Journal Articles

2014

• F. A. Kotasidis, C. Tsoumpas, and A. Rahmim
  Advanced kinetic modelling strategies: towards adoption in clinical PET imaging (invited review article)
  Clinic. & Transl. Imaging, vol. 2, pp. 219-237, 2014.
• A. Rahmim, A. K. Tahari, and T. H. Schindler
  Towards quantitative myocardial perfusion PET in the clinic
  J. Am. Coll. Radiol., vol. 11, pp. 429-432, 2014.
• A. K. Tahari, P. E. Bravo, A. Rahmim, F. M. Bengel, and Z. Szabo
  Initial human experience with Rubidium-82 renal PET/CT imaging
  J. Med. Imag. Rad. Onc., vol. 58, pp. 25-31, 2014.
• H. Ghadiri, M. B. Shiran, H. R. Soltanian-Zadeh, A. Rahmim, H. Zaidi, and M. R. Ay
  Derivation of attenuation map for attenuation correction of PET data in the presence of nanoparticulate contrast agents using spectral CT imaging
  Ann. Nucl. Med., vol. 28, pp. 559-570, 2014.
• P. Ghafarian, M. R. Ay, A. Fard-Esfahani, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
  Quantification of PET and CT misalignment errors due to bulk motion in cardiac PET/CT imaging: phantom and clinical studies
  Frontiers in Biomed. Tech., vol. 1, pp. 159-167, 2014.
• Z. Shahpouri, A. K. Asl, A. B. Rajabi, J. Hossain, S. M. Entezarmahdi, S. Mohseni, N. Yaghoobi, and A. Rahmim
  A comparative assessment of dynamic and conventional Thallium-201 SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Monte Carlo simulations and case studies
  Frontiers in Biomed. Tech., vol. 1, pp. 91-102, 2014.
• N. Zeraatkar, S. Sajedi, M. H. Farahani, H. Arabi, S. Sarkar, P. Ghafarian, A. Rahmim, and M. R. Ay
  Resolution-recovery-embedded image reconstruction for a high-resolution animal SPECT
  Physica Medica, vol. 30, pp. 774-781, 2014.
• S. Sajedi, N. Zeraatkar, V. Moji, M. H. Farahani, S. Sarkar, H. Arabi, B. Tehmoorian, P. Ghafarian, A. Rahmim, and M. R. Ay
  Design and development of a high resolution animal SPECT scanner dedicated for rat and mouse imaging
  Nucl. Inst. & Methods in Phys. Research A, vol. 741, pp. 169-176, 2014.
• A. Rahmim, J. Tang, and H. Mohy-ud-Din
  Direct 4D parametric imaging in dynamic myocardial perfusion PET
  Frontiers in Biomed. Tech., vol. 1, pp. 4-13, 2014.
• N. A. Karakatsanis, G. Loudos, A. Rahmim, and K. Nikita
  Monte-Carlo based characterization of the counting rate (NECR) response for personalized optimization of the administered activity in clinical PET imaging
  Frontiers in Biomed. Tech., vol. 1, pp. 14-34, 2014.

2013

• A. M. Alessio, A. Rahmim, and C. G. Orton (Moderator)
  Resolution modeling enhances PET imaging (invited point/counterpoint) (erratum)
  Med. Phys., vol. 40, pp. 120601, 2013.
• A. Rahmim and J. Tang
  Noise propagation in resolution modeled PET imaging and its impact on detectability
  Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 58, pp. 6945-6968, 2013.
• N. A. Karakatsanis, M. A. Lodge, A. K. Tahari, Y. Zhou, R. L. Wahl, and A. Rahmim
  Dynamic whole body PET parametric imaging: I. concept, acquisition protocol optimization and clinical application
  Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 58, pp. 7391-7418, 2013.
• N. A. Karakatsanis, M. A. Lodge, Y. Zhou, R. L. Wahl, and A. Rahmim
  Dynamic whole body PET parametric imaging: II. task-oriented statistical estimation
  Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 58, pp. 7419-7445, 2013.
• A. Rahmim, J. Qi, and V. Sossi
  Resolution modeling in PET imaging: theory, practice, benefits, and pitfalls (review article)
  Med. Phys., vol. 40, pp. 064301, 2013.
• A. Rahmim, J. Tang, and H. Zaidi
  Four-dimensional image reconstruction strategies in cardiac-gated and respiratory-gated PET imaging (invited review article)
  PET Clinics, vol. 8, pp. 51-67, 2013.
• P. Geramifar, M. S. Zafarghandi, P. Ghafarian, A. Rahmim, and M. R. Ay
  Respiratory-induced errors in tumor quantification and delineation in CT attenuation corrected PET images: effects of tumor size, tumor location and respiratory trace – a simulation study using the 4D XCAT Phantom
  Molec. Imag. Biol., vol. 15, pp. 655-665, 2013.
• A. Mehranian, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
  X-ray CT metal artifact reduction using wavelet domain L0 sparse regularization
  IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol. 32, pp. 1707-1722, 2013.
• A. Mehranian, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, and H. Zaidi
  3D prior image constrained projection completion for X-ray CT metal artifact reduction
  IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 60, pp. 3318-3332, 2013.
• A. Mehranian, A. Rahmim, M. R. Ay, F. Kotasidis, and H. Zaidi
  An ordered-subsets proximal preconditioned gradient algorithm for edge-preserving PET image reconstruction
  Med. Phys., vol. 40, pp. 052503, 2013.
• S. Sajedi, A. Kamali-Asl, M. R. Ay, M. H. Farahani, and A. Rahmim
  A novel non-linear recursive filter design for extracting high rate pulse features in nuclear medicine imaging and spectroscopy
  Med. Eng. Phys., vol. 35, pp. 754-764, 2013.
• A. Mehranian, H. S. Rad, A. Rahmim, M. R. Ay, and H. Zaidi
  Smoothly clipped absolute deviation (SCAD) regularization for compressed sensing MRI using an augmented Lagrangian scheme
  Mag. Reson. Imag., vol. 31, pp. 1399-1411, 2013.

2012

• L. Lu, N. A. Karakatsanis, J. Tang, W. Chen, and A. Rahmim
  3.5D dynamic PET image reconstruction incorporating kinetics-based clusters
  Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 57, pp. 5035-5055, 2012.
• 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.

2011

• 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
  Nucl. Inst. & Methods in Phys. Research A, vol. 659, pp. 508-514, 2011.
• 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
  Nucl. Inst. & Methods in Phys. Research A, vol. 641, pp. 121-127, 2011.
• 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.
• 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.
• P. Ghafarian P, S. M. Aghamiri, M. R. Ay, A. Rahmim, T. H. Schindler, 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. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging, vol. 38, p. 252-262, 2011.

2010

• 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.
• P. Ghafarian P, S. M. Aghamiri, M. R. Ay, B. Fallahi, A. Rahmim, T. H. Schindler, O. Ratib, and H. Zaidi
  Coronary calcium score scan-based attenuation correction in cardiovascular PET imaging
  Nucl. Med. Commun., vol. 31, p. 780-787, 2010.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• M. S. Ardestani et al.
  Novel and facile methods for the synthesis of DTPA-mono-amide: a new completely revised strategy in radiopharmaceutical chemistry
  J. Radioanalytical & Nucl. Chem., vol. 283, pp. 447-455, 2010.

2009

• A. Rahmim, J. Tang, and H. Zaidi
  Four-dimensional (4D) image reconstruction strategies in dynamic PET: beyond conventional independent frame reconstruction (review article)
  Med. Phys., vol. 36, pp. 3654-3670, 2009.
• J. Tang and A. Rahmim
  Bayesian PET image reconstruction incorporating anato-functional joint entropy
  Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 54, pp. 7063-7075, 2009.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, pp. 26-33, 2009.
• 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, pp. 67-76, 2009.

2008

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• A. Rahmim and H. Zaidi
  PET versus SPECT: strengths, limitations and challenges (invited review article)
  Nucl. Med. Comm., vol. 29, pp. 193-207, 2008.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, pp. 23-34, 2008.
• 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.

2007

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

2006

• A. Rahmim and R. L. Wahl
  An overview of clinical PET/CT (invited review article)
  Iranian J. Nucl. Med., vol. 14, pp. 1-14, 2006
• 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.

2005

• 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.
• 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.

2004

• 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.
• 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.
• V. Sossi, K. R. Buckley, P. Piccioni, A. Rahmim, M.-L. Camborde, 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.

2002

• 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.

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