The role of porphyrin chemistry in tumor imaging and photodynamic therapy

M Ethirajan, Y Chen, P Joshi, RK Pandey - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years several review articles and books have been published on the use of
porphyrin-based compounds in photodynamic therapy (PDT). This critical review is focused …

A review of partial volume correction techniques for emission tomography and their applications in neurology, cardiology and oncology

K Erlandsson, I Buvat, PH Pretorius… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate quantification in PET and SPECT requires correction for a number of physical
factors, such as photon attenuation, Compton scattering and random coincidences (in PET) …

Resolution modeling in PET imaging: theory, practice, benefits, and pitfalls

A Rahmim, J Qi, V Sossi - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the authors review the field of resolution modeling in positron emission
tomography (PET) image reconstruction, also referred to as point‐spread‐function modeling …

Statistical image reconstruction for polyenergetic X-ray computed tomography

IA Elbakri, JA Fessler - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a statistical image reconstruction method for X-ray computed
tomography (CT) that is based on a physical model that accounts for the polyenergetic X-ray …

Analytic and iterative reconstruction algorithms in SPECT

PP Bruyant - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2002 - Soc Nuclear Med
Images of the inside of the human body can be obtained noninvasively using tomographic
acquisition and processing techniques. In particular, these techniques are commonly used …

Iterative reconstruction techniques in emission computed tomography

J Qi, RM Leahy - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
In emission tomography statistically based iterative methods can improve image quality
relative to analytic image reconstruction through more accurate physical and statistical …

PET image reconstruction using kernel method

G Wang, J Qi - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Image reconstruction from low-count positron emission tomography (PET) projection data is
challenging because the inverse problem is ill-posed. Prior information can be used to …

Megavoltage CT on a tomotherapy system

KJ Ruchala, GH Olivera, EA Schloesser… - Physics in Medicine & …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
A megavoltage computed tomography (MVCT) system was developed on the University of
Wisconsin tomotherapy benchtop. This system can operate either axially or helically, and …

Joint reconstruction of PET-MRI by exploiting structural similarity

MJ Ehrhardt, K Thielemans, L Pizarro… - Inverse …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent advances in technology have enabled the combination of positron emission
tomography (PET) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These PET-MRI scanners …

[HTML][HTML] Image reconstruction for PET/CT scanners: past achievements and future challenges

S Tong, AM Alessio, PE Kinahan - Imaging in medicine, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PET is a medical imaging modality with proven clinical value for disease diagnosis and
treatment monitoring. The integration of PET and CT on modern scanners provides a …