Antonio Westphalen, M.D., Ph.D

Professor
Section Chief

Abdominal Imaging

Biography

Dr. Westphalen is the Section Chief of abdominal imaging at the University of Washington and UW professor of radiology.

Dr. Westphalen earned his MD degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in 1995, and completed his residency from the Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and from the Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Brazil, followed by a fellowship in Abdominal Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco in 2005. He also earned his MAS degree from the Master’s Degree Program in Clinical Research in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from UCSF. He received his PhD from the Doctoral Degree Program in Surgical Sciences, Urology at Universidade Federal do Sul, Brazil in 2012.

Dr. Westphalen’s research interests are centered on the use of advanced imaging technologies to diagnose and treat patients with prostate cancer.

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)

Use of Imaging and Biopsy in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: A Survey From the Asian Prostate Imaging Working Group
Li-Jen Wang, Masahiro Jinzaki, C. Tan, et al. - Published 2023 - KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

The Evidence for Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Prostate Cancer MR Imaging
Rodrigo Canellas, M. Kohli, A. Westphalen - Published 2023 - CURRENT ONCOLOGY REPORTS

Improving multiparametric MR‐transrectal ultrasound guided fusion prostate biopsies with hyperpolarized 13C pyruvate metabolic imaging: A technical development study
Hsin-Yu Chen, R. Bok, M. Cooperberg, et al. - Published 2022 - MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE

US lesion visibility predicts clinically significant upgrade of prostate cancer by systematic biopsy
Nathan Velarde, A. Westphalen, Hao G Nguyen, et al. - Published 2022 - ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY

US lesion visibility predicts clinically significant upgrade of prostate cancer by systematic biopsy
Nathan Velarde, A. Westphalen, Hao G Nguyen, et al. - Published 2022 - ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY

Mixed Supervision of Histopathology Improves Prostate Cancer Classification from MRI
A. Rajagopal, A. Westphalen, Nathan Velarde, et al. - Published 2022 - ARXIV.ORG

Lexicon for adrenal terms at CT and MRI: a consensus of the Society of Abdominal Radiology adrenal neoplasm disease-focused panel
D. Glazer, W. Mayo-Smith, E. Remer, et al. - Published 2022 - ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY

Non‐Contrast‐Enhanced MR Arteriography of Potential Living‐Related Liver Donor: Using Contrast Enhanced CT Arteriography as Standard Reference
Wei-Ching Lin, Chun-Ming Chen, A. Westphalen, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Diagnostic Accuracy and Prognostic Value of Serial Prostate Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Men on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer.
C. Chu, J. Cowan, P. Lonergan, et al. - Published 2021 - EUROPEAN UROLOGY ONCOLOGY

An Image Quality-informed Framework for CT Characterization.
R. Smith-Bindman, Sophronia Yu, Yifei Wang, et al. - Published 2021 - RADIOLOGY