Thomas Link, M.D.

Radiologist

Additional Languages

French
German

Education

Johannes Gutenberg University School of Medicine 1987

Residencies

University of Muenster School of Medicine 1993

Fellowships

University of Muenster School of Medicine, Radiology 1993
UCSF Medical Center, Radiology 1997

Selected Research and Publications

1. Srikhum W, Virayavanich W, Burghardt AJ, Yu A, Link TM, Imboden JB, Li X. Quantitative and Semiquantitative Bone Erosion Assessment on High-resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2013 Apr; 40(4):408-16.
2. Patsch JM, Burghardt AJ, Yap SP, Baum T, Schwartz AV, Joseph GB, Link TM. Increased cortical porosity in type 2 diabetic postmenopausal women with fragility fractures. J Bone Miner Res. 2013 Feb; 28(2):313-24.
3. Valentinitsch A, Patsch JM, Burghardt AJ, Link TM, Majumdar S, Fischer L, Schueller-Weidekamm C, Resch H, Kainberger F, Langs G. Computational identification and quantification of trabecular microarchitecture classes by 3-D texture analysis-based clustering. Bone. 2013 May; 54(1):133-40.
4. Baum T, Joseph GB, Nardo L, Virayavanich W, Arulanandan A, Alizai H, Carballido-Gamio J, Nevitt MC, Lynch J, McCulloch CE, Link TM. Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging-based knee cartilage T2 measurements and focal knee lesions with body mass index: Thirty-six-month followup data from a longitudinal, observational multicenter study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Jan; 65(1):23-33.
5. Ries MD, Link TM. Monitoring and risk of progression of osteolysis after total hip arthroplasty. Instr Course Lect. 2013; 62:207-14.
6. Nejadnik H, Henning TD, Do T, Sutton EJ, Baehner F, Horvai A, Sennino B, McDonald D, Meier R, Misselwitz B, Link TM, Daldrup-Link HE. MR Imaging Features of Gadofluorine-Labeled Matrix-Associated Stem Cell Implants in Cartilage Defects. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e49971.
7. Srikhum W, Nardo L, Karampinos DC, Melkus G, Poulos T, Steinbach LS, Link TM. Magnetic resonance imaging of ankle tendon pathology: benefits of additional axial short-tau inversion recovery imaging to reduce magic angle effects. Skeletal Radiol. 2013 Apr; 42(4):499-510.
8. Karampinos DC, Melkus G, Shepherd TM, Banerjee S, Saritas EU, Shankaranarayanan A, Hess CP, Link TM, Dillon WP, Majumdar S. Diffusion tensor imaging and T(2) relaxometry of bilateral lumbar nerve roots: feasibility of in-plane imaging. NMR Biomed. 2012 Dec 4.
9. Baum T, Kutscher M, Müller D, Räth C, Eckstein F, Lochmüller EM, Rummeny EJ, Link TM, Bauer JS. Cortical and trabecular bone structure analysis at the distal radius-prediction of biomechanical strength by DXA and MRI. J Bone Miner Metab. 2013 Mar; 31(2):212-21.
10. Ries MD, Link TM. Monitoring and risk of progression of osteolysis after total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Nov 21; 94(22):2097-105.
11. Souza RB, Feeley BT, Zarins ZA, Link TM, Li X, Majumdar S. T1rho MRI relaxation in knee OA subjects with varying sizes of cartilage lesions. Knee. 2013 Mar; 20(2):113-9.
12. Jungmann PM, Li X, Nardo L, Subburaj K, Lin W, Ma CB, Majumdar S, Link TM. Do cartilage repair procedures prevent degenerative meniscus changes?: longitudinal t1? and morphological evaluation with 3.0-T MRI. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Dec; 40(12):2700-8.
13. Prasad AP, Nardo L, Schooler J, Joseph GB, Link TM. T(1?) and T(2) relaxation times predict progression of knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2013 Jan; 21(1):69-76.
14. Kumar D, Schooler J, Zuo J, McCulloch CE, Nardo L, Link TM, Li X, Majumdar S. Trabecular bone structure and spatial differences in articular cartilage MR relaxation times in individuals with posterior horn medial meniscal tears. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2013 Jan; 21(1):86-93.
15. Nardo L, Alizai H, Virayavanich W, Liu F, Hernandez A, Lynch JA, Nevitt MC, McCulloch CE, Lane NE, Link TM. Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae: association with low back pain. Radiology. 2012 Nov; 265(2):497-503.
16. Baum T, Dütsch Y, Müller D, Monetti R, Sidorenko I, Räth C, Rummeny EJ, Link TM, Bauer JS. Reproducibility of trabecular bone structure measurements of the distal radius at 1.5 and 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2012 Sep; 36(5):623-6.
17. Stehling C, Souza RB, Hellio Le Graverand MP, Wyman BT, Li X, Majumdar S, Link TM. Loading of the knee during 3.0T MRI is associated with significantly increased medial meniscus extrusion in mild and moderate osteoarthritis. Eur J Radiol. 2012 Aug; 81(8):1839-45.
18. Koivumäki JE, Thevenot J, Pulkkinen P, Kuhn V, Link TM, Eckstein F, Jämsä T. Cortical bone finite element models in the estimation of experimentally measured failure loads in the proximal femur. Bone. 2012 Oct; 51(4):737-40.
19. Subburaj K, Kumar D, Souza RB, Alizai H, Li X, Link TM, Majumdar S. The acute effect of running on knee articular cartilage and meniscus magnetic resonance relaxation times in young healthy adults. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Sep; 40(9):2134-41.
20. Henning TD, Gawande R, Khurana A, Tavri S, Mandrussow L, Golovko D, Horvai A, Sennino B, McDonald D, Meier R, Wendland M, Derugin N, Link TM, Daldrup-Link HE. Magnetic resonance imaging of ferumoxide-labeled mesenchymal stem cells in cartilage defects: in vitro and in vivo investigations. Mol Imaging. 2012 Jun; 11(3):197-209.

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