Wang Y, Adali T, Xuan J, Szabo Z: Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis by Information Theoretic Criteria and Stochastic Site Models. IEEE Trans. Inform. Techn. Biomed. 5(2): 150-158, 2001.  Full text available

Hilton J, Yokoi F, Dannals RF, Ravert HT, Szabo Z, Wong DF: Column-switching HPLC for the analysis of plasma in PET imaging studies. Nucl Med Biol. 27, 627-30, 2000.

Ricaurte GA, McCann UD, Szabo Z, Scheffel U: Toxicodynamics and long-term toxicity of the recreational drug, 3,4-methylenedioxymeth-amphetamine (MDMA, 'Ecstasy'). Toxicology Letters 112-113: 143-146, 2000. Full Text available

Szabo Z, Scheffel U, Mathews WB, Ravert HT, Szabo K, Kraut M, Palmon S, Ricaurte GA, Dannals RF: Kinetic analysis of [11C]McN5652: A serotonin transporter radioligand. J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 19:967-981, 1999.

Madar I, Anderson JH, Szabo Z, Scheffel U, Kao PF, Ravert HT, Dannals RF: Enhanced uptake of [11C]TPMP in canine brain tumor: a PET study. J Nucl Med 40:1180-1185, 1999.

Brust P, Scheffel U, Szabo Z: Radioligands for the study of the 5-HT transporter in vivo. IDrugs 2: 129-145, 1999.

Kim SE, Szabo Z, Seki C, Ravert HT, Scheffel U, Dannals RF, Wagner HN Jr: Effect of tracer metabolism on PET measurement of [11C]pyrilamine binding to histamine H1 receptors. Ann Nucl Med 13:101-107, 1999. Full Text available

Lin K, Szabo Z, Chin BB, Civelek CA: The value of bone scan in patients with newly diagnosed prostate carncer. Clin Nucl Med 24:579-582, 1999.

McCann UD, Szabo Z, Scheffel U, Dannals RF, Ricaurte GA: Positron emission tomographic evidence of toxic effect of MDMA ("Ecstasy") on brain serotonin neurons in human beings. Lancet 352:1433-1437, 1998. Correspondence Lancet 353: pp 592 and 1268, 1998.

Szabo Z, Kao PF, Burns HD, Gibson RE, Hamill TG, Ravert HT, Kim SE, Mathews WB, Musachio JL, Scheffel U, Dannals RF: Investigation of the Angiotensin II/AT1 Receptors with Carbon-11-L-159,884: a selective AT1 antagonist. J Nucl Med 39:1209-1213, 1998.

Wang Y, Adali T, Kung SY, Szabo Z: Quantification and segmentation of brain tissues from MR images: A probabilistic network approach. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 7:1165-1181, 1998.

Scheffel U, Szabo Z, Mathews WB, Finley PA, Dannals RF, Ravert HT, Szabo K, Yuan J, Ricaurte GA: In vivo detection of short- and long-term MDMA neurotoxicity. A positron emission tomography study in the living baboon brain. Synapse 29:183-192, 1998.

Scheffel U, Szabo Z, Mathews WB, Finley PA, Yuan J, Dannals RF, Ravert HT, Ricaurte GA: Fenfluramine-induced loss of serotonin transporters in baboon brain visualized with PET. Synapse 24:395-398, 1997.

Szabo Z, Kao PF, Mathews WB, Ravert HT, Musachio JL, Dannals RF, Scheffel U, Wagner HN Jr: Positron Emission Tomography of Serotonin Reuptake Sites in Human Brain with C-11 McN5652: Extraction of Characteristic Images by Artificial Neural Network Analysis. Behavioral Brain Research 73:221-224, 1996.

Kim SE, Scheffel U, Szabo Z, Burns HD, Gibson RE, Ravert HT, Mathews WB, Hamill TG, Dannals RF: In vivo labeling of angiotensin II receptors with carbon-11 labeled L-159,884, an AT1 subtype selective nonpeptide antagonist. J Nucl Med 37:307-311, 1996.

Szabo Z, Scheffel U, Suehiro M, Dannals RF, Kim SE, Ravert HT, Ricaurte GA, Wagner HN Jr: Positron emission tomography of the serotonin transporter sites in the baboon brain with [11C]McN5652. J Cerebr Blood Flow Metab 15:798-805, 1995.

Szabo Z, Kao PF, Scheffel U, Suehiro M, Mathews WB, Ravert HT, Musachio JL, Marenco S, Kim SE, Ricaurte GA, Wong DF, Wagner HN Jr, Dannals RF: Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Serotonin Transporters in the Human Brain using [11C](+)McN5652. Synapse 20:37-43, 1995.

Krause BJ, Szabo Z, Becker LC, Dannals RF, Scheffel U, Seki C, Ravert HT, DiPaola AF Jr, Wagner HN Jr: Myocardial perfusion with [11C]methyl triphenyl phosphonium: measurements of the extraction fraction and myocardial uptake. J Nucl Biol Med 38:521-526, 1994.

Resch C, Szabo Z: Analysis of dynamic positron emission tomography images using a neural network. JHAPL Technical Digest, 15:1-3, 1994.

Kalloo AN, Sostre S, Meyerrose GE, Pasricha PJ, Szabo Z. Gallbladder ejection fraction. Nondiagnostic for sphincter of Oddi dysfunction in patients with intact gallbladders. Clin Nucl Med 19:713-719, 1994

Szabo Z, Ravert HT, Gozukara I, Geckle W, Seki C, Sostre S, Peller P, Monsein L, Natarajan TK, Links JM, Wong DF, Dannals RF, Wagner HN Jr: Noncompartmental and Compartmental analysis of the kinetics of Carbon-11 labeled pyrilamine in the human brain. Synapse 15:263-275, 1993

Torsello G, Reinecke P, Szabo Z, Sandmann W. The role of pharmacologic kidney protection in preventing post-ischemic renal failure in animal experiments. Zentralbl Chir 118:412-419, 1993

Sostre S, Osman M, Szabo Z, Drew HH, Rivera-Luna H, Civelek C, Wagner HN Jr: Estimating renal function from the visual analysis of Tc-99m DTPA images. Clin Nucl Med 18:281-285, 1993

Szabo Z, Camargo EE, Sostre S, Shafique I, Sadzot B, Links JM, Dannals RF, Wagner HN Jr. Factor analysis of regional cerebral glucose metabolic rates in healthy men. Eur J Nucl Med, 19:469-475, 1992

Szabo Z, Links JM, Seki C, Rhine J, Wagner HN Jr. Scatter, spatial resolution, and quantitative recovery in high resolution SPECT. J Comput Assist Tomogr, 16:461-467, 1992

Camargo EE, Szabo Z, Links J, Sostre S, Dannals RF, Wagner HN Jr: The influence of biological and technical factors on the variability of global and regional metabolism of 2-(18F)fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose. J Cerebr Blood Flow Metabol, 12:281-290, 1992.

Jeffery PJ, Monsein LH, Szabo Z, Hart J, Fisher RS, Lesser RP, Debrun G, Gordon B, Wagner HN Jr, Camargo EE: Mapping the distribution of amobarbital in the intra-arterial sodium amobarbital (WADA) test with Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT. Radiology 178:847-850, 1991

Camargo EE, Sostre S, Sadzot B, Shafique I, Szabo Z, Links JM, Dannals RF, Wagner HN Jr. Global and regional cerebral metabolic rate of 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose in the presence of ofloxacin, a gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor antagonist. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 35:648-652, 1991

Monsein LH, Jeffery PJ, van Heerden BB, Szabo Z, Schwartz JR, Camargo EE, Chazaly J: Assessing adequacy of collateral circulation during balloon test occlusion of the internal carotid artery with 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT. Am J Neuroradiol 12:1045-1051, 1991

Sostre S, Drew HH, Szabo Z, Rivera-Luna H, Camargo EE: Diagnostic and functional implications of pelvocalyceal system nonvisualization on [99m]Tc-DTPA renal images. J Physiol Imaging 5:125-131, 1990

Szabo Z, Kutkuhn B, Georgescu G, Mecklenbeck W, Suatmadji A, Vosberg H: Parametric imaging of the kidneys using 99mTc-Mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3). Nuklearmedizin 28:73-83, 1989

Knop J, Delling G, Salzer-Kuntschik M, Berberich R, Feine U, Feistel H, Ladenstein R, Müller-Schauenburg W, Schober O, Szabo Z et al.: Nuclear medicine prediction of histologic tumor response of osteosarcoma. Klinische Pädiatrie 201:285-292, 1989

Kutkuhn B, Szabo Z, Torsello G, Grabensee B: Endocrine and nuclear medicine diagnostics of renovascular hypertension. DMW 114:1828-1832, 1989

Torsello G, Schror K, Szabo Z, Kutkuhn B, Strobach H, Godehardt E, Sandmann W: Effects of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on experimental renal ischaemia. Eur J Vasc Surg 3:5-13, 1989

Szabo Z, Torsello G, Reifenrath C, Porschen R, Vosberg H: Experimental investigation of the liver with non-diffusible tracers- Differentiation of the arterial and portal-venous components by deconvolution analysis of first-pass time-activity curves. Nuklearmedizin 27:209-218, 1988

Torsello G, Szabo Z, Sandmann W, Vosberg H: Effects of renal artery reconstruction on kidney perfusion and tubular function measured by new radionuclide techniques. J Cardiovasc Surg 29:296-299, 1988

Hacklander T, Szabo Z, Vosberg H, Feinendegen LE: The use of gamma functions in the calculation of organ perfusion functions for non-diffusible radioactive tracers. Phys Med Biol 33:53-59, 1988

Szabo Z, Nyitrai L, Sondhaus C: Effects of statistical noise and digital filtering on the parameters calculated from the impulse response function. Eur J Nucl Med 13:148-154, 1987

Torsello G, Szabo Z, Kutkuhn B, Kniemeyer H, Sandmann W: Ten years experience with reconstruction of chronic total occluded renal artery. Eur J Vasc Surg 1:327-333, 1987

Sia SB, Holman BL, McKusick K, Rigo P, Gillis F, Sporn V, Perez-Balino N, Mitta A, Vosberg H, Szabo Z, Schwartzkopff B, Moretti JL, Davison A, Lister-James J, Jones A: The utilisation of Tc-99m-TBI as a myocardial perfusion agent in exercise studies: Comparison with Tl-201 thallous chloride and examination of its biodistribution in humans. Eur J Nucl Med 12:333-336, 1986

Schwartzkopff B, Szabo Z, Lösse B, Vosberg H: Effect of stress on the myocardial kinetics of T-Butylisonitrile Technetium. Eur J Nucl Med 12:S34-35, 1986

Szabo Z, Vosberg H, Sondhaus C, Feinendegen LE: Model identification and estimation of organ function parameters using radioactive tracers and the impulse response function. Eur J Nucl Med 11:265-274, 1985

Szabo Z, Vosberg H, Torsello G, Sandmann W, Feinendegen LE: Parameters of 99mTc-DTPA-transfer function in renal artery stenosis. Cardiology 72:S46-48, 1985

Torsello G, Sandmann W, Szabo Z, Stolze T, Grabensee B: Reconstructive vascular surgery for hypertension in renal vascular dysplasia. Cardiology 72:S30-32, 1985

Szabo Z, Ritzl F, Vosberg H: Nuclear medical determination of the left ventricular normalized velocity of contraction. Eur J Nucl Med 9:199-204, 1984

Szabo Z, Vosberg H, Segall M, Feinendegen LE: Measurement of mean retention times for 99mTc-labeled HSA-microspheres in the liver - clinical results in patients with operated breast cancer. Nuklearmedizin 23:171-176, 1984

Szabo Z, Ritzl F: Mean transit time image - A new method of analyzing brain perfusion studies. Eur J Nucl Med 8:201-205, 1983

Szabo Z, Ritzl F, Chittima S, Laszlo GA, Neumann C: Bone scintigraphy of myositis ossificans in apallic syndrome. Eur J Nucl Med 7:426-428, 1982

Szabo Z, Ritzl F: Hypercalcemia in hyperthyroidism. Role of age and goitre type. Klin Wochenschr 59:275-279, 1981

The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science

Publications:

Szabo Z, Speth RC, Brown R, Kerenyi L, Kao PF, Mathews WB, Ravert HT, Hilton J, Rauseo PA, Dannals RF, Zheng W, Lee S, Sandberg K: Use of positron emission tomography to study AT1 receptor regulation in vivo. J Am Soc Nephrol 12:1350-1358, 2001. Full text available

Zheng W, Ji H, Szabo Z, Brown PR, Yoo SE, Sandberg K: Coordinate regulation of canine glomeruli and adrenal angiotensin receptors by dietary sodium manipulation. Kidney Int. 59(5):1881-90, 2001. Full text available

Aleksic S, Szabo Z, Scheffel U, Ravert HT, Mathews WB, Kerenyi L, Rauseo PA, Gibson RE, Burns HD, Dannals RF: In vivo labeling of endothelin receptors with [C-11]L-753,037; studies in mice and dog.J Nucl Med 42: 1274-1280, 2001. Full text available