Dr. Howard J Halpern MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
180 Harvester Dr Suite 110 Willowbrook IL, 60527About
Dr. Howard Halpern practices Radiation Oncology in Willowbrook, IL. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Halpern specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
Education and Training
Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1980
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A one-step synthesis of 2-(2-Pyridyl)-3H-indol-3-one N-oxide: is it an efficient spin trap for hydroxyl radical?
- Electron spin relaxation of triarylmethyl radicals in fluid solution.
- Imaging spin probe distribution in the tumor of a living mouse with 250 MHz EPR: correlation with BOLD MRI.
- General synthesis of persistent trityl radicals for EPR imaging of biological systems.
- Oral administration is as effective as intraperitoneal administration of amifostine in decreasing nitroxide EPR signal decay in vivo.
- Quantitative tumor oxymetric images from 4D electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI): methodology and comparison with blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) MRI.
- Spectral fitting: the extraction of crucial information from a spectrum and a spectral image.
- Using high spectral and spatial resolution bold MRI to choose the optimal oxygenating treatment for individual cancer patients.
- Influence of conformation on the EPR spectrum of 5,5-dimethyl-1-hydroperoxy-1-pyrrolidinyloxyl: a spin trapped adduct of superoxide.
- Nitroxide conjugate of a thermally responsive elastin-like polypeptide for noninvasive thermometry.
- The solution conformation of triarylmethyl radicals.
- EPR imaging: the relationship between CW spectra acquired from an extended sample subjected to fixed stepped gradients and the Radon transform of the resonance density.
- Beam's eye view volumetrics: an aid in rapid treatment plan development and evaluation.
- Spin echo spectroscopic electron paramagnetic resonance imaging.
- Electron paramagnetic resonance oxygen images correlate spatially and quantitatively with Oxylite oxygen measurements.
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