizing success.
    Semin Roentgenol Volume: 36 Page(s): 261 - 269
    07/01/2001 Authors: Styblo T; Aarsvold JN; Grant SF; Cohen C; Larsen T; Waldrop S; Alazraki NP
  • Optimum injection methods (peritumoral [PT], subdermal [SD] and periareolar [PA]) to image sentinel lymphnodes (SLNs) in breast cancer.
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 42 Page(s): 116P - 116P
    05/01/2001 Authors: Alazraki N; Styblo T; Grant S; Aarsvold J; Waldrop S; Larsen T; Cohen C
  • Comparison of femoral neck and total hip bone funeral density (BMD) for patient management: Which to use?
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 42 Page(s): 130P - 130P
    05/01/2001 Authors: Reddy VG; Samuelson D; Halkar RK; Moody SB; Fajman WA; Aarsvold JN; Alazraki NP
  • Ba-133 transmission-source attenuation correction of FDG dual-head PET cardiac data: Phantoms and patients.
    Volume: 42 Page(s): 51P - 52P
    05/01/2001 Authors: Aarsvold JN; Halkar RK; Galt JR; Zavosky LA; Grant SF; Bray DM; Alazraki NP
  • Dual-head PET, Ba-133 attenuation correction, and PET/CT registration: Initial experience with oncology patients.
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 42 Page(s): 190P - 190P
    05/01/2001 Authors: Aarsvold JN; Zavosky LA; Dye YC; Grant SF; Bray DM; Rothfusz BC; Riggin SL; Ramachandran A; Halkar RK; Alazraki NP
  • Conjugate imaging for regional-uptake estimation: Some analytic considerations.
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 41 Page(s): 190P - 190P
    05/01/2000 Authors: Mintzer RA; Aarsvold JN; Batth D; Valentine JD
  • Lung uptake (LU), transient ischemic dilatation (TID) and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) in triple vessel coronary artery disease: Comparison between (TI)-T-201 stress/re injection ((TlS)-Tl-201/R) and dual isotope gated (DIG) study.
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 41 Page(s): 158P - 158P
    05/01/2000 Authors: Toro JR; Halkar RK; Krawczynska EG; Aarsvold JN; Faber TL; Hott BJ; Folks RD; Vansant JP
  • Peritumoral (PT) vs subdermal (SD) injection methods for sentinel lymph node (SLN) imaging and intraoperative localization using 2 filtration sizes.
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 41 Page(s): 71P - 72P
    05/01/2000 Authors: Alazraki NP; Grant S; Styblo T; Larsen T; Aarsvold JN
  • Sentinel node staging of early breast cancer using lymphoscintigraphy and the intraoperative gamma-detecting probe.
    Semin Nucl Med Volume: 30 Page(s): 56 - 64
    01/01/2000 Authors: Alazraki NP; Styblo T; Grant SF; Cohen C; Larsen T; Aarsvold JN
  • Radiotracers for imaging electroporation.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci Volume: 888 Page(s): 285 - 299
    10/30/1999 Authors: Matthews KL; Aarsvold JN; Mintzer RA; Chen CT; Capelli-Schellpfeffer M; Cooper M; Lee RC
  • Intraoperative probes.
    J Nucl Med Technol Volume: 27 Page(s): 188 - 193
    09/01/1999 Authors: Halkar RK; Aarsvold JN
  • The effect of increasing tissue density (abdominal girth) on bone mineral density.
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 40 Page(s): 207P - 208P
    05/01/1999 Authors: Toro J; Aarsvold JN; Larsen T; Halkar RK; Alazraki N
  • Thermal dose optimization for ultrasound tissue ablation.
    IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control Volume: 46 Page(s): 913 - 928
    01/01/1999 Authors: Wan H; Aarsvold J; O'Donnell M; Cain C
  • Biophysical mechanisms of cell membrane damage in electrical shock.
    Semin Neurol Volume: 15 Page(s): 367 - 374
    12/01/1995 Authors: Lee RC; Aarsvold JN; Chen W; Astumian RD; Capelli-Schellpfeffer M; Kelley KM; Pliskin NH
  • The 1995 Lindberg Award. Nonthermally mediated muscle injury and necrosis in electrical trauma.
    J Burn Care Rehabil Volume: 16 Page(s): 581 - 588
    01/01/1995 Authors: Block TA; Aarsvold JN; Matthews KL; Mintzer RA; River LP; Capelli-Schellpfeffer M; Wollmann RL; Tripathi S; Chen CT; Lee RC
  • Radionuclide probes for tissue damage.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci Volume: 720 Page(s): 181 - 191
    05/31/1994 Authors: Chen CT; Aarsvold JN; Block TA; Matthews KL; Mintzer RA; Mukherjee J; Yasillo NJ; River LP; Cooper M; Lee RC
  • A miniature gamma camera.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci Volume: 720 Page(s): 192 - 205
    05/31/1994 Authors: Aarsvold JN; Mintzer RA; Yasillo NJ; Heimsath SJ; Block TA; Matthews KL; Pan X; Wu C; Beck RN; Chen CT
  • Radionuclide Probes for Tissue Damagea.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci Volume: 720 Page(s): 181 - 191
    05/01/1994 Authors: Chen C-T; Aarsvold JN; Block TA; Matthews KL; Mintzer RA; Mukherjee J; Yasillo NJ; River LP; Cooper M; Lee RC
  • A Miniature Gamma Cameraa.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci Volume: 720 Page(s): 192 - 205
    05/01/1994 Authors: Aarsvold JN; Mintzer RA; Yasillo NJ; Heimsath SJ; Block TA; Matthews KL; Pan X; Wu C; Beck RN; Chen C-T
  • A CLINICAL MINIATURE GAMMA-CAMERA
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Volume: 34 Page(s): P112 - P113
    05/01/1993 Authors: YASILLO NJ; AARSVOLD JN; BECK RN; BLOCK TA; CHEN CT; COOPER M; HEIMSATH SJ; MATTHEWS KL; MINTZER RA; PAN X
  • Null functions and eigenfunctions: tools for the analysis of imaging systems.
    Prog Clin Biol Res Volume: 363 Page(s): 211 - 226
    01/01/1991 Authors: Barrett HH; Aarsvold JN; Roney TJ
  • A full-field modular gamma camera.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 31 Page(s): 632 - 639
    05/01/1990 Authors: Milster TD; Aarsvold JN; Barrett HH; Landesman AL; Mar LS; Patton DD; Roney TJ; Rowe RK; Seacat RH
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