Boguslaw Tomanek

Dr. Boguslaw Tomanek

PhD

Positions

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Associate Member

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Contact information

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 830 3912

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, 1995

Biography

  1. Dash A, Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Banerjee A, Trudel S, Latta P, Veggel FCJM, Colloidally Stable Monodisperse Fe Nanoparticles as T2 Contrast Agents for High-Field Clinical and Preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(2):1235–1242, 2021.
  2. Purchase AR, Vidarsson L, Wachowicz K, Sharp JC, Tomanek B. A Short and Light, Sparse Dipolar Halbach Magnet for MRI IEEE Access 9:95294–95303, 2021.
  3. Dash A, Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Latta P, Van Veggel FCJM. Target-Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Prostate Adenocarcinoma Using NaDyF4-NaGdF4 Core-Shell Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13:21, 24345–24355, May 2021; doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c19273
  4. Latta P, Starčuk Z, Kojan M, Gruwel M, Tomanek B, Trattnig S, Juras V. Simple compensation method for improved half-pulse excitation profile with rephasing gradient, MRM, 84(4):1796-1805, Oct 2020.
  5. Purchase AR, Pałasz T, Sun H, Sharp J, Tomanek B, A high duty-cycle, multi-channel, power amplifier for high-resolution radiofrequency encoded magnetic resonance imaging. Magn Reson Mater Physics 32(6):679-692, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-019-00763-1. June 2019.
  6. Banerjee A, Zeng W, Taheri M, Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Trudel S, Shape-controlled MnO nanoparticles as T1 MRI contrast agents, AIP Advances, 9(12):125013, Dec 2019.
  7. Banerjee A, Bartolesi GE, Ling CC, Blasiak B, Purchase A, Calderon O, Tomanek B, Trudel S, Bifunctional Pyrrolidin-2-one Terminated Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles for Combined Magnetic Resonance and Fluorescence Imaging, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11(14):13069-13078, Apr. 2019.
  8. Tomanek B, Inżynier Medyczny Fizyk, Image-guided Cancer Therapy, 8(3):227, 2019.
  9. Maddahi Y, Kourosh Z, Tomanek B, Sutherland GR, Challenges in developing a magnetic resonance–compatible haptic hand-controller for neurosurgical training, Proc I Mech E Part H: J Engineering in Medicine, 232(12):1148-1167, 2018.
  10. Abulrob A, Corluka S, Blasiak B, Fallone G, Matyas J, Tomanek B, LyP-1 Conjugated Nanoparticles for MR imaging of triple negative breast cancer, Molecular Imaging and Biology 20(3):428-435, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s11307-017-1140-4
  11. Gruwel MLH, Latta P, Wojna A, Wolfsberger S, Tomanek B, MR Imaging of tissue near aneurysm clips using short- and zero time MR sequences, Measurement, J Int Measur Confed, 130:398-403, 2018.
  12. Der E, Volotovsky V, Sun H, Tomanek B, Sharp JC, Design of a high power PIN-diode controlled switchable RF transmit array for TRASE RF imaging, Concepts Magn Reson Part B. 48B(1):e21365, 2018.
  13. Dash A, Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Van Veggel FCJM. Validation of Inner, Second, and Outer Sphere Contributions to T1 and T2 Relaxation in Gd3+-Based Nanoparticles Using Eu3+ Lifetime Decay as a Probe, J Phys Chem C, 122(21): 11557-11569, 2018.
  14. Latta P, Starcuk Z Jr, Gruwel MLH, Lattova B, Lattova P, Stourac P, Tomanek B, Influence of k-space trajectory corrections on proton density mapping with ultrashort echo time imaging: Application for imaging of short T2 components in white matter, Mag Reson Imag 51:87-95, 2018.
  15. Latta P, Starčuk Jr. Z, Gruwel MLH, Weber M, Tomanek B, K-space trajectory mapping and its application for Ultrashort Echo Time Imaging, Mag Reson Imag 36:68-76, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2016.10.012.  
  16. Banerjee A, Blasiak B, Pasquier E, Tomanek B, Trudel S, Synthesis, Characterization and Application of PEGylated Transition Metal Ferrite Nanoparticles as T2 Contrast Agents for High-field MRI. RSC Advances 7(61):38125-34, 2017. DOI: 10.1039/c7ra05495e.
  17. Latta P, Starčuk Jr. Z, Gruwel MLH, Tomanek B, K-space Trajectory Calibration for Improved Precision of Quantitative Ultrashort Echo Time Imaging, Proceedings 11th Int Conf on Measurement, 7983570:197-200, 2017.
  18. Hane F, Smylie P, Li T, Ruberto J, Dowhos K, Ball I, Tomanek B, DeBoef B, Albert M, HyperCEST Detection of Cucurbit[6]uril in Whole Blood Using an Ultrashort Saturation Pre-pulse Train, Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging 11(4):286-290, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1690.
  19. Tomanek B, Volotovskyy V, Tyson R, Yin D, Sharp J, Blasiak B, A quadrature volume RF coil for vertical B0 field open MRI systems. Concepts in Mag Reson Imag Eng 46B (3):118-122, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.21327.
  20. Clements TW, Sarsons C, Casey M. Platnich CM, Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Rinker KD, Trudel S, Maltol-functionalized Fe3O4 nanoparticles as high field T2 magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents, ChemistrySelect 1(8):1602-1606, 2016.
  21. Byk K, Jasinski K, Bartel Z, Jasztal A, Sitek B, Tomanek B, Chlopicki S, Skorka T, MRI-based assessment of liver perfusion and hepatocyte injury in the murine model of acute hepatitis, Magn Reson Mater Phys, 29(6):789-798, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s10334-016-0563-2.
  22. Simard B, Mironov GG, Tomanek B, van Veggel FCJM, Abulrob A, Site-specific conjugation of the quencher on peptide’s N-terminal for the synthesis of a targeted non-spreading activatable optical probe, J. Pept. Sci. 22: 415–420, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/psc.2884.
  23. Abraham CB, Tomanek B, Curiel L, Contrast Optimization for an Animal Model of Prostate Cancer MRI at 3T, J Mod Phys 7(8): 819-826, 2016
  24. Blasiak B, Volotovskyy V, Tyson R, Sharp J, Tomanek B. An RF breast coil for 0.2T MRI, Concepts in Magnetic Resonance, 46(1):3-7, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.21316
  25. Zhang X, Blasiak B, Armando J, Marenco AJ, Trudel S, Tomanek B, van Veggel F CJM, Design and Regulation of NaHoF4 and NaDyF4 Nanoparticles for High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Chem. Mater. 28(9):3060-3072, 2016.
  26. Su C.-H, Tsai Ch-Y, Tomanek B, Chena W-Y, Cheng F-Y, Evaluation of blood–brain barrier-stealth nanocomposites for in situ glioblastoma theranostics applications. Nanoscale, 8:7866-70, 2016. DOI: 10.1039/c6nr00280c.
  27. Bartusik D, Aebisher D, Tomanek B. A review of new approaches in Her-2 targeting and 1H MRI application, Medicinal Chemistry Research 24(4):1365-68, 2015.
  28. Couch MJ, Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Ouriadov AV, Fox MS, Dowhos KM, Albert MS. Hyperpolarized MRI Agents and Inert Gas MRI: The Future, Molecular Imaging and Biology 17(2):149-162, 2015.
  29. Sboto-Frankenstein UN, Tiffany Lazar T, Bolster RB, Thind S, Dreessen de Gervai P, Gruwel MHL, Smith SD, Tomanek B, Symmetry of the Fornix Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging, JMRI 40(4):929-36, Oct 2014.
  30. Lama S, Auer RN, Tyson R, Gallagher CN, Tomanek B, Sutherland GR, Lactate Storm Marks Cerebral Metabolism following Brain Trauma, J. Biol. Chem 289(29):, 2014.
  31. Piędzia W, Jasiński K, Kalita K, Tomanek B., Węglarz W, White and gray matter contrast enhancement in MR images of the mouse brain in vivo using IR UTE with a cryo-coil at 9.4 T. J Neurosc Meth 232:30–35, 2014.
  32. Kulinowski P, Mlynarczyk A, Jasinski K, Tomanek B, Talik P, Gruwel M, Weglarz W, Dorozynski, Magnetic Resonance Microscopy for Assessment of Morphological Changes in Hydrating Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose Matrix Tablets in situ – is it Possible to Detect Phenomena Related to Drug Dissolution Within the Hydrated Matrices? Pharmaceutical Research, 31(9):2383-92, Sept 2014.
  33. de Gervai P, Sboto-Frankenstein UN, Bolster RB, Thind S, Gruwel MLH, Smith SD, Tomanek B, Tractography of Meyer's Loop asymmetries, Epilepsy Research, 108:872-882, 2014.
  34. Blasiak B, Landry J, Tyson R, Sharp J, Iqbal U, Abulrob A, Rushford D, Matyas J, Ponjevic D, Sutherland GR, Wolfsberger S, Tomanek B, Molecular susceptibility weighted imaging of the glioma rim in a mouse model. J Neurosc Meth 226:132-138, 2014.
  35. Bartusik D, Aebisher D, Bartosińska E, Siluk D, Tomanek B, Antioxidant Networks In vivo, Am Journal of Cancer Review, 2(1):1-11, 2014. 
  36. Sharp JC, King SB, Deng Q, Volotovskyy V, Tomanek B, High-resolution MRI encoding using radiofrequency phase gradients, NMR Biomed, 26(11):1602-7, 2013.
  37. Simard B, Tomanek B, van Veggel F, Abulrob A, Optimal dye-quencher pairs for the design of an "activeatable" nanoprobe for optical imaging, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 12(10):1824, 2013.
  38. Kornelsen J, Smith S, McIver T, Sboto-Frankenstein U, Latta P, Tomanek B, Functional MRI of the thoracic spinal cord during vibration sensation, JMRI, 37(4): 981-985, 2013.
  39. Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Van Veggel FCJM, Applications of nanoparticles for MRI cancer diagnosis and therapy, J Nanomaterials, 2013:1-12, 2013.
  40. Sharp J, et al., A cheaper, quieter MRI machine, Nature (Research Highlights), 501:138-9, Sept 11, 2013.
  41. Blasiak B, Barnes S, Foniok T, Rushforth D, Matyas J, Ponjevic D, Weglarz WP, Tyson R, Iqbal U, Abulrob A, Sutherland GR, Obenaus A, Tomanek B, Comparison of T2 and T2*-weighted MR molecular imaging of a mouse model of glioma. BMC Medical Imaging, 13:20-28, 2013.
  42. Zhu X, Sharp J, Tomanek B, A Pixel is an Artifact: On the Necessity of Zero-filling in Fourier Imaging, Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A. 42(2): 32-44, 2013.
  43. Kornelsen J, Sboto-Frankenstein UN, McIver T, Gervai P, Wacnik P, Berrington N, Tomanek B. (2012). Default mode network functional connectivity altered in failed back surgery syndrome. Journal of Pain, 14 (5):483-491, 2013.
  44. Burda Z., Kornelsen J, Nowak MA., Porebski B, Sboto-Frankenstein U, Tomanek B, Tyburczyk J, Collective correlations of brodmann areas fMRI study with RMT-denoising, Acta Physica Polonica B, 44(6):1243-59, 2013.
  45. Deng Q, King SB, Volotovskyy V, Tomanek B, Sharp JC. B1 Transmit Phase Gradient Coil for Single-Axis TRASE RF Encoding. Magnetic Resonance Imaging , 31(6):891-899, 2013.
  46. Bartusik D, Tomanek B. Detection of 19F-Labeled Biopharmaceuticals in Cell Cultures with Magnetic Resonance, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 65(8):1056-64, 2013.
  47. King AJ, Deng Q, Tyson R, Sharp JC, Matwiy J, Tomanek B, Dunn JF, In Vivo Open-Bore MRI Reveals Region- and Sub-Arc-Specific Lengthening of the Unloaded Human Posterior Cruciate Ligament. PLoS ONE 7(11):e48714, 2012.
  48. Sarty GE, Sharp J, Tomanek B, Turek K, Obenaus A, Scott A, Piche L, Kontulainen S, Chilibeck P, Farthing J, Baxter-Jones A, Pierson RA. A magnetic resonance imager for the international space station, Proc. Int Astronautical Congress, 1:217-223; 2012.
  49. Kulinowski P, Mlynarczyk A, Dorozynski P, Jasinski K, Gruwel MLH, Tomanek B, Weglarz WP, Magnetic Resonance Microscopy for Assessment of Morphological Changes in Hydrating Hydroxypropylmethyl Cellulose Matrix Tablets in situ. Pharmaceutical Research, 29(12):3420--3433, 2012.
  50. Mert A, Wolfsberger S, Bühler K, Sutherland G, Tomanek B, Widhalm G, Kasprian G, Knosp E, Brain Tumor Surgery with 3-dimensional Surface Navigation. Neurosurgery, 71(2):287-95, 2012.
  51. Tomanek B, Iqbal U, Blasiak B, Abulrob A, Albaghdadi H, Matyas JR, Ponjevic D, Sutherland GR. Evaluation of Brain Tumor Vessels Specific Contrast Agents for Glioblastoma Imaging. Neuro-Oncology, 14(1):53-63, 2012. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/ nor183.
  52. Widhalm G, Minchev G, Woehrer A, Preusser M, Kiesel B, Furtner J, Mert A, Di Ieva A, Tomanek B, Prayer D, Marosi C, Hainfellner JA, Knosp E, Wolfsberger S., Strong 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced fluorescence is a novel intraoperative marker for representative tissue samples in stereotactic brain tumor biopsies. Neurosurg Rev. Jul;35(3):381-91, 2012.
  53. Das GK, Johnson NJJ., Cramen J, Blasiak B, Latta P, Tomanek B, van Veggel FCJM. NaDyF4 Nanoparticle as T2 Contrast Agent for Ultra-High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3:524-529. DOI: 10.1021/jz201664h
  54. Dong C, Korinek A, Blasiak B, Tomanek B, van Veggel F. Cation exchange: a facile method to make NaYF4:Yb,Tm-NaGdF4 core-shell nanoparticles with a thin, tunable, and uniform shell. Chemistry of Materials. 24(7):1297–1305, 2012.
  55. Jasinski K, Mlynarczyk A, Latta P, Volotovskyy V, Weglarz W, Tomanek B, A Volume Microstrip RF Coil for MRI Microscopy. Mag Reson Imag. 30(1):70-77, 2012
  56. Blasiak B, Foniok T, Deng C, Tomanek B, A comparison of MR imaging of a mouse model of glioma at 0.2T and 9.4T. J Neurosc Meth, 240:118-123, 2012.
  57. Bartusik D and Tomanek B, Detection of trastuzumab efficacy using 1H MRI ex vivo of breast cancer cells. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 21(9): 2316-19, 2012.
  58. Lattová E, Bartusik D, Spicer V, Jellusova J, Perreault H, Tomanek B, Alterations in Glycopeptides Associated with Herceptin Treatment of Human Breast Carcinoma MCF-7 and T-Lymphoblastoid Cells. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, Sep;10(9):M111.007765, 2011.
  59. Latta P, Gruwel MLH, Debergue P, Sboto-Frankenstein U, Tomanek B, Convertible pneumatic actuator for magnetic resonance elastography of the brain. Magn Reson Imag 29(1):147-52, 2011.
  60. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Blicharska B and Fallone G, Magnetic resonance assays of haloperidol in human serum albumin. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 20(1):62-66, 2011.
  61. Gruwel MHL, Latta P, Tomanek B, Improvements in MR imaging of solids through gradient waveform optimization. Can J Chem (Wasylishen special issue), 89:729-736, 2011.
  62. Lin HY, Freed D, Lee TWR, MD, Arora CR, Ali A, Almoustadi W, Xiang B, Wang F, Large S, King SB, Tomanek B, Tian G, Quantitative Assessment of Cardiac Output and Left Ventricular Function by Noninvasive Phase-Contrast and Cine MRI: Validation Study With Invasive Pressure-Volume Loop Analysis in a Swine Model. J Magn Reson Imag, 34:203-210, 2011.
  63. Blasiak B, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Foniok T, Sutherland GR, Veres T, Tomanek B, The effect of coating of Fe3O4/silica core/shell nanoparticles on T2 relaxation time at 9.4T. Eur J App Phys Nanotech, 55:10401, 2011.
  64. Gruwel MLH, Latta P, Matwiy B, Sboto-Frankenstein U, Gervai P, Tomanek B, Measurement of Viscoelastic Properties of Condensed Matter using Magnetic Resonance Elastography. Measurement Science Review, 10(5):1-6, 2010.
  65. Gruwel MLH, Latta P, Matwiy B, Tomanek B, Characterization of food stuffs using Magnetic Resonance Elastography. Food Research Int, 43:2087-2092, 2010.
  66. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Siluk D, Kaliszan R, 19F MRI and 3D CEM cells to study the effects of tocopherols and tocotrienols. J Pharmac Biomed Analysis, 53(3):599-602, 2010.
  67. Iqbal U, Trojahn U, Albaghdadi H, Zhang J, O Connor-McCourt M, Stanimirovic, D; Tomanek, B; Sutherland, G. Kinetic Analysis of Novel Mono- and Multivalent VHH-Fragments and their Application for Molecular Imaging of Brain Tumors. British Journal of Pharmacology, 160(4):1016-28, 2010.
  68. Blasiak B, Tomanek B, Abulrob A, Iqbal U, Stanimirovic D, Albaghdadi H, Foniok T, Lun X, Forsyth P, Sutherland GR. Detection of T2 changes in an early mouse brain tumor. Magn Res Imag, 28:784-789, 2010.
  69. Lattova E; Tomanek B; Bartusik D; Perreault H. N-glycomic changes in Human Breast Carcinoma MCF-7 and T-Lymphoblastoid Cells after Treatment with Herceptin and Herceptin/Lipoplex. Journal of Proteome Research 9(3):1533-40, 2010.
  70. Onu M., Gervai P, Cohen-Adad J, Lawrence J, Kornelsen J, Tomanek B. and Sboto-Frankenstein U.N. (2009). Human Cervical Spinal Cord Funiculi: Investigation with Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 31:829-37, 2010.
  71. Bartusik D, Tomanek B and Fallone G, Monitoring of 3D breast carcinoma cell culture using proton magnetic resonance. Medicinal Chemistry Research 9(19):1153-61, 2010, DOI 10.1007/s00044-009-9259-8 
  72. Latta P, Gruwel MLH, Jellúš V, Tomanek B, Bloch simulations with intra-voxel spin dephasing. J Magn Res 203(1):44-51, 2010.
  73. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Application of 19F magnetic resonance to study the efficacy of fluorine labeled drugs in the three-dimensional cultured breast cancer cells, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 493:234–241, 2010.
  74. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Lattová E, Perreault H, Tuszynski J, Fallone G. Derivatives of thiocolchicine and its applications to CEM cells treatment using 19F Magnetic Resonance ex vivo. Bioorganic Chemistry 38:1–6, 2010.
  75. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Detection of fluorine labeled Herceptin using cellular 19F MRI ex vivo. J of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 51:894-900, 2010.
  76. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Lattová E, Perreault H, Fallone G. Combined treatment of human MCF-7 breast carcinoma with antibody, cationic lipid and hyaluronic acid using ex vivo assays. J Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 51:192–201, 2010.
  77. Labak M, Foniok T, Kirk D, Rushforth D, Tkac I, Tomanek B, Jasiński A, Grieb P Metabolic changes in rat brain following intracerebroventrucular injections of streptozotocin: a new model of sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease. Acta Neurochirurgica, Suppl.106:177-81, 2010.
  78. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Lattova E, Perreault H, Fallone G, Ex vivo assays of CEM cell cultured and treated in the three dimensional cultures. Biomed and Pharmacotherapy, 64(6):390-395, 2010.
  79. Zhang Z., Clime L., Tomanek B., Sutherland G., Veres T., Low temperature first order reversal curves and interaction effects on assembles of iron oxide nanoparticles. Physica B: Condensed Matter. 404 (20):3666-3670, 2009.  doi:10.1016/j.physb.2009.06.056.
  80. Wang J, Liu H, Salerno TA, Tomanek B, Summers R, Deslauriers R, Arora R, and Tian G. Alternate antegrade/retrograde perfusion: an effective technique to preserve hypertrophied hearts during valvular surgery. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 35(1):69-76, 2009.
  81. Sharp JC, Yin D, Bernhardt RH, Deng Q, Procca AE, Tyson RL ,Lo K, Tomanek B. The integration of real and virtual magnetic resonance imaging experiments in a single instrument. Review of Scientific Instruments 80:093709-09, 2009.
  82. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Lattová E, Perreault H, Tuszynski J, Fallone G. The efficacy of new colchicine derivatives and viability of the T-Lymphoblastoid cells in three-dimensional culture using 19F MRI and HPLC-UV ex vivo. Bioorganic Chemistry, 37:193-201, 2009.
  83. Blasiak B., Volotovskyy V, Deng C., Tomanek B., An optimized solenoidal head radiofrequency coil for low-field magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 27:1302-1308, 2009. DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.018.
  84. Jin AY, Tuor UI, Rushforth D, Filfil R, Kaur J, Ni F, Tomanek B, Barber PA, Magnetic resonance molecular imaging of post-stroke neuroinflamation with a P-selectin targeted iron oxide nanoparticle. Contrast Media Mol Imaging 4:1-7, 2009, DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.292.
  85. Bartusik D, Tomanek B, Siluk D, Kaliszan R, Fallone G. The application of 19F Magnetic Resonance ex vivo Imaging of 3D cultured breast cancer cells to study the effect of δ-tocopherol. Anal. Biochem. 387:315-317, 2009.
  86. Węglarz WP, Tanasiewicz MM, Gruwel MLH, Tomanek B. MRI visualization of moisture ingress into porous tissue of decayed teeth. Diffusion Fundamentals, 10:29(1), 2009. 
  87. Wang L, Deng J, Tian W, Xiang B, Yang T, Li G, Wang J, Gruwel M, Kashour T, Rendell J, Glogowski M., Tomanek B, Freed D, Deslauriers R, Arora RC, Tian G. Adipose-derived stem cells are an effective cell candidate for treatment of heart failure: an MR imaging study of rat hearts.  American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulation Physiology 297:H1020-H1031, 2009.
  88. Wang L, Deng J, Wang J, Xiang B, Yang T, Gruwel M, Kashourc T, Tomanek B, Summer R, Freed D, Jassal DS, Daid G, Glogowski M, Deslauriers R, Arora R, Tian G. Superparamagnetic iron oxide does not affect the viability and function of adipose-derived stem cells, and superparamagnetic iron oxide–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging identifies viable cells. Magn Reson Imag, 27(1):109-119, 2009.
  89. Tuor UI, Meng S, Qiao M, Webster N, Crowley S, Dyck RH, Tomanek B, Differential Progression of Magnetization Transfer Imaging Changes Depending on Severity of Cerebral Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 28:1613-23, 2008.
  90. Volotovskyy V., Gruwel M. LH., Blasiak B., Tomanek B., A Multi Frequency Narrow Band Pass Filter. Concepts in Mag Res Imag Part B, (MR Engineering), 33B(3):141-145, 2008.
  91. Wang J; Liu HY; Lu H; Xiang B; Gruwel M; Tomanek B; Deslauriers R; Tian GH. Identification of chronic myocardial infarction with extracellular or intravascular contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging. Acta Pharmacol-Sin. 29(1): 65-73, 2008.
  92. Latta P, Gruwel M, Volotovskyy V, Weber MH, Tomanek B.  Single-point imaging with a variable phase encoding interval.  Magn. Reson. Imag. 26 (1):109-116, 2008.
  93. Wang, J., Liu, H., Salerno, T.A., Xiang, B., Li, G., Gruwel, G., Jackson, M., Manley, D., Tomanek, B., Deslauriers,R., Tian, G. Does Normothermic Normokalemic Simultaneous Antegrade/Retrograde Perfusion Improve Myocardial Oxygenation and Energy Metabolism for Hypertrophied Hearts? The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 83:1751 - 1759, 2007.
  94. Gruwel MLH, Latta P, Tanasiewicz M, Volotovskyy V, Sramek M, Tomanek B, MR Imaging of teeth using a silent Single Point Imaging technique. Appl. Phys. A. 88, 763:2007.
  95. Latta P, Gruwel MHL, Volotovskyy V, Weber M, Tomanek B, Simple phase method for measurement of magnetic field gradient waveforms. Mag Res Imag, 25:1272-1276, 2007.
  96. Majcher K, Tomanek B, Tuor UI, Jasiński A, Foniok T, Rushforth D, Hess G, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging within the Rat Spinal Cord Following Peripheral Nerve Injury. NeuroImage 38(4):669-676, Dec. 2007.
  97. Qiao M., Rushforth D., Wang R., R. Shaw A, Tomanek B., Dunn J, Tuor, U.I. BOLD MR Signal and Cerebral Oxygenation Responses to Brain Activation are Enhanced by Concurrent Transient Hypertension in Rats. J. Cereb. Blood Flow & Metab 27:1280-1289, 2007.
  98. Jin A. Rushforth, D. Filfil R., Kaur, J.Tuor, U.Foniok, T.Deka, K., Kirk, D.Lee-Petersen, J.Tomanek, B.Ni, F.Barber, P. Magnetic Resonance Molecular Imaging of Activated Endothelium in Acute Stroke Using a Targeted Iron-Oxide Nanoparticle Contrast agent. J of Cerebr Blood Flow and Metab 27:BP17-01W, 2007.
  99. Tomanek B, Foniok T, Saunders J, Sutherland G, An Integrated RF Probe and Skull Clamp for Intraoperative MR Imaging. Neurosurgery 60:179-180, 2007.
  100. Driscoll, I., Howard, S.R., Stone, J.C., Monfils, M.H., Tomanek, B., Brooks, W.M., Sutherland, R.J.  The Aging Hippocampus: A Multi-Level Analysis in the Rat. Neuroscience 139: 1173–1185, 2006.
  101. Wang, J., Liu H., Xiang B., Li G., Gruwel M., Jackson M., Tomanek B., Salerno TA, Deslauriers R, Tian G. Keeping the heart empty and beating improves preservation of hypertrophied hearts for valve surgery. J.Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Dec; 132(6): 1314-20, 2006.
  102. Meng S, Qiao M, Scobie K, Tomanek B, Tuor UI. Evolution of magnetic resonance imaging changes associated with cerebral hypoxia-ischemia and a relatively selective white matter injury in neonatal rats. Pediatr-Res Apr; 59(4 Pt 1): 554-9, 2006.
  103. Wang R, Foniok T, Wamsteeker JI, Qiao M, Tomanek B, Vivianco RA, Tuor UI. Transient blood pressure changes affect the functional magnetic resonance imaging detection of cerebral activation. NeuroImage May 15; 31(1): 1-11, 2006.
  104. Majcher K; Tomanek B, Jasinski A; Foniok T; Stroman PW, Tuor UI, Kirk D; Hess G, Simultaneous Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Rat Spinal Cord and Brain. Experimental Neurology 197: 458-464, 2006.
  105. Tomanek B, Volotovskyy V, Gruwel MLH, McKenzie E, King S, Double-Frequency Birdcage Volume Coils for 4.7T and 7T. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Part B, 26(B): 16-22, 2005.
  106. Stanwell P, Gluch L, Clark D, Tomanek B, Baker L, Giuffrè B, Lean C, Malycha P, Mountford C. Specificity of Choline Metabolites For In Vivo Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Using 1H MRS at 1.5T. European Radiology 15:1037-1043, 2005.
  107. Stroman PW, Kornelsen J, Bergman A, Krause V, Ethans K, Malisza KL, Tomanek B. Noninvasive assessment of the injured human spinal cord by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging. Spinal Cord Feb; 42(2): 59-66, 2004.
  108. Mirrashed F, Sharp JC, Krause V, Morgan J, Tomanek B, Pilot study of dermal and subcutaneouos fat structures by MRI in individuals who differ in gender, BMI, and cellulite grading. Skin Research and Technology 10:161-168, 2004.
  109. Barber P, Foniok T, Kirk D, Buchan AM, Laurent S, Boutry S, Muller RN, Hoyte L, Tomanek B, Tuor UI, MR Molecular Imaging of Early Endothelial Activation in Focal Ischemia, Ann Neurol, 56:116-120, 2004.
  110. Gruwel MLH, Latta P, Volotovskyy V, Sramek M, Tomanek B, Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Seeds using Single Point Acquisition, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52: 4979-83, 2004.
  111. Latta P, Gruwel MLH, Edie E, Sramek M, Tomanek B. Single point imaging with suppressed sound pressure levels through gradient-shape adjustment. J.Magn Reson. Oct; 170(2): 177-83, 2004.
  112. Qiao M, Latta P, Foniok T, Buist R, Meng S, Tomanek B and Tuor UI, Cerebral Blood Flow Response During Hypoxia-Ischemia and Insult Differs in Neonatal and Juvenile Rats MAGMA 17: 117-124, 2004.
  113. Mirrashed F, Sharp JC, Cheung E, Tomanek B, High-resolution imaging at 3T and 7T with multiring local volume coils. MAGMA, 16:167-173, 2004.
  114. Meng S, Qiao M, Lin L, Del Bigio MR, Tomanek B and Tuor UI, Correspondence of AQP4 Expression and Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Edema Monitored by MR Imaging in the Immature and Juvenile Rat. European Journal of Neuroscience, 19:2261-2269, 2004.
  115. Li G, Dai G, Xiang B, Mark J, Tomanek B, Liu H, Deslauriers R, Tian G, Mapping myocardial viability using interleaved T1-T2* weighted imaging, Int. Journal Cardiovasc. Imag, 20: 135-143, 2004.
  116. Qiao M, Latta P, Meng S, Tomanek B and Tuor UI, Development of acute edema following cerebral hypoxia-Ischemia in Neonatal Compared With Juvenile Rats using magnetic resonance imaging. Ped Res. 55(1):101-106, 2004.
  117. Rémy F, Frankenstein UN, Mincic A, Tomanek B, and Stroman PW. Pain modulates cerebral activity during cognitive performance. NeuroImage, 19(3): 655-64, 2003.
  118. Volotovskyy V, Tomanek B, Corbin I, Buist R, Tuor UI, Peeling J. Doubly Tunable Double Ring Surface Coil. Concepts in MR Part B (MR Engineering), 17(B)1:11-16, 2003.
  119. Jellus V, Sharp J, Tomanek B, Latta P. An NMR technique for measurement of magnetic field gradient waveforms, J. Mag. Res. 62: 189-197, 2003.
  120. Stroman PW, Tomanek B, Krause V, Malisza KL, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Brain Based on Signal Enhancement by Extravascular Protons (SEEP fMRI). Mag. Res. Med. 49(3): 433-439, 2003.
  121. Stroman PW, Tomanek B, Malisza K, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Brain and Spinal Cord by Means of Signal Enhancement by Extravascular Protons. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A, 16A(1): 28-34, 2003.
  122. Hoult DI, Tomanek B, Use of Mutually Inductive Coupling in Probe Design. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance (Magnetic Resonance Engineering), 15(4): 262-285, 2002.
  123. Tuor UI, McKenzie E and Tomanek B, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tonic Pain and Vasopressor Effects in Rats, Mag. Res. Imaging, 20:707-712, 2002.
  124. Stroman PW, Tomanek B, Krause V, Frankenstein UN, Malisza KL, Mapping of Neuronal Function in the Healthy and Injured Human Spinal Cord with Spinal fMRI, NeuroImage 17:1854-1860, 2002.
  125. Stroman PW, Krause V., Malisza KL, Frankenstein UN and Tomanek, B. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Cervical Spinal Cord With Stimulation of Different Sensory Dermatomes.  Magn. Reson. Imaging. 20:1-6, 2002.
  126. Sutherland G, Kaibara T, Wallace C, Tomanek B, Richter M, Intraoperative Assessment of Anurysm Clipping Using MR Angiography and Diffusion Weighted Imaging, Neurosurgery 50:893-898, 2002.
  127. Stroman PW, Krause V, Frankenstein UN, Malisza KL, Tomanek B, Extravascular Proton-Density Changes as a Non-BOLD Component of Contrast in fMRI of the Human Spinal Cord, Mag. Res. in Med. 48: 122-127, 2002.
  128. Shaw RA, Tuor UI, Foniok T, Bascaramurty S, Ringland K, McKenzie E, Qiao M, Tomanek B, Mantsch HH, Simultaneous Near-IR Spectroscopy and MRI to Assess Cerebral Oxygenation and Brain Water during Hypoxia-Ischemia in 2-Week-Old Rats, Diagnostic Optical Spectroscopy in Biomedicine, SPIE vol.4432: 57-64, 2001. 
  129. Stroman PW, Krause V, Frankenstein UN, Malisza KL, Tomanek B, Spin-Echo versus Gradient-Echo fMRI with Short Echo Times, Magn. Reson. Imaging, 19:827-831, 2001.
  130. Stroman PW, Krause V, Frankenstein UN, Malisza KL, Tomanek B, Characterization of Contrast Changes in Functional MRI of the Human Spinal Cord at 1.5 T. Magn. Reson. Imaging, 19:833-838, 2001.
  131. Hoult D., Saunders JK, Sutherland G., Sharp J., Gervin M., Kolansky G., Kripiakevich D, Procca A., Sebastian R., Dombay A., Rayner D., Roberts F., Tomanek B., The Engineering of an Interventional MRI with a Movable 1.5 Tesla Magnet, J Magn Reson Imag, 13:78-86, 2001.
  132. Tomanek B, Sutherland G, Saunders J, Hoult DI, Sharp J, Sebastian R, Gervin M, Dombay A, Interventional MRI with a Movable 1.5 Tesla System. Eur. Radiol. 10:C2, 2000.
  133. Tomanek B, Hoult DI, Chen X., Gordon R, A Probe with Chest Shielding for Improved Breast MR Imaging. Mag. Res. Med., 43:917-920, 2000.
  134. Sharp JC, Copps JC, (...), Tomanek B., Sato M, Analysis of Ovarectomy and Estrogen Effects on Body Composition in Rats by X-Ray and MRI Techniques. J Bone and Mineral Res, 1(15):138-146, 2000.
  135. Sutherland RS, Kaibara T., Louw D., Hoult D., Tomanek B., Saunders J., A Mobile High-field Magnetic Resonance System for Neurosurgery. J. Neurosurgery 91:804-813, 1999.     
  136. Dombay A, Hamilton M, Tomanek B, Sutherland G.Saunders J., Integrated mobile intra-operative MRI and neuro-navigational systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2208, 2001.
  137. Tomanek B., Hoult DI at al., Movable 1.5 Tesla Intraoperative System, MAGMA, 8:85-86, 1999.
  138. King SB, Ryner LN, Tomanek B, Sharp J, Smith ICP, MR Spectroscopy Using Multi-Ring Surface Coils, Mag. Res. Med., 42:655-664, 1999.
  139. Tomanek B., Ryner L., Hoult D.I., Kozlowski P., and Saunders J.K. Dual Surface Coil with High-B1 Homogeneity for Deep Organ MR Imaging.  Magn. Reson. Imaging 15(10): 1199-1204, 1997.
  140. Tomanek B., Jasinski A., Muszynska J., Sulek Z., Kwiecinski S., Skórka T., Krzyzak A., Kibinski J., Magnetic Resonance Microscopy of Internal Structure of the Honey Bee drone and queen, Journal of Apicultural Research, 35(1):3-9, 1996.
  141. Tomanek B., Hennel F., Jasinski A., Nedelec J.F., Bolo N., Fast 3D T1-Weighted Brain Imaging at 3T Using Modified 3D FLASH, Mag. Rez. w Med., 3(1),1995.
  142. Tomanek B., Jasinski A., Muszynska J, Sulek Z., Kwiecinski S., Skorka T., Krzyzak A, Kibinski J, Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Study of Honeybee Internal Structure, Apitology Sc. Letters, Pulawy, p.191, 1995.
  143. Hennel F., Jasinski A., Tomanek B., Double EPI Sequence with 180° Pulses. Mag. Res. Med., 16:161-165, 1990.

Research

Areas of Research

Spinal Cord / Nerve Injury & Pain
Activities

Molecular MR imaging of brain cancer. MR Technology - new imaging techniques. Application of brain and spinal fMRI to spinal cord injury. Fluorine MRI in cancer research. Intraoperative MRI.

Projects

Permanent magnet for “gradient-free” MRI (NSERC Discovery)

The design of a light and compact magnet for MRI (NSERC Discovery)

The development of highly specific multimodal contrast agents for breast cancer diagnosis (Alberta Innovates Health Solutions)

Development of a Molecular Imaging Program for Central Nervous System Neoplasms (CIHR), Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine, Innovative Approaches in Health Research