Steven C. Horii, MD, FACR, FSIIM

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Steven C. Horii, MD, FACR, FSIIM, is a board-certified radiologist with the Department of Radiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - New York University, New York, NY

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology - University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY (Chief Resident)

Fellowship

Abdominal Radiology - New York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital Center, and Manhattan Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York, NY

Board Certification

Diagnostic Radiology – American Board of Radiology

Titles and Academic Titles

Radiologist

Emeritus Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2020

Xi I, Wu J, Guan J, Zhang PJ, Horii SC, Soulen MC, Zhang Z, Bai HX. “Deep learning for differentiation of benign and malignant solid liver lesions on ultrasonography.” Abdominal Radiology, 2020 Jul 17. doi: 10.1007/s00261-020- 02564-w.

Dejardins B, Mirsky Y, Osrtiz MP, Glozman Z, Tarbox L, Horn, R, Horii SC: DICOM images have been hacked! Now what? Am J Roentgenol 2020; 214(4): 727- 735. DOI: 10.2214/AJR.19.21958

2019

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia sacs: prenatal imaging and associated postnatal outcomes. Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Adams SE, Didier RA, Horii SC, Victoria T, Hedrick HL, Adzick NS, Howell LJ, Moldenhauer JS, Coleman BG. Pediatr Radiol. 2019 Jan 11. doi: 10.1007/s00247-018-04334-9. [Epub ahead of print]

2018

Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Horii SC, Pogoriler JE, Victoria T, Khalek N, Howell LJ, Adzick NS, Coleman BG. Congenital Lobar Overinflation: A Rare Enigmatic Lung Lesion on Prenatal Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Sep 12. doi: 10.1002/jum.14801. [Epub ahead of print] Read the abstract.

Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Giannone MM, Pogoriler JE, Johnson AM, Horii SC, Gebb JS, Howell LJ, Adzick NS, Coleman BG: Going with the Flow: An Aid in Differentiating Bronchopulmonary Sequestrations and Hybrid Lesions. J Ultrasound Med 2018; 37:371-383. February 2018.

2017

Oliver ER, Coleman BG, DeBari SE, Victoria T, Looney DM, Horii SC, Moldenhauer JS, Langer JE, Howell LJ, Pawel BR, Adzick NS. Fetal Lymphatic Malformations: More Variable Than We Think? J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Jan 27. Doi:10.7863/ultra.16.04071. [Epub ahead of print]

2015

Coleman BG, Langer JE, Horii SC. The diagnostic features of spina bifida: the role of ultrasound. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2015;37(3):179-196.

2013

Victoria T, Epelman M, Coleman BG, Horii S, Oliver ER, Mahboubi S, Khalek N, Kasperski S, Edgar JC, Jaramillo D. Low-dose fetal CT in the prenatal evaluation of skeletal dysplasias and other severe skeletal abnormalities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013;200(5):989-1000. 

Books

Horii, SC, Kim, Y: (eds): SPIE Medical Imaging Handbook: Image Display and PACS. Bellingham, WA, SPIE 1999.

Chapters

2021

Horii SC, Behlen FM: PACS Readiness and PACS Migration. In: Branstetter, BF (Ed): Practical Imaging Informatics, 2nd Edition. New York, 2021, Springer Nature, Chapter 32: 553-584.

Siegel E, Horii SC, Rostenberg B: Reading Room Design. In: Branstetter, BF (Ed): Practical Imaging Informatics, 2nd Edition. New York, 2021, Springer Nature, Chapter 21: 343-360.

2017

Horii SC: Advanced Fetal Sonography and Therapy. In: Torigian, DA and Ramchandani P (Eds): Radiology Secrets Plus, 4th Edition. Philadelphia, 2017, Elsevier, Chapter 60: 602- 623.

2011

Horii SC, Loew MH: Image Processing and the Performance Gap. In: Deserno TM. Biomedical Image Processing. New York, 2011 Springer Verlag, Chapter 22: 545-566. 36. Horii SC: DICOM. In: Kagadis GC, Langer SG: Informatics in Medical Imaging. London, 2011, Taylor & Francis, Chapter 4: 41-67.

2009

Horii SC: PACS Readiness. In: Branstetter BF: Practical Imaging Informatics. New York, 2009 Springer Verlag: Chapter 21: 331-348.

2006

Horii SC: Imaging Techniques. In: Rostenberg B: The Architecture of Medical Imaging. Hoboken, NJ, 2006 John Wiley & Sons: Chapter 6: 83-131. 29. Horii SC: Image Management Systems. In: Rostenberg B: The Architecture of Medical Imaging. Hoboken, NJ, 2006 John Wiley & Sons: Chapter 7: 133-150.

2005

Horii SC, Wolbarst AB: The Psychophysics of Optical Images. In: Wolbarst AB: Physics of Radiology, 2nd Edition. Madison, WI, 2005; Medical Physics Publishing: Chapter 20: 230-241.

Horii SC: Intraoperative ultrasound: an interface of radiology and surgery. In: Lemke HU, Inamura K, Doi K, Vannier MW, Farman AG (Eds): Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2005. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier: 381-386. 27. Horii SC: Workstation software. In: Dreyer K, Hirschorn D, Mehta A, Thrall J (eds): PACS: A Guide to the Digital Revolution. New York, NY, 2005 Springer Verlag: Chapter 20: 385-431.

2002

Horii SC: The Merging of Emerging Technologies. In: Reiner BI, Siegel EL, Weiss DL (eds): Electronic Reporting in the Digital Medical Enterprise. Great Falls, VA, 2002; SCAR: Ch 10.

2001

Horii SC: Archiving Future Technologies. In: Reiner BI, Siegel EL, Smith EM (eds): Archiving Issues in the Digital Medical Enterprise. Great Falls, VA, 2001; SCAR: 114- 120.

2000

Kim, Y, Horii SC (eds.): Handbook of Medical Imaging Volume 3: Image Display and PACS. Bellingham, WA, SPIE, 2000.

1998

Horii, SC: Ultrasound of the Liver. In: Evans, SRT, and Ascher, SM: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery: Imaging Strategies and Surgical Decision Making. New York; Wiley-Liss, 1998: 267-320.

1997

Horii, S.C.: Workstations for medical imaging: a needs assessment. In: Lemke, H.U., Vannier, M.W., Inamura, K. (Eds): Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 1997. Amsterdam; Elsevier, 1997: 297-304.

1993

Horii, S.C.: Book review: Osteaux, M. (Ed): A Second Generation PACS Concept. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1992. In: AJR, 1993.

Dubinsky, T., Horii, S.C., Odwin, C., Price, R.R., Garay, M.: Ultrasonic Physics and Instrumentation (Chapter 1), in: Odwin, C., Dubinsky, T., Fleischer, A.: Ultrasonography: Examination Review and Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Appleton & Lange, East Norwalk, CT, 1993.

1991

Horii, S.C., Mun, S.K., Levine, B.A., Lo, S.-C.B., Garra, B.S., Zeman, R.K., Freedman, M., Leftridge, C., Schellinger, D., Keyes, J., Elliott, L.P., Fielding, R., Benson, H.: PACS Clinical Experience at Georgetown University, in: Huang, H.K., Ratib, O., Bakker, A.R., Witte, G. (eds.): Picture Archiving and Communication Systems in Medicine. NATO Advanced Scientific Institute Series, Series F, v. 74, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 169-181, 1991.

Horii, S.C.: An introduction to the ACR-NEMA Standards, in: Huang, H.K., Ratib, O., Bakker, A.R., Witte, G. (eds.): Picture Archiving and Communication Systems in Medicine. NATO Advanced Scientific Institute Series, Series F, v. 74, Springer-Verlag,Berlin, pp 119-139, 1991.

Horii, S.C., Horii, H.N.: Reading Room Design for PACS, in: Huang, H.K., Ratib, O., Bakker, A.R., Witte, G. (eds.): Picture Archiving and Communication Systems in Medicine. NATO Advanced Scientific Institute Series, Series F, v. 74, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 63-70, 1991.

1987

Horii, S.C., Raghavendra, B.N.: Transcutaneous Sonography of the Postoperative Spine, in Naidich, T.P, and Quencer, R.M. (eds.): Ultrasound of the Central Nervous System, pp 233-241, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1987.

Awards and Honors

2021, Gold Medal Award, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
2015, First Editor Emeritus, Journal of Digital Imaging; Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
2010-2014, NIH National Library of Medicine Board of Scientific Counselors, Lister Hill Center
2003, Selected for the cover of Decisions in Imaging Economics magazine and featured in the cover story, “The Prophets of PACS”
2002, Certificate of Appreciation: National Institutes of Health
1999, “Excellence in Diagnostic Imaging” award in “Partnership”, Diagnostic Imaging Magazine
1996, Certificate of Merit, InfoRAD exhibit "WWW-Based applications for radiologists", Radiological Society of North America
1996, "Twenty Most Influential People in Radiology", Diagnostic Imaging Magazine
1972, Departmental Honors (Chemistry), Johns Hopkins University
1971, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Premedical Honor Society

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

1996-present, Reviewer, Academic Radiology
1996-present, Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
1987-present, Reviewer, Radiology and Radiographics

Academic and Institutional Committees

2008-present, Clinical Informatics Committee, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
2006-present, Informatics Committee, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
1997-present, PACS Committee, Department of Radiology
1988-present, Special Study Section (Radiology, Radiologic Physics) National Institutes of Health

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

American Board of Imaging Informatics
American College of Radiology
 - 2004-present, Committee on DICOM Standards
 - 1998, Fellow
American Roentgen Ray Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
 - 2017, Life Member
Institute of Navigation
Radiological Society of North America
 - 2020-present, Research and Education Grant Program Committee, Chairman
Radiology Information Systems Consortium
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
 - 2007-present, Chairman, History Subcommittee
Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
International Society for Optics and Photonics
 - 2007-present, Program Committee, Medical Imaging: PACS Design and Evaluation
The International Society for Optical Engineering
  - 2016, Fellow
 - 2016, Senior Member
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
 - 2000, Fellow