Relevance of accurate Monte Carlo modeling in nuclear medical imaging

H Zaidi - Medical physics, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Monte Carlo techniques have become popular in different areas of medical physics with
advantage of powerful computing systems. In particular, they have been extensively applied …

Computational anthropomorphic models of the human anatomy: the path to realistic Monte Carlo modeling in radiological sciences

H Zaidi, XG Xu - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2007 - annualreviews.org
The widespread availability of high-performance computing and popularity of simulations
stimulated the development of computational anthropomorphic models of the human …

Random forest-based similarity measures for multi-modal classification of Alzheimer's disease

KR Gray, P Aljabar, RA Heckemann, A Hammers… - NeuroImage, 2013 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, are associated with changes in
multiple neuroimaging and biological measures. These may provide complementary …

[图书][B] Introduction to inverse problems in imaging

M Bertero, P Boccacci, C De Mol - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Fully updated throughout, with several new chapters, this second edition of Introduction to
Inverse Problems in Imaging guides advanced undergraduate and graduate students in …

Design and construction of a realistic digital brain phantom

DL Collins, AP Zijdenbos, V Kollokian… - IEEE transactions on …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
After conception and implementation of any new medical image processing algorithm,
validation is an important step to ensure that the procedure fulfils all requirements set forth at …

Simultaneous MR/PET Imaging of the Human Brain: Feasibility Study1

HPW Schlemmer, BJ Pichler, M Schmand, Z Burbar… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
The purpose of this study was to apply a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging–compatible
positron emission tomographic (PET) detector technology for simultaneous MR/PET imaging …

Development of a 4-D digital mouse phantom for molecular imaging research

WP Segars, BMW Tsui, EC Frey, GA Johnson… - Molecular Imaging & …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We develop a realistic and flexible 4-D digital mouse phantom and investigate
its usefulness in molecular imaging research. METHODS: Organ shapes were modeled with …

MicroPET: a high resolution PET scanner for imaging small animals

SR Cherry, Y Shao, RW Silverman… - Ieee transactions on …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
MicroPET is a high resolution positron emission tomography (PET) scanner designed for
imaging small laboratory animals. It consists of a ring of 30 position-sensitive scintillation …

A conformal TOF–DOI Prism‐PET prototype scanner for high‐resolution quantitative neuroimaging

X Zeng, Z Wang, W Tan, E Petersen, X Cao… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Positron emission tomography (PET) has had a transformative impact on
oncological and neurological applications. However, still much of PET's potential remains …

The ECAT HRRT: performance and first clinical application of the new high resolution research tomograph

K Wienhard, M Schmand, ME Casey… - … on Nuclear Science, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ECAT HRRT is a three-dimensional (3-D) only dedicated brain tomograph employing
the new scintillator lutetium-oxy-orthosilicate (LSO) and using depth of interaction (DOI) …