Alex Vitkin

Affiliations

Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 101 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada.
Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, 610 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Stewart building, 149 College St Suite 504, Toronto, ON M5 T 1P5, Canada.
Co-senior authors.

Publications (23)

Novel quantitative signature of tumor stromal architecture: polarized light imaging differentiates between myxoid and sclerotic human breast cancer stroma.

Biomedical optics express

Avec: Blake Jones , Georgia Thomas , Jared Westreich , Sharon Nofech-Mozes , Alex Vitkin , Mohammadali Khorasani

Novel methodology to image stromal tissue and assess its morphological features with polarized light: towards a tumour microenvironment prognostic signature.

Biomedical optics express

Avec: Jared Westreich , Mohammadali Khorasani , Blake Jones , Valentin Demidov , Sharon Nofech-Mozes , Alex Vitkin

A multiscale Mueller polarimetry module for a stereo zoom microscope.

Biomedical engineering letters

Avec: Adam Gribble , Michael A Pinkert , Jared Westreich , Yuming Liu , Adib Keikhosravi , Mohammadali Khorasani , Sharon Nofech-Mozes , Kevin W Eliceiri , Alex Vitkin

Toward a quantitative method for estimating tumour-stroma ratio in breast cancer using polarized light microscopy.

Biomedical optics express

Avec: Jillian Sprenger , Ciara Murray , Jigar Lad , Blake Jones , Georgia Thomas , Sharon Nofech-Mozes , Mohammadali Khorasani , Alex Vitkin

Special Section Guest Editorial: Polarimetry in Biomedical Optics.

Journal of biomedical optics

Avec: Alex Vitkin , Jessica C Ramella-Roman , Nirmalya Ghosh

Peri-tumoural stroma collagen organization of invasive ductal carcinoma assessed by polarized light microscopy differs between OncotypeDX risk group.

Journal of biophotonics

Avec: Blake Jones , Georgia Thomas , Jillian Sprenger , Sharon Nofech-Mozes , Mohammadali Khorasani , Alex Vitkin

Diattenuation and retardance signature of plasmonic gold nanorods in turbid media revealed by Mueller matrix polarimetry.

Scientific reports

Avec: Subir Kumar Ray , Nirmalya Ghosh , Alex Vitkin

A Dorsal Skinfold Window Chamber Tumor Mouse Model for Combined Intravital Microscopy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Translational Cancer Research.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE

Avec: W Jeffrey Zabel , Nader Allam , Hector Alejandro Contreras Sanchez , Warren Foltz , Costel Flueraru , Edward Taylor , Alex Vitkin

Reflection mode polarimetry guides laser mass spectrometry to diagnostically important regions of human breast cancer tissue.

Scientific reports

Avec: Michael D Singh , Lan Anna Ye , Michael Woolman , Francis Talbot , Arash Zarrine-Asfar , Alex Vitkin

Accurate early prediction of tumour response to PDT using optical coherence angiography.

Scientific reports

Avec: M A Sirotkina , A A Moiseev , L A Matveev , V Y Zaitsev , V V Elagin , S S Kuznetsov , G V Gelikonov , S Y Ksenofontov , E V Zagaynova , F I Feldchtein , N D Gladkova , A Vitkin

An improved treatment planning and quality assurance process for Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study eye plaque brachytherapy.

Brachytherapy

Avec: R A Weersink , S Patterson , H Ballantyne , A Di Tomasso , J Borg , A Vitkin , A Rink , A Beiki-Ardakani

Detection and differentiation of semi-transparent materials simulating biological structures using optical coherence tomography: a phantom study.

Journal of biomedical optics

Avec: Muhammad Mohsin Qureshi , Nader Allam , Taylor Peters , Valentin Demidov , Alex Vitkin

Mueller matrix polarization parameters correlate with local recurrence in patients with stage III colorectal cancer.

Scientific reports

Avec: Kseniia Tumanova , Stefano Serra , Anamitra Majumdar , Jigar Lad , Fayez Quereshy , Mohammadali Khorasani , Alex Vitkin

Spatial analysis of polarimetric images to enhance near-surface sampling sensitivity: feasibility in demineralized teeth and other tissue-like media.

Journal of biomedical optics

Avec: Michael D Singh , Lothar Lilge , Alex Vitkin

Protein classification by autofluorescence spectral shape analysis using machine learning.

Talanta

Avec: Darshan Chikkanayakanahalli Mukunda , Jackson Rodrigues , Subhash Chandra , Nirmal Mazumder , Alex Vitkin , Krishna Kishore Mahato

Optical coherence angiography for pre-treatment assessment and treatment monitoring following photodynamic therapy: a basal cell carcinoma patient study.

Scientific reports

Avec: E V Gubarkova , F I Feldchtein , E V Zagaynova , S V Gamayunov , M A Sirotkina , E S Sedova , S S Kuznetsov , A A Moiseev , L A Matveev , V Y Zaitsev , D A Karashtin , G V Gelikonov , L Pires , A Vitkin , N D Gladkova

Matrix metalloproteinases regulate ECM accumulation but not larval heart growth in Drosophila melanogaster.

Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology

Avec: C J R Hughes , S Turner , R M Andrews , A Vitkin , J R Jacobs

Low-coherence photonic method of electrochemical processes monitoring.

Scientific reports

Avec: Monika Kosowska , Paweł Jakóbczyk , Michał Rycewicz , Alex Vitkin , Małgorzata Szczerska

Polarimetric biomarkers of peri-tumoral stroma can correlate with 5-year survival in patients with left-sided colorectal cancer.

Scientific reports

Avec: Jigar Lad , Stefano Serra , Fayez Quereshy , Mohammadali Khorasani , Alex Vitkin

Impact of velocity gradient in Poiseuille flow on the statistics of coherent radiation scattered by flowing Brownian particles in optical coherence tomography.

Journal of biomedical optics

Avec: Ivan Popov , Andrew Weatherbee , Alex Vitkin

Correction to: A multiscale Mueller polarimetry module for a stereo zoom microscope.

Biomedical engineering letters

Avec: Adam Gribble , Michael A Pinkert , Jared Westreich , Yuming Liu , Adib Keikhosravi , Mohammadali Khorasani , Sharon Nofech-Mozes , James Jonkman , Kevin W Eliceiri , Alex Vitkin

From nanoparticles to crystals: one-pot programmable biosynthesis of photothermal gold structures and their use for biomedical applications.

Journal of nanobiotechnology

Avec: Roman Nudelman , Hashim Alhmoud , Bahman Delalat , Ishdeep Kaur , Anastasia Vitkin , Laure Bourgeois , Ilan Goldfarb , Anna Cifuentes-Rius , Nicolas H Voelcker , Shachar Richter

Machine learning based local recurrence prediction in colorectal cancer using polarized light imaging.

Journal of biomedical optics

Avec: Anamitra Majumdar , Jigar Lad , Kseniia Tumanova , Stefano Serra , Fayez Quereshy , Mohammadali Khorasani , Alex Vitkin

Réseau de co-auteurs

Mohammadali Khorasani 9 collaborations

Sharon Nofech-Mozes 6 collaborations

Blake Jones 4 collaborations

Jared Westreich 4 collaborations

Jigar Lad 4 collaborations

A Vitkin 4 collaborations

Georgia Thomas 3 collaborations

Stefano Serra 3 collaborations

Fayez Quereshy 3 collaborations

Valentin Demidov 2 collaborations

Adam Gribble 2 collaborations

Michael A Pinkert 2 collaborations

Yuming Liu 2 collaborations

Adib Keikhosravi 2 collaborations

Kevin W Eliceiri 2 collaborations

Jillian Sprenger 2 collaborations

Nirmalya Ghosh 2 collaborations

Nader Allam 2 collaborations

Michael D Singh 2 collaborations

M A Sirotkina 2 collaborations

A A Moiseev 2 collaborations

L A Matveev 2 collaborations

V Y Zaitsev 2 collaborations

S S Kuznetsov 2 collaborations

G V Gelikonov 2 collaborations

E V Zagaynova 2 collaborations

F I Feldchtein 2 collaborations

N D Gladkova 2 collaborations

Kseniia Tumanova 2 collaborations

Anamitra Majumdar 2 collaborations

Ciara Murray 1 collaboration

Jessica C Ramella-Roman 1 collaboration

Subir Kumar Ray 1 collaboration

W Jeffrey Zabel 1 collaboration

Hector Alejandro Contreras Sanchez 1 collaboration

Warren Foltz 1 collaboration

Costel Flueraru 1 collaboration

Edward Taylor 1 collaboration

Lan Anna Ye 1 collaboration

Michael Woolman 1 collaboration

Francis Talbot 1 collaboration

Arash Zarrine-Asfar 1 collaboration

V V Elagin 1 collaboration

S Y Ksenofontov 1 collaboration

R A Weersink 1 collaboration

S Patterson 1 collaboration

H Ballantyne 1 collaboration

A Di Tomasso 1 collaboration

J Borg 1 collaboration

A Rink 1 collaboration

A Beiki-Ardakani 1 collaboration

Muhammad Mohsin Qureshi 1 collaboration

Taylor Peters 1 collaboration

Lothar Lilge 1 collaboration

Darshan Chikkanayakanahalli Mukunda 1 collaboration

Jackson Rodrigues 1 collaboration

Subhash Chandra 1 collaboration

Nirmal Mazumder 1 collaboration

Krishna Kishore Mahato 1 collaboration

E V Gubarkova 1 collaboration

S V Gamayunov 1 collaboration

E S Sedova 1 collaboration

D A Karashtin 1 collaboration

L Pires 1 collaboration

C J R Hughes 1 collaboration

S Turner 1 collaboration

R M Andrews 1 collaboration

J R Jacobs 1 collaboration

Monika Kosowska 1 collaboration

Paweł Jakóbczyk 1 collaboration

Michał Rycewicz 1 collaboration

Małgorzata Szczerska 1 collaboration

Ivan Popov 1 collaboration

Andrew Weatherbee 1 collaboration

James Jonkman 1 collaboration

Roman Nudelman 1 collaboration

Hashim Alhmoud 1 collaboration

Bahman Delalat 1 collaboration

Ishdeep Kaur 1 collaboration

Anastasia Vitkin 1 collaboration

Laure Bourgeois 1 collaboration

Ilan Goldfarb 1 collaboration

Anna Cifuentes-Rius 1 collaboration

Nicolas H Voelcker 1 collaboration

Shachar Richter 1 collaboration