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Publications [#132894] of G. Allan Johnson

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  1. WP Segars, BM Tsui, EC Frey, GA Johnson, SS Berr, Development of a 4-D digital mouse phantom for molecular imaging research., Molecular imaging and biology : MIB : the official publication of the Academy of Molecular Imaging, United States, vol. 6 no. 3 , pp. 149-59, ISSN 1536-1632
    (last updated on 2005/08/03)

    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: We develop a realistic and flexible 4-D digital mouse phantom and investigate its usefulness in molecular imaging research. METHODS: Organ shapes were modeled with non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surfaces based on high-resolution 3-D magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) data. Cardiac and respiratory motions were modeled based on gated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data obtained from normal mice. Pilot simulation studies in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and X-ray computed tomography (CT) were performed to demonstrate the utility of the phantom. RESULTS: NURBS are an efficient and flexible way to accurately model the anatomy and cardiac and respiratory motions for a realistic 4-D digital mouse phantom. The phantom is capable of producing realistic molecular imaging data from which imaging devices and techniques can be evaluated. CONCLUSION: The phantom provides a unique and useful tool in molecular imaging research. It can be used in the development of new imaging instrumentation, image acquisition strategies, and image processing and reconstruction methods.

    Keywords:
    Animals • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted • Mice • Models, Anatomic* • Models, Animal* • Phantoms, Imaging* • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon • Tomography, X-Ray Computed • anatomy & histology* • instrumentation • instrumentation* • physiology


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