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
Validation of a Standardized Normalization Template for Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of 123I-FP-CIT Images
Kas A, Payoux P, Habert M, Malek Z, Cointepas Y, El Fakhri G, Chaumet-Riffaud P, Itti E, Remy P. Validation of a Standardized Normalization Template for Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of 123I-FP-CIT Images. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2007, 48: 1459-1467. PMID: 17704252, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatistical parametric mappingDopamine transporterStatistical parametric mapping analysisIntraclass correlation coefficientStriatal (123)I-FP-CIT uptakeParkinson's diseaseStatistical parametric mapping approachEssential tremorBland-Altman graphical analysisStriatal volumeDopaminergic cell lossDAT imagingLow intraclass correlation coefficientsParametric mappingSpatial normalizationNo significant differencePD patientsCustomized templateIntergroup analysisCell lossSpatial normalization procedureResults of groupSPM normalizationSignificant differenceSPECT
2006
Generalized five‐dimensional dynamic and spectral factor analysis
Fakhri G, Sitek A, Zimmerman R, Ouyang J. Generalized five‐dimensional dynamic and spectral factor analysis. Medical Physics 2006, 33: 1016-1024. PMID: 16696478, DOI: 10.1118/1.2179168.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Quantitative simultaneous 99mTc-ECD/123I-FP-CIT SPECT in Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy
El Fakhri G, Habert M, Maksud P, Kas A, Malek Z, Kijewski M, Lacomblez L. Quantitative simultaneous 99mTc-ECD/123I-FP-CIT SPECT in Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2005, 33: 87-92. PMID: 16180033, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1920-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple system atrophyIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseDopamine transporterDopamine transporter binding potentialNormal controlsVoxel-based statistical parametric mappingAsymmetry indexMultiple system atrophy patientsCompared to normal controlsCaudate nucleusDifferential diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson’s diseaseDiagnosis of parkinsonian syndromesPatient-specific attenuationDiagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's diseaseBinding potentialIdiopathic Parkinson's disease patientsDual-isotope SPECTVariable collimator responseParkinson's diseaseDifferential diagnosisDecreased perfusionStatistical parametric mappingPurposeThe purposeSystem atrophyParkinsonian syndromes
2001
Absolute activity quantitation in simultaneous 123I/99mTc brain SPECT.
El Fakhri G, Moore S, Maksud P, Aurengo A, Kijewski M. Absolute activity quantitation in simultaneous 123I/99mTc brain SPECT. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2001, 42: 300-8. PMID: 11216530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseBenzamidesBrainCerebellumCerebral CortexCerebrovascular CirculationCorpus CallosumHumansIodine RadioisotopesMonte Carlo MethodNeural Networks, ComputerParkinson DiseasePhantoms, ImagingPutamenPyrrolidinesRadiopharmaceuticalsSensitivity and SpecificityTechnetium Tc 99m ExametazimeTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsOrdered-subset expectation maximizationDistance-dependent collimator responseActivity quantitationActivity distributionIterative ordered-subsets expectation maximizationZubal brain phantomAsymmetric windowsSimulated normal populationPathological studiesDecay photonsBrain SPECTCollimator responseNonuniform attenuationDual-isotope imagingBrain phantomMonte Carlo simulationsCorpus callosumNormal populationPartial volume effectsCarlo simulationsCortical lobesAssessment of brain perfusionScatteringCross-talkBrain perfusion