Ehsan Samei, Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics Graduate Progra and Biomedical Engineering  


Ehsan Samei
Contact Info:
Office Location:  2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302
Email Address:   send me a message
Web Page: http://railabs.duhs.duke.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997
M.E., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1995
Specialties:

Medical Imaging
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award, International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP)
Fellow, American College of Radiology
Jimmy O. Finn Lifetime Achievement Award, The Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Award for Outstanding Directorship of Medical Physics Program, Graduate School, Department of Radiology, and Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Director’s Award for Dedication and Service, Duke Kunshan University
Distinguished Investigator, Academy of Radiology Research, June, 2013
Farrington Daniels Award, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Chapter Appreciation, Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (SEAAPM), Atlanta, GA, April, 2012
Farrington Daniels Award for the best paper published in Medical Physics, 2012
Award for Exceptional Leadership, Duke University Graduate School and Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, May, 2011
Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics, February, 2010
Distinguished Service as Associate Editor of Medical Physics, Medical Physics Editorial Board, November, 2009
Fellows, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, July, 2009
Excellence in Mentorship Award, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, May, 2008
Distinguished Service to Medical Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), December, 2007
Director’s Award for Exemplary Service, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, May, 2006
Appreciation Award for the establishment of the Medical Physics Graduate Program at Duke University, Duke University, December, 2004
Award for Excellence, Best Diagnostic Imaging Paper, American College of Medical Physics, 2001
Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Samei, E; Majdi-Nasab, N; Dobbins, JT; McAdams, HP, Biplane correlation imaging: a feasibility study based on phantom and human data., J Digit Imaging, vol. 25 no. 1 (February, 2012), pp. 137-147 [21618054], [doi]  [abs].
  2. D'Alessandro, B; Madsen, M; Samei, E; Li, X; Wooi-Tan, J; Berbaum, KS; Schartz, K; Caldwell, R; Zuckier, LS, Synthetic positron emission tomography-computed tomography images for use in perceptual studies., Semin Nucl Med, vol. 41 no. 6 (November, 2011), pp. 437-448 [21978446], [doi]  [abs].
  3. Wang, CL; Chea, YW; Boll, DT; Samei, E; Neville, AM; Dale, BM; Merkle, EM, Effect of gadolinium chelate contrast agents on diffusion weighted MR imaging of the liver, spleen, pancreas and kidney at 3 T., Eur J Radiol, vol. 80 no. 2 (November, 2011), pp. e1-e7 [20646887], [doi]  [abs].
  4. Samei, E; Saunders, RS, Dual-energy contrast-enhanced breast tomosynthesis: optimization of beam quality for dose and image quality., Phys Med Biol, vol. 56 no. 19 (October, 2011), pp. 6359-6378 [21908902], [doi]  [abs].
  5. Samei, E; Ranger, NT; Dobbins, JT; Ravin, CE, Effective dose efficiency: an application-specific metric of quality and dose for digital radiography., Phys Med Biol, vol. 56 no. 16 (August, 2011), pp. 5099-5118 [21775791], [doi]  [abs].
  6. Li, X; Samei, E; Segars, WP; Sturgeon, GM; Colsher, JG; Frush, DP, Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk for pediatric chest CT., Radiology, vol. 259 no. 3 (June, 2011), pp. 862-874 [21467251], [doi]  [abs].
  7. Chen, B; Shorey, J; Saunders, RS; Richard, S; Thompson, J; Nolte, LW; Samei, E, An anthropomorphic breast model for breast imaging simulation and optimization., Acad Radiol, vol. 18 no. 5 (May, 2011), pp. 536-546 [21397528], [doi]  [abs].
  8. Li, X; Samei, E; Barnhart, HX; Gaca, AM; Hollingsworth, CL; Maxfield, CM; Carrico, CWT; Colsher, JG; Frush, DP, Lung nodule detection in pediatric chest CT: quantitative relationship between image quality and radiologist performance., Med Phys, vol. 38 no. 5 (May, 2011), pp. 2609-2618 [21776798], [doi]  [abs].
  9. Webb, LJ; Samei, E; Lo, JY; Baker, JA; Ghate, SV; Kim, C; Soo, MS; Walsh, R, Comparative performance of multiview stereoscopic and mammographic display modalities for breast lesion detection., Med Phys, vol. 38 no. 4 (April, 2011), pp. 1972-1980 [21626930], [doi]  [abs].
  10. Li, X; Samei, E; Segars, WP; Sturgeon, GM; Colsher, JG; Toncheva, G; Yoshizumi, TT; Frush, DP, Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk estimation in CT: part II. Application to patients., Med Phys, vol. 38 no. 1 (January, 2011), pp. 408-419 [21361209], [doi]  [abs].
  11. Li, X; Samei, E; Segars, WP; Sturgeon, GM; Colsher, JG; Toncheva, G; Yoshizumi, TT; Frush, DP, Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk estimation in CT: part I. development and validation of a Monte Carlo program., Med Phys, vol. 38 no. 1 (January, 2011), pp. 397-407 [21361208], [doi]  [abs].
  12. Kim, S; Song, H; Samei, E; Yin, FF; Yoshizumi, TT, Computed tomography dose index and dose length product for cone-beam CT: Monte Carlo simulations of a commercial system, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, vol. 12 no. 2 (January, 2011), pp. 84-95, WILEY [21587186], [doi]  [abs].
  13. Richard, S; Samei, E, Quantitative breast tomosynthesis: from detectability to estimability., Med Phys, vol. 37 no. 12 (December, 2010), pp. 6157-6165 [21302772], [doi]  [abs].
  14. Marin, D; Nelson, RC; Barnhart, H; Schindera, ST; Ho, LM; Jaffe, TA; Yoshizumi, TT; Youngblood, R; Samei, E, Detection of pancreatic tumors, image quality, and radiation dose during the pancreatic parenchymal phase: effect of a low-tube-voltage, high-tube-current CT technique--preliminary results., Radiology, vol. 256 no. 2 (August, 2010), pp. 450-459 [20656835], [doi]  [abs].
  15. Kim, S; Yoo, S; Yin, F-F; Samei, E; Yoshizumi, T, Kilovoltage cone-beam CT: comparative dose and image quality evaluations in partial and full-angle scan protocols., Med Phys, vol. 37 no. 7 (July, 2010), pp. 3648-3659 [20831072], [doi]  [abs].
  16. Richard, S; Samei, E, Quantitative imaging in breast tomosynthesis and CT: Comparison of detection and estimation task performance., Med Phys, vol. 37 no. 6Part1 (June, 2010), pp. 2627-2637 [20632574], [doi]  [abs].
  17. Fleck, MS; Samei, E; Mitroff, SR, Generalized "satisfaction of search": adverse influences on dual-target search accuracy., J Exp Psychol Appl, vol. 16 no. 1 (March, 2010), pp. 60-71 [20350044], [doi]  [abs].
  18. Ranger, NT; Lo, JY; Samei, E, A technique optimization protocol and the potential for dose reduction in digital mammography., Med Phys, vol. 37 no. 3 (March, 2010), pp. 962-969 [20384232], [doi]  [abs].
  19. Shafer, CM; Samei, E; Lo, JY, The quantitative potential for breast tomosynthesis imaging., Med Phys, vol. 37 no. 3 (March, 2010), pp. 1004-1016 [20384236], [doi]  [abs].
  20. Marin, D; Nelson, RC; Schindera, ST; Richard, S; Youngblood, RS; Yoshizumi, TT; Samei, E, Low-tube-voltage, high-tube-current multidetector abdominal CT: improved image quality and decreased radiation dose with adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction algorithm--initial clinical experience., Radiology, vol. 254 no. 1 (January, 2010), pp. 145-153 [20032149], [doi]  [abs].
  21. Chawla, AS; Lo, JY; Baker, JA; Samei, E, Optimized image acquisition for breast tomosynthesis in projection and reconstruction space., Med Phys, vol. 36 no. 11 (November, 2009), pp. 4859-4869 [19994493], [doi]  [abs].
  22. Samei, E; Ranger, NT; MacKenzie, A; Honey, ID; Dobbins, JT; Ravin, CE, Effective DQE (eDQE) and speed of digital radiographic systems: an experimental methodology., Med Phys, vol. 36 no. 8 (August, 2009), pp. 3806-3817 [19746814], [doi]  [abs].
  23. Li, X; Samei, E; DeLong, DM; Jones, RP; Gaca, AM; Hollingsworth, CL; Maxfield, CM; Colsher, JG; Frush, DP, Pediatric MDCT: towards assessing the diagnostic influence of dose reduction on the detection of small lung nodules., Acad Radiol, vol. 16 no. 7 (July, 2009), pp. 872-880 [19394875], [doi]  [abs].
  24. Shepard, SJ; Wang, J; Flynn, M; Gingold, E; Goldman, L; Krugh, K; Leong, DL; Mah, E; Ogden, K; Peck, D; Samei, E; Willis, CE, An exposure indicator for digital radiography: AAPM Task Group 116 (executive summary)., Med Phys, vol. 36 no. 7 (July, 2009), pp. 2898-2914 [19673189], [doi]  [abs].
  25. Saunders, RS; Samei, E; Lo, JY; Baker, JA, Can compression be reduced for breast tomosynthesis? Monte carlo study on mass and microcalcification conspicuity in tomosynthesis., Radiology, vol. 251 no. 3 (June, 2009), pp. 673-682 [19474373], [doi]  [abs].
  26. Marin, D; Nelson, RC; Samei, E; Paulson, EK; Ho, LM; Boll, DT; DeLong, DM; Yoshizumi, TT; Schindera, ST, Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multidetector CT during late hepatic arterial phase for detection--initial clinical experience., Radiology, vol. 251 no. 3 (June, 2009), pp. 771-779 [19346514], [doi]  [abs].
  27. Chawla, AS; Saunders, RS; Singh, S; Lo, JY; Samei, E, Towards optimized acquisition scheme for multiprojection correlation imaging of breast cancer., Acad Radiol, vol. 16 no. 4 (April, 2009), pp. 456-463 [19268858], [doi]  [abs].
  28. Pollard, BJ; Samei, E; Chawla, AS; Baker, J; Ghate, S; Kim, C; Soo, MS; Hashimoto, N, The influence of increased ambient lighting on mass detection in mammograms., Acad Radiol, vol. 16 no. 3 (March, 2009), pp. 299-304 [19201358], [doi]  [abs].
  29. Castella, C; Eckstein, MP; Abbey, CK; Kinkel, K; Verdun, FR; Saunders, RS; Samei, E; Bochud, FO, Mass detection on mammograms: influence of signal shape uncertainty on human and model observers., J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis, vol. 26 no. 2 (February, 2009), pp. 425-436 [19183697], [doi]  [abs].
  30. Li, X; Samei, E, Comparison of patient size-based methods for estimating quantum noise in CT images of the lung., Med Phys, vol. 36 no. 2 (February, 2009), pp. 541-546 [19291993], [doi]  [abs].
  31. Li, X; Samei, E; Delong, DM; Jones, RP; Gaca, AM; Hollingsworth, CL; Maxfield, CM; Carrico, CWT; Frush, DP, Three-dimensional simulation of lung nodules for paediatric multidetector array CT., Br J Radiol, vol. 82 no. 977 (May, 2009), pp. 401-411 [19153182], [doi]  [abs].
  32. Samei, E; Saunders, RS; Badea, CT; Ghaghada, KB; Hedlund, LW; Qi, Y; Yuan, H; Bentley, RC; Mukundan, S, Micro-CT imaging of breast tumors in rodents using a liposomal, nanoparticle contrast agent., Int J Nanomedicine, vol. 4 (2009), pp. 277-282, Informa UK Limited [20011244], [doi]  [abs].
  33. Samei, E; Ranger, NT; MacKenzie, A; Honey, ID; Dobbins, JT; Ravin, CE, Detector or system? Extending the concept of detective quantum efficiency to characterize the performance of digital radiographic imaging systems., Radiology, vol. 249 no. 3 (December, 2008), pp. 926-937 [19011189], [doi]  [abs].
  34. Li, X; Samei, E; Segars, WP; Sturgeon, GM; Colsher, JG; Frush, DP, Patient-specific dose estimation for pediatric chest CT., Med Phys, vol. 35 no. 12 (December, 2008), pp. 5821-5828 [19175138], [doi]  [abs].
  35. Saunders, RS; Samei, E, The effect of breast compression on mass conspicuity in digital mammography., Med Phys, vol. 35 no. 10 (October, 2008), pp. 4464-4473 [18975694], [doi]  [abs].
  36. Singh, S; Tourassi, GD; Baker, JA; Samei, E; Lo, JY, Automated breast mass detection in 3D reconstructed tomosynthesis volumes: a featureless approach., Med Phys, vol. 35 no. 8 (August, 2008), pp. 3626-3636 [18777923], [doi]  [abs].
  37. Pollard, BJ; Chawla, AS; Delong, DM; Hashimoto, N; Samei, E, Object detectability at increased ambient lighting conditions., Med Phys, vol. 35 no. 6 (June, 2008), pp. 2204-2213 [18649449], [doi]  [abs].
  38. Williams, MB; Raghunathan, P; More, MJ; Seibert, JA; Kwan, A; Lo, JY; Samei, E; Ranger, NT; Fajardo, LL; McGruder, A; McGruder, SM; Maidment, ADA; Yaffe, MJ; Bloomquist, A; Mawdsley, GE, Optimization of exposure parameters in full field digital mammography., Med Phys, vol. 35 no. 6 (June, 2008), pp. 2414-2423 [18649474], [doi]  [abs].
  39. Chawla, AS; Samei, E; Saunders, RS; Lo, JY; Baker, JA, A mathematical model platform for optimizing a multiprojection breast imaging system., Med Phys, vol. 35 no. 4 (April, 2008), pp. 1337-1345 [18491528], [doi]  [abs].
  40. Samei, E; Ranger, NT; Delong, DM, A comparative contrast-detail study of five medical displays., Med Phys, vol. 35 no. 4 (April, 2008), pp. 1358-1364 [18491530], [doi]  [abs].
  41. Fetterly, KA; Blume, HR; Flynn, MJ; Samei, E, Introduction to grayscale calibration and related aspects of medical imaging grade liquid crystal displays., J Digit Imaging, vol. 21 no. 2 (June, 2008), pp. 193-207 [17333412], [doi]  [abs].
  42. Schindera, ST; Nelson, RC; Mukundan, S; Paulson, EK; Jaffe, TA; Miller, CM; DeLong, DM; Kawaji, K; Yoshizumi, TT; Samei, E, Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multi-detector row CT for enhanced detection--phantom study., Radiology, vol. 246 no. 1 (January, 2008), pp. 125-132 [18096533], [doi]  [abs].
  43. Saunders, RS; Baker, JA; Delong, DM; Johnson, JP; Samei, E, Does image quality matter? Impact of resolution and noise on mammographic task performance., Med Phys, vol. 34 no. 10 (October, 2007), pp. 3971-3981 [17985642], [doi]  [abs].
  44. Chawla, AS; Samei, E; Saunders, R; Abbey, C; Delong, D, Effect of dose reduction on the detection of mammographic lesions: a mathematical observer model analysis., Med Phys, vol. 34 no. 8 (August, 2007), pp. 3385-3398 [17879801], [doi]  [abs].
  45. Ranger, NT; Samei, E; Dobbins, JT; Ravin, CE, Assessment of detective quantum efficiency: intercomparison of a recently introduced international standard with prior methods., Radiology, vol. 243 no. 3 (June, 2007), pp. 785-795 [17517933], [doi]  [abs].
  46. Samei, E; Saunders, RS; Baker, JA; Delong, DM, Digital mammography: effects of reduced radiation dose on diagnostic performance., Radiology, vol. 243 no. 2 (May, 2007), pp. 396-404 [17356178], [doi]  [abs].
  47. Samei, E; Stebbins, SA; Dobbins, JT; McAdams, HP; Lo, JY, Multiprojection correlation imaging for improved detection of pulmonary nodules., AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 188 no. 5 (May, 2007), pp. 1239-1245 [17449766], [doi]  [abs].
  48. Samei, E; Poolla, A; Ulissey, MJ; Lewin, JM, Digital mammography: comparative performance of color LCD and monochrome CRT displays., Acad Radiol, vol. 14 no. 5 (May, 2007), pp. 539-546 [17434067], [doi]  [abs].
  49. Badea, CT; Hedlund, LW; De Lin, M; Mackel, JSB; Samei, E; Johnson, GA, Tomographic digital subtraction angiography for lung perfusion estimation in rodents., Med Phys, vol. 34 no. 5 (May, 2007), pp. 1546-1555 [17555236], [doi]  [abs].
  50. Ruschin, M; Timberg, P; Båth, M; Hemdal, B; Svahn, T; Saunders, RS; Samei, E; Andersson, I; Mattsson, S; Chakrabort, DP; Tingber, A, Dose dependence of mass and microcalcification detection in digital mammography: free response human observer studies., Med Phys, vol. 34 no. 2 (February, 2007), pp. 400-407 [17388156], [doi]  [abs].
  51. Chawla, AS; Samei, E, Ambient illumination revisited: a new adaptation-based approach for optimizing medical imaging reading environments., Med Phys, vol. 34 no. 1 (January, 2007), pp. 81-90 [17278493], [doi]  [abs].
  52. McAdams, HP; Samei, E; Dobbins, J; Tourassi, GD; Ravin, CE, Recent advances in chest radiography., Radiology, vol. 241 no. 3 (December, 2006), pp. 663-683 [17114619], [doi]  [abs].
  53. Saunders, RS; Samei, E, Improving mammographic decision accuracy by incorporating observer ratings with interpretation time., Br J Radiol, vol. 79 Spec No 2 (December, 2006), pp. S117-S122 [17209116], [doi]  [abs].
  54. De Lin, M; Samei, E; Badea, CT; Yoshizumi, TT; Allan Johnson, G, Optimized radiographic spectra for small animal digital subtraction angiography., Med Phys, vol. 33 no. 11 (November, 2006), pp. 4249-4257 [17153403], [doi]  [abs].
  55. Saunders, RS; Samei, E; Baker, J; Delong, D; Soo, MS; Walsh, R; Pisano, E; Kuzmiak, CM; Pavic, D, Comparison of LCD and CRT displays based on efficacy for digital mammography., Acad Radiol, vol. 13 no. 11 (November, 2006), pp. 1317-1326 [17070449], [doi]  [abs].
  56. Badano, A; Schneider, S; Samei, E, Visual assessment of angular response in medical liquid crystal displays., J Digit Imaging, vol. 19 no. 3 (September, 2006), pp. 240-248 [16741662], [doi]  [abs].
  57. Siegel, E; Krupinski, E; Samei, E; Flynn, M; Andriole, K; Erickson, B; Thomas, J; Badano, A; Seibert, JA; Pisano, ED, Digital mammography image quality: image display., J Am Coll Radiol, vol. 3 no. 8 (August, 2006), pp. 615-627, Elsevier [17412136], [doi]  [abs].
  58. Saunders, R; Samei, E; Baker, J; Delong, D, Simulation of mammographic lesions., Acad Radiol, vol. 13 no. 7 (July, 2006), pp. 860-870 [16777560], [doi]  [abs].
  59. Borasi, G; Samei, E; Bertolini, M; Nitrosi, A; Tassoni, D, Contrast-detail analysis of three flat panel detectors for digital radiography., Med Phys, vol. 33 no. 6 (June, 2006), pp. 1707-1719 [16872078], [doi]  [abs].
  60. Samei, E; Ranger, NT; Dobbins, JT; Chen, Y, Intercomparison of methods for image quality characterization. I. Modulation transfer function., Med Phys, vol. 33 no. 5 (May, 2006), pp. 1454-1465 [16752580], [doi]  [abs].
  61. Dobbins, JT; Samei, E; Ranger, NT; Chen, Y, Intercomparison of methods for image quality characterization. II. Noise power spectrum., Med Phys, vol. 33 no. 5 (May, 2006), pp. 1466-1475 [16752581], [doi]  [abs].
  62. Boyce, SJ; Samei, E, Imaging properties of digital magnification radiography., Med Phys, vol. 33 no. 4 (April, 2006), pp. 984-996 [16696475], [doi]  [abs].
  63. Samei, E; Wright, SL, Viewing angle performance of medical liquid crystal displays., Med Phys, vol. 33 no. 3 (March, 2006), pp. 645-654 [16878568], [doi]  [abs].
  64. Hoe, CL; Samei, E; Frush, DP; Delong, DM, Simulation of liver lesions for pediatric CT., Radiology, vol. 238 no. 2 (February, 2006), pp. 699-705 [16371579], [doi]  [abs].
  65. Saunders, RS; Samei, E, Resolution and noise measurements of five CRT and LCD medical displays., Med Phys, vol. 33 no. 2 (February, 2006), pp. 308-319 [16532935], [doi]  [abs].
  66. McKinley, RL; Tornai, MP; Brzymialkiewicz, C; Madhav, P; Samei, E; Bowsher, JE, Analysis of a novel offset cone-beam computed mammotomography system geometry for accomodating various breast sizes., Phys Med, vol. 21 Suppl 1 (2006), pp. 48-55 [17645994], [doi]  [abs].
  67. E Samei, E Buhr, P Granfors, D Vandenbroucke, X Wang, Comparison of edge analysis techniques for the determination of the MTF of digital radiographic systems., Physics in medicine and biology, vol. 50 no. 15 (August, 2005), pp. 3613-25 [doi]  [abs].
  68. Ranger, NT; Samei, E; Dobbins, JT; Ravin, CE, Measurement of the detective quantum efficiency in digital detectors consistent with the IEC 62220-1 standard: Practical considerations regarding the choice of filter material., Med Phys, vol. 32 no. 7Part1 (July, 2005), pp. 2305-2311 [doi]  [abs].
  69. E Samei, JY Lo, TT Yoshizumi, JL Jesneck, JT Dobbins 3rd, CE Floyd Jr, HP McAdams, CE Ravin, Comparative scatter and dose performance of slot-scan and full-field digital chest radiography systems., Radiology, vol. 235 no. 3 (June, 2005), pp. 940-9 [doi]  [abs].
  70. E Samei, A Badano, D Chakraborty, K Compton, C Cornelius, K Corrigan, MJ Flynn, B Hemminger, N Hangiandreou, J Johnson, DM Moxley-Stevens, W Pavlicek, H Roehrig, L Rutz, J Shepard, RA Uzenoff, J Wang, CE Willis, AAPM TG18, Assessment of display performance for medical imaging systems: executive summary of AAPM TG18 report., Medical physics, vol. 32 no. 4 (April, 2005), pp. 1205-25  [abs].
  71. RS Saunders Jr, E Samei, JL Jesneck, JY Lo, Physical characterization of a prototype selenium-based full field digital mammography detector., Medical physics, vol. 32 no. 2 (February, 2005), pp. 588-99  [abs].
  72. Samei, E, AAPM/RSNA physics tutorial for residents: technological and psychophysical considerations for digital mammographic displays., Radiographics, vol. 25 no. 2 (2005), pp. 491-501 [15798066], [doi]  [abs].
  73. E Samei, JT Dobbins 3rd, JY Lo, MP Tornai, A framework for optimising the radiographic technique in digital X-ray imaging., Radiation protection dosimetry, vol. 114 no. 1-3 (2005), pp. 220-9 [doi]  [abs].
  74. E Samei, A Rowberg, E Avraham, C Cornelius, Toward clinically relevant standardization of image quality., Journal of digital imaging, vol. 17 no. 4 (December, 2004), pp. 271-8 [doi]  [abs].
  75. E Samei, SL Wright, Luminance and contrast performance of liquid crystal displays for mammographic applications., Technology in cancer research & treatment, vol. 3 no. 5 (October, 2004), pp. 429-36  [abs].
  76. Samei, E; Saunders, RS; Lo, JY; Dobbins, JT; Jesneck, JL; Floyd, CE; Ravin, CE, Fundamental imaging characteristics of a slot-scan digital chest radiographic system., Med Phys, vol. 31 no. 9 (September, 2004), pp. 2687-2698 [15487752], [doi]  [abs].
  77. U Neitzel, S Günther-Kohfahl, G Borasi, E Samei, Determination of the detective quantum efficiency of a digital x-ray detector: comparison of three evaluations using a common image data set., Medical physics, vol. 31 no. 8 (August, 2004), pp. 2205-11  [abs].
  78. H Jung, HJ Kim, WS Kang, SK Yoo, K Fujioka, M Hasegawa, E Samei, Assessment of flat panel LCD primary class display performance based on AAPM TG 18 acceptance protocol., Medical physics, vol. 31 no. 7 (July, 2004), pp. 2155-64  [abs].
  79. RS Saunders Jr, E Samei, C Hoeschen, Impact of resolution and noise characteristics of digital radiographic detectors on the detectability of lung nodules., Medical physics, vol. 31 no. 6 (June, 2004), pp. 1603-13  [abs].
  80. RL McKinley, MP Tornai, E Samei, ML Bradshaw, Simulation study of a quasi-monochromatic beam for x-ray computed mammotomography., Medical physics, vol. 31 no. 4 (April, 2004), pp. 800-13  [abs].
  81. E Samei, JA Seibert, K Andriole, A Badano, J Crawford, B Reiner, MJ Flynn, P Chang, AAPM/RSNA tutorial on equipment selection: PACS equipment overview: general guidelines for purchasing and acceptance testing of PACS equipment., Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, vol. 24 no. 1 (July, 2004), pp. 313-34 [doi]  [abs].
  82. RS Saunders Jr, E Samei, A method for modifying the image quality parameters of digital radiographic images., Medical physics, vol. 30 no. 11 (November, 2003), pp. 3006-17  [abs].
  83. Turner, SR; Samei, E; Hertzberg, BS; DeLong, DM; Vargas-Voracek, R; Singer, A; Maynor, CH; Kliewer, MA, Sonography of fetal choroid plexus cysts: detection depends on cyst size and gestational age., J Ultrasound Med, vol. 22 no. 11 (November, 2003), pp. 1219-1227 [14620893], [doi]  [abs].
  84. E Samei, Image quality in two phosphor-based flat panel digital radiographic detectors., Medical physics, vol. 30 no. 7 (July, 2003), pp. 1747-57  [abs].
  85. E Samei, MJ Flynn, E Peterson, WR Eyler, Subtle lung nodules: influence of local anatomic variations on detection., Radiology, vol. 228 no. 1 (July, 2003), pp. 76-84 [doi]  [abs].
  86. E Samei, MJ Flynn, An experimental comparison of detector performance for direct and indirect digital radiography systems., Medical physics, vol. 30 no. 4 (April, 2003), pp. 608-22  [abs].
  87. E Samei, JG Hill, GD Frey, WM Southgate, E Mah, D Delong, Evaluation of a flat panel digital radiographic system for low-dose portable imaging of neonates., Medical physics, vol. 30 no. 4 (April, 2003), pp. 601-7  [abs].
  88. Dobbins, JT; Samei, E; Chotas, HG; Warp, RJ; Baydush, AH; Floyd, CE; Ravin, CE, Chest radiography: optimization of X-ray spectrum for cesium iodide-amorphous silicon flat-panel detector., Radiology, vol. 226 no. 1 (January, 2003), pp. 221-230 [12511694], [doi]  [abs].
  89. E Samei, MJ Flynn, An experimental comparison of detector performance for computed radiography systems., Medical physics, vol. 29 no. 4 (April, 2002), pp. 447-59  [abs].
  90. E Samei, JA Seibert, CE Willis, MJ Flynn, E Mah, KL Junck, Performance evaluation of computed radiography systems., Medical physics, vol. 28 no. 3 (March, 2001), pp. 361-71  [abs].
  91. Mah, E; Samei, E; Peck, DJ, Evaluation of a quality control phantom for digital chest radiography, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, vol. 2 no. 2 (March, 2001), pp. 90-101, Wiley [doi]  [abs].
  92. KJ Kearfott, S Han, EC Wagner, E Samei, CK Wang, Numerical simulation of a TLD pulsed laser-heating scheme for determination of shallow dose and deep dose in low-LET radiation fields., Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine, vol. 52 no. 6 (June, 2000), pp. 1419-29  [abs].
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