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University of Santa Clara, CA, B.S., 1970-74, Biology
University of CA at Los Angeles, CA, M.D., 1974-78, Medicine
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Dillon WP: The use of contrast agents in MRI of the central Nervous System. Perspectives in Radiology 2:95-108, 1989.

Dillon WP, Som PM, Fullerton GD: Hypointense MR signal in chronically inspissated sinonasal secretions. Radiology 174:73-77, 1989.

Harnsberger HR, Dillon WP: The Radiologic Role in Diagnosis, Staging, and Follow-up of Neoplasia of the Brain, Spine, and Head and Neck. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MR, 10:6:431-452, 1989.

Jackler R, Shapiro M, Dillon WP, Pitts L, Lanser M J. Gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in acoustic tumor diagnosis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery 102(6):670-677, 1990.

Valk PE, Dillon WP: Radiation injury of the brain: a review. AJNR , 12(1):45-62, 1991

Dillon WP and Harnsberger HR: The impact of radiologic imaging on staging of cancer of the head and neck. Seminars in Oncology 18:2:64-79, 1991

Barakos J and Dillon WP, Chew WM: Orbit, Skull Base, and Pharynx: Contrast -enhanced fat saturated MR imaging. Radiology 179:191-198, 1991

Dowd CF, Dillon WP, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM: Magnetic resonance imaging of intractable complex partial seizures: Pathological and electroencephalographic correlation. Epilepsia 32(4):454-459, 1991

Marinier DS, Deicken R, Fein G, Hubesch B, Van Dyke C, Dillon WP, Davenport L, Meyerhoff D, Weiner M: Alterations of brain phosphorus metabolites associated with MRI white matter signal hyperintensities. Radiology, 1992, 183:247-256.

Meyerhofff DJ, MacKay S, Bachman L, Poole N, Dillon WP, Weiner MW, Fein G.: Reduced brain N-acetylaspartate suggests neuronal loss in cognitively impaired human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive individuals: In vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Neurology 1993;43:509-515.

Fein G, Meyerhoff DJ, Di Schlafani V, Ezekiel F, Poole N, MacKay S, Dillon WP, Constans JM, Weiner MW: 1H MRSI separates neuronal from glial changes in alcohol related brain atrophy. Alcohol and glial cells. NIH Research Monograph - 27, 1994.

Garcia PA, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Dillon WP: Prognostic value of qualitative magnetic resonance imaging hippocampal abnormalities in patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for medically refractory seizures. Epilepsia 1994, 35(3): 520-524

Ciricillo SF, Dillon WP, Edwards MSB: Progression of multiple cryptic vascular malformations associated with anomalous venous drainage. Journal of Neurosurgery 1994, 81:477-481

Gaensler E, Dillon WP, Edwards MSB, Larson, D., Rosenau, W, Wilson, CB: Radiation-induced telangiectasias in the brain simulates cryptic vascular malformations at MRI imaging. Radiology 1994, 193:629-636

Huang HK; Arenson RL; Dillon WP; Lou SL; Bazzill T; Wong AW. Asynchronous transfer mode technology for radiologic image communication. American Journal of Roentgenology, 1995 Jun, 164(6):1533-6.

Di Scalfani V, Ezekiel F, Meyerhoff D, McKay S, Poole N, Dillon WP, Weiner M, Fein G: Brain atrophy and cognitive function in older abstinent alcoholic men. Alcoholism, 19(5):1121-1126, 1995.

Barr P, Dillon WP, Wilson CB: Slow-flow vascular malformations of the Pons: Capillary Telangiectasias? AJNR January 1996, 17:71-78.

Nelson, SJ; Day, MR; Buffone, PJ; Wald, LL; Budinger, TF; Hawkins, R; Dillon, WP; Huhn, S; Prados, MD; Chang, S; Vigneron, DB. Alignment of volume MR images and high resolution [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET images for the evaluation of patients with brain tumors. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 1997 Mar-Apr, 21(2):183-91.

Nelson SJ, Huhn S, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Lawrence LW, Prados M, Chang S, Gutin P, Sneed PK, Hawkins RA, Dillon WP: Volume MRI and MRSI techniques for the quantitation of treatment response in brain tumors. JMRI 1997, Vol. 7:1146-1152.

Wald, LL; Nelson, SJ; Day, MR; Noworolski, SE; Henry, RG; Huhn, SL; Chang, S; Prados, MD; Sneed, PK; Larson, DA; Wara, WM; McDermott, M; Dillon, WP; Gutin, PH; Vigneron, DB. Serial proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging of glioblastoma multiforme after brachytherapy. Journal of Neurosurgery, 1997 Oct, 87(4):525-34.

Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Wald LL, Henry RG, Moyher SE, Larson D, Sneed PK, Wara W, Verhey L, Prados M, Chang S, McDermott M, Gutin P, Dillon WP: Serial MRI and proton MRSI for the assessment of response to radiosurgery in patients with metastatic brain tumors. (submitted AJNR)

Henry RG, Day MR, Wald LL, Noworolski SM, Star-Lack JM, Vigneron DB, Dillon WP, Fischbein NJ, Grant PE, Chang S, Nelson SJ: Comparison of relative rCBV and proton spectroscopy in the evaluation of brain tumors. (ISMRM, Vancouver BC)

Chang S, Henry R, Vigneron D, Fischbein N, McDermott M, Barbaro N, Wilson C, Aldape K, Dillon WP, Dowling C, Nelson S: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) characteristics of newly diagnosed brain lesions. (The Society for Neuro-Oncology; Congress of Neurologic Surgery).

Dowling C, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Noworolski SM, Henry R, Carvajal L, McDermott M, Dillon WP, Nelson SJ: Correlation of Preoperative MR spectroscopy imaging with subsequent histologic examination in brain tumor patients with a mass lesion. (In preparation, abstract presented at ASNR)

Dillon WP, et al. Noninvasive Surgery for Epilepsy; the Era of Image Guidance. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1999 Feb, 20(2):185

Fischbein NJ, Dillon WP, Cobb C, and Weinstein P.: The 'Pre-syrinx' state: A reversible myelopathic condition that may precede syringomyelia. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1999 Jan, 20(1):7-20

Dillon WP, Nelson SJ: What is the Role of MR Spectroscopy in the Evaluation and Treatment of Brain Neoplasms? American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1999 Jan, 20(1): 2-3

Aassar OS, Dillon WP: Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer: Role and Usefulness of FDG PET in Locating Occult Primary Tumors. Radiology. 1999 Jan, 210 (1): 177-81.

Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB, Dillon WP: Serial evaluation of patients with brain tumors using volume MRI and 3D 1H MRSI (Review article). NMR in Biomedicine 1999; 12:123-138.

Manley G, and Dillon WP: Acute posterior fossa syndrome following lumbar drainage for treatment of suboccipital pseudomeningocele. Journal of Neurosurgery 92:469-474, 2000.

Burnside ES, Andriole KP, Dillon WP: Double-exposure artifact mimicking a cervical spine fracture on computed radiography. American Journal of Roentgenology, 2000 Jan, 174(1):264.

Dillon WP: Head and Neck Imaging. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2000 Jan, 21(1):25-8.

Roberts HC, Dillon WP, Smith WS. Dynamic CT perfusion to assess the effect of carotid revascularization in chronic cerebral ischemia. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2000 Feb, 21(2):421-5.

Fischbein NJ, Kaplan MJ, Holliday RA, Dillon WP. Recurrence of clival chordoma along the surgical pathway. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2000 Mar, 21(3):578-83.

CHAPTERS

Dillon WP: MRI of the nasopharynx. In: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Central Nervous System. Brant-Zawadzki M and Norman D, eds. Clavadel Press, 1987.

Dillon WP, Miller E, Mancuso AA: CT of the cervical soft tissues. In: Modern Neuroradiology: CT of the extracranial head and neck. Newton TH, Dillon WP and Hasso A, eds. Clavadel Press, 1988.

Dillon WP and Mancuso AA: The oropharynx and nasopharynx. In: Modern Neuroradiology: CT of the extracranial head and neck. Newton TH, Dillon WP, and Hasso, eds. Clavadel Press, 1988.

Dillon WP: Imaging the Oral Cavity in Oral Cancer. Sol Silverman, Jr, ed., American Cancer Society, New York

Dillon WP, Gold RG: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in Textbook of Gliomas. Berger MS, Wilson CB, eds., W.B. Saunders Company, 1996.

BOOKS

1988 Modern Neuroradiology: CT of the head and neck. Newton TH, Hasso A, Dillon WP, eds. Clavadel Press, San Anselmo, CA, 1988.

1989 MRI and CT of the Head and Neck, workbook. Mancuso AA, Harnsberger HR, Dillon, WP. ed. Williams and Wilkens, St. Louis, MO, 1989.

1999 Teaching Atlas of Brain Imaging. Fischbein N, Dillon W, Barkovich AJ. Eds. Thieme, New York, 1999.

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