2001
Realistic Monte Carlo Simulation of Ga-67 SPECT Imaging
Moore S, El Fakhri G. Realistic Monte Carlo Simulation of Ga-67 SPECT Imaging. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2001, 48: 720. DOI: 10.1109/23.940153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRealistic Monte Carlo simulationsNumerical torso phantomLead X-raysMonte Carlo programPhoton emission energyPoisson noise realizationsGa-67 SPECT imagingCollimator penetrationDetector resolutionEnergy windowRSD phantomPhoton propagationPhoton scatteringTorso phantomHeart/thorax phantomAttenuation mapEnergy distributionEmission energyImproved variance reductionSPECT imagesPhantomGa-67 studiesNoise realizationsScatteringAxillary lymph nodesA New Scatter Compensation Method for Ga-67 Imaging Using Artificial Neural Networks
Fakhri G, Moore S, Maksud P. A New Scatter Compensation Method for Ga-67 Imaging Using Artificial Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2001, 48: 799. DOI: 10.1109/23.940166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchK-shell X-raysEnergy window imagesAnthropomorphic torso phantomPoisson noise realizationsGa-67 studiesArtificial neural networkWindow imagesPhotoelectric absorptionPhoton interactionsTorso phantomCoherent scatteringMonte Carlo simulationsScatter correctionGa-67Neural networkReconstructed volumeCarlo simulationsCollimatorArtificial neural network learningError back propagationNoise realizationsScatteringGa-67 imagingActivity estimationOutput layer
2000
A new scatter compensation method for Ga-67 imaging using artificial neural networks
Fakhri G, Moore S, Maksud P. A new scatter compensation method for Ga-67 imaging using artificial neural networks. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2000, 2: 13/48-13/52 vol.2. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2000.949989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchK-shell X-raysEnergy window imagesAnthropomorphic torso phantomScatter correction methodPoisson noise realizationsGa-67 studiesPhotoelectric absorptionPhoton interactionsWindow imagesTorso phantomArtificial neural networkCoherent scatteringMonte Carlo simulationsScatter correctionGa-67Reconstructed volumeNeural networkCarlo simulationsCollimatorNoise realizationsScatteringGa-67 imagingArtificial neural network learningPrimary distributionError backpropagationRealistic Monte Carlo simulation of Ga-67 imaging for optimization and evaluation of correction methods
Moore S, Fakhri G. Realistic Monte Carlo simulation of Ga-67 imaging for optimization and evaluation of correction methods. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2000, 3: 20/35-20/38 vol.3. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2000.949312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRealistic Monte Carlo simulationsNumerical torso phantomMonte Carlo programLead X-raysPhoton emission energyPoisson noise realizationsMaximum rectangular regionCollimator penetrationDetector resolutionEnergy windowRSD phantomPhoton scatteringPhoton propagationTorso phantomHeart/thorax phantomAttenuation mapEnergy distributionEmission energyImproved variance reductionPhantomNoise-free imageGa-67 studiesGa-67Noise realizationsScattering