2008
Sequential and simultaneous dual‐isotope brain SPECT: Comparison with PET for estimation and discrimination tasks in early Parkinson disease
Trott C, Fakhri G. Sequential and simultaneous dual‐isotope brain SPECT: Comparison with PET for estimation and discrimination tasks in early Parkinson disease. Medical Physics 2008, 35: 3343-3353. PMID: 18697558, PMCID: PMC2673561, DOI: 10.1118/1.2940605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnergy resolutionTime-of-flight PET scannerRealistic Monte Carlo simulationsAcquisition energy windowSequential SPECTSystem energy resolutionGamma cameraEnergy windowThree-head cameraPET scannerEmission energyMonte Carlo simulationsDual-isotope SPECTSimultaneous SPECTBrain PETTwo-headed cameraCarlo simulationsProdromal disease stagesIdentical physiological conditionsSpatial resolutionDiscrimination taskStriatal sizeActivity concentrationsEarly identification of PDCamera head
2007
Comparison of Brain PET and Sequential and Simultaneous Dual-isotope SPECT for Estimation Tasks in Normal and Parkinson Subjects
Trott C, Fakhri G. Comparison of Brain PET and Sequential and Simultaneous Dual-isotope SPECT for Estimation Tasks in Normal and Parkinson Subjects. 2007, 5: 3616-3620. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2007.4436906.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDopamine transporterEarly stages of PDDual-isotope SPECTStages of PDSequential SPECTDisease stageSimultaneous dual-isotope studyStriatal sizeBrain functionImprove patient managementEstimation taskDual-isotope studiesBrain PETDopamineClinical symptomsParkinson's diseasePatient managementSPECT imagesSpecific bindingMotor functionSPECTBrainEarly detectionActivity concentrationsIdentical physiological conditions
2006
Fast Monte Carlo Simulation Based Joint Iterative Reconstruction for Simultaneous 99mTc/123I Brain SPECT Imaging
Ouyang J, Fakhri G, Moore S, Kijewski M. Fast Monte Carlo Simulation Based Joint Iterative Reconstruction for Simultaneous 99mTc/123I Brain SPECT Imaging. 2006, 4: 2251-2256. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2006.354362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMC-JOSEMAW-OSEMMonte CarloFast Monte CarloIterative reconstructionOrdered-subset expectation maximizationStandard ordered subsetsIterative reconstruction algorithmScattered photonsPhoton transportSeptal penetrationAttenuation distributionPhysical effectsIdentical physiological conditionsPatient-specific activityReconstructed imagesReconstruction algorithmActivity estimationComptonRoot mean square errorPhotonsCorrection methodCollimatorBrain perfusionDetector