William E Rothfus MD
Radiologist | Diagnostic Radiology
200 Lothrop St Room 3950 Chp Cmt Pittsburgh PA, 15213Rating
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Dr. William Rothfus is a radiologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Rothfus specializes in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging techniques such as X-Rays, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography exams. These techniques offer accurate visibility to the inside of the patients body and help to detect otherwise hidden illnesses so that they can be treated quickly and efficiently.
Education and Training
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1976
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diagnosis of Os odontoideum using kinematic magnetic resonance imaging. A case report.
- Robust midsagittal plane extraction from normal and pathological 3-D
- Management of neurocytomas: case report and review of the literature.
- Neuroradiologic-pathologic correlation in a neurenteric cyst of the clivus.
- Incorrect needle position during lumbar epidural steroid administration: inaccuracy of loss of air pressure resistance and requirement of fluoroscopy and epidurography during needle insertion.
- Cervical diskography performed with a "prong deflector" for improved access to the cervical disk spaces.
- Severe thoracic kyphosis in the older patient in the absence of vertebral fracture: association of extreme curve with age.
- Lower cervical nerve root block using CT fluoroscopy in patients with large body habitus: another benefit of the swimmer's position.
- Pain improvement after intradiskal lidocaine administration in provocation lumbar diskography: association with diskographic contrast leakage.
- Postdiskogram CT features of lidocaine-sensitive and lidocaine-insensitive severely painful disks at provocation lumbar diskography.
- Adjacent double-nerve root contributions in unilateral lumbar radiculopathy.
- Degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Role of CT-myelography in the MR era.
- Peripheral disc margin shape and internal disc derangement: imaging correlation in significantly painful discs identified at provocation lumbar discography.
- Immediate pain response to interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid administration: response characteristics and effects of anesthetic concentration.
- The radiologic assessment of post-traumatic vertebral stability.
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