2002
Quantitative Simultaneous 99MTc/123I Spect: Design Study and Validation With Monte Carlo Simulations and Physical Acquisitions
Fakhri G, Maksud P, Kijewski M, Zimmerman R, Moore S. Quantitative Simultaneous 99MTc/123I Spect: Design Study and Validation With Monte Carlo Simulations and Physical Acquisitions. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2002, 49: 2315. DOI: 10.1109/tns.2002.803819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMonte Carlo simulationsBrain phantomCarlo simulationsSimultaneous dual-isotope imagingIterative ordered subsetsDigital brain phantomDual-isotope SPECT studyVariable collimator responseArtificial neural networkPhysical acquisitionEnergy windowNonuniform attenuationCollimator responseDual-isotope imagingPhantom acquisitionsScatter correctionClinical cameraNeural networkMontePhantomIsotope imagingCorrected projectionsSPECT studiesProjector/backprojectorClinical application
2001
Absolute Activity Quantitation From Projections Using an Analytical Approach: Comparison With Iterative Methods in Tc-99M and I-123 Brain SPECT
Fakhri G, Kijewski M, Moore S. Absolute Activity Quantitation From Projections Using an Analytical Approach: Comparison With Iterative Methods in Tc-99M and I-123 Brain SPECT. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2001, 48: 768. DOI: 10.1109/23.940161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVariable collimator responseI-123 studiesOrdered subsets-expectation maximizationI-123Tc-99mTc-99Brain phantomAttenuation correctionAnthropomorphic brain phantomDigital brain phantomTc-99m studiesMonte Carlo simulated projectionsCollimator responseActivity quantitationPathological patientsBrain structuresBrain SPECTActivity distributionPoor spatial resolutionSPECT activityQuantitative accuracyFitting procedurePartial volume effectsCaudate nucleusCorpus callosumAbsolute Quantitation in Simultaneous 99mTc/123I Brain SPECT Using ANN: Design Optimization and Validation
Fakhri G, Maksud P, Moore S, Zimmerman R, Kijewski M. Absolute Quantitation in Simultaneous 99mTc/123I Brain SPECT Using ANN: Design Optimization and Validation. 2001, 3: 1429-1431. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2001.1008605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMonte Carlo simulationsBrain phantomSimultaneous dual-isotope imagingDigital brain phantomDual-isotope SPECT studyVariable collimator responseCarlo simulationsNon-uniform attenuationI-123 imagingEnergy windowCollimator responseDual-isotope imagingPhantom acquisitionsOSEM algorithmArtificial neural networkPhysical acquisitionScatter correctionClinical cameraBrain structuresPhantomIsotope imagingMonteSPECT studiesActivity concentrationsTc-99
2000
Absolute activity quantitation from projections using an analytical approach: comparison with iterative methods in brain SPECT
Fakhri G, Kijewski M, Moore S. Absolute activity quantitation from projections using an analytical approach: comparison with iterative methods in brain SPECT. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2000, 3: 18/7-1811 vol.3. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2000.949215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVariable collimator responseI-123 studiesI-123Tc-99Attenuation correctionTc-99mBrain SPECTDigital brain phantomTc-99m studiesMonte Carlo simulated projectionsCollimator responseActivity quantitationActivity estimationBrain phantomOSEM algorithmBrain structuresActivity distributionAccurate quantitationPoor spatial resolutionSPECT activityFitting procedurePartial volume effectsCaudate nucleusCorpus callosumSpatial resolution