Publications

2023

• ‘A radiomic- and dosiomic-based machine learning regression model for pretreatment planning in 177Lu-DOTATATE therapy’ Dimitris Plachouris, Vasilis Eleftheriadis, Thomas Nanos, Nikolaos Papathanasiou, David Sarrut, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, Georgios Savvidis, Laure Vergnaud, Julien Salvadori, Alessio Imperiale, Dimitris Visvikis, John D. Hazle, George C. Kagadis. Medical Physics 2023 (in press)
• ‘Dosimetric Evaluation of ¹⁷⁷Lu Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy Using GATE and Planet Dose.‘ Stamouli I, Nanos T, Chatzipapas K, Papadimitroulas P, Zoglopitou L-A, Kalathas T, Katsakiori PF, Makridou A, Kagadis GC. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(17):9836. doi: 10.3390/app13179836.
• ‘A framework for prediction of personalized pediatric nuclear medical dosimetry based on machine learning and Monte Carlo techniques.‘ Eleftheriadis V, Savvidis G, Paneta V, Chatzipapas K, Kagadis GC, Papadimitroulas P. Phys Med Biol. 2023 Apr 7;68(8). doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/acc4a5.

2022

• ‘The OpenGATE ecosystem for Monte Carlo simulation in medical physics.‘ Sarrut D, Arbor N, Baudier T, Borys D, Etxebeste A, Fuchs H, Gajewski J, Grevillot L, Jan S, Kagadis GC, Kang HG, Kirov A, Kochebina O, Krzemien W, Lomax A, Papadimitroulas P, Pommranz C, Roncali E, Rucinski A, Winterhalter C, Maigne L. Phys Med Biol. 2022 Sep 8;67(18). doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac8c83.
• ‘Using Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations to Design Efficient Magnetic Nanoparticles for Clinical Hyperthermia‘ C. Papadopoulos, A. Kolokithas-Ntoukas, R. Moreno, D. Fuentes, G. Loudos, V.C. Loukopoulos, G.C. Kagadis. Med Phys 2022;49(1):547-567. doi: 10.1002/mp.15317.

2021

• ‘Standardization and validation of brachytherapy seeds’ modelling using GATE and GGEMS Monte Carlo toolkits‘ Konstantinos P. Chatzipapas, Dimitris Plachouris, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, Konstantinos Mountris, Julien Bert, Dimitris Visvikis, Dimitris Mihailidis, George C. Kagadis. Cancers 2021 Oct 22;13(21):5315. doi: 10.3390/cancers13215315.
• ‘A Deep Learning-Based Prediction Model for the Biodistribution of ⁹⁰Y Microspheres in Liver Radioembolization‘ D. Plachouris, I. Tzolas, I. Gatos, P. Papadimitroulas, T. Spyridonidis, D. Apostolopoulos, N. Papathanasiou, D. Visvikis, K. Plachouri, J.D. Hazle, G.C. Kagadis. Med Phys 2021 Nov;48(11):7427-7438. doi: 10.1002/mp.15270.
• ‘Simulation of intracranial hemodynamics by an efficient and accurate immersed boundary scheme‘ DS Lampropoulos, GC Bourantas, BF Zwick, GC Kagadis, A Wittek, K Miller, VC Loukopoulos. Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng. 2021 Aug 26:e3524.
• ‘An in-silico method to predict and quantify the effect of gold nanoparticles in X-ray imaging‘ M Rouchota, G Loudos, GC Kagadis. Phys Med. 2021 Aug 8;89:160-168.
• ‘Focus issue: Artificial intelligence in medical physics‘ F. Zanca, I.M. Avanzo, N. Colgan, W. Crijns, G. Guidi, I. Hernandez-Giron, G.C. Kagadis, O. Diaz, H. Zaidi, P. Russo, I. Toma-Dasu, M. Kortesniemi. Phys Med 2021;83:287-291.
• ‘Artificial Intelligence: Deep learning in oncological radiomics and challenges of interpretability and data harmonization‘ Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, Lennart Brocki, Neo Christopher Chung, Wistan Marchadour, Franck Vermet, Laurent Gaubert, Vasilis Eleftheriadis, Dimitris Plachouris, Dimitris Visvikis, George C. Kagadis, Mathieu Hatt. Phys Med 2021;83:108-121.
• ‘IDDRRA: A novel platform, based on Geant4-DNA to quantify DNA Damage by Ionizing Radiation‘ Konstantinos P. Chatzipapas, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, George Loudos, Niko Papanikolaou, George C. Kagadis. Med Phys 2021;48(5):2624-2636.
• ‘Expanding the Medical Physicist Curricular and Professional Programme to include Artificial Intelligence’ F. Zanca, I. Hernandez-Giron, M. Avanzo, G. Guidi, W. Crijns, O. Diaz, G.C. Kagadis, O. Rampado, P.I. Lønne, S. Ken, N. Colgan, H. Zaidi, G. A. Zakaria, M. Kortesniemi. Phys Med 2021;83:174-183.
• ‘Clinical Evaluation of a Three-Dimensional Internal Dosimetry Technique for Liver Radioembolization with 90^Y Microspheres Using Dose Voxel Kernels’ Dimitris Plachouris, Konstantinos Mountris, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, Trifon Spyridonidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Dimitris Apostolopoulos, Nikolaos Papathanasiou, John Hazle, Dimitris Visvikis, George C. Kagadis. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals (in press, 2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/cbr.2020.4554
• ‘Optimization of in vivo studies by combining planar dynamic and tomographic imaging: workflow evaluation on a superparamagnetic nanoparticles system‘ Maritina Rouchota, Alessio Adamiano, Michele Iafisco, Eirini Fragofeorgi, Irineos Pilatis, Gilles Doumont, Sébastien Boutry, Daniele Catalucci, Argyro Zacharioudaki, George C. Kagadis. Molecular Imaging, vol. 2021, Article ID 6677847, 14 pages, 2021.

2020

• ‘Deep Learning Networks on Chronic Liver Disease Assessment with Fine-Tuning of Shear Wave Elastography Image Sequences‘ G.C. Kagadis, P. Drazinos, I. Gatos, S. Tsantis, P. Papadimitroulas, S. Spiliopoulos, D. Karnabatidis, I. Theotokas, P. Zoumpoulis, J.D. Hazle. Phys Med Biol. 2020 Nov 5;65(21):215027 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abae06.
• ‘2D perfusion DSA with an open-source, semi-automated, color-coded software for the quantification of foot perfusion following  infrapopliteal angioplasty: a feasibility study‘ G.C. Kagadis, S. Tsantis, I. Gatos, S. Spiliopoulos, K. Katsanos, D. Karnabatidis. European Radiology Experimental 2020 4:47 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41747-020-00176-z.
• ‘Ionizing Radiation and Complex DNA Damage: Quantifying the Radiobiological Damage Using Monte Carlo Simulations‘ K. P. Chatzipapas, P. Papadimitroulas, D. Emfietzoglou, S. A. Kalospyros, M. Hada, A. G. Georgakilas, and G. C. Kagadis.  Cancers 2020;12(4): 799.
• ‘Magnetic fluid hyperthermia simulations in evaluation of SAR calculation methods’ Papadopoulos C, Efthimiadou EK, Pissas M, Fuentes D, Boukos N, Psycharis V, Kordas G, Loukopoulos VC, Kagadis GC. European Journal of Medical Physics – Physica Medica 2020; 71:39-52. (DOI: http://10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.02.011).

2019

• ‘Size-Specific Dose Estimations for pediatric chest, abdomen/pelvis and head CT scans with the use of GATE’ Theodora Kostou, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, Pavlos Papaconstadopoulos, Slobodan Devic, Jan Seuntjens, George C. Kagadis. European Journal of Medical Physics – Physica Medica 2019; 65: 181-190 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.08.020).
• ‘Temporal Stability assessment in Shear Wave Elasticity Images Validated by Deep Learning Neural Network for Chronic Liver Disease Fibrosis Stage Assessment’ I. Gatos, S. Tsantis, D. Karnabatidis, I. Theotokas, P. Zoumpoulis, T. Loupas, J.D. Hazle, G.C. Kagadis. Med Phys 2019;46(5): 2298-2309 (DOI: doi.org/10.1002/mp.13521)
• ‘Quantification of DNA Double Strand Breaks using Geant4-DNA’ K. P. Chatzipapas, P. Papadimitroulas, M. Obeidat, K. A. McConnell, N. Kirby, G. Loudos, N. Papanikolaou, G. C. Kagadis. Med Phys 2019; 46(1): 405-413 (DOI: doi.org/10.1002/mp.13290)
• ‘A review on personalized pediatric dosimetry applications using advanced computational tools’ P. Papadimitroulas, T. Kostou, K. Chatzipapas, D. Visvikis, K.A. Mountris, V. Jaouen, K. Katsanos, A. Diamantopoulos, D. Apostolopoulos, A. Balomenos, Y. Kopsinis, G. Loudos, C. Alexakos, D. Karnabatidis, G.C. Kagadis. IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 2019;3(6): 607-620. (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRPMS.2018.2876562).

2018

• ‘A personalized, Monte Carlo–based method for internal dosimetric evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals in children’ Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, William D. Erwin, Vasiliki Iliadou, Theodora Kostou, George Loudos, and George C. Kagadis. Medical Physics 2018;45(8): 3939-3949 (https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13055).

2017

• ‘1st European Congress of Medical Physics September 1-4, 2016; Medical Physics innovation and vision within Europe and beyond’ Tsapaki V, Kagadis GC, Brambilla M, Ciocca M, Clark CH, Delis H, Mettivier G. Phys Med. 2017 Jul 11. pii: S1120-1797(17)30217-X. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.07.001.
• ‘A prototype PET/SPECT/X-rays scanner dedicated for whole body small animal studies’ M. Rouchota, M. Georgiou, E. Fysikopoulos, E. Fragogeorgi, K. Mikropoulos, P. Papadimitroulas, G.C. Kagadis, G. Loudos. Hell J Nucl Med 2017;20(2):176-183.
• ‘A machine-learning algorithm towards color analysis for chronic liver disease classification, employing ultrasound shear wave elastography’ I. Gatos, S. Tsantis, S. Spiliopoulos, D. Karnabatidis, I. Theotokas, P. Zoumpoulis, T. Loupas, J. D. Hazle, and G. C. Kagadis. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2017;43(9): 1797-1810 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.05.002).

2016

• ‘Focal liver lesions segmentation and classification in nonenhanced T2-weighted MRI’ I. Gatos, S. Tsantis, M. Karamesini, S. Spiliopoulos, D. Karnabatidis, J.D. Hazle, and G.C. Kagadis. Medical Physics 2017;44(7):3695-3705 (https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.12291).
• ‘A minimally invasive endovascular rabbit model for experimental induction of progressive myocardial hypertrophy’ G. Tsigkas, K. Katsanos, E. Apostolakis, E. Papadimitriou, M. Koutsioumpa, G. C. Kagadis, D. Koumoundourou, G. Hahalis and D. Alexopoulos. Hypertension Research 2016 Dec;39(12):840-847. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2016.66.
• ‘A New Computer Aided Diagnosis system for evaluation of Chronic Liver Disease with Ultrasound Shearwave Elastography Imaging’ I. Gatos, S. Tsantis, S. Spiliopoulos, D. Karnabatidis, I. Theotokas, P. Zoumpoulis, T. Loupas, J.D. Hazle, G.C. Kagadis. Medical Physics 2016;43(3):1428-1436.
• ‘A preclinical simulated dataset of S-values and investigation of the impact of rescaled organ masses using the MOBY phantom’ T. Kostou, P. Papadimitroulas, G. Loudos, G.C. Kagadis. Physics in Medicine and Biology 2016;61(60):2333-2355.

2015 and older

• ‘Long-term clinical outcomes of infrapopliteal drug-eluting stenting for critical limb ischemia in diabetic patients’ S. Spiliopoulos, V. Theodosiadou, K. Katsanos, P. Kitrou, G.C. Kagadis, D. Siablis, D. Karnabatidis. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2015;26(10): 1423-1430.
• ‘A New Automated Quantification Algorithm for the Detection and Evaluation of Focal Liver Lesions with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound’ Ilias Gatos, Stavros Tsantis, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Aikaterini Skouroliakou, Ioannis Theotokas, Pavlos Zoumpoulis, John D. Hazle, George C. Kagadis. Medical Physics 2015; 42(7):3948-3959 (DOI: dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4921753).
• ‘Evaluation of ανβ3 –mediated tumor expression with a 99mTc–labeled ornithine-modified RGD derivative during glioblastoma growth in vivo’ Irene Tsiapa, George Loudos, Eirini Fragogeorgi, Penelope Bouziotis, Dimitrios Psimadas, Stavros Xanthopoulos, Maria Paravatou-Petsotas, Lazaros Palamaris, Alexandra D. Varvarigou, Dimitris Karnabatidis, George C. Kagadis. Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals 2014 Dec;29(10):444-50 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1089%2Fcbr.2014.1672).
• ‘99mTc-Labeled aminosilane-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for molecular imaging of ανβ3 tumor depending and feasibility for hyperthermia treatment’ Irene Tsiapa, Eleni K. Efthimiadou, Eirini Fragogeorgi, George Loudos, Alexandra D. Varvarigou, Penelope Bouziotis, George C. Kordas, Dimitris Mihailidis, George C. Nikiforidis, Stavros Xanthopoulos, Dimitrios Psimadas, Maria Paravatou-Petsotas, Lazaros Palamaris, John D. Hazle, George C. Kagadis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2014;433:163-175.
• ‘Multiresolution Edge Detection Using Enhanced Fuzzy C-Means Clustering for Ultrasound Image Speckle Reduction’ Stavros Tsantis, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Aikaterini Skouroliakou, Dimitris Karnabatidis, John D. Hazle, George C. Kagadis Med Phys 2014;41(7): 072903 (11pp) (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4883815).
• ‘Real-time tumor ablation simulation based on the dynamic mode decomposition method’ George Bourantas, Mehdi Ghommem, George C. Kagadis, Kontsantinos Katsanos, Vassilis C. Loukopoulos, Vasilis N. Burganos, George C. Nikiforidis  Med Phys 2014;41(5): 053301 (11pp) (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4870976.
• ‘Optical coherence tomography provides images similar to histology and allows the performance of extensive measurements of drug-eluting metal stents in animal ureters’ P. Kallidonis, G.C. Kagadis, P. Kitrou, A. Tsamandas, I. Kyriazis, I. Georgiopoulos, D. Karnabatidis, S. Tsantis, D. Liourdi, A. Al-Aown, E. Liatsikos  Lasers in Medical Science 2014;29(4):1453-1462 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10103-014-1548-x).
• ‘Automation and advanced computing in clinical radiation oncology’ Kevin Moore, George C. Kagadis, Todd R. McNutt, Vitali Moiseenko, Sasa Mutic  Med Phys 2014;41(1):010901 (13pp) (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4842515).
• ‘Investigation of realistic PET simulations incorporating tumor patient’s specificity using anthropomorphic models: Creation of an oncology database‘ Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, George Loudos, Amandine Le Maitre, Mathieu Hatt, Florent Tixier, Nikos Efthimiou, George C. Nikiforidis, Dimitris Visvikis, George C. Kagadis. Med Phys 2013;40(11):112506 (13pp) (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4826162).
• Konstantia Tsioupinaki, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Dimitris Karnabatidis, George Loudos, George C. Nikiforidis, George C. Kagadis ‘Molecular imaging for the in vivo monitoring of angiogenesis in a hindlimb ischemia animal model’ Journal of Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging 2014;1(1):35-41.
• ‘An Introduction to Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology: A Report by the AAPM Working Group on Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology (WGMIR)’ Michael Munley, George C. Kagadis, Kiaran P. McGee, Assen S. Kirov, Sunyoung Jang, Sasa Mutic, Robert Jeraj, Lei Xing, J. Daniel Daniel Bourland Med Phys 2013;40(10):101501 (23pp) (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4819818).
• ‘Cloud computing in medical imaging’ George C. Kagadis, Christos Kloukinas, Kevin L. Moore, Jim Philbin, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, Christos Alexakos, Dimitris Visvikis, Paul G. Nagy, William R. Hendee. Med Phys 2013;40(7):070901 (11pp) (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4811272).
• ‘Venous drug-eluting vs. bare metal stenting. An experimental animal study using frequency-domain optical coherence tomography’. Panagiotis M. Kitrou, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Konstantinos Katsanos, Stavros Tsantis, Athanasios Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis Kallidonis, Maria Kiriakopoulou, George C. Kagadis, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Dimitrios Siablis. Hellenic Journal of Cardiology 2014;55(5): 386-92.
• ‘Incidence of Arterial Micro-embolization during Percutaneous Angiojet Thrombectomy of Hemodialysis Grafts’ Vasileios Koukounas, Dimitris Karnabatidis, Athanasios Diamantopoulos, Stavros Spiliopoulos, George Kagadis, Panagiota Ravazoula, Stavros Kakkos, Dimitris Siablis. CVIR 2014;37(2):405-411 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-013-0663-6).
• ‘Automatic Quantitative Analysis of In-Stent Restenosis using FD-OCT In Vivo Intra-arterial Imaging’. Kostas Mandelias, Stavros Tsantis, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Paraskevi F. Katsakiori, Dimitris Karnabatidis, George C. Nikiforidis, George C. Kagadis. Med Phys 2013;40(6):063101 (9pp) (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4803461).
• ‘Hepatitis C in patients with β-thalassemia major. A single centre experience’. Christos Triantos, Alexandra Kourakli, Maria Kalafateli, Dimitra Gannakopoulou, Nikolaos Koukias, Konstantinos Thomopoulos, Polixeni Lampropoulou, Christina Bartzavali, Helen Fragopanagou, George C. Kagadis, Mirto Christofidou, Athanasios Tsamandas, Vasiliki Nikolopoulou, Marina Karakantza, Chryssoula Labropoulou-Karatza. Annals of Hematology 2013;92(6):739-746 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1692-6).
• ‘PDE5 inhibition against acute renal ischemia reperfusion injury in rats: does Vardenafil offer protection’. Iason Kyriazis, George C. Kagadis, Panagiotis Kallidonis, Ioannis Georgiopoulos, Antonia Marazioti, Aikaterini Geronasiou, Despοina Liourdi, George Loudos, Vasilios Schinas, Dimitris Apostolopoulos, Helen Papadaki, Christodoulos Flordellis, George C. Nikiforidis, Andreas Papapetropoulos, Evangelos Ν. Liatsikos. World Journal of Urology 2013 Jun;31(3):597-602 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00345-012-0980-4).
• ‘Biological evaluation of an ornithine-modified 99mTc-labeled RGD peptide as an angiogenesis imaging agent’. Irene Tsiapa, George Loudos, Alexandra Varvarigou, Eirini Fragogeorgi, Dimitrios Psimadas, Theodoros Tsotakos, Stavros Xanthopoulos, Dimitris Mihailidis, Penelope Bouziotis, George C. Nikiforidis, George C. Kagadis. Nuclear Medicine and Biology 2013 Feb;40(2):262-72 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2012.10.015).
• ‘Emerging Technologies for Image Guidance and Device Navigation in Interventional Radiology’. George C. Kagadis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Dimitris Karnabatidis, George Loudos, George Nikiforidis, William R. Hendee. Med Phys 2012;39(9): 5768-5781 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4747343).
• ‘Medical Imaging Displays and Their Use in Image Interpretation’.  George C. Kagadis, Alisa Walz-Flannigan, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Paul G. Nagy, Konstantinos Katsanos, Athanasios Diamantopoulos, Steve G. Langer. Radiographics 2013;33(1):275-290 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1148/rg.331125096).
• ‘Human Contrast-Detail Performance with Declining Contrast’. Alisa Walz-Flannigan, Ben Babcock, George C. Kagadis, Jihong Wang, Steve G. Langer. Med Phys 2012;39(9): 5446-5456 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4742851).
• ‘Parstatin prevents renal injury following ischemia/reperfusion and radiocontrast administration’. Athanasios Diamantopoulos, Iasons Kyriazis, Katerina Geronatsiou, Helen Papadaki, George Loudos, George C. Kagadis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Evangelos Liatsikos, Dimitrios Siamblis, Nikos Tsopanoglou. Am J Nephrol 2012;36:278-286 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1159/000341871).
• ‘A Dose Point Kernel Database Using GATE Monte Carlo simulation Toolkit for Nuclear Medicine applications. Comparison with other Monte Carlo codes’. Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, George Loudos, George C. Nikiforidis, George C. Kagadis.  Med Phys 2012:39(8):5238-5247 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4737096).
• ‘Hysterosalpingography using a flat panel unit: Evaluation and optimization of ovarian radiation dose’ Gerasimos A.T. Messaris, Ilias Abatzis, George C. Kagadis, Alexandros Samartzis, Panagiota Athanasopoulou, Nikolaos Christeas, Konstantinos Katsanos, Dimitris Karnabatidis, George C. Nikiforidis. Med Phys 2012;39(7):4404-4413 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4729715).
• ‘Automatic Vessel Lumen Segmentation and Stent Strut Detection in Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography’ Stavros Tsantis, George C. Kagadis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Dimitris Karnabatidis, George C. Bourantas, George C. Nikiforidis. Med Phys 2012 Jan;39(1):503-13 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3673067).
• ‘Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Myocardial Ischemia Revisited: Basic Biological Concepts and Focus on Latest Clinical Trials‘ Mitsos S, Katsanos K, Koletsis E, Kagadis GC, Anastasiou N, Diamantopoulos A, Karnabatidis D, Dougenis D.  Angiogenesis 2012 Mar;15(1):1-22 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10456-011-9240-2).
• ‘Subintimal Angioplasty of Long Chronic Total Femoropopliteal Occlusions: Long-Term Outcomes, Predictors of Angiographic Restenosis, and Role of Stenting‘. Siablis D, Diamantopoulos A, Katsanos K, Spiliopoulos S, Kagadis GC, Papadoulas S, Karnabatidis D.  CVIR 2012 Jun;35(3):483-90 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0244-5).
• ‘Using an Open Source PACS Virtual Machine for a digital angiography unit: Methods and Initial Impressions‘ George C. Kagadis, Christos Alexakos, Steve Langer, Todd French. Journal of Digital Imaging 2012 Feb;25(1):81-90 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10278-011-9401-2).
• ‘Primary Everolimus-Eluting Stenting versus Balloon Angioplasty with Bail-out Bare Metal Stenting of Long Infrapopliteal Lesions for Critical Limb Ischemia’ Dimitris Karnabatidis, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Athanasios Diamantopoulos, Konstantinos Katsanos, George C. Kagadis, Stavros Kakkos, Dimitris Siablis. JEVT 2011; 18(1):1-12 (DOI: dx.doi.org/0.1583/10-3242.1).
• ‘In vivo small animal imaging: current status and future prospects’. George C. Kagadis, George Loudos, Konstantinos Katsanos, Steve G. Langer, George C. Nikiforidis  Med Phys 2010;37(12):6421-6242 (DOI: dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3515456).
• ‘Masseter muscle function after percutaneous balloon compression of trigeminal gaglion for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: A neurophysiological follow-up study’. Chroni E, Constantoyannis C, Prasoulis I, Kargiotis O, Kagadis GC, Georgiopoulos M, Polychronopoulos P. Clinical Neurophysiology 2011 Feb;122(2):410-3 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2010.07.002).
• ‘Current status and future perspectives of in vivo small animal imaging using radiolabeled nanoparticles’. Loudos G, Kagadis GC, Psimadas D. European Journal of Radiology 2011 May;78(2):287-95 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.06.025).
• ‘Cryoplasty vs. Conventional Baloon Angioplasty of the femoropopliteal artery in diabetic patients: Long-term results from a prospective randomized single-center controlled trial’. Spilipoulos S, Katsanos K, Karnabatidis, D, Diamantopoulos A, Kagadis GC, Christeas N, Siablis D. CVIR 2010;33(5):929-938 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-010-9915-x).
• ‘Ureteral Metal Stents: 10-Year Experience With Malignant Ureteral Obstruction Treatment’. Liatsikos EN, Karnabatidis D, Katsanos K, Kallidonis P, Katsakiori P, Kagadis GC, Christeas N, Papathanassiou Z, Perimenis P, Siablis D. J Urol. 2009; 182(6):2613-2617 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.040).
• ‘Information technology resource management in radiation oncology’  R. Alfredo Siochi, Peter Balter, Charles D. Bloch, Harry S. Bushe, Charles S. Mayo, Bruce H. Curran, Wenzheng Feng, George C. Kagadis, Thomas H. Kirby, Robin L. Stern. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2009; 10(4):3116-3135 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v10i4.3116).
• ‘Infrapopliteal application of sirolimus-eluting versus bare metal stents for critical limb ischemia: Analysis of long term angiographic and clinical outcome’ Dimitris Siablis, Dimitris Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Athanassios Diamantopoulos, Stavros Spiliopoulos, George C Kagadis, J. Tsolakis. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2009;20(9):1141-1150 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2009.05.031).
• ‘Deep Brain Stimulation for Secondary Dystonia: Results in 8 patients’ P.F. Katsakiori, Z. Kefalopoulou, E. Markaki, A. Paschali, J. Ellul, G.C. Kagadis, E. Chroni, C. Constantoyannis. Acta Neurochir 2009:151(5);473-478 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0281-x).
• ‘Nucleus ventralis oralis deep brain stimulation in postanoxic dystonia’ Constantoyannis C, Kagadis GC, Ellul J, Kefalopoulou Z, Chroni E. Mov Disord 2009 Jan 30;24(2):306-8 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.22350).
• ‘Thrombin promotes arteriogenesis and hemodynamic recovery in a rabbit hindlimb ischemia model’ Konstantinos Katsanos, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Athanasios Diamantopoulos, George C. Kagadis, Panagiota Ravazoula, George C. Nikiforidis, Dimitrios Siablis, Nikos Tsopanoglou. J Vasc Surg. 2009 Apr;49(4):1000-12 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.004).
• ‘Incidence, anatomical location and clinical significance of compressions and fractures of infrapopliteal balloon-expandable metal stents’ Dimitris Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Athanasios Diamantopoulos, George C Kagadis, Dimitris Siablis. J Endovasc Ther 2009;16(1):15-22 (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1583/08-2530.1).
• ‘An automated methodology for the segmentation of in vivo acquired DSA images: application in the New Zealand hindlimb ischemia model’ George C. Kagadis, Panagiota Spyridonos, Dimitris Karnabatidis, Athanassios Diamantopoulos, Konstantinos Katsanos, Antonis Daskalakis, Nikolaos Samaras, John Maroulis, Efrosini Sourgiadaki, Dionisios Cavouras, Dimitris Siablis, George C. Nikiforidis. Journal of Instrumentation 2009;4(5):art. no. P05014 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/4/05/P05014).
• ‘Molecular imaging and the unification of multi-level mechanisms and data in medical physics’ George C. Nikiforidis, George C. Sakellaropoulos, George C. Kagadis. Medical Physics 2008;35(8):3444-3452 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1118/1.2948321).
• ‘Roles of medical physicists and health care applications of informatics’. George C. Kagadis, Paul Nagy, Steve Langer, Michael Flynn, George Starkschall. Medical Physics 2008;35(1):119-127 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1118/1.2822875).
• ‘Improving brain tumor characterization on MRI by probabilistic neural networks and non-linear transformation of textural features’ Pantelis Georgiadis, Dionisis Cavouras, Ioannis Kalatzis, Antonis Daskalakis, George Kagadis, Koralia Sifaki, Menelaos Malamas, George Nikiforidis, Ekaterini Solomou. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2008;83(1):24-32 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2007.10.007).
• ‘Transcranial cerebral oximetry and transcranial Doppler sonography in patients with cerebral aneurysms’  Constantine Constantoyannis, George C. Sakellaropoulos, George C. Kagadis, Paraskevi F. Katsakiori, Theodore Maraziotis, George C. Nikiforidis, Nikolas Papadakis. Medical Science Monitor 2007;13(10):MT35-40.
• ‘IInfrapopliteal application of paclitaxel-eluting stents for critical limb ischemia: midterm angiographic and clinical results’ Dimitris Siablis, Dimitris Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Athanassios Diamantopoulos, Nikolaos Christeas, George C. Kagadis. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2007;18(11):1351-1361.
• ‘Percutaneous balloon compression of trigeminal ganglion for different types of trigeminal pain’ Constantine Constantoyannis, George C. Kagadis, Elisabeth Chroni. Headache 2008 Jan;48(1):130-4 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00961.x).
• ‘Computational representation and hemodynamic characterization of in vivo acquired severe stenotic renal artery geometries using turbulence modelling’ George C. Kagadis, Eugene D. Skouras, George C. Bourantas, Christakis Paraskeva, Konstantinos Katsanos, Dimitris Karnabatidis, George C. Nikiforidis. Medical Engineering & Physics 2008; 30(5) pp. 647-660 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.07.005).
• ‘Computeriuzed analysis of digital subtraction angiography: a tool for quantitative in-vivo vascular imaging’  George C. Kagadis, Panagiota Spyridonos, Dimitris Karnabatidis, Athanassios Diamantopoulos, Emmanuil Athnassiadis, Antonis Daskalakis, Kontsantinos Katsanos, Dionisis Cavouras, Dimitris Mihailidis, Dimitris Siablis, George C. Nikiforidis. Journal of Digital Imaging 2008;21(4):433-445.
• ‘Improving gene quantification by adjustable spot-image restoration’ Antonis Daskalakis, Dionisis Cavouras, Panagiotis Bougioukos, Spiros Kostopoulos, Dimitris Glotsos, Ioannis Kalatzis, George C. Kagadis, Christos Argyropoulos and George Nikiforidis. Bioinformatics 2007;23(17):2265-2272 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btm337).
• ‘Cascade pattern recognition structure for improving quantitative assessment of ER-status in breast tissue Carcinomas’ Spiros Kostopoulos, Dionisis Cavouras, Antonis Daskalakis, George C. Kagadis, Ioannis Kalatzis, Pantelis Georgiadis, Panagiota Ravazoula, and George Nikiforidis. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 2008;30:218-225.
• ‘Application of paclitaxel-eluting metal stents within the renal artery of a pig model: an experimental study’ Theodore Voudoukis, Evangelos N. Liatsikos, George C. Kagadis, Nikolaos Christeas, Nikos Flaris, Konstantinos Katsanos, Constantinos Costantinides, Petros Perimenis, Chrisoula D. Scopa, Kriton S. Filos, George C. Nikiforidis, Dimitris Alexopoulos, Dimitrios Siablis. J Endourol 2007;21(12):1571-6 (DOI; https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2006.0199).
• ‘Tumoral and non-tumoral trachea stenoses: evaluation with three-dimensional CT and virtual bronchoscopy’. Efstratios N. Koletsis, Christine Kalogeropoulou, Eleni Prodromaki, George C. Kagadis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Konstantinos Spiropoulos, Theodore Petsas, George C. Nikiforidis and Dimitris Dougenis. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2007 12;2(1):18 (DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186%2F1749-8090-2-18).
• ‘Preoperative evaluation of the trachea in a child with pulmonary artery sling using three dimensional CT imaging and virtual bronchoscopy’ George C. Kagadis, Eugenia C. Panagiotopoulou, Kostas N. Priftis, George Vaos, George C. Nikiforidis, Michalis B. Anthracopoulos J Pediatr Surg 2007;42(5):E9-E13 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.02.005).
• ‘Application of self-expandable metal stents in ureteroileal anastomotic strictures: long-term results’. Evangelos N. Liatsikos, George C. Kagadis, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Zafiria Papathanassiou, Constantinos Constantinides, Petros Perimenis, George C. Nikiforidis, Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, Dimitrios Siablis. J Urol 2007;178(1):169-173 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.061).
• ‘A Hybrid pixel-based classification method for blood vessel segmentation and aneurysm detection on CTA’ Spiros Kostopoulos, Dimitris Glotsos, George C. Kagadis, Antonis Daskalakis, Panagiota Spyridonos, Ioannis Kalatzis, Maria Karamessini, Theodore Petsas, Dionisis Cavouras, George Nikiforidis. Computer and Graphics 2007;31(3):493-500.
• ‘Sirolimus-Eluting Versus Bare Stents After Suboptimal Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia: Enduring 1-year Angiographic and Clinical Benefit’ Dimitris Siablis, Dimitris Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, George C. Kagadis, Pantelis Kraniotis, Athanassios Diamantopoulos, John Tsolakis. J Endovasc Ther 2007;14(2):241-50 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/152660280701400217).
• ‘Metal stents in the urinary tract’ Evangelos N. Liatsikos, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, George C. Kagadis, Paraskevi F. Katsakiori, Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, George C. Nikiforidis, Petros Perimenis and Dimitrios Siablis. EAU-EBU Update Series 2007;5(2):77-88.
• ‘Transauricular arterial or venous access for cardiovascular experimental protocols in animals’ Dimitris Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Athanassios Diamantopoulos, George C. Kagadis, Dimitris Siablis. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2006; 17:1803–1811 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.RVI.0000244836.16098.B1).
• ‘It is important that medical physicists be involved in the development and implementation of integrated hospital information systems’ George C. Nikiforidis, George C. Kagadis, Colin G. Orton Med Phys 2006;33(11):4455-4458 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1118/1.2242051).
• ‘Thrombin effectuates therapeutic arteriogenesis in the rabbit hindlimb ischemia model: a quantitative analysis by computerized in vivo imaging’ George C. Kagadis, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Athanassios Diamantopoulos, Nikolaos Samaras, John Maroulis, Dimitrios Siablis, George C. Nikiforidis Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 569 (2006) 622–625.
• ‘Ureteric injuries after gynecologic surgery: treatment with a minimally invasive approach’ E.N. Liatsikos, D. Karnabatidis, K. Katsanos, P. Kraniotis, G.C. Kagadis, C. Constantinides, K. Assimakopoulos, T. Voudoukis, A. Athanassopoulos, P. Perimenis, G. Nikiforidis, D. Siamblis J Endourol 2006;20(12):1062-1067 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2006.20.1062).
• ‘Application of paclitaxel-eluting metal mesh stents within the pig ureter: an experimental study’ E.N. Liatsikos, D. Karnabatidis, G.C. Kagadis, K. Rokkas, C. Constantinides, N. Christeas, N. Flaris, T. Voudoukis, C.D. Scopa, P. Perimenis, K.S. Filos, G. Nikiforidis, Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, D. Siablis Eur Urol 2007;51(1):217-223 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2006.05.054).
• ‘Distal Embolism during Percutaneous Revascularization of the Infra-aortic Arteries: an Underestimated Phenomenon’ D. Karnabatidis, K. Katsanos, G.C. Kagadis, P. Ravazoula, A. Diamantopoulos, G.C. Nikiforidis, D. Siablis J Endovasc Ther 2006;13(3):269-280 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1583/05-1771.1).
• ‘A theoretical model evaluating the angular distribution of luminescence emission in X-ray scintillating screens’ Ι. Kandarakis, D. Cavouras, D. Nikolopoulos, A. Episkopakis, N. Kalivas, P. Liaparinos, I. Valais, G. Kagadis, K. Kourkoutas, I. Sianoudis, N. Dimitropoulos, C. Nomicos, G. Panayiotakis Appl Radiat Isot. 2006 Apr;64(4):508-19 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.11.016).
• ‘Digital subtraction angiography and computer assisted image analysis for the evaluation of the antioangiogenetic effect of ionizing radiation on tumor angiogenesis’ D. Siablis, E.N. Liatsikos, D. Karnabatidis, G.C. Kagadis, G. Sakelaropoulos, J. Maroulis, D. Kardamakis, A. Athanassopoulos, P. Perimenis, G. Nikiforidis, G. Barbalias International Urology and Nephrology 2006;38(3-4):407-411.
• ‘Virtual endoscopy in the urinary tract’ George C. Kagadis, Dimitrios Siablis, Evangelos N. Liatsikos, Theodore Petsas, George C. Nikiforidis Asian J Androl 2006;8(1):31-38 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00096.x).
• ‘Ureteral metallic stents: A tale or a tool?’ Evangelos N. Liatsikos, George C. Kagadis, George A. Barbalias, Dimitrios Siablis. J Endourol 2005;19(8):934-939 (DOI; https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2005.19.934).
• ‘Light emission efficiency and imaging performance of Y3Al5O12: Ce (YAG: Ce) powder screens under diagnostic radiology conditions’ D. Cavouras, I. Kandarakis, D. Nikolopoulos, I. Kalatzis, G. Kagadis, et al. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 2005;80:923-933.
• ‘Sirolimus-eluting stents for the infrapopliteal revascularization of patients with critical limb ischemia: 6-month angiographic results from a non-randomized prospective single-center study’ D. Siablis, P. Kraniotis, D. Karnabatidis, G.C. Kagadis, K. Katsanos, J. Tsolakis J Endovasc Ther 2005;12(6):685-695 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1583/05-1620MR.1).
• ‘AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy versus Local Intrapulmonary Thrombolysis in Massive Pulmonary Embolism: a Retrospective Data Analysis’ Dimitrios Siablis, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, George C. Kagadis, Peter Zabakis, George Hahalis. J Endovasc Ther 2005;12(2):206-214 (https://doi.org/10.1583/04-1378.1).
• ‘Intracranial aneurysms: reproduction of the surgical view using 3D-CT angiography’ Dimitrios Siablis, George C. Kagadis, Maria T. Karamessini, Dimitrios Konstantinou, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Theodore Petsas, George C. Nikiforidis,  Eur J Radiol 2005;55(1):92-95 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.10.005).
• ‘Virtual endoscopy: navigation within the pelvocalyceal system’ Evangelos N. Liatsikos, Dimitrios Siablis, George C. Kagadis, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Theodore Petsas, Christina Kalogeropoulou, Theodore P. Voudoukis, Anastasios Athanassopoulos, Petros Perimenis, George Nikiforidis, George A. Barbalias, J Endourol 2005; 19(1):37-40 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2005.19.37).
• ‘Outflow Protection Filters During Percutaneous Recanalization of Lower Extremities’ Arterial Occlusions: a Pilot Study’. Dimitris Siablis, Dimitris Karnabatidis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Panagiota Ravazoula, Pantelis Kraniotis, George C. Kagadis Eur J Radiol 2005;55(2):243-249 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.07.010).
• ‘Virtual endoscopy in renal artery stenosis: an innovative approach for diagnosis and follow-up’ George A. Barbalias, Evangelos N. Liatsikos, Dimitrios Siablis, George C. Kagadis, Theodoros Petsas, Anastasios Athanassopoulos, George Nikiforidis, Grannum Sant J Endourol 2004; 18(6), 540-543 (DOI; https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2004.18.540).
• ‘CT Angiography with three-dimensional techniques for the early diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms. Comparison with intra-arterial DSA and the surgical findings’ Maria T. Karamessini, George C. Kagadis, Theodore Petsas, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Dimitrios Konstantinou, George C. Sakellaropoulos, George C. Nikiforidis and Dimitrios Siablis Eur J Radiol 2004; 49(3), 212-223 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00173-6).
• ‘Ureteral metallic stents: Application of virtual endoscopy for ureteral patency control’ Dimitrios Siablis, George C. Kagadis, Evangelos N. Liatsikos, Christina Kalogeropoulou, Theodoros Petsas, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Theodoros Voudoukis, George C. Sakellaropoulos, George Nikiforidis and George A. Barbalias Int Urol Nephrol 2003; 35, 327-330.
• ‘An experimental environment for the production, exchange and discussion of fused radiology images, for the management of patients with residual brain tumour disease’ G. C. Sakellaropoulos, G. C. Kagadis, C. Karystianos, D. Karnabatidis, C. Constantoyannis, G. C. Nikiforidis Med Inform Internet Med 2003; 28(2): 135-146.
• ‘Ureteropelvic junction obstruction: an innovative approach combining metallic stenting and virtual endoscopy’ G.A. Barbalias, E.N. Liatsikos, G.C. Kagadis, D. Karnabatidis, C. Kalogeropoulou, G. Nikiforidis, D. Siablis J Urol 2002; 168: 2383-2386 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000032172.60874.6d).
• ‘A comparative study of surface- and volume- based techniques for the automatic registration between CT and SPECT brain images’ G.C. Kagadis, K. Delibasis, G. K. Matsopoulos, N.A. Mouravliansky, P.A. Asvestas, G.C. Nikiforidis Med Phys 2002; 29(2): 201-213 (DOI; https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1445412).
• ‘Virtual endoscopy in the diagnosis of an adult double tracheal bronchi case’ G.C. Kagadis, V. Patrinou, C.P. Kalogeropoulou, D. Karnabatidis, T. Petsas, G.C. Nikiforidis, D. Dougenis Eur J Radiol 2001;40(1):50-53 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0720-048x(01)00312-6).