2009
Quantitative simultaneous cardiac SPECT using MC‐JOSEM
Ouyang J, Zhu X, Trott C, Fakhri G. Quantitative simultaneous cardiac SPECT using MC‐JOSEM. Medical Physics 2009, 36: 602-611. PMID: 19292000, PMCID: PMC2673670, DOI: 10.1118/1.3063544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMC-JOSEMEnergy windowWater-filled torso phantomScatter correctionPhotopeak energy windowStandard OSEMCardiac SPECT imagingActivity concentration ratioIterative reconstruction algorithmReconstruction algorithmMyocardium wallTorso phantomActivity estimationDetector responseEmission energyBackground compartmentPhantom dataCardiac SPECTActivity distributionRest/stress imagingScatteringCases of patientsOSEMChest painCardiac protocols
2000
Realistic Monte Carlo simulation of Ga-67 imaging for optimization and evaluation of correction methods
Moore S, Fakhri G. Realistic Monte Carlo simulation of Ga-67 imaging for optimization and evaluation of correction methods. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2000, 3: 20/35-20/38 vol.3. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2000.949312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRealistic Monte Carlo simulationsNumerical torso phantomMonte Carlo programLead X-raysPhoton emission energyPoisson noise realizationsMaximum rectangular regionCollimator penetrationDetector resolutionEnergy windowRSD phantomPhoton scatteringPhoton propagationTorso phantomHeart/thorax phantomAttenuation mapEnergy distributionEmission energyImproved variance reductionPhantomNoise-free imageGa-67 studiesGa-67Noise realizationsScattering