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Journal Papers:

  1. A. Rahmim, Y. Zhou, J. Tang, L. Lu, V. Sossi, and D. F. Wong
    Direct 4D parametric imaging for linearized models of reversibly binding PET tracers using generalized AB-EM reconstruction
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 57, pp. 733-755, 2012.
  2. N. Zeraatkar, M. R. Ay, P. Ghafarian, S. Sarkar, P. Geramifar, and A. Rahmim
    Monte Carlo-based evaluation of inter-crystal scatter and penetration in the PET subsystem of three GE Discovery PET/CT scanners
    Nuc. Inst. & Methods in Phys. Research A, vol. 659, pp. 508-514, 2011.
  3. P. Geramifar, M. R. Ay, M. S. Zafarghandi, S. Sarkar, G. Loudos, and A. Rahmim
    Investigation of time-of-flight benefits in an LYSO-based PET/CT scanner: A Monte Carlo study using GATE
    Nuc. Inst. & Methods in Phys. Research A, vol. 641, pp. 121-127, 2011.
  4. J. Tang, W. P. Segars, T-S. Lee, X. He, A. Rahmim, and B. M. W. Tsui
    Quantitative study of cardiac motion estimation and abnormality classification in emission computed tomography
    Med. Eng. Phys., vol. 33, p. 563-572, 2011.
  5. M. R. Ay, M. Shirmohammad, S. Sarker, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
    Comparative assessment of energy mapping approaches in CT-based attenuation correction for PET
    Molec. Imag. Biol., vol. 13, pp. 187-198, 2011.
  6. P. Ghafarian P, S. M. Aghamiri, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, T. H. Schindler TH, O. Ratib, and H. Zaidi
    Is metal artefact reduction mandatory in cardiac PET/CT imaging in the presence of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads?
    Eur. J. Nuc. Med. Mol. Imaging, vol. 38, p. 252-262, 2011.
  7. J. Tang, H. Kuwabara, D. F. Wong, and A. Rahmim
    Direct 4D reconstruction of parametric images incorporating anato-functional joint entropy
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 55, 4261-4272, 2010.
  8. P. Ghafarian P, S. M. Aghamiri, M. R. Ay, B. Fallahi, A. Rahmim, T. H. Schindler TH, O. Ratib, and H. Zaidi
    Coronary calcium score scan-based attenuation correction in cardiovascular PET imaging
    Nuc. Med. Commun., vol. 31, p. 780-787, 2010.
  9. D. F. Wong et al.
    Quantification of cerebral cannabinoid receptors subtype 1 (CB1) in healthy subjects and schizophrenia by the novel PET radioligand [11C]OMAR
    NeuroImage, vol. 52, pp. 1505-1513, 2010.
  10. J.-C. Cheng, S. Blinder, A. Rahmim, and V. Sossi
    A scatter calibration technique for dynamic brain imaging in high resolution PET
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 57, pp. 225-233, 2010.
  11. M. A. Lodge, A. Rahmim, and R. L. Wahl
    Simultaneous measurement of noise and spatial resolution in PET phantom images
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 55, pp. 1069-1081, 2010.
  12. A. Rahmim, J. Tang, and H. Zaidi
    Four-dimensional (4-D) image reconstruction strategies in dynamic PET: beyond conventional independent frame reconstruction (review article)
    Med. Phys., vol. 36, pp. 3654-3670, 2009.
    Overview: A review of novel techniques in the emerging field of spatiotemporal 4D PET imaging, that attempt to overcome existing limitations with conventional dynamic PET imaging.
  13. J. Tang and A. Rahmim
    Bayesian PET image reconstruction incorporating anato-functional joint entropy
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 54, pp. 7063-7075, 2009.
  14. J. Tang, A. Rahmim, R. Lautamaki, M. A. Lodge, F. M. Bengel, and B. M. W. Tsui
    Optimization of Rb-82 PET acquisition and reconstruction protocols for myocardial perfusion defect detection
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 54, pp. 3161-3171, 2009.
  15. M. A. Lodge, A. Rahmim, and R. L. Wahl
    A practical, automated quality assurance method for measuring spatial resolution in positron emission tomography
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 50, pp. 1307-1314, 2009.
  16. P. Geramifar, M. R. Ay, M. S. Zafarghandi, G. Loudos, and A. Rahmim
    Performance comparison of four commercial GE Discovery PET/CT scanners: a Monte Carlo study using GATE
    Iranian J. Nucl. Med., vol. 17(2), pp. 26-33, 2009.
  17. S. Lashkari, M. R. Ay, S. Sarkar, and A. Rahmim
    The influence of crystal size and material on intercrystal scattering and parallax in PET block detectors: a Monte Carlo study
    Iranian J. Med. Phys., vol. 5(2), pp. 67-76, 2009.
  18. A. Rahmim, J. Tang, M. A. Lodge, S. Lashkari, M. R. Ay, R. Lautamaki, B. M. W. Tsui, and F. M. Bengel
    Analytic system matrix resolution modeling in PET: an application to Rb-82 cardiac imaging
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 53, pp. 5947-5965, 2008.
  19. A. Rahmim, K. Dinelle, J.-C. Cheng, M. A. Shilov, W. P. Segars, S. C. Lidstone, S. Blinder, O. G. Rousset, H. Vajihollahi, B. M. W. Tsui, D. F. Wong, and V. Sossi
    Accurate event-driven motion compensation in high-resolution PET incorporating scattered and random events
    IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol. 27, pp. 1018-1033, 2008.
  20. A. Rahmim, J.-C. Cheng, K. Dinelle, M. A. Shilov, W. P. Segars, O. G. Rousset, B. M. W. Tsui, D. F. Wong, and V. Sossi
    System matrix modelling of externally tracked motion
    Nucl. Med. Comm., vol. 29, pp. 574-581, 2008.
  21. A. Rahmim and H. Zaidi
    PET versus SPECT: strengths, limitations and challenges (invited review article)
    Nucl. Med. Comm., vol. 29, pp. 193-207, 2008.
    Overview: A thorough review of PET vs. SPECT (from a physicist's perspective) in terms of (i) strengths and limitation, as well as (ii) areas of ongoing and active research.
  22. O. G. Rousset, D. L. Collins, A. Rahmim, and D. F. Wong
    Design and implementation of an automated partial volume correction in PET: application to dopamine receptor quantification in the normal human striatum
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 49, pp. 1097-1106, 2008.
  23. K. M. Wilcox, Y. Zhou, D. F. Wong, M. Alexander, A. Rahmim, J. Hilton, and M. R. Weed
    Blood levels and DA transporter occupancy of orally administered methylphenidate in juvenile rhesus monkeys measured by high resolution PET
    Synapse, vol. 62, pp. 950-952, 2008.
  24. M. Shirmohammad, M. R. Ay, S. Sarkar, and A. Rahmim
    Comparing 511keV attenuation maps obtained from different energy mapping methods for CT based attenuation correction of PET data
    Iranian J. Med. Phys., vol. 5(1), pp. 23-34, 2008.
  25. H. F. Moghaddam, M. S. Ardestani, M. Saffari, L. Navidpour, A. Shafiee, and A. Rahmim
    Dopaminergic but not glutamatergic neurotransmission is increased in the striatum after selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition in normal and hemiparkinsonian rats
    Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, vol. 103, pp. 293-296, 2008.
  26. A. Rahmim, O. G. Rousset, and H. Zaidi
    Strategies for motion tracking and correction in PET (invited review article)
    PET Clinics, vol. 2, pp. 251-266, 2007.
    Overview: A review of state-of-the-art correction methods for the three cases of (i) unwanted motion, as well as motions due to (ii) cardiac and (iii) respiratory cycles.
  27. O. G. Rousset, A. Rahmim, A. Alavi, and H. Zaidi
    Partial volume correction strategies in PET (invited review article)
    PET Clinics, vol. 2, pp. 235-249, 2007.
    Overview: A review of conventional and state-of-research partial volume correction method, including region-of-interest based and voxel-based methods, and inter- and post-reconstruction algorithms.
  28. J.-C. Cheng, A. Rahmim, S.Blinder, M-L. Camborde, K. Raywood, and V Sossi
    A scatter corrected list-mode reconstruction and a practical scatter/random approximation technique for dynamic PET imaging
    Phys. Med. Biol, vol. 52, pp. 2089-2106, 2007.
  29. S. Sarkar, M. A. Oghabian, I. Mohammadi, A. Mohammadpur, and A. Rahmim
    A linogram/sinogram cross-correlation method for motion correction in planar and SPECT imaging
    Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 54, pp. 71-79, 2007.
  30. A. Rahmim and R. L. Wahl
    An overview of clinical PET/CT (invited review article)
    Iranian J. Nucl. Med., vol. 14 (26), pp. 1-14, 2006
    Overview: A review of (i) important areas of clinical application and research, as well as (ii) scanner, operating-mode and study-specific considerations (e.g. BGO vs. LSO scanners, 2D vs. 3D imaging, use of CT contrast agents, etc.).
  31. A. Horti, H. Fan, H. Kuwabara, J. Hilton, H. Ravert, D. P. Holt, M. Alexander, A. Kumar, A. Rahmim, U. Scheffel, D. F. Wong, and R. F. Dannals
    11C-JHU75528: a radiotracer for PET imaging of CB1 cannabinoid receptors
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 47, pp. 1689-1696, 2006.
  32. A. Rahmim, J. C. Cheng, S. Blinder, M-L. Camborde, and V. Sossi
    Statistical dynamic image reconstruction in state-of-the-art high resolution PET
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 50, pp. 4887-4912, 2005.
  33. V. Sossi, M-L. Camborde, G. Tropini, D. Newport, A. Rahmim, D. J. Doudet, and T. J. Ruth
    The influence of measurement uncertainties on the evaluation of the distribution volume ratio and binding potential in rat studies on a microPET R4: a phantom study
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 50, pp. 2859-2869, 2005.
  34. A. Rahmim, M. Lenox, A. J. Reader, C. Michel. Z. Burbar, T. J. Ruth, and V. Sossi
    Statistical list-mode image reconstruction for the high resolution research tomograph
    Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 49, pp. 4239-4258, 2004.
  35. A. Rahmim, P. Bloomfield, S. Houle, M. Lenox, C. Michel, K. R. Buckley, T. J. Ruth, and V. Sossi
    Motion compensation in histogram-mode and list-mode EM reconstructions: beyond the event-driven approach
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 51, pp. 2588-2596, 2004.
  36. V. Sossi, K. R. Buckley, P. Piccioni, A. Rahmim, M.-L. Camborder, E. Strome, S. Lapi, and T. J. Ruth
    Printed sources for positron emission tomography (PET)
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 52, pp. 114-118, 2004.
  37. A. Rahmim, S. Tixier, T. Tiedje, S. Eisebitt, M. Lorgen, R. Scherer, W. Eberhardt, J. Luning, and A. Scholl
    Interference between magnetism and surface roughness in coherent soft x-ray scattering
    Phys. Rev. B, vol. 65, 235421, 2002.

Conference Proceedings Papers/Abstracts:

  1. A. Rahmim, Y. Zhou, J. Price, J. Tang, L. Lu, M. Ay, G. Smith, V. Sossi, and D. Wong
    Generalized 4D AB-OSEM direct parametric imaging: application to PiB-PET
    Soc. Nuc. Med. Annual Meeting Proceed., 2012.
  2. N. Karakatsanis, M. A. Lodge, Y. Zhou, J. Mhlanga, A. Tahari, R. L. Wahl, and A. Rahmim
    Towards parametric whole-body FDG PET/CT imaging: potentials for enhanced tumor detectability
    Soc. Nuc. Med. Annual Meeting Proceed., 2012.
  3. L. Lu, N. Karakatsanis, J. Tang, W. Chen, and A. Rahmim
    3.5D dynamic PET image reconstruction incorporating kinetics-based clusters
    Soc. Nuc. Med. Annual Meeting Proceed., 2012.
  4. H. Jung, J. Coughlin, J. Tang, C. Endres, Y. Zhou, S. Mori, D. Wong, M. Pomper, and A. Rahmim
    MRI- and DTI-guided PET Image Reconstruction: Application to Imaging with [11C]DPA-713
    Soc. Nuc. Med. Annual Meeting Proceed., 2012.
  5. M. Lodge, A. Rahmim, N. Karakatsanis, Y. Zhou, J. Mhlanga, A. Tahari, and R. Wahl
    Implementation and evaluation of a dynamic whole-body PET/CT protocol
    Soc. Nuc. Med. Annual Meeting Proceed., 2012.
  6. Y. Zhou, S. Zhang, J-h. Zhang, N. Karakatsanis, A. Rahmim, M. Lodge, R. Wahl, D. Wong, and R. Fu
    Generalized population-based input function estimation given incomplete blood sampling in quantitative dynamic FDG PET studies
    Soc. Nuc. Med. Annual Meeting Proceed., 2012.
  7. Y. Zhou, J. Coughlin, A. Rahmim, G. Smith, C. Endres, D. Wong, M. Pomper
    A generalized population-based input function estimation approach to minimize blood sampling in radioligand-receptor dynamic PET studies
    Soc. Nuc. Med. Annual Meeting Proceed., 2012.
  8. N. Karakatsanis, M. A. Lodge, Y. Zhou, J. Mhlanga, A. Tahari, M. Chaudhry, W. P. Segars, R. L. Wahl, and A. Rahmim
    Dynamic multi-bed FDG PET imaging: feasibility and optimization
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 3863-3870, 2011.
  9. H. Mohy-ud-Din, N. Karakatsanis, M. R. Ay, C. Endres, D. F. Wong, and A. Rahmim
    Generalized inter-frame and intra-frame motion correction in PET imaging - a simulation study
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 3858-3862, 2011.
  10. L. Lu, J. Tang, N. Karakatsanis, W. Chen, and A. Rahmim
    Cluster-based priors for MAP PET image reconstruction
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 2678-2681, 2011.
  11. A. Mehranian, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
    Sparsity constrained sinogram inpainting for metal artifact reduction in x-ray computed tomography
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 3694-3699, 2011.
  12. A. Mehranian, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
    Metal artifact reduction in CT-based attenuation correction of PET using Sobolev sinogram restoration
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 2936-2942, 2011.
  13. H. Ghadiri, M. B. Shiran, M. R. Ay, H. Soltanian-Zadeh, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
    A novel energy mapping approach in CT-based attenuation correction of PET data using multi-energy CT imaging
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 2510-2515, 2011.
  14. J. Hossain, Y. Du, A. Akhbardeh, A. Rahmim, P. Bravo, E. Frey
    Quantitative estimation of organ time-activity curves from SPECT data using a two-camera system
    16th Annual Scientific Session of the Amer. Soc. of Nucl. Cardiology, 2011.
  15. A. Rahmim, J. Tang, H. Mohy-ud-Din, M. R. Ay, and M. A. Lodge
    Use of optimization transfer for enhanced direct 4D parametric imaging in myocardial perfusion PET
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 52 (Supplement 1): 265, 2011.
  16. J. Tang, F. M. Bengel, Y. Zhou, P. Bravo, and A. Rahmim
    Direct 4D parametric image reconstruction for dynamic cardiac PET imaging
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 52 (Supplement 1): 1996, 2011.
  17. H. Mohy-ud-Din, J. Tang, D. F. Wong, and A. Rahmim
    Comparison of ordered subset implementations for EM, preconditioned steepest ascent (PSA) and conjugate gradient (PCG) optimization tasks in PET image reconstruction
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 52 (Supplement 1): 1997, 2011.
  18. Y. Zhou, J. Brasic, A. Rahmim, A. Horti, and D. F. Wong
    Evaluation of a modeling based plasma input function estimation algorithm for unbiased quantification of ligand-receptor dynamic PET
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 52 (Supplement 1): 157, 2011.
  19. A. H. Crabb, A. Rahmim, and D. F. Wong
    Validation and reproducibilty of a PET reconstruction system
    XII Turku PET Symposium, Finland, 2011.
  20. A. Rahmim, J. Tang, M. R. Ay, and F. M. Bengel
    4D respiratory motion-corrected Rb-82 myocardial perfusion PET imaging
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 3312-3316, 2010.
  21. O. G. Rousset, A. Rahmim, and D. F. Wong
    Motion incorporated partial volume correction: methodology and validation
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 2359-2361, 2010.
  22. N. Zeraatkar, M. R. Ay, S. Sarkar, A. Rahmim, and P. Geramifar
    Quantitative investigation of inter-crystal scatter and penetration in the GE Discovery RX PET/CT scanner using Monte Carlo simulations
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 2403-2408, 2010.
  23. A. Rahmim, M. A. Lodge, J. Tang, Y. Zhou, B. Hussain, D. F. Wong, R. Pili, and R. L. Wahl
    Dynamic FDG PET imaging using direct 4D parametric reconstruction in cancer patients
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 51 (Supplement 2): 354, 2010.
  24. Y. Zhou, A. Rahmim, M. A. Lodge, H. Jacene, R. Pili, D. F. Wong, and R. L. Wahl
    Feasibility of parametric imaging in multi-bed dynamic human FDG PET
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 51 (Supplement 2): 127, 2010.
  25. J. Tang, F. M. Bengel, and A. Rahmim
    Cardiac motion-corrected quantitative dynamic Rb-82 PET imaging
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 51 (Supplement 2): 123, 2010.
  26. D. F. Wong et al.
    Quantification of cerebral cannabinoid receptors subtype 1 (CB1) in healthy subjects and schizophrenia by the novel PET radioligand [11C]OMAR
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 51 (Supplement 2): 331, 2010.
  27. P. Ghafarian, S.M.R. Aghamiri, M.R. Ay, A. Fard Esfahani, A. Rahmim, T.H. Schindler, O. Ratib, and H. Zaidi
    Impact of metal artifact reduction on cardiac FDG-PET/CT studies in the presence of pacemaker and implantable cardio verter defibrillator leads
    Iranian J. Nucl. Med., vol. 18 (Supplement 2): 104, 2010.
  28. P. Ghafarian, S.M.R. Aghamiri, M.R. Ay, B. Fallahi, A. Rahmim, T. Schindler, O. Ratib, and H. Zaidi
    Coronary calcium score scan-based attenuation correction in viability PET examination: a feasibility study
    World J. Nucl. Med., vol. 19 (Supplement 1): S-16, 2010.
  29. A. Rahmim, Y. Zhou, J. Tang, and D. F. Wong
    Direct 4D parametric image reconstruction with plasma input and reference tissue models in reversible binding imaging
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 2516-2522, 2009.
  30. J. Tang and A. Rahmim
    Anatomy assisted MAP-EM PET image reconstruction incorporating joint entropies of wavelet subband image pairs
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 3741-3745, 2009.
  31. A. Rahmim, Y. Zhou, and J. Tang
    Direct 4D parametric image estimation in reversible tracer binding imaging
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 50 (Supplement 2): 528, 2009.
  32. J. Tang, A. Rahmim, R. Lautamaki, M. A. Lodge, F. M. Bengel, and B. M. W. Tsui
    Optimized regional myocardial blood flow abnormality detection in dynamic Rb-82 PET
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 50 (Supplement 2): 467, 2009.
  33. M. A. Lodge, A. Rahmim, D. F. Wong, and R. L. Wahl
    Measuring the effect of count rate on PET spatial resolution using a uniform cylinder phantom
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 50 (Supplement 2): 1483, 2009.
  34. P. Ghafarian, S. Aghamiri, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
    Quantification of PET and CT data misalignment errors in cardiac PET/CT: clinical and phantom studies
    Proc. Intern. Conf. Bioinform. Biomed. Enging., p. 1-4, 2009.
  35. S. Lashkari, S. Sarkar, M. R. Ay, and A. Rahmim
    The effect of crystal size on position detection accuracy in PET block detectors: a Monte Carlo study
    Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging, vol. 36 (Supplement 2), pp. S409, abstract P508, 2009.
  36. A. Rahmim, J. Tang, M. A. Lodge, S. Lashkari, M. R. Ay, and F. M. Bengel
    Resolution modeled PET image reconstruction incorporating space-variance of positron range: Rubidium-82 cardiac PET imaging
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 3643-3650, 2008.
  37. J. Tang, H. Kuwabara, D. F. Wong, and A. Rahmim
    Direct 4D reconstruction of parametric images incorporating anato-functional joint entropy
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 5471-5474, 2008.
  38. J. Tang, A. Rahmim, R. Lautamaki, M. A. Lodge, F. M. Bengel, and B. M. W. Tsui
    Optimization of Rb-82 PET acquisition and reconstruction protocols for myocardial perfusion defect detection
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 4629-4635, 2008.
  39. P. Geramifar, M. R. Ay, M. Shamsaie, G. Loudos, and A. Rahmim
    Monte Carlo based performance assessment of four commercial GE Discovery PET/CT scanners Using GATE
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 3995-3999, 2008.
  40. J. C. Cheng, S. Blinder, A. Rahmim, and V. Sossi
    Latest advance in the scatter calibration and combining the scatter calibration with a practical scatter and random approximation technique for dynamic brain
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, pp. 5060-5065, 2008.
  41. M. Shirmohammad, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, S. Sarkar, and H. Zaidi
    Comparative assessment of different energy mapping approaches in CT based attenuation correction: a patient study
    ECIFMBE 2008- IFMBE Proceed., vol. 22, pp. 496-499, 2008.
  42. M. Shirmohammad, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, S. Sarkar, and H. Zaidi
    A novel energy mapping method for attenuation map generation at 511 keV in computed tomography based attenuation correction
    Annual Congress of the Europ. Assoc. Nucl. Med. (EANM), abstract 124, Oct 2008.
  43. P. Geramifar, M. R. Ay, M. Shamsaii Zafarghandi, G. Loudos, and A. Rahmim
    Monte Carlo simulation of the GE LYSO-based Discovery RX PET/CT scanner using GATE: a validation study
    Annual Congress of the Europ. Assoc. Nucl. Med. (EANM), abstract 296, Oct 2008.
  44. S. Lashkari, S. Sarkar, M. R. Ay, and A. Rahmim
    The influence of crystal depth on position detection accuracy and detection efficiency in PET block detector: a Monte Carlo study
    Annual Congress of the Europ. Assoc. Nucl. Med. (EANM), abstract P510, Oct 2008.
  45. S. Lashkari, S. Sarkar, M. R. Ay, and A. Rahmim
    The influence of crystal material on intercrystal scattering and the parallax effect in PET block detectors: a Monte Carlo study
    Biomed 2008- IFMBE Proceed., vol. 21, pp. 633-636, 2008.
  46. A. Rahmim, J. Tang, M. A. Lodge, S. Lashkari, M. R. Ay, R. Lautamaki, B. M. Tsui, and F. Bengel
    Improved clinical and quantitative dynamic Rb-82 cardiac imaging with resolution modeling
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 49 (Supplement 1): 62P, 2008.
  47. J. Tang, A. Rahmim, R. Lautamaki, M. Lodge, F. Bengel, and B. M. W. Tsui
    Optimization of dynamic Rb-82 PET cardiac acquisition protocol using Monte-Carlo simulation
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 49 (Supplement 1): 63P, 2008.
  48. M. A. Lodge, A. Rahmim, F. M. Bengel, and R. L. Wahl
    Examining the effect of patient body size on 2D and 3D PET
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 49 (Supplement 1): 121P, 2008.
  49. A. Rahmim, M. A. Lodge, J. Tang, S. Lashkari, and M. R. Ay
    Analytic system matrix resolution modeling in PET: an application to Rb-82 cardiac imaging
    Proceed. IEEE Intern. Symp. Biom. Imag., pp. 1307-1310, 2008.
  50. J. Tang, B. M. W. Tsui, and A. Rahmim
    Bayesian PET image reconstruction incorporating anato-functional joint entropy
    Proceed. IEEE Intern. Symp. Biom. Imag., pp. 1043-1046, 2008.
  51. M. Shirmohammad, M. R. Ay, S. Sarkar, H. Ghaditi, and A. Rahmim
    Comparative assessment of different energy mapping methods for generation of 511-keV attenuation map from CT images in PET/CT systems: a phantom study
    Proceed. IEEE Intern. Symp. Biom. Imag., pp. 644-647, 2008.
  52. P. Geramifar, M. R. Ay, M. Shamsaei-Zafarghandi, G. Loudos, and A. Rahmim
    Monte Carlo assessment of time-of-flight benefits benefits on the LYSO-based discovery RX PET/CT scanner
    Proceed. IEEE Intern. Symp. Biom. Imag., pp. 364-367, 2008.
  53. O. G. Rousset, C. Munro, J. Galecki, A. Nandi, A. Rahmim, and D. F. Wong
    Sex-Differences In Amphetamine-Induced Dopamine Release Studied With [11C]RAC/PET: Does Partial Volume Correction Make a Difference?
    World Molecular Imag. Conf., Sep. 2008.
  54. A. Rahmim, K. Dinelle, S. C. Lidstone, S. Blinder, J.-C. Cheng, G. Topping, H. Vajihollahi, D. F. Wong, and V. Sossi
    Impact of accurate motion-corrected statistical reconstruction on dynamic PET kinetic parameter estimation
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2697-2704, 2007.
  55. V. Sossi, S. Blinder, A. Rahmim, K. Dinelle, J. C. Cheng, and S. Lidstone
    Effect of measurement uncertainty on region of interest based and parametric binding potential estimates for the high resolution research tomograph (HRRT)
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 6, pp. 4539-4542, 2007.
  56. J. C. Cheng, A. Rahmim, S. Blinder, and V. Sossi
    A global and a segmented plane scatter calibration: improving the quantitative accuracy of frames with high random fraction and/or low number of counts in dynamic high resolution PET brain imaging
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 6, pp. 4475-4480, 2007.
  57. A. Rahmim, K. Dinelle, S. Lidtone, S. Blinder, J. C. Cheng, G. Topping, O. Rousset, D. Wong, and V. Sossi
    Improved dynamic imaging using a novel event-driven motion correction method in high resolution human brain PET
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 48 (Supplement 2): 416P, 2007.
  58. M. Lodge, A. Khan, A. Rahmim, B. Line, F. Bengel, and R. Wahl
    Optimizing injected activity in whole-body 3D PET: Relating NECR and singles rates
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 48 (Supplement 2): 435P, 2007.
  59. Y. Zhou, M. Weed, A. Rahmim, W. Ye, J. Brasic, M. Alexander, A. Crabb, F. Ali, and D. Wong
    Linear versus nonlinear regression for quantification of dynamic PET with amphetamine challenge
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 48 (Supplement 2): 160P, 2007.
  60. Y. Zhou, M. Weed, M-K. Chen, A. Rahmim, W. Ye, J. Brasic, M. Alexander, A. Crabb, J. McGlothan, F. Ali, T. Guilarte, and D. Wong
    Quantitative dopamine transporter imaging studies in nonhuman primates with a GE Advance and high resolution research tomography (HRRT) PET scanners
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 48 (Supplement 2): 158P, 2007.
  61. A. Kumar, H. Kuwabara, A. Horti, M. Alexander, D. Holt, H. Ravert, Y. Gao, A. Nandi, A. Rahmim, R. Dannals, and D. Wong
    Comparison of new PET radiotracers for quantification of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 48 (Supplement 2): 114P, 2007.
  62. D. F. Wong, O. Rousset, A. Rahmim, A. Kumar, H. Kuwabara, A. Nandi, W. Ye, M. Alexander, J. Brasic, Y. Zhou, B. McCaul, G. Wand
    Comparing IV amphetamine-induced 11C raclopride displacement between HRRT and GE advance PET: Implications for high resolution/sensitivity on dopamine release measures
    J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab., vol. 27 (suppl. 1), pp. PO03-05U, 2007.
  63. Y. Zhou, M. R. Weed, M-K. Chen, A. Rahmim, W. Ye, J. Brasic, M. Alexander, A. H. Crabb, J. McGlothan, F. Ali, T. R. Guilarte, D. F. Wong
    Advances in the quantification of [11C]raclopride dynamic PET with amphetamine challenges
    J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab., vol. 27 (suppl. 1), pp. PO01-06M, 2007.
  64. A. Horti, H. Fan, H. Ravert, J. Hilton, A. Kumar, M. Alexander, A. Rahmim, A. F. Hoffman, C. R. Lupica, H. Kuwabara, D. F. Wong, and R. F. Dannals
    [11C]JHU75528, a PET radioligand for imaging of cerebral cannabinoid CB1 receptors
    39th Annual Europ. Brain and Behaviour Soc. Abstracts, 2007.
  65. K. M. Wilcox, D. F. Wong, Y. Zhou, M. Alexander, A. Rahmim, and M. R. Weed
    Blood levels and dopamine transporter (DAT) occupancy of orally administered methylphenidate (MPH) in juvenile rhesus monkeys measured by high resolution PET
    The annual College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) meeting, June 2007.
  66. A. Rahmim, K. Dinelle, J. C. Cheng, M. A. Shilov, W. P. Segars, O. G. Rousset, B. M. W. Tsui, D. F. Wong, and V. Sossi
    Accurate event driven motion compensation incorporating all detected events
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 6, pp. 3331-3338, 2006.
  67. A. Rahmim, J. C. Cheng, K. Dinelle, M. A. Shilov, W. P. Segars, O. G. Rousset, B. M. W. Tsui, D. F. Wong, and V. Sossi
    System Matrix Modeling of Externally Tracked Motion
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2137-2141, 2006.
  68. J. P. Jones, A. Rahmim, M. Sibomana, A. Crabb, Z. Burbar, C. B. Cavanaugh, C. Michel, and D. F. Wong
    Data processing methods for a high throughput brain imaging PET research center
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2224-2228, 2006.
  69. V. Sossi, S. Blinder, K. Dinelle, S. Lidstone, J. C. Cheng, A. Rahmim, S. McCormick, D. J. Doudet and T. R. Ruth
    Comparison between the ROI based and pixel based analysis for neuroreceptor studies performed on the high resolution research tomograph (HRRT)
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 5, pp. 2653-2657, 2006.
  70. J. C. Cheng, A. Rahmim, S. Blinder, K. Dinelle, and V. Sossi
    The quantitative accuracy and efficiency of the dual reconstruction scheme including a practical scatter/random approximation in dynamic PET imaging
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 5, pp. 2744-2724, 2006.
  71. Y. Gao, H. T. Ravert, D. Holt, J. Hilton, C. Endres, M. Alexander, A. Kumar, A. Rahmim, H. Kuwabara, D. F. Wong, R. F. Dannals, and A. G. Horti
    A new series of 3-Pyridyl Ether analogs of A-85380 for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
    Molecular Imaging, vol. 5, pp. 209, 2006.
  72. A. Horti, H. Fan, H. Ravert, J. Hilton, A. Kumar, M. Alexander, A. Rahmim, H. Kuwabara, D. Wong, and R. Dannals
    PET imaging of cerebral cannabinoid CB1 receptors with [11C]JHU75528
    J. Nucl. Med., vol. 47 (Supplement 1): 136P, 2006.
  73. A. Rahmim, J. C. Cheng, and V. Sossi
    Improved noise propagation in statistical image reconstruction with resolution modeling
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 5, pp. 2576-2578, 2005.
  74. A. Rahmim, J. C. Cheng, S. Blinder, M-L. Camborde, and V. Sossi
    Quantitative accuracy considerations in dynamic state-of-the-art PET imaging (when average counts-per-LOR are (much) smaller than unity)
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2253-2255, 2005.
  75. S. Blinder, M-L. Camborde, K. R. Buckley, A. Rahmim, J. C. Cheng, T. J. Ruth, and V. Sossi
    Influence of depth of interaction on spatial resolution and image quality for the HRRT
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 3, pp. 1765-1769, 2005.
  76. Camborde, S. Blinder, A. Rahmim, J. C. Cheng, K. R. Buckley, Doris J. Doudet
    Dynamic imaging on the high resolution research tomograph (HRRT): non-human primate studies
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 1981-1985, 2005.
  77. V. Sossi et al.
    The second generation HRRT - a multi-centre scanner performance investigation
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2195-2199, 2005.
  78. J-C. Cheng, A. Rahmim, S. Blinder, M-L. Camborde, and V. Sossi
    Implementation of scatter corrected list-mode OP-EM reconstruction algorithm and a dual (histogram/list-mode) reconstruction scheme for dynamic PET imaging
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2291-2295, 2005.
  79. A. Rahmim, S. Blinder, J. C. Cheng, and V. Sossi
    Statistical List-mode reconstruction in quantitative dynamic imaging using the high resolution research tomograph
    Fully 3D Reconstr. Meeting in Radiol. and Nucl. Med., Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005.
  80. A. Rahmim, T. J. Ruth, and V. Sossi
    Study of a convergent subsetized list-mode EM reconstruction algorithm
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 6, pp. 3978-3982, 2004.
  81. V. Sossi, M-L. Camborde, D. F. Newport, A. Rahmim, G. Tropini, and D. Doudet
    The influence of measurement uncertainties on the evaluation of the distribution volume ratio in rat studies on a microPET R4: a phantom study
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2465-2469, 2004.
  82. M-L. Camborde, A. Rahmim, D. F. Newport, S. Siegel, K. R. Buckley, E. Vandervoort, T. J. Ruth, and V. Sossi
    Effect of normalization method on image uniformity and binding potential estimates on microPET
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 6, pp. 3467-3471, 2004.
  83. A. Rahmim, P. Bloomfield, S. Houle, M. Lenox, C. Michel, and V. Sossi
    Practically feasible histogram-mode and list-mode EM reconstructions with full motion compensation
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2589-2593, 2003.
  84. A. Rahmim, M. Lenox, C. Michel, A. J. Reader, and V. Sossi
    Space-variant and anisotropic resolution modeling in list-mode EM reconstruction
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 5, pp. 3074-3077, 2003.
  85. V. Sossi, K. R. Buckley, P. Piccioni, A. Rahmim, M.-L. Camborder, S. Lapi, and T. J. Ruth
    Printed sources for positron emission tomography (PET)
    IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Record, vol. 4, pp. 2433-2437, 2003.
  86. A. Rahmim, M. Lenox, A. J. Reader, C. Michel. Z. Burbar, T. J. Ruth, and V. Sossi
    Weighted iterative list-mode reconstruction for the high resolution research tomograph
    Fully 3D Reconstr. Meeting in Radiol. and Nucl. Med. (Mo PM3-2), Saint-Malo, France, 2003.
  87. A. Rahmim, S. Tixier, T. Tiedje et al.
    Coherent x-ray scattering: a probe for magnetism in thin films
    Canadian Light Source (CLS) Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 3 (science highlight), 2001.
  88. A. Rahmim, S. Tixier, T. Tiedje et al.
    Soft x-ray speckle in magnetic scattering from rough surfaces with antiferromagnetic domains
    Amer. Physical Soc. (APS) Annual March Meeting Record, abstract #V32.001, Seattle, WA, 2001.
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