2022
High-Resolution and High-Sensitivity Spread Field Imaging to Differentiate Sub-endocardium and Sub-epicardium in Cardiac SPECT — A Preliminary Phantom Study
Mu Z, Palyo R, Goyal D, Sandoval V, Mu Z, Tao Z, Sinusas A, Miller E, Liu Y. High-Resolution and High-Sensitivity Spread Field Imaging to Differentiate Sub-endocardium and Sub-epicardium in Cardiac SPECT — A Preliminary Phantom Study. 2022, 00: 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic44845.2022.10399016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTc-99m solutionHole imagesCardiac SPECTCardiac phantomMyocardial perfusion defectsField imagesParallel hole collimatorResolution of SPECTSub-endocardiumSubset expectation maximizationCZT detectorsSub-epicardiumHole collimatorPerfusion defectsHigh-resolutionOSEM algorithmCollimatorPhantom studyScanner configurationReconstruction technologyPhantomSPECT slicesTransmural perfusion gradientExpectation maximizationOSEM
1998
A novel geometry for SPECT imaging associated with the EM-type blind deconvolution method
Liu Y, Rangarajan A, Gagnon D, Therrien M, Sinusas A, Wackers F, Zubal I. A novel geometry for SPECT imaging associated with the EM-type blind deconvolution method. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 1998, 45: 2095-2101. DOI: 10.1109/23.708310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlind deconvolution algorithmImage qualityHand dataPhantom dataSPECT projectionsBlind deconvolution methodAperture projectionsDeconvolution algorithmImage resolutionAlgorithmDual-head SPECT systemParallel-hole collimatorDual-head SPECTImaging systemSystemCollimator headHole collimatorSPECT systemRestoration processImagesAperture collimatorNoise ratioCount sensitivityDataQuality
1997
A novel geometry for SPECT imaging associated with the EM-type blind deconvolution method
Liu Y, Rangarajan A, Gagnon D, Therrien M, Sinusas A, Wackers F, Zubal I. A novel geometry for SPECT imaging associated with the EM-type blind deconvolution method. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 1997, 2: 1014-1017 vol.2. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.1997.670482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlind deconvolution algorithmHigh-resolution projection imagesImage qualitySPECT imaging systemHand dataProjection imagesBlind deconvolution methodDecoding techniquesAperture projectionsImaging systemCamera headDeconvolution algorithmImage resolutionAlgorithmPhantom dataImagesSPECT projectionsParallel-hole collimatorDual-head SPECTHole collimatorSystemCollimator headRestoration processRod phantomAperture collimator