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.