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THOMAS MILNER

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InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Surgery
AddressOne Baylor Plaza
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    TitleProfessor
    InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
    DepartmentDepartment of Dermatology
    DivisionDermatology


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    R01HL163582     (MILNER, THOMAS E)May 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2026
    NIH
    Transvenous Optoacoustic-Ultrasound Guided Cold Laser Wire for Crossing Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01EB002021     (MILNER, THOMAS E.)Jun 1, 2001 - May 31, 2006
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    INFRARED TOMOGRAPHIC MICRSCOPY OF BLOOD VESSELS
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01RR014069     (MILNER, THOMAS E.)Jun 1, 2001 - May 31, 2005
    NIH
    INFRARED TOMOGRAPHIC MICRSCOPY OF BLOOD VESSELS
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01HL059472     (MILNER, THOMAS E.)Jan 1, 1998 - Dec 31, 2001
    NIH
    REAL TIME HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING OF MICROVASCULATURE
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Riedinger EC, Mohaghegh M, Leshchenko V, Posid T, Katta N, Milner TE, Teichman JMH, Knudsen BE. Thulium Fiber Laser: Long Pulse Width as an Independent Risk Factor for Excessive Heat Generation. J Endourol. 2025 Nov; 39(11):1158-1164. PMID: 40938578.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Young P, Nolen D, Milner TE, Gruslova A, Vela D, Buja LM, Diaz Sanmartin LA, Rad P, Feldman MD. Histology-Grounded Automated Plaque Subtype Segmentation in Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2025 Mar; 4(3Part B):102524. PMID: 40230683; PMCID: PMC11993869.
      Citations: 1     
    3. Gruslova AB, Katta N, Nolen D, Jenney S, Vela D, Buja M, Cilingiroglu M, Seddighi Y, Han HC, Milner TE, Feldman MD. Intravascular laser lithotripsy for calcium fracture in human coronary arteries. EuroIntervention. 2023 Dec 18; 19(11):e913-e922. PMID: 38060282; PMCID: PMC10722992.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Gruslova AB, Inanc IH, Cilingiroglu M, Katta N, Milner TE, Feldman MD. Review of intravascular lithotripsy for treating coronary, peripheral artery, and valve calcifications. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 02; 103(2):295-307. PMID: 38091341.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Barauah V, Parsa S, Chowdhury N, Milner T, Rylander HG. Scattering angle resolved optical coherence tomography measures morphological changes in Bacillus subtilis colonies. J Biomed Opt. 2022 12; 27(12):126004. PMID: 36590979; PMCID: PMC9800589.
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    6. Zhang J, Sans M, DeHoog RJ, Garza KY, King ME, Feider CL, Bensussan A, Keating MF, Lin JQ, Povilaitis SC, Katta N, Milner TE, Yu W, Nagi C, Dhingra S, Pirko C, Brahmbhatt KA, Van Buren G, Carter S, Thompson A, Grogan RH, Suliburk J, Eberlin LS. Clinical Translation and Evaluation of a Handheld and Biocompatible Mass Spectrometry Probe for Surgical Use. Clin Chem. 2021 09 01; 67(9):1271-1280. PMID: 34263289.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Andleeb F, Katta N, Gruslova A, Muralidharan B, Estrada A, McElroy AB, Ullah H, Brenner AJ, Milner TE. Differentiation of Brain Tumor Microvasculature From Normal Vessels Using Optical Coherence Angiography. Lasers Surg Med. 2021 12; 53(10):1386-1394. PMID: 34130353.
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    8. Halaney DL, Katta N, Fallah H, Aguilar G, Milner TE. Group Refractive Index of Nanocrystalline Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Transparent Cranial Implants. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2021; 9:619686. PMID: 33869149; PMCID: PMC8044953.
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    9. Nguyen HTM, Katta N, Widman JA, Takematsu E, Feng X, Torres-Hurtado SA, Betancourt T, Baker AB, Suggs LJ, Milner TE, Tunnell JW. Laser nanobubbles induce immunogenic cell death in breast cancer. Nanoscale. 2021 Feb 14; 13(6):3644-3653. PMID: 33538275; PMCID: PMC8710258.
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    10. Gardner MR, Baruah V, Vargas G, Motamedi M, Milner TE, Rylander HG. Scattering Angle Resolved Optical Coherence Tomography Detects Early Changes in 3xTg Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020 04; 9(5):18. PMID: 32821490; PMCID: PMC7401921.
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    11. Milner TE. Introduction to Special Issue Honoring the Contributions of AJ Welch. Lasers Surg Med. 2020 03; 52(3):195. PMID: 31803952.
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    12. Hoyt T, Feldman MD, Okutucu S, Lendel V, Marmagkiolis K, McIntosh V, Mego D, Paixao A, Iliescu C, Park J, Shaar M, Avci R, McElroy A, Dijkstra J, Milner TE, Ates I, Kose G, Cilingiroglu M. Assessment of Vascular Patency and Inflammation with Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Superficial Femoral Artery Disease Treated with Zilver PTX Stents. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2020 01; 21(1):101-107. PMID: 31395436.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Hashemi M, Mohammadi J, Omidi M, Smyth HDC, Muralidharan B, Milner TE, Yadegari A, Ahmadvand D, Shalbaf M, Tayebi L. Self-assembling of graphene oxide on carbon quantum dot loaded liposomes. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2019 Oct; 103:109860. PMID: 31349463.
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    14. Gardner MR, Rahman AS, Milner TE, Rylander HG. Scattering-Angle-Resolved Optical Coherence Tomography of a Hypoxic Mouse Retina Model. J Exp Neurosci. 2019; 13:1179069519837564. PMID: 30944521; PMCID: PMC6440039.
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    15. Hashemi M, Muralidharan B, Omidi M, Mohammadi J, Sefidbakht Y, Kima ES, Smyth HDC, Shalbaf M, Milner TE. Effect of size and chemical composition of graphene oxide nanoparticles on optical absorption cross-section. J Biomed Opt. 2018 08; 23(8):1-9. PMID: 30156063.
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    16. Gardner MR, Lewis A, Park J, McElroy AB, Estrada AD, Fish S, Beaman JJ, Milner TE. In situ process monitoring in selective laser sintering using optical coherence tomography. Opt Eng. 2018 Apr; 57(4). PMID: 29576665; PMCID: PMC5859933.
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    17. Yang X, Leesar MA, Ahmed H, Lendel V, Rodriguez G, Mutlu D, Cawich I, Prasad A, Oglesby M, Marmagkiolis K, Phillips NE, Jouke D, Michalek J, Liu Q, Milner T, McElroy A, Hoyt T, Feldman MD, Cilingiroglu M. Impact of ticagrelor and aspirin versus clopidogrel and aspirin in symptomatic patients with peripheral arterial disease: Thrombus burden assessed by optical coherence tomography. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2018 10; 19(7 Pt A):778-784. PMID: 29550045.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Hashemi M, Omidi M, Muralidharan B, Tayebi L, Herpin MJ, Mohagheghi MA, Mohammadi J, Smyth HDC, Milner TE. Layer-by-layer assembly of graphene oxide on thermosensitive liposomes for photo-chemotherapy. Acta Biomater. 2018 Jan; 65:376-392. PMID: 29109030.
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    19. Hashemi M, Omidi M, Muralidharan B, Smyth H, Mohagheghi MA, Mohammadi J, Milner TE. Evaluation of the Photothermal Properties of a Reduced Graphene Oxide/Arginine Nanostructure for Near-Infrared Absorption. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Sep 27; 9(38):32607-32620. PMID: 28841283.
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    20. Zhang J, Rector J, Lin JQ, Young JH, Sans M, Katta N, Giese N, Yu W, Nagi C, Suliburk J, Liu J, Bensussan A, DeHoog RJ, Garza KY, Ludolph B, Sorace AG, Syed A, Zahedivash A, Milner TE, Eberlin LS. Nondestructive tissue analysis for ex vivo and in vivo cancer diagnosis using a handheld mass spectrometry system. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Sep 06; 9(406). PMID: 28878011; PMCID: PMC5830136.
      Citations: 79     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    21. Katta N, McElroy AB, Estrada AD, Milner TE. Optical coherence tomography image-guided smart laser knife for surgery. Lasers Surg Med. 2018 03; 50(3):202-212. PMID: 28782115.
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    22. Minami Y, Hoyt T, Phipps JE, Milner TE, Xing L, Lee H, Yu B, Feldman MD, Jang IK. Lipid-lowering therapy stabilizes the complexity of non-culprit plaques in human coronary artery: a quantitative assessment using OCT bright spot algorithm. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Apr; 33(4):453-461. PMID: 27987040.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Phipps JE, Hoyt T, Vela D, Wang T, Michalek JE, Buja LM, Jang IK, Milner TE, Feldman MD. Diagnosis of Thin-Capped Fibroatheromas in Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Images: Effects of Light Scattering. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 07; 9(7). PMID: 27406987; PMCID: PMC4946571.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Yin B, Dwelle J, Wang B, Wang T, Feldman MD, Rylander HG, Milner TE. Fourier optics analysis of phase-mask-based path-length-multiplexed optical coherence tomography. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2015 Nov 01; 32(11):2169-77. PMID: 26560931.
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    25. Halaney DL, Zahedivash A, Phipps JE, Wang T, Dwelle J, Saux CJ, Asmis R, Milner TE, Feldman MD. Differences in forward angular light scattering distributions between M1 and M2 macrophages. J Biomed Opt. 2015 Nov; 20(11):115002. PMID: 26538329; PMCID: PMC4881287.
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    26. Minami Y, Phipps JE, Hoyt T, Milner TE, Ong DS, Soeda T, Vergallo R, Feldman MD, Jang IK. Clinical utility of quantitative bright spots analysis in patients with acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Dec; 31(8):1479-87. PMID: 26202158.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Wang T, McElroy A, Halaney D, Vela D, Fung E, Hossain S, Phipps J, Wang B, Yin B, Feldman MD, Milner TE. Detection of plaque structure and composition using OCT combined with two-photon luminescence (TPL) imaging. Lasers Surg Med. 2015 Aug; 47(6):485-94. PMID: 26018531.
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    28. Wang T, McElroy A, Halaney D, Vela D, Fung E, Hossain S, Phipps J, Wang B, Yin B, Feldman MD, Milner TE. Dual-modality fiber-based OCT-TPL imaging system for simultaneous microstructural and molecular analysis of atherosclerotic plaques. Biomed Opt Express. 2015 May 01; 6(5):1665-78. PMID: 26137371; PMCID: PMC4467709.
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    29. Liu S, Datta A, Ho D, Dwelle J, Wang D, Milner TE, Rylander HG, Markey MK. Effect of image registration on longitudinal analysis of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness of non-human primates using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Eye Vis (Lond). 2015; 2:3. PMID: 26605359; PMCID: PMC4657366.
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    30. Liu S, Wang B, Yin B, Milner TE, Markey MK, McKinnon SJ, Rylander HG, Liu S. Retinal nerve fiber layer reflectance for early glaucoma diagnosis. J Glaucoma. 2014 Jan; 23(1):e45-52. PMID: 23835671; PMCID: PMC3844555.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    31. Yin B, Wang B, Rylander HG, Milner TE. Degradation in the degree of polarization in human retinal nerve fiber layer. J Biomed Opt. 2014 Jan; 19(1):16001. PMID: 24390374; PMCID: PMC3881105.
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    32. Wang B, Yin B, Dwelle J, Rylander HG, Markey MK, Milner TE. Path-length-multiplexed scattering-angle-diverse optical coherence tomography for retinal imaging. Opt Lett. 2013 Nov 01; 38(21):4374-7. PMID: 24177097; PMCID: PMC3903005.
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    33. Yin B, Kuranov RV, McElroy AB, Kazmi S, Dunn AK, Duong TQ, Milner TE. Dual-wavelength photothermal optical coherence tomography for imaging microvasculature blood oxygen saturation. J Biomed Opt. 2013 May; 18(5):56005. PMID: 23640076; PMCID: PMC3642243.
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    34. Dwelle J, Liu S, Wang B, McElroy A, Ho D, Markey MK, Milner T, Rylander HG. Thickness, phase retardation, birefringence, and reflectance of the retinal nerve fiber layer in normal and glaucomatous non-human primates. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Jul 01; 53(8):4380-95. PMID: 22570345; PMCID: PMC3394663.
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    35. Sea J, Jonat LM, Chew BH, Qiu J, Wang B, Hoopman J, Milner T, Teichman JM. Optimal power settings for Holmium:YAG lithotripsy. J Urol. 2012 Mar; 187(3):914-9. PMID: 22264464.
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    36. Elmaanaoui B, Wang B, Dwelle JC, McElroy AB, Liu SS, Rylander HG, Milner TE. Birefringence measurement of the retinal nerve fiber layer by swept source polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography. Opt Express. 2011 May 23; 19(11):10252-68. PMID: 21643283; PMCID: PMC3129618.
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    37. Patel MN, Smith PG, Kim J, Milner TE, Johnston KP. Electrophoretic mobility of concentrated carbon black dispersions in a low-permittivity solvent by optical coherence tomography. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2010 May 15; 345(2):194-9. PMID: 20176365.
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    38. Park J, Kemp NJ, Rylander HG, Milner TE. Complex polarization ratio to determine polarization properties of anisotropic tissue using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. Opt Express. 2009 Aug 03; 17(16):13402-17. PMID: 19654746; PMCID: PMC2749477.
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    39. Liu S, Paranjape AS, Elmaanaoui B, Dewelle J, Rylander HG, Markey MK, Milner TE. Quality assessment for spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2009; 7171:71710X. PMID: 20431701; PMCID: PMC2860632.
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    40. Kemp NJ, Park J, Zaatari HN, Rylander HG, Milner TE. Fibre orientation contrast for depth-resolved identification of structural interfaces in birefringent tissue. Phys Med Biol. 2006 Aug 07; 51(15):3759-67. PMID: 16861779.
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    41. Park J, Kemp NJ, Zaatari HN, Rylander HG, Milner TE. Differential geometry of normalized Stokes vector trajectories in anisotropic media. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2006 Mar; 23(3):679-90. PMID: 16539067.
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    42. Rylander HG, Kemp NJ, Park J, Zaatari HN, Milner TE. Birefringence of the primate retinal nerve fiber layer. Exp Eye Res. 2005 Jul; 81(1):81-9. PMID: 15978258.
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    43. Kemp NJ, Park J, Zaatari HN, Rylander HG, Milner TE. High-sensitivity determination of birefringence in turbid media with enhanced polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2005 Mar; 22(3):552-60. PMID: 15770994.
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    44. Akkin T, Dav? DP, Youn JI, Telenkov SA, Rylander HG, Milner TE. Imaging tissue response to electrical and photothermal stimulation with nanometer sensitivity. Lasers Surg Med. 2003; 33(4):219-25. PMID: 14571445.
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    45. de Boer JF, Srinivas SM, Park BH, Pham TH, Chen Z, Milner TE, Nelson JS. Polarization Effects in Optical Coherence Tomography of Various Biological Tissues. IEEE J Sel Top Quantum Electron. 1999 Jul-Aug; 5(4):1200-1204. PMID: 25774083; PMCID: PMC4358303.
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