Publications

Lab Publications:

Relationship between quantitative MRI and radiological, histological, and biochemical measures of intervertebral disc health in client-owned, nonchondrodystrophic-breed dogs. 

Falck AL, Buko EO, Chase KL, Pendleton D, McDermott K, Kim O, Parvaze SP, Armstrong AR, Arnold SA, Bradley EW, Ellingson AM, Ober CP, Rendahl A, Johnson CP. JOR Spine 2025; 8(3):e70105.

Optimized analytical segmented method for improved intravoxel incoherent motion parameter extraction in low-perfused tissues. 

Buko EO, Parvaze SP, Johnson CP. Magn Res Med 2025 (epub).

Detection of early metaphyseal changes in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease using quantitative mapping of MRI relaxation times. 

Buko EO, Armstrong AR, Laine JC, Toth F, Johnson CP. J Orthop Res 2024; 42(10):2277-2286.

Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) detects femoral head ischemia in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. 

Buko EO, Bhave S, Moeller S, Laine JC, Toth F, Johnson CP. J Orthop Res 2024; 42(4):855-863. 

Effects of acute femoral head ischemia on the growth plate and metaphysis in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Armstrong AR, Tóth F, Carlson CS, Kim HKW, Johnson CP. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2023; 31(6):766-774.

Quantitative T2 and T1ρ mapping are sensitive to ischemic injury to the epiphyseal cartilage in an in vivo piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Armstrong AR, Bhave S, Buko EO, Chase KL, Tóth F, Carlson CS, Ellermann JM, Kim HKW, Johnson CP. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2022; 1244-1253 .

T1ρ and T2 mapping detect acute ischemic injury in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Johnson CP, Tóth F, Carlson CS, Armstrong AR, Zbýň Š, Wu B, Ellermann JM, Kim HKW. J Orthop Res 2022; 40(2):484-494.

Three-Dimensional GRE T1ρ mapping of the brain using tailored variable flip-angle scheduling. 

Johnson CP, Thedens DR, Kruger SJ, Magnotta VA. Magn Reson Med 2020; 84(3):1235-1249.

Quantitative susceptibility mapping detects neovascularization of the epiphyseal cartilage after ischemic injury in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Johnson CP, Wang L, Tóth F, Aurwajoye O, Kirkham B, Carlson CS, Kim HK, Ellermann JM. J Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 50(1): 106-113.

Quantitative MRI helps to detect hip ischemia: preclinical model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Johnson CP, Wang L, Tóth F, Aruwajoye O, Carlson CS, Kim HK, Ellermann JM. Radiology 2018; 289(2):386-395.

Collaborative Publications:

Longitudinal in vivo 3T MRI of naturally occurring early osteochondrosis lesions in the piglet humeral epiphyseal cartilage and growth plate. 

Armstrong AR, Buko EO, Johnson CP, Tóth F. J Orthop Res 2025 (epub).

Targeted transarterial embolization of the femoral head: development of a minimally invasive approach to model Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in piglets. 

Novotny SA, Laine JC, Johnson CP, Armstrong AR, Buko EO, Amann AA, Talaie R, Tóth F. PLoS One 2025; 20(5):e0323360.

Porcine myogenesis in cloned wildtype and MYF5/MYOD/MYF6-null porcine embryo. 

Choe YH, Das S, Ma X, Lee H, Sorensen JR, Hoffman DB, Jo CH, Johnson CP, Cassel N, Garry DJ, Greising SM, Garry MG. Commun Biol 2025; 8(1):217.

Relationship between the extent of vascular injury and the evolution of surgically induced osteochondrosis lesions in a piglet model. 

Tóth F, Buko EO, Armstrong AR, Johnson CP. PLoS One 2024; 19(8):e0308641.

Epiphyseal cartilage vascular architecture at the distal humeral osteochondritis dissecans predilection site in juvenile pigs. 

Toth F, Nissi MJ, Armstrong AR, Buko EO, Johnson CP. J Orthop Res 2024; 42(4):737-744. 

Morphological alterations of lumbar intervertebral discs in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Foltz MH, Johnson CP, Truong W, Polly DW Jr, Ellingson AM. Spine J 2023; S1529-9430(23)03350-8. 

Macrophages and intervertebral disc degeneration.

Koroth J, Buko EO, Abbott R, Johnson CP, Ogle BM, Stone LS, Ellingson AM, Bradley EW. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24(2):1367. 

Evaluation of lesion and overlying articular cartilage in patients with juvenile osteochondritis dissecans of the knee using quantitative diffusion MRI.

Zbýň Š, Kajabi AW, Nouraee CM, Ludwig KD, Johnson CP, Tompkins MA, Nelson BJ, Zhang L, Moeller S, Marette S, Metzger GJ, Carlson CS, Ellermann JM. J Orthop Res 2023; 41(7):1449-1463. 

Longitudinal 3T MRI T2* mapping of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD) lesions differentiates operative from non-operative patients - pilot study.

Kajabi AW, Zbýň Š, Johnson CP, Tompkins MA, Nelson BJ, Takahashi T, Shea KG, Marette S, Carlson CS, Ellermann JM. J Orthop Res 2023; 41(1):150-160.  

Compositional evaluation of lesion and parent bone in patients with juvenile osteochondritis dissecans of the knee using T2 * mapping.

Zbýň Š, Santiago C, Johnson CP, Ludwig KD, Zhang L, Marette S, Tompkins MA, Nelson BJ, Takahashi T, Metzger GJ, Carlson CS, Ellermann JM. J Orthop Res 2022; 40(7):1632-1644.

A pilot study to assess the healing of meniscal tears in young adult goats. 

Fedje-Johnston W, Johnson CP, Tóth F, Carlson CS, Ellingson AM, Albersheim M, Lewis J, Bechtold J, Ellermann J, Rendahl A, Tompkins M. Sci Rep 2021; 11(1):14181. 

Epiphyseal cartilage canal architecture and extracellular matrix remodeling in mucopolysaccharidosis VII dogs at the onset of postnatal growth. 

Jiang Z, Johnson CP, Nykänen O, Nissi M, Lau YK, Wu M, Casal ML, Smith LJ. Connect Tissue Res 2021; 62(6):698-708. 

Quantifying the effect of posterior spinal instrumentation on the MRI signal of adjacent intervertebral discs. 

Foltz MH, O'Leary RM, Reader D, Rudolph NL, Schlitter KA, Ellermann J, Johnson CP, Polly DW Jr, Ellingson AM. Spine Deform 2020; 8(5):845-851.

MRI evaluation of articular cartilage in patients with juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD) using T2∗ mapping at 3T. 

Ludwig KD, Johnson CP, Zbýň Š, Nowacki A, Marette S, Takahashi T, Macalena JA, Nelson BJ, Tompkins MA, Carlson CS, Ellermann JM. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2020; 28(9):1235-1244.

R1ρ sensitivity to pH and other compounds at clinically accessible spin-lock fields in the presence of proteins. 

Owusu N, Johnson CP, Kearney W, Thedens D, Wemmie J, Magnotta VA. NMR Biomed 2020; 33(2):e4217.

Measuring knee bone marrow perfusion using arterial spin labeling at 3T. 

Li X, Johnson CP, Ellermann J. Sci Rep 2020; 10(1):5260.

7T bone perfusion imaging of the knee using arterial spin labeling MRI. 

Li X, Johnson CP, Ellermann J. Magn Reson Med 2020; 83(5):1577-1586.

Three-dimensional quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of epiphyseal cartilage vascularity using vessel image features: new insights into juvenile osteochondritis dissecans. 

Ellermann JM, Ludwig KD, Nissi MJ, Johnson CP, Strupp JP, Wang L, Zbýň Š, Tóth F, Arendt E, Tompkins M, Shea K, Carlson CS. JB JS Open Access 2019; 4(4): e0031.1-9.

Evaluation of the suitability of miniature pigs as animal models of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans. 

Tóth F, Johnson CP, Mills B, Nissi MJ, Nykänen O, Ellermann J, Ludwig KD, Tompkins M, Carlson CS. J Orthop Res 2019; 37(10):2130-2137.

Noninvasive assessment of biochemical and mechanical properties of lumbar discs through quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in asymptomatic volunteers.

Foltz MH, Kage CC, Johnson CP, Ellingson AM. J Biomech Eng 2017; 139(11):1110021–7.