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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

2008

E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, H. H. Barrett, and L. Furenlid, “A task-based approach to adaptive and multimodality imaging”, Proc. IEEE, 96(3), 2008.

H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, M. Freed, J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, S. Clarkson, and M. K. Whitaker, ”Adaptive SPECT”, in press, IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., 2008.

M. Freed, M. A. Kupinski, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, “A prototype instrument for single-photon small-animal adaptive SPECT imaging”, in press, Med. Phys., 2008.

E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, H. H. Barrett, and L. R. Furenlid, ”A task-based approach to adaptive and multimodality imaging”, in press, Proc. IEEE, 2008.
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H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, M. Freed, J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and M. K. Whitaker, ”Adaptive SPECT”, in press, IEEE Trans.  Med. Imag., 2008.
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M. Freed, M. A. Kupinski, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, “A Prototype Instrument for Single-Pinhole Small-Animal Adaptive SPECT Imaging”, submitted to Med. Phys., 2008.
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2007

E. Clarkson, “Estimation receiver operating characteristic curve and ideal observers for combined detection/estimation tasks”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 24:B91-B98, 2007.
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Z. Liu, H. H. Barrett, G. D. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and K. Y. Pak, “Evaluating the protective role of ischemic preconditioning in rat hearts using a stationary small-animal SPECT imager and 99mTc-glucarate, Nucl Med Commun. in press, 2007.

H. H. Barrett, C. Dainty, and D. Lara, Maximum-likelihood methods in wavefront sensing: Stochastic models and likelihood functions, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 24:391-414, 2007.
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J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, The multi-module, multi-resolution system--A novel small-animal SPECT system, Med. Phys., 34(3):987-993, 2007.

J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, Hardware assessment using the multi-module, multi-resolution system (M3R)--A signal-detection study, Med. Phys., 34:3034-3044, 2007.
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S. Park, H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, and K. J. Myers, A channelized-ideal observer using Laguerre-Gauss channels in detection tasks involving lumpy backgrounds, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 24, No. 12, pp. B136-B150.
[PDF (1.42 MB)]

Z. Liu, H. H. Barrett, G. D. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and K. Y. Pak, Evaluation of cardioprotection in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts using stationary small-animal SPECT imager and 99mTc-glucarate, Submitted, J. Nucl. Med., 2007.

M. B. Abbott, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, G. D. Stevenson, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, An implantable synthetic SPECT lesion: a bridge from phantom to reality, Submitted to J. Nucl. Med., 2007

B. W. Miller, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, H. Bradford Barber, and R. J. Hunter, Recent advances in BazookaSPECT: real-time data acquisition and the development of a gamma-ray microscope, Submitted, Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A, 2007.

2006

M. A. Kupinski, J. W. Hoppin, J. Krasnow, S.  Dahlberg, J. A. Leppo, M. A. King, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, Comparing cardiac ejection fraction estimation algorithms without a gold standard, Acad. Radiol., 31:329-337, 2006.
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H. Kim, L. R. Furenlid, M. J. Crawford, D. W. Wilson, H. B. Barber, T. E. Peterson, W. C. J. Hunter, Z. Liu, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, SemiSPECT: A small-animal SPECT imager based on eight CZT detector arrays, Med. Phys., 33:465-474, 2006.

H. H. Barrett, K. J. Myers, N. Devaney, and C. Dainty, Objective assessment of image quality: IV. Application to adaptive optics, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 23:3080-3105, 2006.
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A. R. Pineda, M. Schweiger, S. R. Arridge and H. H. Barrett, Information content of data types in time-domain optical tomography, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 23:2989-2996, 2006.

E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, and H. H. Barrett, A probabilistic model for the MRMC method. Part 1: Theoretical development, Acad. Radiol., 13:1410-1421, 2006.
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M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, A probabilistic model for the MRMC method. Part 2: Validation and applications, Acad. Radiol., 13:1422-1430, 2006.
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G. Johnson III, C. C. Okada, S. D. Hocherman, Z. Liu, C. Hart, B. A. Khaw, and R. D. Okada, 99mTc-glucarate imaging for the early detection of infarct in partially reperfused canine myocardium, Eur. J. Nucl. Med. and Molec. Imag., 33:319-328, 2006.

A. K. Sahu, A. Joshi, M. A. Kupinski, E. M. Sevick-Muraca, Assessment of a fluorescence-enhanced optical imaging system using the Hotelling observer, Opt. Express, 14, 7642-7660, 2006.
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F. Shen and E. Clarkson, Using Fisher information to approximate ideal observer performance on detection tasks for lumpy background images, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 23:2406-2414, 2006.
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B. S. McDonald, S. Shokouhi, H. H. Barrett and T. E. Peterson, Multi-energy, single-isotope imaging using stacked detectors, Submitted, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A, 2006.

L. R. Furenlid, J. Y. Hesterman, Y-C. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, List-mode data acquisition and real-time maximum-likelihood estimation for modular gamma cameras, Submitted, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 2006.

T. E. Peterson, S. Shokouhi, L. R. Furenlid, and D. W. Wilson, Multi-pinhole SPECT imaging with silicon strip detectors, Submitted, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 2006.

2005

Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, G. A. Kastis, M. Bettan, and J. M. Woolfenden, “Imaging recognition of inhibition of multidrug resistance in human breast cancer xenografts using 99mTc-labeled sestamibi and tetrofosmin,” Nucl. Med. and Biol., 32, 573-583, 2005.
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G. A. Carini, G. S. Camarda, Z. Zhong, D. P. Siddons, A. E. Bolotnikov, G. W. Wright, B. Barber, C. Arnone, and R. B. James, “High energy X-ray diffraction and topography investigation of CdZnTe,” J. Elec. Mat., 34(6), 804-810, 2005.
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L. Chen and H. H. Barrett, “Task-based lens design with application to digital mammography,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 1:148-167, 2005.
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F. Shen and E. Clarkson, “Using Fisher information to approximate ideal-observer performance on detection tasks for lumpy background images,” submitted, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 2005.

H. H. Barrett, K. J. Myers, N. Devaney, and J. C. Dainty, “Objective assessment of image quality: IV. Application to adaptive optics,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, submitted, 2005.

A. R. Pineda, M. Schweiger, S. R. Arridge, and H. H. Barrett, “Information content of data types in time-domain optical tomography,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, submitted, 2005.

H. H. Barrett and J. C. Dainty, “Maximum-likelihood methods in wavefront sensing: stochastic models and likelihood functions,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, submitted, 2005.

2004

A.R. Pineda, H.H. Barrett, “Figures of merit for digital radiography. I. Flat background and deterministic blurring,” Med. Phys., Vol. 31: 348-358, 2004. Full Text:
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A.R. Pineda, H.H. Barrett, “Figures of merit for digital radiography. II. Finite number of secondaries, structured and random backgrounds” Med. Phys., Vol. 31: 359-367, 2004. Full Text:
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L.R. Furenlid, D.W. Wilson, Y. Chen, H. Kim, P.J. Pietraski, M.J.Crawford,
H. H. Barrett, “FastSPECT II: A Second-Generation High-Resolution Dynamic SPECT Imager”, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci., Vol. 51, 3:631-635, 2004. Full Text:
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Z. Liu, G. A. Kastis, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, M. Bettan, L. R. Furenlid,
D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden and K. Y. Pak. “High-Resolution Imaging with 99mTc-glucarate for Assessing Myocardial Injury in Rat Heart Models Exposed to Different Durations of Ischemia Followed by Reperfusion," J. Nucl. Med 2004; 45:1251-1259. Full Text:
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Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, G. A. Kastis, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson and
J. M. Woolfenden. “99mTc-Glucarate High-Resolution Imaging of Drug-Sensitive and Drug-Resistant Human Breast Cancer Xenografts in SCID mice," Nucl Med Commun 2004; 25:711-720. Full Text:
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2003

J.D. Sain, H.H. Barrett, "Performance evaluation of a modular gamma camera using a detectability index," J. Nucl. Med., 44:58-66, 2003. Full Text:
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M.A. Kupinski, J.W. Hoppin, E. Clarkson, H.H. Barrett, “Ideal-observer computation in medical imaging with use of Markov-chain Monte Carlo,” J .Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 20, 430-438, 2003. Full Text:
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M A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, J.W. Hoppin, L. Chen, H.H. Barrett, “Experimental determination of object statistics from noisy images,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 20, 421-429, 2003. Full Text:
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B.D. Gallas, H.H. Barrett. “Validating the use of channels to estimate the ideal linear observer,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 20, 1725-1738, 2003. Full Text:
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Z. Liu, G.D. Stevenson, H.H. Barrett, G.A. Kastis, M. Bettan, L.R. Furenlid,
D.W. Wilson, J.M. Woolfenden "Imaging Recognition of Multidrug Resistance in Human Breast Tumors Using 99mTc-Labeled Monocationic Agents and a High-Resolution Stationary SPECT System," Nucl Med & Bio 2004;31:53-65. Full Text:
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J. D. Sain and H. H. Barrett, “Performance evaluation of a modular gamma camera using a detectability index”, J. Nucl. Med., 44:58-66, 2003.
 
M. A. Kupinski, J. W. Hoppin, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, “Ideal-observer computation in medical imaging with use of Markov-chain Monte Carlo”, J .Opt. Soc. Am. A, 20, 430-438, 2003.
 
M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, J. W. Hoppin, L. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, “Experimental determination of object statistics from noisy images”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 20, 3:421-429, 2003.
 
T. E. Peterson, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, “Application of silicon strip detectors to small-animal imaging”, Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A, 505, 1-2:608-611, 2003.
 
L. Chen and H.H. Barrett, “Optimizing lens-coupled digital radiographic imaging systems based on model observers’ performance”, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, 5034, 63-70, San Diego, CA, February 15-20, 2003.
 
E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, J. W. Hoppin, and H. H. Barrett, “Assessing the accuracy of estimates of the likelihood ratio”, Proc. SPIE, 5034, 135-143, 2003.
 
J. W. Hoppin, D. W. Wilson, T. E. Peterson, M. A. Kupinski, G. A. Kastis, E. Clarkson, L R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, “Evaluating estimation techniques in medical imaging without a gold standard:  experimental validation”, Proc. SPIE, 5034, 230-237, 2003.
 
M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, K. Gross, J. W. Hoppin, and H. H. Barrett, “Optimizing imaging hardware for estimation tasks”, Proc. SPIE, 5034, 309-313, 2003.
 
B. D. Gallas and H. H. Barrett, “Validating the use of channels to estimate the ideal linear observer”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 20, 9:1725-1738, 2003.
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2002

M.A. Kupinski, J W. Hoppin, E. Clarkson, H.H. Barrett, "Estimation in medical imaging without a gold standard," Acad Radiol, 9:290-297, 2002. Full Text:
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D.W. Wilson, H.H. Barrett “The effects of incorrect modeling on noise and resolution properties of ML-EM images,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 49, 3:768-773, 2002. Full Text:
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J.W. Hoppin, M.A. Kupinski, G.A. Kastis, E. Clarkson, H.H. Barrett, "Objective comparison of quantitative imaging modalities without the use of a gold standard," IEEE Trans Med Imaging, Vol. 21, 5:441-449, 2002. Full Text:
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E. Clarkson, M.A. Kupinski,, H.H. Barrett, “Transformation of characteristic functionals through imaging systems,” Opt. Express, Vol. 10, 13:536-9, 2002. Full Text:
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E. Clarkson, “Bounds on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for the ideal observer,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 19, 1963-1968, 2002. Full Text:
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Z. Liu, G.A. Kastis, G. Stevenson, H.H. Barrett, L.R Furenlid, M.A. Kupinski,
D.D. Patton and D.W. Wilson, “Quantitative Analysis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rat Hearts with Ischemia-Reperfusion Using a High-Resolution Stationary SPECT System,” J. Nucl. Med., 43:933-939, 2002. Full Text:
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J. W. Hoppin, M. A. Kupinski, G. A. Kastis, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, “Objective comparison of quantitative imaging modalities without the use of a gold standard”, IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., 21, 5:441-449, 2002.
 
M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, “Matching statistical object models to real images”, Proc. SPIE, 4686, 37-42, 2002.
 
M. A. Kupinski, J. W. Hoppin, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, “Estimation in medical imaging without a gold standard”, Acad. Radiol.,  9:290-297, 2002.
 
G. A. Kastis, M. C. Wu, S. J. Balzer, D. W. Wilson, L. R. Furenlid, G. Stevenson, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, J. M. Woolfenden, P. Kelly, and M. Appleby, “Tomographic small-animal imaging using a high-resolution semiconductor camera”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 49, 1, 2002.
 
D. W. Wilson and H. H. Barrett, “The effects of incorrect modeling on noise and resolution properties of ML-EM images”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 49, 3:768-773, 2002.
 
Z. Liu, G. A. Kastis, G. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, M. A. Kupinski, D. Patton, and D. W. Wilson, “Quantitative analysis of acute myocardial infarction in rat hearts with ischemia-reperfusion using a high-resolution stationary SPECT system”, J. Nucl. Med., 43, 933-939, 2002, Second-place award for basic science investigations.
 
E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, and H. H. Barrett, “Transformation of characteristic functionals through imaging systems”, Opt. Express, 10, 13:536-539, 2002.

2001

C.K. Abbey and H.H. Barrett, “Human and model-observer performance in ramp-spectrum noise: Effects of regularization and object variability,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 473-488, 2001. Full Text:
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E. Clarkson, H.H. Barrett, “High pass filters give histograms with positive kurtosis” Opt. Lett. 26, 1253-1255, 2001. Full Text:
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J. Hoppin, M. A. Kupinski, G. Kastis, E. Clarkson and H. H. Barrett, “Evaluating estimation tasks without the use of a gold standard,” in Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Vol. 2082 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, M. F. Insana and R. M. Leahy, eds.
(New York, Springer, 2001)

A. Lehovich, H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson and A. F. Gmitro, “Estimability of spatio-temporal activation in fMRI,” in Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Vol. 2082 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, M. F. Insana and R. M. Leahy, eds.
(New York, Springer, 2001) 259-271

H. H. Barrett, K. J. Myers, B. Gallas, E. Clarkson, and H. Zhang, “Megalopinakophobia: its symptoms and cures”, Proc. SPIE 4320, 299-307, 2001.
 
A. R. Pineda and H. H. Barrett, “What does DQE say about lesion detectability?” Proc. SPIE, 4320, 561-569, 2001.
 
E. Clarkson, H. H. Barrett, and A. R. Pineda, “Analytical approximations to the Hotelling trace for digital X-ray detectors”, Proc. SPIE, 4320, 339-349, 2001.
 
J. Lee, D. W. Wilson, H. H. Barrett, and A. F. Gmitro, “Image reconstruction of optical tomographic data from a highly scattering medium”, Proc. SPIE, 4320, 792-799, 2001.
              
H. Zhang, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, “Feature-extraction method based on the ideal observer”, Proc. SPIE, 4322, 440-447, 2001.
 
H. Zhang, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, “Nonlinear discriminant analysis”, Proc. SPIE, 4322, 448-455, 2001.
 
M. I. Altbach, T. P. Trouard, R. Van de Walle, R. J. Theilmann, E. Clarkson, H. H. Barrett, and A. F. Gmitro, “Chemical-shift imaging utilizing the positional shifts along the readout gradient direction”, IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., 20, 1156-1166, 2001.
 
C. K. Abbey and H. H. Barrett, “Human and model-observer performance in ramp-spectrum noise: effects of regularization and object variability”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 18, 473-488, 2001.
 
E. Clarkson and H. H. Barrett, “High-pass filters give histograms with positive kurtosis”, Opt. Lett., 26, 1253-1255, 2001.

2000

D.W. WIlson, H.H. Barrett, E.W. Clarkson, "Reconstruction of two- and three-dimensional images from synthetic-collimator data," IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 19, 5:
412-422, 2000. Full Text:
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E. Clarkson and H. H. Barrett, “Approximations to ideal-observer performance on signal-detection tasks”, Appl. Opt., 39, 11:1783-1793, 2000.
 
D. W. Wilson, H. H. Barrett, and E. W. Clarkson, “Reconstruction of two- and three-dimensional images from synthetic-collimator data”, IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., 19:412-422, 2000.
 
L. R. Furenlid, E. Clarkson, D. G. Marks, and H. H. Barrett, “Spatial pileup considerations for pixellated gamma-ray detectors”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 47:1399-1402, 2000.
 
G. A. Kastis, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, S. J. Balzer, D. Lu, D. G. Marks, G. Stevenson, J. M. Woolfenden, M. Appleby, and J. Tueller, “Gamma-ray imaging using a CdZnTe pixel array and a high-resolution, parallel-hole collimator”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 47, 6:1923-1927, 2000.
 
R. Van de Walle, H. H. Barrett, K. J. Myers, M. I. Altbach, B. Desplanques, A. F. Gmitro, J. Cornelis, and I. Lemahieu,  “Reconstruction of MR images from data acquired on a general non-regular grid by pseudoinverse calculation”, IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., 19:1160-1167, 2000.

1999

J.D. Eskin, H.H. Barrett, H.B. Barber, “Signals induced in semiconductor gamma-ray imaging detectors,” J. Appl. Phys. 85:647-659, 1999. Full Text:
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D.G. Marks, H.B. Barber, H.H. Barrett, J.Tueller, J.M. Woolfenden, “Improving performance of a CdZnTe imaging array by mapping the detector with gamma rays,” Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A 428:102-112, 1999. Full Text:
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J. D. Eskin, H. H. Barrett, and H. B. Barber, “Signals induced in semiconductor gamma-ray imaging detectors”, J. Appl. Phys., 85:647-659, 1999.
 
S. Faris, D. Wilson, H. H. Barrett, D. Dougherty, G. Gindi, and I-T. Hsiao, “Using a digital anatomical phantom to optimize an imaging system”, Proc. SPIE, 3659, 1999.
 
B. Gallas and H. H. Barrett, “Signal detection in a lumpy background: effects of providing more information to the human than just the raw data”, Proc. SPIE, 3633, 1999.
 
E. Clarkson, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, “The synthetic collimator for 2D and 3D imaging”, Proc. SPIE, 3659:107-117, 1999.
 
D. G. Marks, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, J. Tueller, and J. M. Woolfenden, “Improving performance of a CdZnTe imaging array by mapping the detector with gamma rays”, Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. in Phys. Res., A, 428:102-112, 1999.

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

2007

B. W. Miller, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett L. Chen, and S. J. Taylor, Photon-counting gamma camera based on columnar CsI(Tl) optically coupled to a back-illuminated CCD, Proc. SPIE, 6510:22, 2007.

H. H. Barrett and K. J. Myers, Statistical properties of radiological images: Basic principles and recent progress, Proc. SPIE, 6510:1, 2007.

A. Breme, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, Adaptive Hotelling discriminant functions, Proc. SPIE, 6515:16, 2007.

M. Freed, M. A. Kupinski, L. R. Furenlid, M. K. Whitaker, and H. H. Barrett, A prototype instrument for adaptive SPECT imaging, Proc. SPIE, 6510:30, 2007.

M. A. Kupinski, E. W. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, Adaptive Hotelling discriminant functions, Proc. SPIE, 6515:16, 2007.

L. Chen, L. D. Foo, H. H. Barrett, K. P. Thompson, and R. L. Cortesi, Task-based evaluation of practical lens designs for lens-coupled digital mammography systems, Proc. SPIE, 6515:30, 2007.

J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, E. W. Clarkson, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, Evaluation of hardware in a small-animal SPECT system using reconstructed images, Proc. SPIE, 6515:36, 2007.

E. Clarkson, Estimation ROC curves and their corresponding ideal observers, Proc. SPIE, 6515:03, 2007.

M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and J. Y. Hesterman, Bias and variance in Hotelling observer performance computed from finite data, Proc. SPIE, 6515:15, 2007.

F. Shen and E. Clarkson, Approximating the test statistic distribution and ALROC in signal-detection tasks with signal location uncertainty, Proc. SPIE, 6515:23, 2007.

2006

V. V. Nagarkar, I. Shestakova, V. Gaysinskiy, B. Singh, B. W. Miller, and H. B. Barber, Fast X-ray/X-ray imaging using electron multiplying CCD-based detector, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 563, pp. 45-48, 2006.

I. Shestakova, V.  V. Nagarkar, V. Gaysinskiy, G. Entine, B. C. Stack, and B. Miller, Feasibility studies of an EMCCD-based beta imaging probe for radioguided thyroid surgery, Proc. SPIE, 6319, 63191E, 2006.

S. Shokouhi, L. L. Durko, M. A. Fritz, L. R. Furenlid, and T. E. Peterson, Thick silicon-strip detectors for small-animal SPECT imaging, Conference Record IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California, October 29-November 4, 2006.

B. W. Miller, H. Barber, H. Barrett, I. Shestakova, B. Singh, and V. Nagarkar, Single-photon spatial and energy resolution enhancement of a columnar CsI (Tl)/EMCCD gamma camera using maximum-likelihood estimation, Proc. SPIE, 6142, 61421T, 2006.

L. A. Franks, A. Burger, R. B. James, H. Bradford Barber, F. Patrick Doty, and H. Roehrig (Editors), Hard X-ray and gamma-ray detector physics and penetrating radiation systems VIII, Proc. SPIE, 6319, Bellingham, Washington, 2006.

M. A. Kupinski, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, and N. E. Preble, Conference Organizers for the 2nd Biennial Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT, Tucson, Arizona, March 8-10, 2006.

2005

H. B. Barber, F. L. Augustine, L. Furenlid, C. M. Ingram, and G. P. Grim, “Prototype AEGIS: a pixel-array readout circuit for gamma-ray imaging,” Proc. SPIE 5923:H1-H10, 2005.

L. Chen and H. H. Barrett, “Non-Gaussian noise in X-ray and gamma-ray detectors,” Proc. SPIE 5745, 366-376, 2005.
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K. Gross and M. A. Kupinski, “An efficient radiometrically-correct method for computing ideal observer performance,” Proc. SPIE 5749, 118-127, SPIE International Symposium on Medical Imaging, San Diego, California, February 12-17, 2005.

H. H. Barrett, M. A. Kupinski, and E. Clarkson, “Probabilistic foundations of the MRMC method,” Proc. SPIE 5749, 21-31, 2005.

K. Gross, M. Kupinski, and J. Y. Hesterman, “A fast model of a multiple-pinhole SPECT imaging system,” Proc. SPIE 5749, 118-127, 2005.

S. Park, E. A. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, and H. H. Barrett, “Efficiency of human and model observers for signal-detection tasks in non-Gaussian distributed lumpy backgrounds,” Proc. SPIE 5749, 138-149, 2005.

M. A. Kupinski and E. Clarkson, “Extending the channelized Hotelling observer to account for signal-uncertainty and estimation tasks,” Proc. SPIE 5749, 183-190, 2005.

J. Y. Hesterman and M. A. Kupinski, “Experimental task-based optimization of a four-camera variable-pinhole imaging system,” Proc. SPIE 5749, 300-309, 2005.

L. R. Furenlid, J. Y. Hesterman, and H. H. Barrett, “Real-time data acquisition and maximum-likelihood estimation for gamma cameras,” 14th IEEE NPSS Real-Time Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005.

2003

K. Gross, M. A. Kupinski, T. Peterson, and E. Clarkson "Optimizing a Multiple-Pinhole SPECT System Using the Ideal Observer," SPIE 5034, 314-322, 2003
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2004

S. Park, M.A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, H.H. Barrett, "Efficient channels for the ideal observer," Proc. SPIE 5372:12-21, 2004. Full Text:
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F.Shen, E. Clarkson, "Using Fisher information to compute ideal-observer performance on detection tasks," Proc. SPIE 5372:22-30, 2004. Full Text:
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2002

M A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, H H. Barrett, "Matching statistical objects models to real images,” Proc. SPIE 4686:37-42, 2002. Full Text:
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2001

E. Clarkson, H H. Barrett, A.R. Pineda, “Analytical approximations to the Hotelling trace for digital x-ray detectors,” Proc. SPIE 4320:339-349, 2001. Full Text:
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H H. Barrett, K J. Myers, B.D. Gallas, E. Clarkson, H. Zhang, “Megalopinakopohobia: its symptoms and cures,” Proc. SPIE 4320:299-307, 2001. Full Text:
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2000

Y. Shao, H.B. Barber, S. Balzer, S. Cherry, “Measurement of coincidence timing resolution with CdTe detectors,” Proc. SPIE 4142:254-264, 2000. Full Text:
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1999

Stephan L. Faris, Donald W. Wilson, Harrison H. Barrett, Doug Dougherty,
Gene R. Gindi, and Ing-Tsung Hsiao, "Using a digital anatomical phantom to optimize an imaging system" Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 3659:98-106, 1999. Full Text:
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E. Clarkson, D. W. Wilson, H. H. Barrett, "The synthetic collimator for 2D and 3D imaging" Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 3659:107-117, 1999. Full Text:
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

2007

H. H. Barrett, “Progress in Speckle Statistics”, Invited speaker for the 2007 SPIE Gold Medal ceremony, San Diego, California, August 29, 2007.

H. H. Barrett, Keynote Speaker, Statistical characterization of radiological images: Basic principles and recent progress, SPIE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California, 2007.

H. H. Barrett, Plenary speaker, OSA Topical Meeting on Signal Recovery and Synthesis, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18-20, 2007.

E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, H. H. Barrett, and L. Furenlid, “A task-based approach to adaptive and multimodality imaging”, Submitted, Proc. IEEE, 2007.

2006

H. H. Barrett, “Imaging random, dynamic objects through random, dynamic imaging systems,” Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Banff, Canada, March 2006.

H. H. Barrett, The Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging, Arizona Biosciences Leadership Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, 2006.

L. R. Furenlid, SPECT imager design and data-acquisition techniques, 2nd Biennial Small-Animal SPECT Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 2006.

L. R. Furenlid, Opportunities and challenges in instrumentation development for biomedical X-ray gamma-ray imaging, Plenary lecture, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, California, 2006.

H. H. Barrett, Image science: windows on nature, vistas on the future, Faculty Science Forum, University of Arizona College of Medicine Founders Day, 2006.

H. H. Barrett, Detector requirements and fundamental physics, and Detector statistics and estimation methods, Presented at Short Course on Gamma-Ray Detectors, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California, 2006.

H. H. Barrett, Stochastic models of objects and images, Presented at Short Course on Image Quality, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California, 2006.

J. M. Woolfenden, Invited perspective: thyroid stunning revisited, J. Nucl. Med., 47:1403-1405, 2006.

2005

H. H. Barrett, “Molecular imaging: visualizing biology with gamma-rays and light,” Public lecture at the National University of Ireland, Galway, May 2005.

J. M. Woolfenden, Board Review Course: “Bone and Gallium Imaging,” Society of Nuclear Medicine 52nd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2005.

H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson, L. Furenlid, and M. A. Kupinski, “Task-based assessment and optimization of gamma-ray imaging systems,” Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October 2005.

Z. Liu, “Small-animal models and microSPECT imaging,” Animal Molecular Image International Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2005.

2004

H.H. Barrett, Lars Furenlid, Short course on “State of the art in gamma-ray detectors,”
Short course, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Rome, Italy 2004.

H.H. Barrett, Z. Liu. Recent Advances in Small-animal SPECT, with Application to Cardiac Imaging. Proceedings of Symposium on Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging, p95-p100. Bethesda, MD, 2004.

2003

L. Furenlid, “Small Animal Imaging Using SPECT Scanners,” Short course, SNM Annual Meeting, June 21-25, 2003, New Orleans, LA.

Z. Liu. Detection of Myocardial Viability in Ischemic-Reperfused Rat Hearts with 99mTc Sestamibi. Given at Annual International Cardiolite Workshop (a user-meeting) at the SNM Annual Meeting in New Orleans, June 23, 2003.

2002

H. H. Barrett, Cardiac SPECT: Current Limitations and Potential Ways to Overcome Them, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Sixth Invitational Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, July 21-24, 2002.

H. H. Barrett, G. Kastis, Z. Liu, L. Furenlid and D. W. Wilson, Small-animal SPECT Imaging: Recent Advances in Technology and Applications. Plenary presentation, First Annual Meeting, Society for Molecular Imaging, Boston, MA., Aug. 24-26, 2002

H.H. Barrett, Instructor at Workshop on Task-based Assessment of Image Quality, IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, Norfolk, VA, Nov. 10-16, 2002

D.D. Patton, High-resolution Imaging in Nuclear Medicine. Presented at the First China-Japan-Korea Conference on Nuclear Medicine, Dalian, China, 2002

2001

H. H. Barrett, Lars Furenlid and John Sain, “Theory and practice of modular scintillation cameras,” Short course, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, San Diego, CA, Oct., 2001.

2000

H.B.Barber, J. Tueller, "A CdZnTe sensor for high-resolution medical imaging on space missions," NASA Conference NanoSpace 2000:
Advancing the Human Frontier, Jan. 23-28, 2000. Invited talk.

J.D. Sain, H.H. Barrett, "Tumor detection performance of a modular gamma camera,"
The Society of Nuclear Medicine 47th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, June 4-7, 2000. Invited talk.

1999

H.H. Barrett, IEEE Short course: "Topics in the mathematics of computed tomography." IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Seattle WA, Oct. 24-30, 1999.


ABSTRACTS AND
ORAL PRESENTATIONS

2007

Z. Liu, Y. Kim, S. Liu, L. R. Furenlid, C. Barber, G. Stevenson, J. M. Woolfenden, H. H. Barrett, Rapid myocardial perfusion imaging in rat hearts with a novel cationic 99mTc(I)-tricarbonyl complex 99mTc-15C5PNP characterized by low liver uptake, Submitted, 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, L. R. Furenlid, S. Lewis, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, A novel 99mTc-labeled recombinant bispecific ligand targeting Interleukin-1 and Interleukin-18 for inflammation imaging, Submitted, 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

L. S. Gobar, L. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, Evaluation of a digital autoradiography system based on ultra-thin phosphors and a CCD camera, Submitted, 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

L. Chen, L. S. Gobar, G. D. Stevenson, A. F. Gmitro, and H. H. Barrett, Electron imaging system using ultra-thin phosphor film and a CCD camera for in vivo imaging, 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

M. Zhao, Z. Liu, X. Zhu, L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, In vivo dynamic imaging of myocardial cell death using 99mTc-labeled C2A domain of Synaptotagmin I in a rat model of ischemia and reperfusion, Submitted, 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

J. W. Moore, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, FaCT: a helical-scan cone-beam CT integrated with a stationary multidetector SPECT system, Submitted to 9th Biennial Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Conference, Lindau, Germany, July 9-13, 2007.

Z. Liu, Y. Kim, S. Liu, L. Furenlid, C. Barber, G. Stevenson, J. Woolfenden, and H. Barrett, Rapid myocardial perfusion imaging in rat hearts with a novel cationic 99mTc(I)-tricarbonyl complex 99mTc-15C5PNP characterized by low liver uptake, 332715:15, Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

B. W. Miller, H. H. Barrett, H. B. Barber, and D. W. Wilson, Gamma-ray microscopy using micro-coded apertures and Bazooka SPECT, a low-cost, high-resolution image intensifying gamma camera, 334366:158, Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

L. Chen, L. S. Gobar, G. D. Stevenson, A. F. Gmitro, and H. H. Barrett, Electron imaging system using ultra-thin phosphor film and CCD camera for in vivo imaging, 334370:160, Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

M. Zhao, Z. Liu, X. Zhu, L. Furenlid, Y. Chen, and H. Barrett, In vivo dynamic imaging of myocardial cell death using 99mTc-labeled C2A domain of Synaptotagmin I in a rat model of ischemia and reperfusion Biophysics, 334052:563, Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

Z. Liu, M. Hui, L. Furenlid, S. Lewis, J. Woolfenden, and H. Barrett, A novel 99mTc-labeled recombinant bispecific ligand targeting interleukin-1 and interleukin-18 for inflammation imaging, 328100:611, Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

L. S. Gobar, L. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, Evaluation of a digital autoradiography system based on ultra-thin phosphors and a CCD camera, 334183:1797, Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

2006

Z. Liu, Y. Chen, G. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, Dynamic tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging with list-mode acquisition in mice using a novel small-animal SPECT system, J. Nucl. Med., 47(5) (Supplement 1), No. 1068, p. 253, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, California, 2006.

Z. Liu, L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, G. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, Evaluating cardioprotective effect of melatonin in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts by 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT imaging, J. Nucl. Med., 47(5) (Supplement 1), No. 194, p. 68, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, California, 2006.

Z. Liu, G. Stevenson, Y. Chen, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, Characterization of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rat hearts by 99mTc-sestamibi imaging, Molec. Imag. Biol., 8:92, Annual Conference of the Academy of Molecular Imaging, Orlando, Florida, 2006.

M. Freed, M. A. Kupinski, L. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, Design of an adaptive SPECT imager, Annual Conference of the Academy of Molecular Imaging, Orlando, Florida, 2006.

B. W. Miller, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, D. W. Wilson, and L. Chen, A low-cost approach to high-resolution, single-photon imaging using columnar scintillators and image intensifiers, Presented at IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California, October 29-November 4, 2006.

L. R. Furenlid, Optics requirements for small-animal SPECT, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, San Diego, California, August 13-17, 2006.

L. R. Furenlid, M. Freed, J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, Adaptive-imaging techniques for nuclear medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine’s 53rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.

M. B. Abbott, Y. A. DeClerk, Y-C. Chen, L. Furenlid, D. Wilson, G. Stevenson, M. Whitaker, J. Woolfenden, R. A. Moats, and H. Barrett, 100-micron resolution SPECT imaging of a neuroblastoma tumor model, Molec. Imag., 5, p. 214, 2006.

Z. Liu, G. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, In vivo imaging study of insulin and fructose effects on technetium-99m-glucarate uptake in human lung cancer xenografts, Presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging, Big Island, Hawaii, 2006.

M. B. Abbott, L. R. Furenlid, G. D. Stevenson, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, An implantable synthetic SPECT lesion: A bridge from phantom to small-animal imaging, J. Nucl. Med., 47, p. 232, 2006.

2005

L. Chen and H. H. Barrett, “Non-Gaussian noise in ?-ray and X-ray detectors,” IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2005.

L. R. Furenlid, H. Kim, H. H. Barrett, “Data acquisition and control systems for SemiSPECT,” IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2005.

T. E. Peterson, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, “Multi-pinhole SPECT imaging with silicon strip detectors,” IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2005.

F. Shen and E. W. Clarkson, “Using Fisher information to approximate ideal-observer performance on detection tasks,” IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2005.

H. Kim, L. R. Furenlid, M J. Crawford, D. W. Wilson, H. B. Barber, W. C. J. Hunter, and H. H. Barrett, “SemiSPECT: A small-animal SPECT image based on eight CdZnTe detector arrays, Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2005.

W. C. Hunter, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, and D. W. Wilson, “High-resolution scintillation cameras with maximum-likelihood position estimation and monolithic crystals: an attractive alternative to scintillator segmentation,” Academy of Molecular Imaging Conference, Kissimmee, Florida, March 18-23, 2005.

Z. Liu, J. M. Woolfenden, L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, G. D. Stevenson, and H. H. Barrett, “Application of FastSPECT II, a new version of FastSPECT, in detecting myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats,” Molec. Imag., 4(3) 259, Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging, Cologne, Germany, September 7-10, 2005.

Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and K. Y. Pak, “Kinetic study of 99mTc-sestamibi imaging in xenografted human lung and breast cancer,” Molec. Imag., 4(3) 243, Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging, Cologne, Germany, September 7-10, 2005.

L. R. Furenlid, H. Kim, D. W. Wilson, Y-C. Chen, Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, “Preliminary comparison of small-animal SPECT systems based on scintillators and pixellated cadmium zinc telluride arrays,” J. Nucl. Med., 46, 170P, 2005.

Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and K. Y. Pak, “Targeting of human lung-cancer xenografts with Tc-99m glucarate,” J. Nucl. Med., 46, 199P, 2005.

K. Gross and M. Kupinski, “SPECT image quality assessment and system parameter optimization for detection tasks,” Optical Society of America Annual Meeting: Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.


CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS:

2007

A. Breme, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, “The adaptive Hotelling observer as a model for human observers”, Presented at the Medical Image Perception Society’s Conference XII, Iowa City, Iowa, October 17-20, 2007.

2006

S. K. Moore, D. W. Wilson, W. C. J. Hunter, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, Novel small-animal PET imaging, Presented at the NIBIB Training Grantees Workshop, Washington, DC, June 16, 2006.

M. B. Abbott, H. B. Barber, Y-C. Chen, E. Clarkson, L. R. Furenlid, M. A. Kupinski, Z. Liu, B. W. Miller, G. Stevenson, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, Recent developments in the Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging, Presented at the NCRR/NIBIB P41 Principal Investigators Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland, June 19-20, 2006.

2004

Z. Liu, H.H. Barrett, G.D. Stevenson, L.R. Furenlid, D.W. Wilson, J.M. Woolfenden and
K.Y. Pak., "Sequential imaging in rat hearts with 99mTc-teboroxime and 99mTc-glucarate," Symposium on Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging. Bethesda, MD, 2004.

Z. Liu, G.D. Stevenson, H.H. Barrett, L.R. Furenlid, D.W. Wilson, J.M. Woolfenden and K.Y. Pak., "Technetium-99m-glucarate imaging of human lung cancer xenografts in SCID mice," The Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging. St. Louis, MO, 2004.

Z. Liu, G.D. Stevenson, H.H. Barrett, L.R. Furenlid, D.W. Wilson, J.M. Woolfenden, "Imaging recognition of inhibition of multidrug resistance in human breast cancer xenografts using 99mTc-labeled monocationic agents," The Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging. St. Louis, MO, 2004.

Z. Liu, H.H. Barrett and K.Y. Pak., "Evaluation of myocardial preconditioning and adenosine effects in cardioprotection in rat hearts with ischemia-reperfusion injury using 99mTc-glucarate imaging," The 8th Asia & Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Beijing, China, 2004.

2003

Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, G. A. Kastis, M. Bettan, L. R. Furenlid,
D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden. “Imaging Recognition of Multidrug Resistance in Human Breast Tumor Using 99mTc-labeled Monocationic Agents and a High-Resolution SPECT System.” 94th Annual Meeting Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2003; Vol. 44:778

Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, G. A. Kastis, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson and J. M. Woolfenden. “Recognition of Inhibition of Multidrug Resistance in Human Breast Cancer Xenografts Using 99mTc-labeled Sestamibi and Tetrofosmin High-Resolution SPECT Imaging," Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2003; 44:5(Suppl), No. 1307, 366P. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 50th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003.

Z. Liu, H. H. Barrett, J. M. Woolfenden, G. A. Kastis, G. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid,
D. W. Wilson and K. Y. Pak. “Ischemic Preconditioning in the Rat Hearts: High-Resolution SPECT Imaging with 99mTc-labeled Glucarate.” Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2003; 44:5(Suppl), No.705, 191P. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 50th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003.

L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, D.W. Wilson, A. Lehovich, H. Kim, G. Stevenson,
L. Fesler Z. Liu, D.D. Patton and H. H. Barrett. “FASTSPECT II: First Static and Dynamic Images from a New High-Resolution Small-Animal SPECT Imager,” Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2003; 44:5(Suppl), No.525, 161P. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 50th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003.

Z. Liu, G.D. Stevenson, H.H. Barrett, G.A Kastis, L.R. Furenlid, D.W. Wilson. 99mTc-glucarate Can Detect Breast Tumor with Multidrug Resistance: High-resolution SPECT Imaging Study in SCID Mice with Tumor Xenografts. Molecular Imaging and Biology 2003;5(3):159-160. The 2003 International Conference of the Academy of Molecular Imaging, Madrid, Spain, 2003.

J.W. Hoppin, D.W. Wilson, T.E. Peterson, M.A. Kupinski, G. A. Kastis, E. Clarkson, L R. Furenlid, H.H. Barrett, "Evaluating estimation techniques in medical imaging without a gold standard: experimental validation," SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, February 15-20, 2003 Note: awarded $1000 for best student paper

L. Chen, H.H. Barrett, “Optimizing lens-coupled digital radiographic imaging systems based on model observers’ performance,” SPIE Medical Imaging Conference,
San Diego, CA, February 15-20, 2003

M.A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, K. Gross, J.W. Hoppin, H.H. Barrett, “Optimizing imaging hardware for estimation tasks,” SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, February 15-20, 2003

E. Clarkson, M.A. Kupinski, J.W. Hoppin, H.H. Barrett, “Assessing the accuracy of estimates of the likelihood ratio,” SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, February 15-20, 2003

2002

G.A.. Kastis, L.R. Furenlid, D.W. Wilson, T.E. Peterson, H.B. Barber, and H.H. Barrett, "Compact CT/SPECT small-animal imaging system," 2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Norfolk, VA, Vol. 2, 797-801, Nov. 10-16, 2002. Also, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci., Vol. 51, 1: 63 - 67, 2004.

G.A. Kastis, L.R. Furenlid, D.W. Wilson, T.E. Peterson, H.B. Barber, and H.H. Barrett, "Dual Modality CT/SPECT System for imaging mice," 2002 Annual Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) Conference, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2002

A. Lehovich, H.H. Barrett, E.W. Clarkson, “Reconstructing spatio-temporal activation using fMRI,” SIAM conference on imaging, 2002. Poster presentation.

T.E. Peterson, H. Kim, M.J. Crawford, W.C.J. Hunter, H.B. Barber, L.R. Furenlid,
D.W. Wilson, H.H. Barrett, “SemiSPECT: A Small-animal Imaging System Based on Eight CdZnTe Pixel Detectors,” IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Vol. 3, 1844-1847, Nov. 10-16, 2002.

K. R. Zinn, G. A. Kastis, T. R. Chaudhuri, M. Bettan, Z. Cao, Z. Liu, C. M. Howison, G. D. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, "Ultra-high resolution SPECT detects areas of Ad-mediated human type 2 somatostatin receptors (hSSTr2) expression within xenograft tumors in live mice," 2002 Annual Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) Conference, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2002.

Z. Liu, G. Stevenson, G. A. Kastis, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson,
J. M. Woolfenden and K. Y. Pak. “99mTc-glucarate: Detecting human breast tumor in SCID mice with high-resolution FASTSPECT imaging.” J Nucl Med 2002; 43:5(Suppl), No.1104, 273P. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2002

Z. Liu, G. A. Kastis, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson and J. M. Woolfenden. “In vivo identification of multidrug resistance in human breast tumor with 99mTc-labeled sestamibi and furifosmin.” J Nucl Med 2002; 43:5(Suppl), No. 1119, 277P. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2002.

Z. Liu, G. A. Kastis, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson and J. M. Woolfenden. In vivo identification of multidrug resistance in human breast tumor with 99mTc-labeled sestamibi and furifosmin. J Nucl Med 2002; 43:5(Suppl), No. 1119, 277P. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2002.

Z. Liu, G. A. Kastis, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson and J. M. Woolfenden. “Application of high-resolution SPECT system, FASTSPECT, in detecting myocardial ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.” J Nucl Med 2002; 43:5(Suppl), No.175, 48P. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2002.

Z. Liu, G. A. Kastis, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, M. Bettan, L. R. Furenlid,
D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden and K. Y. Pak. “High-resolution imaging with 99mTc-labeled glucarate for assessment of myocardial infarcts in rat heart models exposed to different durations of ischemia followed by reperfusion.” J Nucl Cardio 2002;9:4(Suppl), 5.04, S10. 7th Annual Scientific Session and Symposium of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Baltimore, MD.

2001

Z. Liu, G.A. Kastis, G.D. Stevenson, H.H. Barrett, L.R. Furenlid, M.A. Kupinski,
D. Patton and D.W. Wilson, "Quantitative Analysis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rats Using a High-Resolution Stationary SPECT System," Hires2001 Abstracts, #227, 313: High Resolution Imaging in Small Animals, Instrumentation, Applications and Animal Handling, Rockville, MD, 2001.

Z Liu, G.A. Kastis, G.D. Stevenson, H.H. Barrett, L.R. Furenlid, M.A. Kupinski,
D. Patton and D.W. Wilson K.Y. Pak., "Measurement of Acute Myocardial Infarction
in Rats: 99mTc-glucarate 'Hot Spots' Imaging with a High-Resolution Stationary SPECT System," Circulation 2001; Supplement II:104 (17); II-586. Scientific Sessions 2001 of the American Heart Association, Anaheim, CA, 2001.

2000

G.A. Kastis, M.C. Wu, S.J. Balzer, D.W. Wilson,LR Furenlid, G. Stevenson,
H.B. Barber, H.H. Barrett, J.M. Woolfenden, P. Kelly, M. Appleby, “Tomographic Small-Animal Imaging Using a High-Resolution Semiconductor Camera,” 2000 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Lyon, France, Vol. 3, 21/31 - 21/35, Oct. 15 – 20, 2000. Also, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci., Vol. 49, 1:172-175, 2002.

M.C. Wu, G.A. Kastis, S.J. Balzer, D.W. Wilson, H.B. Barber, H.H. Barrett, M.W. Dae, B.H. Hasegawa, “High-resolution SPECT with a CdZnTe detector array and a scintillation camera,” 2000 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Lyon, France, Vol. 3, 21/76 - 21/80, Oct. 15 – 20, 2000.

J.D. Sain, H.H. Barrett, “Tumor detection performance of a modular gamma camera.” The Society of Nuclear Medicine 47th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, June 4-7, 2000. Poster presentation.

1999

Furenlid LR, Clarkson E, Marks DG, Barrett HH, "Spatial pileup considerations for pixilated gamma-ray detectors," 1999 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Seattle WA, Oct. 24-30, 1999. Conference Record. 1999 IEEE, Vol. 2, 713-717, 1999. Also, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci., Vol. 47, 4:1399-1403, 2000.

G.A. Kastis, H.B. Barber, S.J. Balzer, D. Lu, D.G. Marks, G. Stevenson, J.M. Woolfenden, M. Appleby, J.Tueller, "Gamma-ray imaging using a CdZnTe pixel array and a high-resolution, parallel-hole collimator," 1999 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Seattle WA, Vol. 1, 553-558, Oct. 24-30, 1999. Also, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci., Vol. 47, 6:1923-1927, 2000.

G.A.Kastis, H.H. Barrett, H.B.Barber, S.J. Balzer, L. Lee, D. Lu, D.G. Marks, J.M.Woolfenden, "A small-animal gamma-ray imager using a CdZnTe pixel array and a high-resolution, parallel-hole collimator," High Resolution Imaging in Small Animals with PET, MR, and other Modalities Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp.6-7, Sept. 27-29, 1999.


BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS AND EDITED VOLUMES:

2007

H. B. Barber and J. M. Woolfenden, Progress in Semiconductor Detectors for Use in Nuclear Medicine, In Nuclear Medicine, 2nd Edition, R. E. Henkin (Ed.), In press, Elsevier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007.

L. R. Furenlid, L., Z. Liu, and H. H. Barrett, “SPECT/microSPECT Imaging”, Chapter 3 in Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging, R. J. Gropler, D. K. Glover, A. J. Sinusas, and H. Taegtmeyer (Eds.), Informa Healthcare, New York, pp. 27-36, 2007.

L. R. Furenlid, Z. Liu, and H. H. Barrett, SPECT/MicroSPECT Imaging, Chapter 3 in Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging, R. J. Gropler, D. K. Glover, A. J. Sinusas, and H. Taegtmeyer (Eds.), Informa Healthcare, 2007.

2005

F. P. Doty, H. B. Barber, and H. Roehrig (Eds.), “Penetrating radiation systems and applications VII,” Proc. SPIE 5923, 2005.

M. A. Kupinski and H. H. Barrett (Eds.), Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, 2005.

J. M. Woolfenden and Z. Liu, “Biomedical significance of small-animal imaging,” Chapter 1 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 1-8, 2005.

H. B. Barber and J. M. Woolfenden, “Progress in semiconductor detectors for use in nuclear medicine,” Chapter 11 in Nuclear Medicine, R. H. Henkin et al. (Editors), Second Edition, in press, 2005.

H. H. Barrett and W. C. J. Hunter, “Detectors for small-animal SPECT: I. Overview of detector technologies,” Chapter 2 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 9-48, 2005.

H. H. Barrett, “Detectors for small-animal SPECT: II. Statistical limitations and estimation methods,” Chapter 3 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 49-86, 2005.

G. Stevenson, “The animal in animal imaging,” Chapter 4 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 87-100, 2005.

M. A. Kupinski and E. Clarkson, “Objective assessment of image quality,” Chapter 5 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 101-114, 2005.

L. R. Furenlid, Y-C. Chen, and H. Kim, “SPECT imager design and data-acquisition systems,” Chapter 6 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 115-138, 2005.

D. W. Wilson, “Computational algorithms in small-animal imaging,” Chapter 7 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 139-175, 2005.

Y. C. Chen, D. W. Wilson, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, “Calibration of scintillation cameras and pinhole SPECT imaging systems,” Chapter 12 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 195-201, 2005.

T. E. Peterson, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, “High-resolution multi-pinhole imaging using silicon detectors,” Chapter 20 in Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, pp. 251-258, 2005.

2004

H. H. Barrett and K. J. Myers, Foundations of Image Science, John Wiley and Sons, 2004 (published Oct., 2003). Book Review: Med. Phys., Vol. 31, 4:953, 2004. Full Text Book Review:
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Conf. 5199B “Medical Applications of Penetrating Radiation III” SPIE Annual Meeting, Aug. 6, 2003. H. Bradford Barber, Hans Roehrig, F. Patric Doty Conf. Chairs/Editors. Proc. SPIE 5199 “Applications of Penetrating Radiation V.” SPIE-The Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA 2004.

2003

Richard Swaja, David Dzielak, Harrison Barrett, and Kirby Vosburgh, “Defining the State-of-the Art in Biomedical Imaging: Research Needs for the Future,” published on the web at: http://www.nibib.nih.gov/events/Jackson/Jackson2003.html

M. Kupinski, Gamma-ray imaging, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, 2003.

Conf. 4786 "Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications IV" SPIE Annual Meeting, July 9-11, Seattle, WA 2002. H. Bradford Barber, Hans Roehrig, F. Patric Doty, Lisa J. Porter, Edward J. Morton Conf. Chairs/ Editors. Proc .SPIE 4786 "Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications IV". SPIE-The Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA 2003.

2002

E. Clarkson and H. H. Barrett, “Statistical decision theory and tumor detection,” Chapter 4 in Image Processing Techniques for Tumor Detection, R Strickland, ed. (New York, Dekker, 2002)

Conf. 4504 "Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications III" SPIE Annual Meeting, Aug. 1-2, San Diego, CA 2001. H. Bradford Barber, Hans Roehrig, F. Patric Doty, Richard C. Shirato, Edward J. Morton Conf. Chairs/Editors. Proc. SPIE 4504 "Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications III". SPIE-The Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA 2002.

2001

Conf. 4142 "Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications II" SPIE Annual Meeting, Aug. 2-3, San Diego, CA 2000. F. Patric Doty, H. Bradford Barber, Hans Roehrig, Edward J. Morton Conf. Chairs/ Editors. Proc. SPIE 4142 "Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications". SPIE-The Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA 2001.

2000

Conf. 3770 "Medical Applications of Penetrating Radiation" SPIE Annual Meeting, July 22-23, Denver, CO 1999. H. Bradford Barber and Hans Roehrig Conf. Chairs/ editors. Proc. SPIE 3770 "Medical Applications of Penetrating Radiation" SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA 2000.

 

SHORT COURSES

2006

J. M. Woolfenden, Board Review Course: Bone Scintigraphy Review, Society of Nuclear Medicine 53rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, June 2006.

M. A. Kupinski and K. J. Myers, Image Quality Assessment, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California, October 29-November 4, 2006.

L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and T. K. Lewellen, Detectors for SPECT and PET, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California, October 29-November 4, 2006.

SMALL ANIMAL SPECT IMAGING, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004: 

Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT, January 14 - 16, 2004 presentations: 

Biomedical Significance of Small-Animal Imaging, J. M. Woolfenden, M.D.

Detectors for Small-animal SPECT I. Overview of Detector Technologies, H. H. Barrett, Ph.D., W. C. J. Hunter, M.S.

Detectors for Small-animal SPECT II. Statistical Limitations and Estimation Methods, H. H. Barrett, Ph.D., W. C. J. Hunter, M.S.

Semiconductor Arrays for Small-Animal Imaging, H. B. Barber, Ph.D.

The Animal in Animal Imaging, G. D. Stevenson, D.V.M. 

Objective Assessment of Image Quality, M. Kupinski, Ph.D., E. Clarkson, Ph.D. 

Instrumentation for Small Animal SPECT: Imager Design and Data Acquisition Systems, L. R. Furenlid, Ph.D.

System Modeling and Reconstruction Algorithms, W. Wilson, Ph.D.

Reconstruction algorithm with resolution deconvolution for 3-D image in a small animal PET imager, A. Zinchenko, E. N. Tsyganov, N. V. Slavine, P. V. Kulkarni, M. A. Lewis, R. P. Mason, O. K. Oz, R. W. Parkey, P. P. Antich.

Estimates of axial and transaxial resolution for one, two, and three camera helical pinhole SPECTS.D. Metzler, K.L. Greer, R.J. Jaszczak

Study of pinhole aperture design for small animal imaging, C.-M. Hu, J.-C. Chen, R.-S. Liu

Comparison of CsI(Tl) and scintillating plastic in a multi-pinhole/CCD-based gamma camera for small animal low energy SPECT, P. P. Antich, M. A. Lewis, E. Richer, B. Smith, S. Seliounine, X. Li, R. P. Mason 

Calibration of scintillation cameras and pinhole SPECT imaging systems Y. C. Chen, H. H. Barrett   

Imaging dopamine transporters in mouse brain with single-pinhole SPECT, J. Booij, G. Andringa, K. de Bruin, J. Habraken, B. Drukarch

A MicroSPECT/CT system for imaging of AA-Amyloidosis in miceJ. Gregor, S. Gleason, S. Kennel, M. Paulus, J. Wall

Effect of respiratory motion on plaque imaging in the mouse using Tc-99m labeled Annexin-V, W.P. Segars, Y. Wang, B.M.W. Tsui

Feasibility of Micro-SPECT/CT imaging of atherosclerotic plaques in transgenic mouse model, B.M.W. Tsui, Y. Wang, Y. Qi, E.C. Frey, S. Majewski, M. Pomper

Gene Therapy Imaging Using SPECT Kurt R. Zinn, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D.

Calibration and performance of the fully engineered YAP-(S)PET scanner for small rodents, A. Del Guerra, N. Belcari, D. Herbert, A. Motta, A. Vaiano, G. Di Domenico, N. Sabba, G. Zavattini, M. Lazzarotti, L. Sensi.

A small animal SPECT imaging system utilizing position tracking of un-anesthetized mice, A. G. Weisenberger, B. Kross, S. Majewski, V. Popov, M.F. Smith, B. Welch, R. Wojcik, J. S. Goddard, S. S. Gleason,  M. J. Paulus, S.R. Meikle, M. Pomper

A multidetector high resolution SPECT/CT scanner with continuous scanning capability, T. Funk, A. B. Hwang, J. Carver, K. B. Parnham, B. E. Patt, J. Li, K. Iwata, B. H. Hasegawa

Components of a small animal CT-SPECT scanner, A. V. Stolin, B. K. Kundu, M. B. Williams, W. Phillips, A. Stewart, S. Majewski, V. Popov

High-resolution multi-pinhole imaging using silicon detectors, T. E. Peterson, D. W. Wilson, H. H. Barrett

Development and characterization of a high-resolution microSPECT system for small animal imaging, Y.J. Qi, B.M.W. Tsui, Y. Wang, A. Weisenberger, R. Wojcik, S. Majewski

High resolution radionuclide imaging using focusing gamma-ray optics, M. Pivovaroff, W. Barber, W. Craig, T. Funk, B. Hasegawa, C. Taylor, K. Ziock

SPECT/Micro-CT imaging of bronchial angiogenesis in a rat, A. V. Clough, C. Wietholt, R. C. Molthen, J. Gordon, D. L. Roerig

Projection and pinhole based data acquisition for small animal SPECT using storage phosphor technology, M. A. Lewis, G. Arbique, M. Jennewein, P. P. Antich, E. Richer, A. Constantinescu, R. Brekken, J. Guild, R. P. Mason

Compton cameras in nuclear medicine                                        D. Gunter

 

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

2007

Ingram, Charles. 2007. Thesis. A prototype readout array for semi-conductor gamma-ray detectors.

Breme, Arthur.  2007.  Thesis.  Adaptive Hotelling discriminant functions for detection tasks.

Caucci, Luca.  2007.  Thesis.  Point detection and Hotelling discriminant: an application in adaptive optics. JOSA A, Vol. 24, No. 12, pp. B13-B24

Shen, Fangfang.  2007.  Dissertation.  Approximating ideal-observer performance using Fisher information and the extreme value distribution in detection tasks.

Gross, Kevin.  2006.  Dissertation.  Assessing and optimizing pinhole SPECT imaging systems for detection tasks.

Hesterman, Jacob.  2007.  Dissertation.  The multi-module multi-resolution SPECT system: a tool for variable-pinhole small-animal imaging.

Hesterman, Jacob.  2007.  The multi-module multi-resolution SPECT system: a tool for variable-pinhole small-animal imaging.

Hunter, William, 2007. Dissertation. Modeling stochastic processes in gamma-ray imaging detectors and evaluation of a multi-anode PMT scintillation camera.

2006

Chen, Yichun. 2006. Dissertation. System calibration and image reconstruction for a new small-animal SPECT system.

Freed, Melanie. 2006. Thesis. A prototype instrument for adaptive SPECT imaging.

Gershman, Benjamin. 2006. Thesis. Development and evaluation of a clinical gamma-ray imager.

Gross, Kevin. 2006. Dissertation. Assessing and optimizing pinhole SPECT imaging systems for detection tasks.

2005

A. Lehovich, “List-mode SPECT reconstruction using empirical likelihood,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.

S. Taylor, “Dual-modality imaging with a lens-coupled CCD camera,” M. S. Thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.

2003

Crawford, Michael J. 2003. Thesis. Mechanical and thermal design and analysis of a small-animal SPECT imager.

Hoppin, John W. 2003. Dissertation. Ranking estimation methods in medical imaging without the use of a gold standard.

Matherson, Kevin. 2003. Dissertation. Design, Development, and Analysis of Semiconductor-based Instrumentation for Nuclear Medicine.

2002

Balzer, Stephen. 2002. Thesis. A portable gamma-ray imager for small-animal studies.

Hilton, Nathan. 2002. Dissertation. Material Uniformity of Cadmium Zinc Telluride in Gamma-Ray Imaging Detectors.

Kastis, Georgios A. 2002. Dissertation. Multi-Modality Imaging of Small Animals.

Pineda, Angel R. 2002. Dissertation. Detection-Theoretic Evaluation in Digital Radiography and Optical Tomography

2001

Gallas, Brandon. 2001. Dissertation. Signal detection in lumpy backgrounds.

Sain, John. 2001. Ph. D. Dissertation. Optical modeling, design optimization, and performance analysis of a gamma camera for detection of breast cancer.

1999

Marks, Daniel. 1999. Dissertation. Estimation methods for semiconductor gamma-ray detectors.

Rogala, Eric. 1999. Dissertation. Task-based assessment of a proposed phase-shifting profilometer/ellipsometer.


U.S. PATENTS:

L. Chen, H. H. Barrett, and L. Gobar, High-Resolution Direct Electron Imaging, Disclosure #UA07-064, 2007.

H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, and J. Hesterman, An Efficient Method for Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of Parameters in Gamma Cameras and Other Optical Sensors, Provisional Patent Application #UA06-037, 2006.

M. B. Abbott, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, A Biocompatible Microcolumn Phantom for Static and Dynamic in vivo SPECT Imaging and Brachytherapy Device, Provisional Patent Application #UA06-092, 2006.

H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid and J. Y. Hesterman, "An Efficient Method for Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of Parameters in Gamma Cameras and Other Optical Sensors", patent application submitted.

6,392,235 (May 21, 2002) H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson and D. W. Wilson, “Coded-aperture system for planar imaging of volumetric sources.”

D. W. Wilson and H. H. Barrett, “A new design for a small-animal SPECT imager", patent application submitted.

 

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