2013
Numerical Surrogates for Human Observers in Myocardial Motion Evaluation From SPECT Images
Marin T, Kalayeh M, Parages F, Brankov J. Numerical Surrogates for Human Observers in Myocardial Motion Evaluation From SPECT Images. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2013, 33: 38-47. PMID: 23981533, PMCID: PMC4148467, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2013.2279517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsBiomimeticsCoronary Artery DiseaseExpert SystemsHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMotionMyocardial Perfusion ImagingObserver VariationReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySupport Vector MachineTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsHuman observer performanceRelevance vector machinePredicting human observer performanceDeformable mesh modelHuman observersHuman observer scoresImage-quality assessmentPerfusion-defect detectionMotion estimationModel observerMotion featuresVector machineMedical imagesLinear discriminantDefect detectionDetection taskMesh modelObserver performanceDiagnostic tasksNumerical surrogateTask-based approachApproximate surrogateTaskMotion evaluationPerformance
2009
A quantitative evaluation study of four-dimensional gated cardiac SPECT reconstruction
Jin M, Yang Y, Niu X, Marin T, Brankov J, Feng B, Pretorius P, King M, Wernick M. A quantitative evaluation study of four-dimensional gated cardiac SPECT reconstruction. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2009, 54: 5643-5659. PMID: 19724094, PMCID: PMC3690946, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/18/019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGated cardiac SPECT imagesNURBS-based cardiac-torso (NCATMotion-compensated temporal regularizationCardiac SPECT imagingBias-variance analysisDistance-dependent blurringGated cardiac SPECTMotion compensation approachReconstructed myocardiumSPECT imagesDetection of perfusion defectsSPECT reconstructionCardiac SPECTIntensity uniformityTemporal smoothnessPatient dataLeft ventricular myocardiumReconstructed imagesReconstruction processSpatial smoothingPerfusion defectsScatteringDegradation factorsTemporal regularityVentricular myocardium