Detection of lung nodules in micro-CT imaging using deep learning

MD Holbrook, DP Clark, R Patel, Y Qi, AM Bassil… - Tomography, 2021 - mdpi.com
We are developing imaging methods for a co-clinical trial investigating synergy between
immunotherapy and radiotherapy. We perform longitudinal micro-computed tomography …

3D task‐transfer function representation of the signal transfer properties of low‐contrast lesions in FBP‐and iterative‐reconstructed CT

M Robins, J Solomon, T Richards, E Samei - Medical physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate how accurately the task‐transfer
function (TTF) models the signal transfer properties of low‐contrast features in a non‐linear …

Survey of chest radiography systems: Any link between contrast detail measurements and visual grading analysis?

SR Pérez, NW Marshall, J Binst, J Coolen, L Struelens… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate image quality of chest radiography for a number of systems in Belgium,
using a contrast-detail (cd) test object and Visual Grading Analysis (VGA) of an …

Quantification of minimum detectable difference in radiomics features across lesions and CT imaging conditions

J Hoye, JB Solomon, TJ Sauer, E Samei - Academic radiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives The 3-fold purpose of this study was to (1) develop a method to
relate measured differences in radiomics features in different computed tomography (CT) …

Evaluation of simulated lesions as surrogates to clinical lesions for thoracic CT volumetry: the results of an international challenge

M Robins, J Kalpathy-Cramer, NA Obuchowski… - Academic radiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives To evaluate a new approach to establish compliance of
segmentation tools with the computed tomography volumetry profile of the Quantitative …

[Retracted] Computed Tomography‐(CT‐) Based Virtual Surgery Planning for Spinal Intervertebral Foraminal Assisted Clinical Treatment

H Li, S Wang, J Tang, J Wu, Y Liu - Journal of Healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of minimally invasive spine concepts and the introduction of new
minimally invasive instruments, minimally invasive spine technology, represented by …

Validation of lesion simulations in clinical CT data for anonymized chest and abdominal CT databases

M Robins, J Solomon, LMH Koweek… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To make available to the medical imaging community a computed tomography (CT)
image database composed of hybrid datasets (patient CT images with digitally inserted …

System development and preclinical applications of photon counting micro-CT

MD Holbrook - 2021 - search.proquest.com
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a powerful multi-dimensional (3D+ time or energy)
imaging modality lauded for its high temporal and spatial resolution. There have been …

Modified Gaussian models for pulmonary nodule simulation in chest tomosynthesis

Q Mao, S Zhao, Q Zheng, S Su, L Li… - Journal of Medical …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) is an effective approach to improve the
relative survival of cancer patients, and lung nodule simulation is suitable for pulmonary …

CT-based quantification

E Samei, J Hoye - Computed Tomography: Approaches, Applications …, 2020 - Springer
Image quantification is the extraction of quantitative measures from patient images and the
relation of the quantitative measures to patient outcomes. For an image quantification to be …