2010
Dual-Radionuclide Brain SPECT for the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonism
El Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Dual-Radionuclide Brain SPECT for the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonism. Methods In Molecular Biology 2010, 680: 237-246. PMID: 21153385, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-901-7_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopamine transporter functionBrain SPECTDifferential diagnosis of parkinsonismDifferential diagnosisDiagnosis of parkinsonismIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseDifferential diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson’s diseaseDiagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's diseaseCorticobasal degenerationProgressive supranuclear palsyParkinson's diseaseMultiple system atrophyParkinsonSPECT protocol
2005
Performance of a novel collimator for high‐sensitivity brain SPECT
Fakhri G, Ouyang J, Zimmerman R, Fischman A, Kijewski M. Performance of a novel collimator for high‐sensitivity brain SPECT. Medical Physics 2005, 33: 209-215. PMID: 16485427, DOI: 10.1118/1.2143140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSphere activity concentrationNPW-SNRStandard collimatorSphere-to-background activity ratiosAttenuation of countsPhantom centerActivity concentrationsPoint spread functionCentral regionCollimatorPhantom studyStriatal phantomCylindrical backgroundResolution recoveryPhantomSpherical lesionsRamp filterCrystal surfaceSpread functionSignal-to-noise ratioCentral brain structuresFitting imageHealthy volunteersBrain SPECTSphere activity
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
1999
Monte Carlo evaluation of quantitation in simultaneous Tc-99m/I-123 brain SPECT using constrained spectral factor analysis
Fakhri G, Moore S, Kijewski M, Maksud P, Todd-Pokropek A. Monte Carlo evaluation of quantitation in simultaneous Tc-99m/I-123 brain SPECT using constrained spectral factor analysis. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 1999, 3: 1392-1396 vol.3. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.1999.842815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpectral factor analysisTc-99mEnergy window methodDigital brain phantomI-123 imagingUnscattered photonsTc-99m activityBrain phantomFiltered-backprojectionMonte Carlo simulationsPrimary spectraDual-isotope studiesI-123Monte Carlo evaluationPhotonsCarlo simulationsSimultaneous imagingMonteBrain structuresBrain SPECTTc-99PhantomCaudate nucleusSpectraPixel values