Matthew David Rifkin MD
Radiologist | Diagnostic Radiology
1000 Montauk Highway West Islip NY, 11795Rating
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Dr. Matthew Rifkin is a radiologist practicing in West Islip, NY. Dr. Rifkin 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.
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RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Needle biopsy DNA ploidy status predicts grade shifting in prostate cancer.
- Ultrasound, MR back up prostate cancer diagnosis.
- The prognostic significance of proliferation-associated nucleolar protein p120 expression in prostate adenocarcinoma: a comparison with cyclins A and B1, Ki-67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and p34cdc2.
- Pelvic lymph node visualization with MR imaging using local administration of ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxide contrast.
- Juvenile granulosal cell tumor of the testicle.
- Should ultrasound criteria of the prostate be redefined to better evaluate when and where to biopsy.
- Should prostate-specific antigen or prostate-specific antigen density be used as the determining factor when deciding which prostates should undergo biopsy during prostate ultrasound.
- Efficacy of including the transition zone in routine biopsies of the prostate in men at high risk.
- Color Doppler imaging of the prostate: important adjunct to endorectal ultrasound of the prostate in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
- Visual inspection of the prostate biopsy specimen: aid to diagnosis and management.
- Chemical shift artifact along the section-select axis.
- Ultrasonographic and color Doppler imaging of hemorrhagic epididymitis in Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
- Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland in a young child.
- Polycythemia vera and myelofibrosis: correlation of MR imaging, clinical, and laboratory findings.
- Partial angle inversion recovery (PAIR) MR imaging: spin-echo and snapshot implementation.
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