Vladimir P. Zharov

High Impact

Researcher

UAMS

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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55 h-index 339 pubs 12,293 cited

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Vladimir P. Zharov's research focuses on the development and application of advanced optical and photoacoustic imaging techniques for disease diagnostics and treatment monitoring. He has investigated the use of gold nanoparticles and indocyanine green dye as contrast agents for photoacoustic and fluorescence tomography. His work includes the development of portable diagnostic devices, such as the Cytophone, designed for global disease diagnostics, including noninvasive in vivo photoacoustic detection of malaria.

His research has extended to studying circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and their prognostic relevance in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, utilizing dynamic changes following interventional radiological treatments. Zharov has also explored the photothermal and heat-transfer properties of materials like detonation nanodiamonds. His laboratory has also investigated label-free photothermal disruption of cytotoxic aggregates as a potential therapeutic approach in disease models, such as Huntington’s disease in *C. elegans*.

Collaborating with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Zharov has published extensively in this field. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 55, with over 335 publications and 12,224 citations, designating him as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

h-index: 55
Publications: 339
Citations: 12,293

Selected Publications

Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)

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Additional file 1 of Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)

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Additional file 1 of Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)

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Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)

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Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)

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Noninvasive in vivo photoacoustic detection of malaria with Cytophone in Cameroon (2024)

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Towards rainbow portable Cytophone with laser diodes for global disease diagnostics (2022)

10 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Model-Based Approach To Detection Of The Circulating Melanoma Cells From The Photoacoustic Cytometry Data (2021)

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Label-free photothermal disruption of cytotoxic aggregates rescues pathology in a C. elegans model of Huntington’s disease (2021)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Corrections to “Detection of Melanoma Cells in Whole Blood Samples Using Spectral Imaging and Optical Clearing” [Jul/Aug 21 Art. no. 7200711] (2021)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Indocyanine green dye based bimodal contrast agent tested by photoacoustic/fluorescence tomography setup (2021)

18 citations DOI OpenAlex
Photothermal and Heat-Transfer Properties of Aqueous Detonation Nanodiamonds by Photothermal Microscopy and Transient Spectroscopy (2021)

15 citations DOI OpenAlex
Early dynamic changes in circulating tumor cells and prognostic relevance following interventional radiological treatments in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (2021)

26 citations DOI OpenAlex
Dynamic blood flow phantom for in vivo liquid biopsy standardization (2021)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex