2021
First Investigation of List mode MLEM Reconstruction for Fast DC-SPECT System Design Optimization
Feng Y, Bläckberg L, Fakhri G, Worstell W, Sabet H. First Investigation of List mode MLEM Reconstruction for Fast DC-SPECT System Design Optimization. 2021, 00: 1-3. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic44867.2021.9875864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFWHM spatial resolutionCorrection of scatterAsymmetric geometryMaximum likelihood expectation maximizationLikelihood expectation maximizationSystem's imaging resolutionLM-MLEMMonte Carlo implementationMLEM reconstructionDetector headMonte-CarloSystem matrix modelSimultaneous high resolutionDesign optimizationCardiac SPECTMatrix modelSystem resolutionMC methodSpatial resolutionSystem design optimizationImage reconstructionDynamic cardiac SPECTDesign iterationsSystem sensitivityImage resolution
2017
GATE simulation of a new design of pinhole SPECT system for small animal brain imaging
Ozsahin D, Bläckberg L, Fakhri G, Sabet H. GATE simulation of a new design of pinhole SPECT system for small animal brain imaging. Journal Of Instrumentation 2017, 12: c01085-c01085. DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/12/01/c01085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFWHM spatial resolutionDetector modulesSPECT systemNEMA NU-4 protocolImage quality simulationsIntrinsic detector resolutionSpatial resolutionPinhole SPECT systemSmall-animal SPECT imagingAnimal SPECT imagingStationary SPECT systemAnimal brain imagingSmall animal brain imagingSmall animal imagingDetector resolutionSPECT detectorGATE simulationsDetector sizeSystem sensitivityPhantom evaluationResolution recoveryFOV sizeDetectorAnimal imagingFWHM
1999
Respective roles of scatter, attenuation, depth-dependent collimator response and finite spatial resolution in cardiac single-photon emission tomography quantitation: a Monte Carlo study
El Fakhri G, Buvat I, Pélégrini M, Benali H, Almeida P, Bendriem B, Todd-Pokropek A, Di Paola R. Respective roles of scatter, attenuation, depth-dependent collimator response and finite spatial resolution in cardiac single-photon emission tomography quantitation: a Monte Carlo study. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 1999, 26: 437-446. PMID: 10382086, DOI: 10.1007/s002590050409.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepth-dependent collimator responseCollimator responseMonte Carlo simulationsActivity underestimationSingle-photon emission tomographyCarlo simulationsSignal-to-noise ratioSpatial resolutionCardiac phantomFWHM spatial resolutionCardiac single-photon emission tomographyQuantitative accuracyAnthropomorphic cardiac phantomPhysical effectsInfluence of scatteringEffect of scatteringScatter countsFull-widthIncreased SNRPoor spatial resolutionScatteringMap homogeneityPhantomMonteImaging system