2017
Joint reconstruction of Ictal/inter‐ictal SPECT data for improved epileptic foci localization
Rakvongthai Y, Fahey F, Borvorntanajanya K, Tepmongkol S, Vutrapongwatana U, Zukotynski K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Joint reconstruction of Ictal/inter‐ictal SPECT data for improved epileptic foci localization. Medical Physics 2017, 44: 1437-1444. PMID: 28211105, PMCID: PMC5462456, DOI: 10.1002/mp.12167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSPECT reconstruction methodDifferential imagingLow-noise datasetConventional subtraction methodLesion contrastSPECT projection dataEpileptic focus localizationHoffman phantomPatient studiesReconstruction methodJoint methodSPECT projectionsHead phantomPhantom locationsSubtraction methodPhantom studyNuclear medicine physiciansAttenuation backgroundPhantomConventional subtraction approachFocus localizationConventional subtractionReceiver operating characteristicLow noiseProjection data
2013
Simultaneous 99mTc‐MDP/123I‐MIBG tumor imaging using SPECT‐CT: Phantom and constructed patient studies
Rakvongthai Y, Fakhri G, Lim R, Bonab A, Ouyang J. Simultaneous 99mTc‐MDP/123I‐MIBG tumor imaging using SPECT‐CT: Phantom and constructed patient studies. Medical Physics 2013, 40: 102506. PMID: 24089927, PMCID: PMC3785531, DOI: 10.1118/1.4820977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScatter correctionDual-radionuclideContrast recoveryPhantom studyAnthropomorphic torso phantomPatient studiesTumor uptakeTumor imagingSPECT projectionsTorso phantomMonte-CarloPhantom dataPhantomIterative reconstructionOSEMProjection dataDR dataIncrease patient throughputNoise realizationsSPECT-CTImage reconstructionClinical studiesTumorTumor projectionPoisson noise