2021
Post-reconstruction attenuation correction for SPECT myocardium perfusion imaging facilitated by deep learning-based attenuation map generation
Liu H, Wu J, Shi L, Liu Y, Miller E, Sinusas A, Liu YH, Liu C. Post-reconstruction attenuation correction for SPECT myocardium perfusion imaging facilitated by deep learning-based attenuation map generation. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2021, 29: 2881-2892. PMID: 34671940, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-021-02817-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Anger recall mental stress decreases 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake and increases heterogeneity of cardiac sympathetic activity in the myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy
Avendaño R, Hashemi-Zonouz T, Sandoval V, Liu C, Burg M, Sinusas AJ, Lampert R, Liu YH. Anger recall mental stress decreases 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake and increases heterogeneity of cardiac sympathetic activity in the myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2020, 29: 798-809. PMID: 33034036, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-020-02372-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSympathetic activityIschemic cardiomyopathyVentricular arrhythmiasICM patientsMental stressAge-matched healthy male controlsCardiac sympathetic activityHealthy control subjectsMyocardial sympathetic activityHealthy male controlsMental stress taskSPECT/CTMediastinal ratioControl subjectsHemodynamic responseAnger recallMyocardial perfusionNormal subjectsMale controlsPatientsPerfusionPsychological stressorsArrhythmiasStress taskDual-isotope imaging
2017
Quantification and Determination of Normal 123I-Meta Iodobenzylguanidine Heart-to-Mediastinum Ratio (HMR) from Cardiac SPECT/CT and Correlation with Planar HMR
Alvi R, Miller EJ, Zonouz TH, Sandoval V, Tariq N, Lampert R, Sinusas AJ, Liu YH. Quantification and Determination of Normal 123I-Meta Iodobenzylguanidine Heart-to-Mediastinum Ratio (HMR) from Cardiac SPECT/CT and Correlation with Planar HMR. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2017, 59: 652-658. PMID: 28916622, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.117.197152.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Accuracy and Reproducibility of Absolute Quantification of Myocardial Focal Tracer Uptake from Molecularly Targeted SPECT/CT: A Canine Validation
Liu YH, Sahul Z, Weyman CA, Dione DP, Dobrucki WL, Mekkaoui C, Brennan MP, Ryder WJ, Sinusas AJ. Accuracy and Reproducibility of Absolute Quantification of Myocardial Focal Tracer Uptake from Molecularly Targeted SPECT/CT: A Canine Validation. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2011, 52: 453-460. PMID: 21321271, PMCID: PMC3137905, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.082214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsDogsFemaleHeartImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMetabolic Clearance RateMolecular ImagingMyocardial Perfusion ImagingMyocardiumRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySubtraction TechniqueTissue DistributionTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray Computed
2005
A New Method for SPECT Quantification of Targeted Radiotracers Uptake in the Myocardium
Li S, Dobrucki LW, Sinusas AJ, Liu YH. A New Method for SPECT Quantification of Targeted Radiotracers Uptake in the Myocardium. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2005, 8: 684-691. PMID: 16686019, DOI: 10.1007/11566489_84.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHeartImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMyocardiumNeovascularization, PathologicRadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticalsRatsReperfusion InjuryReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVentricular Dysfunction, Left