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Joseph Rakowski

Associate Professor, Wayne State University
Verified email at wayne.edu
Cited by 599

Isoflavone-mediated radioprotection involves regulation of early endothelial cell death and inflammatory signaling in Radiation-Induced lung injury

…, NL Smith, BF Loughery, JT Rakowski… - … journal of radiation …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Vascular damage and inflammation are limiting toxic effects of lung cancer
radiotherapy, which lead to pneumonitis and pulmonary fibrosis. We have demonstrated that soy …

Soy isoflavones radiosensitize lung cancer while mitigating normal tissue injury

…, L Runyan, CK Yunker, JT Rakowski… - Radiotherapy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: We have demonstrated that soy isoflavones radiosensitize cancer cells.
Prostate cancer patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) and soy tablets had reduced radiation …

Gamma Knife radiosurgery in the management of brainstem metastases

EW Jung, JT Rakowski, F Delly, J Jagannathan… - Clinical neurology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Metastases to the brainstem portend a poor prognosis and present a challenge
in clinical management. Surgical resection is rarely a viable option. Methods Post-treatment …

Measurement of gold nanofilm dose enhancement using unlaminated radiochromic film

JT Rakowski, SS Laha, MG Snyder, MG Buczek… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Bombarding high‐Z material with x‐ray radiation releases Auger electrons and
Coster–Kronig electrons, along with deeper penetrating fluorescent x‐rays and photoelectrons. …

Approaches to interventional fluoroscopic dose curves

KA Wunderle, JT Rakowski… - Journal of applied clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Modern fluoroscopes used for image‐based guidance in interventional procedures are
complex X‐ray machines, with advanced image acquisition and processing systems capable of …

A comparison of reconstruction algorithms for C‐arm mammography tomosynthesis

JT Rakowski, MJ Dennis - Medical physics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Digital tomosynthesis is an imaging technique to produce a tomographic image from a
series of angular digital images in a manner similar to conventional focal plane tomography. …

B-DIM impairs radiation-induced survival pathways independently of androgen receptor expression and augments radiation efficacy in prostate cancer

V Singh-Gupta, S Banerjee, CK Yunker, JT Rakowski… - Cancer letters, 2012 - Elsevier
Increased consumption of cruciferous vegetables is associated with decreased risk in
prostate cancer (PCa). The active compound in cruciferous vegetables appears to be the self …

[HTML][HTML] Radiotherapy and MVA-MUC1-IL-2 vaccine act synergistically for inducing specific immunity to MUC-1 tumor antigen

…, K Hankerd, CK Yunker, JT Rakowski… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2017 - Springer
Background We previously demonstrated that tumor irradiation potentiates cancer vaccines
using genetic modification of tumor cells in murine tumor models. To investigate whether …

Development and evaluation of an end‐to‐end test for head and neck IMRT with a novel multiple‐dosimetric modality phantom

VV Zakjevskii, CS Knill, JT Rakowski… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive end‐to‐end test for head and neck IMRT treatments was developed using
a custom phantom designed to utilize multiple dosimetry devices. Initial end‐to‐end test and …

Investigating ion recombination effects in a liquid‐filled ionization chamber array used for IMRT QA measurements

C Knill, M Snyder, JT Rakowski, L Zhuang… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: PTW's Octavius 1000 SRS array performs IMRT quality assurance (QA) measurements
with liquid‐filled ionization chambers (LICs) to allow closer detector spacing and higher …