Castellano Antonella Professore AssociatoMedicineMED/37 - Neuroradiologia

Biography

Publications

Biography

Ricercatore Universitario TD (Assistant Professor) of Neuroradiology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, School of Medicine, Milan, Italy

Education

MD Degree at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine on July 2006 (full marks, 110/110 magna cum laude)

Board certification in Radiology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine on August 2011 (full marks, 70/70 magna cum laude)

PhD in Molecular Medicine – Experimental Neurology at the Vita- Salute San Raffaele University on April 2015 (full marks, outstanding)

Research and Academic Experience

Research Fellow in Neuroradiology (‘Assegnista di Ricerca’, SSD MED/37) at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine from 2012 to 2016

Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Prof. Roland Henry’s Lab, University of California San Francisco, CA, US from 2014 to 2015

Teaching and tutoring activity at the Neurological Sciences courses, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine and International MD Program from 2012 to 2016

Clinical activity and relevant training

Neuroradiologist at the Neuroradiology Unit, San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific Institute from 2012 to 2016

Resident in Radiology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine from 2010 to 2011

Resident in Radiology at the Institute of Radiological Sciences, University of Milan, Ospedale San Paolo from 2007 to 2011

Clinical fellow and intern at the Neuroradiology Unit, San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific Institute, from 2004 to 2006

Research interests

Research activity in the field of advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques applied to neuro-oncology and degenerative diseases of the brain and spinal cord. Development, clinical implementation and validation of diffusion MR imaging (dMRI) and tractography and perfusion-weighted MR imaging (PWI), to assess brain tissue pathology, to plan surgery and to evaluate treatment response.

Scientific societies

Member of ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), ESNR (European Society of Neuroradiology) ESR (European Society of Radiology), AINR (Italian Society of Neuroradiology), SIRM (Italian Society of Medical Radiology), European Low-Grade Glioma Network

Awards and Honors

Grant from the Italian Society of Neuroradiology (AINR) for the coordination of a multi-center research project for standardization of acquisition parameters, postprocessing and evaluation of 3T MR Perfusion and Permeability studies in brain gliomas in 2012

Best oral presentation award at the Annual Meetings of the Italian Society of Neuroradiology (AINR) in 2006 and 2008

‘Alfiere del Lavoro’ award for excellence in studies in 2000 – Medal by the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Publications

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=22978516500

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=YwpjUhgAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4137-9016

Author of 21 full papers in international peer reviewed journals, with a total number of more than 500 citations (source: Scopus, March 2017), a total impact factor (IF) of 91.38 (source: Journal Citation Reports for the publication year), a mean IF of 4.35 and an h-index of 10 (source: Scopus, March 2017).

Selected papers

  • Castellano, A., Falini, A. (2016). Progress in neuro-imaging of brain tumors. Curr Opin Oncol28(6), 484-93, ISSN: 1040-8746, doi:10.1097/cco.0000000000000328

 

  • Santarosa, C.*, Castellano, A.*, Conte, G. M., Cadioli, M., Iadanza, A., Terreni, M. R., Franzin, A., Bello, L., Caulo, M., Falini, A., & Anzalone, N. (2016). Dynamic contrast-enhanced and dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MR imaging for glioma grading: Preliminary comparison of vessel compartment and permeability parameters using hotspot and histogram analysis. European Journal of Radiology, 85(6), 1147-1156, ISSN: 0720-048X, doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.03.020 [*shared first autorship]

 

  • Caverzasi, E., Papinutto, N., Castellano, A.., Zhu, A. H., Scifo, P., Riva, M., Bello, L., Falini, A., Bharatha, A., & Henry, R. G. (2016). Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging Color Maps to Characterize Brain Diffusion in Neurologic Disorders. Journal of Neuroimaging. 26(5): 494-8, ISSN: 1051-2284, doi:10.1111/jon.12359

 

  • Castellano, A., Papinutto, N., Cadioli, M., Brugnara, G., Iadanza, A., Scigliuolo, G., Pareyson, D., Uziel, G., Kohler, W., Aubourg, P., Falini, A., Henry, R. G., Politi, L. S., & Salsano, E. (2016). Quantitative MRI of the spinal cord and brain in adrenomyeloneuropathy: in vivo assessment of structural changes. Brain, 139(Pt 6), 1735-1746, ISSN: 0006-8950, doi:10.1093/brain/aww068

 

  • Castellano, A., Donativi, M., Ruda, R., De Nunzio, G., Riva, M., Iadanza, A., Bertero, L., Rucco, M., Bello, L., Soffietti, R., & Falini, A. (2016). Evaluation of low-grade glioma structural changes after chemotherapy using DTI-based histogram analysis and functional diffusion maps. European Radiology, 26(5), 1263-1273, ISSN: 0938-7994, doi:10.1007/s00330-015-3934-6
  • Castronovo, V., Scifo, P., Castellano, A., Aloia, M. S., Iadanza, A., Marelli, S., Cappa, S. F., Strambi, L. F., & Falini, A. (2014). White matter integrity in obstructive sleep apnea before and after treatment. Sleep, 37(9), 1465-1475, ISSN: 0161-8105, doi:10.5665/sleep.3994

 

  • Vallar, G., Bello, L., Bricolo, E., Castellano, A., Casarotti, A., Falini, A., Riva, M., Fava, E., & Papagno, C. (2014). Cerebral correlates of visuospatial neglect: a direct cerebral stimulation study. Human Brain Mapping, 35(4), 1334-1350. ISSN: 1065-9471, doi:10.1002/hbm.22257

 

  • Castellano, A., Bello, L., Michelozzi, C., Gallucci, M., Fava, E., Iadanza, A., Riva, M., Casaceli, G., & Falini, A. (2012). Role of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tractography in predicting the extent of resection in glioma surgery. Neuro-Oncology, 14(2), 192-202, ISSN: 1522-8517, doi:10.1093/neuonc/nor188

 

  • Papagno, C., Gallucci, M., Casarotti, A., Castellano, A., Falini, A., Fava, E., Giussani, C., Carrabba, G., Bello, L., & Caramazza, A. (2011). Connectivity constraints on cortical reorganization of neural circuits involved in object naming. Neuroimage, 55(3), 1306-1313, ISSN: 1053-8119, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.005

 

  • Papagno, C., Miracapillo, C., Casarotti, A., Romero Lauro, L. J., Castellano, A., Falini, A., Casaceli, G., Fava, E., & Bello, L. (2011). What is the role of the uncinate fasciculus? Surgical removal and proper name retrieval. Brain, 134(Pt 2), 405-414, ISSN: 0006-8950, doi:10.1093/brain/awq283

 

  • Bello, L., Castellano, A., Fava, E., Casaceli, G., Riva, M., Scotti, G., Gaini, S. M., & Falini, A. (2010). Intraoperative use of diffusion tensor imaging fiber tractography and subcortical mapping for resection of gliomas: technical considerations. Neurosurgical Focus, 28(2), E6, ISSN: 1092-0684, doi:10.3171/2009.12.FOCUS09240

 

  • Bello, L., Gambini, A., Castellano, A., Carrabba, G., Acerbi, F., Fava, E., Giussani, C., Cadioli, M., Blasi, V., Casarotti, A., Papagno, C., Gupta, A. K., Gaini, S., Scotti, G., & Falini, A. (2008). Motor and language DTI Fiber Tracking combined with intraoperative subcortical mapping for surgical removal of gliomas. Neuroimage, 39(1), 369-382. ISSN: 1053-8119, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.08.031

 

Author of more than 100 abstracts accepted for oral presentation in all the main national and international meetings of Neuroradiology and Radiology, as the Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Neuroradiology (AINR 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013), the Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology (SIRM 2012) and of the Neuroradiology Section of SIRM (NeuroSIRM 2009, 2013, 2015), the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014) and the Annual Meeting of the ISMRM Italian Chapter (2016), the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR 2012, 2015).

Invited Speaker at several national and international scientific meetings.

Publications

Pubblicazioni selezionate

  • Castellano, A., Falini, A. (2016). Progress in neuro-imaging of brain tumors. Curr Opin Oncol28(6), 484-93, ISSN: 1040-8746, doi:10.1097/cco.0000000000000328

 

  • Santarosa, C.*, Castellano, A.*, Conte, G. M., Cadioli, M., Iadanza, A., Terreni, M. R., Franzin, A., Bello, L., Caulo, M., Falini, A., & Anzalone, N. (2016). Dynamic contrast-enhanced and dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MR imaging for glioma grading: Preliminary comparison of vessel compartment and permeability parameters using hotspot and histogram analysis. European Journal of Radiology, 85(6), 1147-1156, ISSN: 0720-048X, doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.03.020 [*shared first autorship]

 

  •  Caverzasi, E., Papinutto, N., Castellano, A.., Zhu, A. H., Scifo, P., Riva, M., Bello, L., Falini, A., Bharatha, A., & Henry, R. G. (2016). Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging Color Maps to Characterize Brain Diffusion in Neurologic Disorders. Journal of Neuroimaging. 26(5): 494-8, ISSN: 1051-2284, doi:10.1111/jon.12359

 

  • Castellano, A., Papinutto, N., Cadioli, M., Brugnara, G., Iadanza, A., Scigliuolo, G., Pareyson, D., Uziel, G., Kohler, W., Aubourg, P., Falini, A., Henry, R. G., Politi, L. S., & Salsano, E. (2016). Quantitative MRI of the spinal cord and brain in adrenomyeloneuropathy: in vivo assessment of structural changes. Brain, 139(Pt 6), 1735-1746, ISSN: 0006-8950, doi:10.1093/brain/aww068

 

  • Castellano, A., Donativi, M., Ruda, R., De Nunzio, G., Riva, M., Iadanza, A., Bertero, L., Rucco, M., Bello, L., Soffietti, R., & Falini, A. (2016). Evaluation of low-grade glioma structural changes after chemotherapy using DTI-based histogram analysis and functional diffusion maps. European Radiology, 26(5), 1263-1273, ISSN: 0938-7994, doi:10.1007/s00330-015-3934-6

 

  • Castronovo, V., Scifo, P., Castellano, A., Aloia, M. S., Iadanza, A., Marelli, S., Cappa, S. F., Strambi, L. F., & Falini, A. (2014). White matter integrity in obstructive sleep apnea before and after treatment. Sleep, 37(9), 1465-1475, ISSN: 0161-8105, doi:10.5665/sleep.3994

 

  • Vallar, G., Bello, L., Bricolo, E., Castellano, A., Casarotti, A., Falini, A., Riva, M., Fava, E., & Papagno, C. (2014). Cerebral correlates of visuospatial neglect: a direct cerebral stimulation study. Human Brain Mapping, 35(4), 1334-1350. ISSN: 1065-9471, doi:10.1002/hbm.22257

 

  • Castellano, A., Bello, L., Michelozzi, C., Gallucci, M., Fava, E., Iadanza, A., Riva, M., Casaceli, G., & Falini, A. (2012). Role of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tractography in predicting the extent of resection in glioma surgery. Neuro-Oncology, 14(2), 192-202, ISSN: 1522-8517, doi:10.1093/neuonc/nor188

 

  • Papagno, C., Gallucci, M., Casarotti, A., Castellano, A., Falini, A., Fava, E., Giussani, C., Carrabba, G., Bello, L., & Caramazza, A. (2011). Connectivity constraints on cortical reorganization of neural circuits involved in object naming. Neuroimage, 55(3), 1306-1313, ISSN: 1053-8119, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.005

 

  • Papagno, C., Miracapillo, C., Casarotti, A., Romero Lauro, L. J., Castellano, A., Falini, A., Casaceli, G., Fava, E., & Bello, L. (2011). What is the role of the uncinate fasciculus? Surgical removal and proper name retrieval. Brain, 134(Pt 2), 405-414, ISSN: 0006-8950, doi:10.1093/brain/awq283

 

  • Bello, L., Castellano, A., Fava, E., Casaceli, G., Riva, M., Scotti, G., Gaini, S. M., & Falini, A. (2010). Intraoperative use of diffusion tensor imaging fiber tractography and subcortical mapping for resection of gliomas: technical considerations. Neurosurgical Focus, 28(2), E6, ISSN: 1092-0684, doi:10.3171/2009.12.FOCUS09240

 

  • Bello, L., Gambini, A., Castellano, A., Carrabba, G., Acerbi, F., Fava, E., Giussani, C., Cadioli, M., Blasi, V., Casarotti, A., Papagno, C., Gupta, A. K., Gaini, S., Scotti, G., & Falini, A. (2008). Motor and language DTI Fiber Tracking combined with intraoperative subcortical mapping for surgical removal of gliomas. Neuroimage, 39(1), 369-382. ISSN: 1053-8119, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.08.031

Elenco completo delle pubblicazioni e indicatori bibliometrici

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=22978516500

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=YwpjUhgAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4137-9016

Pubblicazioni in extenso su riviste internazionali indicizzate con oltre 500 citazioni (fonte: Scopus, marzo 2017), Impact factor (IF) complessivo di 91.38 (fonte: Journal Citation Reports dell’anno di pubblicazione), IF medio 4.35, h-index 10 (fonte: Scopus, marzo 2017).

Autrice di oltre 50 abstract presentati a numerose edizioni dei principali congressi neuroradiologici e radiologici nazionali e internazionali, fra cui: il Congresso Nazionale della Associazione Italiana di Neuroradiologia (AINR 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013), il Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica (SIRM 2012) e della Sezione di Neuroradiologia della SIRM (NeuroSIRM 2009, 2013, 2015), l’Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), l’Annual Meeting della European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR 2012, 2015), l’Annual Meeting dell’Italian Chapter ISMRM (2016).

Invited Speaker in numerosi congressi scientifici nazionali e internazionali.

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