Publications by Saam, Tobias

Journal article

Patzig, Maximilian; Forbrig, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-1054-1463; Küpper, Clemens; Eren, Ozan E.; Saam, Tobias; Kellert, Lars; Liebig, Thomas; Schöberl, Florian (2022): Diagnosis and follow-up evaluation of central nervous system vasculitis: an evaluation of vessel-wall MRI findings. In: Journal of neurology, Vol. 269, No. 2: pp. 982-996 [PDF, 1MB]

Patzig, Maximilian; Forbrig, Robert; Küpper, Clemens; Eren, Ozan; Saam, Tobias; Kellert, Lars; Liebig, Thomas; Schöberl, Florian (2021): Diagnosis and follow-up evaluation of central nervous system vasculitis: an evaluation of vessel-wall MRI findings. In: Journal of Neurology, Vol. 269, No. 2: pp. 982-996

Maurus, Stefan; Sommer, Nora N.; Kooijman, Hendrik; Coppenrath, Eva; Witt, Matthias; Schulze-Koops, Hendrik; Czihal, Michael; Hoffmann, Ulrich; Saam, Tobias; Treitl, Karla M. (2020): 3D black-blood 3T-MRI for the diagnosis of abdominal large vessel vasculitis. In: European Radiology, Vol. 30, No. 2: pp. 1041-1044

Kopczak, Anna; Schindler, Andreas; Bayer-Karpinska, Anna; Koch, Mia L.; Sepp, Dominik; Zeller, Julia; Strecker, Christoph; Hempel, Johann-Martin; Yuan, Chun; Malik, Rainer; Wollenweber, Frank A.; Boeckh-Behrens, Tobias; Cyran, Clemens C.; Helck, Andreas; Harloff, Andreas; Ziemann, Ulf; Poli, Sven; Poppert, Holger; Dichgans, Martin; Saam, Tobias (2020): Complicated Carotid Artery Plaques as a Cause of Cryptogenic Stroke. In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 76, No. 19: pp. 2212-2222

Schindler, Andreas; Schinner, Regina; Altaf, Nishaf; Hosseini, Akram A.; Simpson, Richard J.; Esposito-Bauer, Lorena; Singh, Navneet; Kwee, Robert M.; Kurosaki, Yoshitaka; Yamagata, Sen; Yoshida, Kazumichi; Miyamoto, Susumu; Maggisano, Robert; Moody, Alan R.; Poppert, Holger; Kooi, M. Eline; Auer, Dorothee P.; Bonati, Leo H.; Saam, Tobias (2020): Prediction of Stroke Risk by Detection of Hemorrhage in Carotid Plaques Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data. In: Jacc-Cardiovascular Imaging, Vol. 13, No. 2: pp. 395-406

Froelich, Matthias F.; Fugmann, Marina; Daldrup, Charlotte Lutke; Hetterich, Holger; Coppenrath, Eva; Saam, Tobias; Ferrari, Uta; Seissler, Jochen; Popp, Daniel; Lechner, Andreas; Sommer, Nora Narvina (2020): Measurement of total and visceral fat mass in young adult women: a comparison of MRI with anthropometric measurements with and without bioelectrical impedance analysis. In: British Journal of Radiology, Vol. 93, No. 1110, 20190874

Sommer, Nora Navina; Lucas, Romina Pons; Coppenrath, Eva; Kooijman, Hendrik; Galie, Franziska; Hesse, Nina; Sommer, Wieland H.; Treitl, Karla M.; Saam, Tobias; Frölich, Matthias F. (2019): Contrast-enhanced modified 3D T1-weighted TSE black-blood imaging can improve detection of infectious and neoplastic meningitis. In: European Radiology, Vol. 30, No. 2: pp. 866-876

Saba, Luca; Saam, Tobias; Jager, H. Rolf; Yuan, Chun; Hatsukami, Thomas S.; Saloner, David; Wasserman, Bruce A.; Bonati, Leo H.; Wintermark, Max (2019): Imaging biomarkers of vulnerable carotid plaques for stroke risk prediction and their potential clinical implications. In: Lancet Neurology, Vol. 18, No. 6: pp. 559-572

Sommer, Nora N.; Saam, Tobias; Coppenrath, Eva; Kooijman, Hendrik; Kümpfel, Tania; Patzig, Maximilian; Beyer, Sebastian E.; Sommer, Wieland H.; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Ertl-Wagner, Birgit; Treitl, Karla M. (2018): Multiple Sclerosis: Improved Detection of Active Cerebral Lesions With 3-Dimensional T1 Black-Blood Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compared With Conventional 3-Dimensional T1 GRE Imaging. In: Investigative Radiology, Vol. 53, No. 1: pp. 13-19 [PDF, 409kB]

Popp, Daniel; Aertsen, Stephanie; Luetke-Daldrup, Charlotte; Coppenrath, Eva; Hetterich, Holger; Saam, Tobias; Rottenkolber, Marietta; Seissler, Jochen; Lechner, Andreas; Sommer, Nora N. (2018): No Correlation of Pancreatic Fat and beta-Cell Function in Young Women With and Without a History of Gestational Diabetes. In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 103, No. 9: pp. 3260-3266

Eikendal, Anouk L. M.; den Ruijter, Hester M.; Haaring, Cees; Saam, Tobias; Geest, Rob J. van der; Westenberg, Jos J. M.; Bots, Michiel L.; Hoefer, Imo E.; Leiner, Tim (2018): Sex, body mass index, and blood pressure are related to aortic characteristics in healthy, young adults using magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging: the AMBITYON study. In: Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine, Vol. 31, No. 1: pp. 173-182

Sommer, Nora N.; Treitl, Karla M.; Coppenrath, Eva; Kooijman, Hendrik; Dechant, Claudia; Czihal, Michael; Kolben, Theresa M.; Beyer, Sebastian E.; Sommer, Wieland H.; Saam, Tobias (2018): Three-Dimensional High-Resolution Black-Blood Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detection of Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis. In: Investigative Radiology, Vol. 53, No. 11: pp. 698-704 [PDF, 844kB]

Strobl, Frederik F.; Kuhlin, Beatrice; Stahl, Robert; Sabel, Bastian O.; Helck, Andreas D.; Schindler, Andreas; Witt, Matthias; Bamberg, Fabian; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Saam, Tobias (2018): Intracranial arterial calcifications as a prognostic factor for subsequent major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). In: Radiologia Medica, Vol. 123, No. 6: pp. 456-462

Notohamiprodjo, Susan; Webber, Nicole; Birnbacher, Lorenz; Willner, Marian; Viermetz, Manuel; Herzen, Julia; Marschner, Mathias; Mayr, Doris; Bartsch, Harald; Saam, Tobias; Auweter, Sigrid; Pfeiffer, Franz; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Hetterich, Holger (2018): Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Structural Myocardial Alterations by Grating-Based Phase-Contrast Computed Tomography. In: Investigative Radiology, Vol. 53, No. 1: pp. 26-34 [PDF, 7kB]

Hetterich, Holger; Webber, Nicole; Willner, Marian; Herzen, Julia; Birnbacher, Lorenz; Auweter, Sigrid; Schüller, Ulrich; Bamberg, Fabian; Notohamiprodjo, Susan; Bartsch, Harald; Wolf, Johannes; Marschner, Mathias; Pfeiffer, Franz; Reiser, Maximilian; Saam, Tobias (2017): Dark-field imaging in coronary atherosclerosis. In: European Journal of Radiology, Vol. 94: pp. 38-45

Treitl, Karla Maria; Maurus, Stefan; Sommer, Nora Narvina; Kooijman-Kurfürst, Hendrik; Coppenrath, Eva; Treitl, Marcus; Czihal, Michael; Hoffmann, Ulrich; Dechant, Claudia; Schulze-Koops, Hendrik; Saam, Tobias (2017): 3D-black-blood 3T-MRI for the diagnosis of thoracic large vessel vasculitis: A feasibility study. In: European Radiology, Vol. 27, No. 5: pp. 2119-2128

Habbel, Christopher; Hetterich, Holger; Willner, Marian; Herzen, Julia; Steigerwald, Kristin; Auweter, Sigrid; Schüller, Ulrich; Hausleiter, Jörg; Massberg, Steffen; Reiser, Maximilian; Pfeiffer, Franz; Saam, Tobias; Bamberg, Fabian (2017): Ex Vivo Assessment of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Grating-Based Phase-Contrast Computed Tomography Correlation With Optical Coherence Tomography. In: Investigative Radiology, Vol. 52, No. 4: pp. 223-231 [PDF, 1MB]

Paprottka, Karolin Johanna; Saam, Damiana; Rübenthaler, Johannes; Schindler, Andreas; Sommer, Nora Navina; Paprottka, Philipp Marius; Clevert, Dirk-André; Reiser, Maximilian; Saam, Tobias; Helck, Andreas (2017): Prevalence and distribution of calcified nodules in carotid arteries in correlation with clinical symptoms. In: Radiologia Medica, Vol. 122, No. 6: pp. 449-457

Bamberg, Fabian; Hetterich, Holger; Rospleszcz, Susanne; Lorbeer, Roberto; Auweter, Sigrid D.; Schlett, Christopher L.; Schafnitzel, Anina; Bayerl, Christian; Schindler, Andreas; Saam, Tobias; Müller-Peltzer, Katharina; Sommer, Wieland; Zitzelsberger, Tanja; Machann, Jürgen; Ingrisch, Michael; Selder, Sonja; Rathmann, Wolfgang; Heier, Margit; Linkohr, Birgit; Meisinger, Christa; Weber, Christian; Ertl-Wagner, Birgit; Massberg, Steffen; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Peters, Annette (2017): Subclinical Disease Burden as Assessed by Whole-Body MRI in Subjects With Prediabetes, Subjects With Diabetes, and Normal Control Subjects From the General Population: The KORA-MRI Study. In: Diabetes, Vol. 66, No. 1: pp. 158-169

Eikendal, Anouk L. M.; Bots, Michiel L.; Haaring, Cees; Saam, Tobias; Geeset, Rob J. van der; Westenberg, Jos J. M.; den Ruijter, Hester M.; Hoefer, Imo E.; Leiner, Tim (2016): Reference Values for Cardiac and Aortic Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Healthy, Young Caucasian Adults.
In: PLOS ONE 11(10), e0164480 [PDF, 1MB]

Eikendal, Anouk L. M.; Blomberg, Björn A.; Haaring, Cees; Saam, Tobias; Geest, Rob J. van der; Visser, Fredy; Bots, Michiel L.; den Ruijter, Hester M.; Hoefer, Imo E.; Leiner, Tim (2016): 3D black blood VISTA vessel wall cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the thoracic aorta wall in young, healthy adults: reproducibility and implications for efficacy trial sample sizes: a cross-sectional study. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18:20 [PDF, 2MB]

Saam, Tobias; Habs, Maximilian; Buchholz, Martin; Schindler, Andreas; Bayer-Karpinska, Anna; Cyran, Clemens C.; Yuan, Chun; Reiser, Maximilian; Helck, Andreas (2016): Expansive arterial remodeling of the carotid arteries and its effect on atherosclerotic plaque composition and vulnerability: an in-vivo black-blood 3T CMR study in symptomatic stroke patients. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18:11 [PDF, 1MB]

Bayer-Karpinska, Anna; Schindler, Andreas; Saam, Tobias (2016): Detection of Vulnerable Plaque in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke. In: Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, Vol. 26, No. 1: pp. 97-110

Schwarz, Florian; Strobl, Frederik F.; Cyran, Clemens C.; Helck, Andreas D.; Hartmann, Martin; Schindler, Andreas; Nikolaou, Konstantin; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Saam, Tobias (2016): Reproducibility and differentiation of cervical arteriopathies using in vivo high-resolution black-blood MRI at 3 T. In: Neuroradiology, Vol. 58, No. 6: pp. 569-576

Hyafil, Fabien; Schindler, Andreas; Sepp, Dominik; Obenhuber, Tilman; Bayer-Karpinska, Anna; Boeckh-Behrens, Tobias; Höhn, Sabine; Hacker, Marcus; Nekolla, Stephan G.; Rominger, Axel; Dichgans, Martin; Schwaiger, Markus; Saam, Tobias; Poppert, Holger (2016): High-risk plaque features can be detected in non-stenotic carotid plaques of patients with ischaemic stroke classified as cryptogenic using combined ¹⁸F-FDG PET/MR imaging. In: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 43, No. 2: pp. 270-279

Hetterich, Holger; Webber, Nicole; Willner, Marian; Herzen, Julia; Birnbacher, Lorenz; Hipp, Alexander; Marschner, Mathias; Auweter, Sigrid D.; Habbel, Christopher; Schüller, Ulrich; Bamberg, Fabian; Ertl-Wagner, Birgit; Pfeiffer, Franz; Saam, Tobias (2016): AHA classification of coronary and carotid atherosclerotic plaques by grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography. In: European Radiology, Vol. 26, No. 9: pp. 3223-3233

Hetterich, Holger; Rominger, Axel; Walter, Lisa; Habs, Maximilian; Volpers, Sarah; Hacker, Marcus; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Bartenstein, Peter; Saam, Tobias (2016): Natural history of atherosclerotic disease progression as assessed by F-18-FDG PET/CT. In: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, Vol. 32, No. 1: pp. 49-59

Grimm, Jochen M.; Schindler, Andreas; Schwarz, Florian; Cyran, Clemens C.; Bayer-Karpinska, Anna; Freilinger, Tobias; Yuan, Chun; Linn, Jennifer; Trelles, Miguel; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Nikolaou, Konstantin; Saam, Tobias (2014): Computed tomography angiography vs 3 T black-blood cardiovascular magnetic resonance for identification of symptomatic carotid plaques. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 16:84 [PDF, 1MB]

Bayer-Karpinska, Anna; Schwarz, Florian; Wollenweber, Frank A.; Poppert, Holger; Boeckh-Behrens, Tobias; Becker, Alexander; Clevert, Dirk-André; Nikolaou, Konstantin; Opherk, Christian; Dichgans, Martin; Saam, Tobias (2013): The carotid plaque imaging in acute stroke (CAPIAS) study:. Protocol and initial baseline data. In: BMC Neurology 13:201 [PDF, 362kB]

Grimm, Jochen M.; Schindler, Andreas; Freilinger, Tobias; Cyran, Clemens C.; Bamberg, Fabian; Yuan, Chun; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Dichgans, Martin; Freilinger, Caroline; Nikolaou, Konstantin; Saam, Tobias (2013): Comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic atherosclerotic carotid plaques using parallel imaging and 3 T black-blood in vivo CMR. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 15:44 [PDF, 698kB]

Greif, Martin; Leber, Alexander Wolfgang; Saam, Tobias; Uebleis, Christopher; Ziegler, Franz von; Rümmler, Janine; D'Anastasi, Melvin; Arias-Herrera, Vivian; Becker, Christoph; Steinbeck, Gerhard; Hacker, Marcus; Becker, Alexander (2012): Determination of Pericardial Adipose Tissue Increases the Prognostic Accuracy of Coronary Artery Calcification for Future Cardiovascular Events. In: Cardiology, No. 4: pp. 220-227 [PDF, 278kB]

Grimm, Jochen M.; Nikolaou, Konstantin; Schindler, Andreas; Hettich, Reinhard; Heigl, Franz; Cyran, Clemens C.; Schwarz, Florian; Klingel, Reinhard; Karpinska, Anna; Yuan, Chun; Dichgans, Martin; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Saam, Tobias (2012): Characteristics of carotid atherosclerotic plaques of chronic lipid apheresis patients as assessed by In Vivo High-Resolution CMR - a comparative analysis. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 14:80 [PDF, 516kB]

Habs, Maximilian; Pfefferkorn, Thomas; Cyran, Clemens C.; Grimm, Jochen; Rominger, Axel; Hacker, Marcus; Opherk, Christian; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Nikolaou, Konstantin; Saam, Tobias (2011): Age determination of vessel wall hematoma in spontaneous cervical artery dissection: A multi-sequence 3T Cardiovascular Magnetic resonance study. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 13:76 [PDF, 811kB]

Saam, Tobias; Raya, Jose G.; Cyran, Clemens C.; Bochmann, Katja; Meimarakis, Georgios; Dietrich, Olaf; Clevert, Dirk-André; Frey, Ute; Yuan, Chun; Hatsukami, Thomas S.; Werf, Abe; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Nikolaou, Konstantin (2009): High resolution carotid black-blood 3T MR with parallel imaging and dedicated 4-channel surface coils. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 11:41 [PDF, 1MB]

Underhill, Hunter R.; Yuan, Chun; Terry, James G.; Chen, Haiying; Espeland, Mark A.; Hatsukami, Thomas S.; Saam, Tobias; Chu, Baocheng; Yu, Wei; Oikawa, Minako; Takaya, Norihide; Yarnykh, Vasily L.; Kraft, Robert; Carr, J. Jeffrey; Maldjian, Joseph; Tang, Rong; Crouse, John R. (2008): Differences in carotid arterial morphology and composition between individuals with and without obstructive coronary artery disease: A cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 10:31 [PDF, 698kB]