2016
T1-refBlochi: high resolution 3D post-contrast T1 myocardial mapping based on a single 3D late gadolinium enhancement volume, Bloch equations, and a reference T1
Hu C, Sinusas AJ, Huber S, Thorn S, Stacy MR, Mojibian H, Peters DC. T1-refBlochi: high resolution 3D post-contrast T1 myocardial mapping based on a single 3D late gadolinium enhancement volume, Bloch equations, and a reference T1. Journal Of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2016, 19: 63. PMID: 28821300, PMCID: PMC5563030, DOI: 10.1186/s12968-017-0375-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlgorithmsAnimalsCardiomyopathiesComputer SimulationContrast MediaFeasibility StudiesFemaleFibrosisHeart AtriaHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedModels, CardiovascularMonte Carlo MethodOrganometallic CompoundsPhantoms, ImagingPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsSus scrofa
2015
Scatter and crosstalk corrections for 99mTc/123I dual‐radionuclide imaging using a CZT SPECT system with pinhole collimators
Fan P, Hutton BF, Holstensson M, Ljungberg M, Pretorius P, Prasad R, Ma T, Liu Y, Wang S, Thorn SL, Stacy MR, Sinusas AJ, Liu C. Scatter and crosstalk corrections for 99mTc/123I dual‐radionuclide imaging using a CZT SPECT system with pinhole collimators. Medical Physics 2015, 42: 6895-6911. PMID: 26632046, DOI: 10.1118/1.4934830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-radionuclide imagingCrosstalk correction methodTEW methodLine source experimentDefect contrastSource experimentsMonte Carlo simulationsIncomplete charge collectionCadmium zinc telluride detectorsLow-energy tailImaging systemCarlo simulationsPinhole collimatorCardiac SPECT systemEnergy tailDetector effectsEnergy spectrumPoint source measurementsSPECT systemCZT detectorsTriple energy window (TEW) methodScatter modelDedicated cardiac SPECT systemsCorrection methodCrosstalk correction