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 in simultaneous 123I/99mTc brain SPECT.
El Fakhri G, Moore S, Maksud P, Aurengo A, Kijewski M. Absolute activity quantitation in simultaneous 123I/99mTc brain SPECT. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2001, 42: 300-8. PMID: 11216530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseBenzamidesBrainCerebellumCerebral CortexCerebrovascular CirculationCorpus CallosumHumansIodine RadioisotopesMonte Carlo MethodNeural Networks, ComputerParkinson DiseasePhantoms, ImagingPutamenPyrrolidinesRadiopharmaceuticalsSensitivity and SpecificityTechnetium Tc 99m ExametazimeTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsOrdered-subset expectation maximizationDistance-dependent collimator responseActivity quantitationActivity distributionIterative ordered-subsets expectation maximizationZubal brain phantomAsymmetric windowsSimulated normal populationPathological studiesDecay photonsBrain SPECTCollimator responseNonuniform attenuationDual-isotope imagingBrain phantomMonte Carlo simulationsCorpus callosumNormal populationPartial volume effectsCarlo simulationsCortical lobesAssessment of brain perfusionScatteringCross-talkBrain perfusionAbsolute 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