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Jay Willhite

Assistant Professor of Radiology
Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging

Selected Publications


Circumferential Epidural Patch for Postdural Puncture Headache: A Technical Report.

Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · April 2, 2026 A subset of postdural puncture headaches (PDPH) persist despite conventional epidural blood patches (EPDs), leading to chronic symptoms and substantial disability. Dural punctures may involve not only the dorsal dural surface, which is covered by a standar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reporting the Degree of Certainty of CSF-Venous Fistulas in Patients with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: The Duke CSF-Venous Fistula Confidence Score.

Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · November 3, 2025 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CSF-venous fistulas (CVFs) are a common cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). CVF identification and localization are critical for diagnosis and treatment, but inconsistent visualization of CVFs on myelography leads t ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Duke University Cervical Spine MRI Segmentation Dataset (CSpineSeg).

Journal Article Sci Data · October 27, 2025 This work describes a publicly available dataset, the Duke University Cervical Spine MRI Segmentation Dataset (CSpineSeg), consisting of 1,255 cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations from 1,232 patients collected from the Duke Universi ... Full text Link to item Cite

SegmentAnyBone: A universal model that segments any bone at any location on MRI.

Journal Article Med Image Anal · April 2025 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is pivotal in radiology, offering non-invasive and high-quality insights into the human body. Precise segmentation of the MRIs into different organs and tissues would be very beneficial as it would allow more accurate measu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic Performance of Renal Contrast Excretion on Early-Phase CT Myelography in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension.

Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · January 8, 2025 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Early opacification of the renal collecting system during CT myelography (CTM) performed for the evaluation of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) has been demonstrated in prior studies. However, these investigations often in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Resisted Inspiration Improves Visualization of CSF-Venous Fistulas in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension.

Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · August 2023 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CSF-venous fistulas are an important cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension but are challenging to detect. A newly described technique known as resisted inspiration has been found to augment the CSF-venous pressure gradient a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Team Approach: Metal Hypersensitivity in Total Joint Arthroplasty.

Journal Article JBJS Rev · January 1, 2023 »: As total joint arthroplasty volume continues to grow nationwide, more uncommon complications such as metal implant hypersensitivity are reported with greater frequency in the literature. »: Metal hypersensitivity is a challenging diagnosis given the pot ... Full text Link to item Cite

Financial Impact of Imaging Examination Site of Service in the Medicare Population.

Journal Article Curr Probl Diagn Radiol · 2023 PURPOSE: The financial sustainability of the US healthcare system is a growing concern in an environment of declining reimbursement and rising costs. Variable Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) reimbursement and denial rates for specific imaging exami ... Full text Link to item Cite

Learning from errors: Implementation of a resident-oriented radiology morbidity and mortality conference as an educational tool.

Journal Article Clin Imaging · April 2022 PURPOSE: Our diagnostic radiology (DR) program lacked a formalized, structured process for residents to learn from errors. Prior DR residency Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) survey results additionally demonstrated opportunity ... Full text Link to item Cite