2011 IEEE Nuclear Science

Symposium and Medical ImagingConference

(NSS/MIC 2011)

Valencia, Spain23-29 October 2011

Pages 3465-4174

ICCC IEEE Catalog Number: CFPllNSS-PRT

C Wmm E ISBN: 978-1-4673-0118-3

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MIC15.S-239: RF Coil Design for Low and High Field MRI: Numerical Methods and

Measurements 3465

R. Stara. N. Fontana, A. Monorchio, G. Manara, A Retico, A. Del Guerra, G. Hberi, L. Biagi, M. Alfonsetti, A.

Galante, A. Vitacolonna, M. Alecci, M. Tosetti and G. Buonincontri

MIC1S.S-242: CT Dose Reduction Using Dynamic Collimation 3470

D. J. Heuscher and F. Noo

MIC15.S-245: SNR Comparisons ofAbsorption and Fluorescence Modes ofEdge-Subtraction

Imaging 3474

P, J. La Riviere and D. S. Rigie

M1C15.S-248: Objective Assessment of Low Contrast Detectability for Real CT Phantom and in

Simulated Images Using a Model Observer 3477

I. Hernandez-Giron. J. Geleijns, A. Calzado, M. Salvado, R. M. S. Joemai and W. J. H. Velkamp

MIC15.S-251: Computed Tomography System Using a MHSP in Multi-Slice Operation N/A

L, F. N. D. Carramate. C. A. B. Oliveira, A L. M. Silva, C. D. R. Azevedo, A M. da Silva and J. F. C. A Veloso

MIC15.S-254: Detection of Calcification UsingHigh-Pass Filtered Phase Image in Breast Magnetic

Resonance Imaging N/A

K. Kida. T. Kajitani, S. Goto and Y. Azuma

MIC15.S-257: Regularized Phase Retrieval for X-Ray Differential Phase Contrast Imaging N/A

T, Thuerine. P. Modregger, B. R. Pinzer, Z. Wang and M. Stampanoni

MIC15.S-260: Comparison of Performance Parameters of Three 64-Slice CT Scanner N/A

L. Balkav. P. Bojtos, J. Martos, J. Kollar, I. Garai and I. Lajtos

MIC15.S-263: Detectors for Region of Interest Fluoroscopy to Facilitate an Order of Magnitude of

Radiation Dose Reduction N/A

J, A Rowlands. O. Rubel, S. O. Kasap and W. Zhao

MIC15.S-266: Development of a GEM-Based Dose Imaging Detector with Optical Readout for

Radiotherapy N/A

A. V. Klvachko. D. F. Nichiporov, K. A. Solberg and V. R Moskvin

MIC15.S-269: An optimized in-situ TOF-PET Imaging System for Proton Therapy Quality Assurance N/A

D. C, Oxlev. A. K. Biegun, S. Brandenburg, P. Cambraia Lopes, F. Diblen, D. R. Schaart, S. Vandenberghe and P.

Dendooven

MIC 15. S-272: Development of a PET dedicated for in-situ proton therapy monitoring N/A

Y. Shao. R. X. Zhu, X. Sun, C. J. Bircher, A. K. Lan, X. Zhu, J. Wu, Y. Xia and M. Tianyu

MIC15.S-275: Simulation Design ofa Single-Ring OpenPET for in-Beam PET 3481

S, Kinouchi. T. Yamaya, H. Tashima, E. Yoshida, F. Nishikido, H. Haneisbi and M. Suga

MIC15.S-278: A Prototype Compton Camera for In-Vivo Dosimetry of Ion Beam Cancer

Irradiation 3484

T. Kormoll. F. Fiedler, C. Golnik, K. Heidel, M. Kempe, S. Schoene, K. Zuber and W. Enghardt

MIC15.S-281: Fast Data Acquisition in Heavy Ion CT Using Intensifying Screen - EMCCD Camera

System 3488

H. Muraishi. S. Abe, H. Satoh, H. Hara, T. Mogaki, S. Hara, S. Miyake, N. Yasuda, Y. Watanabe and Y. Koba

MIC15.S-284: Simulation Study of in-Beam PET System for Dose Verification in Carbon Ion Therapy N/A

C. -H. Baek. S. J. An, H. -I. Kim, C. Y. Lee, W. -G. Jung and Y. H. Chung

MC15.S-287: Real-Time Bragg Peak Position Monitoring with a Slit Camera N/A

V, R. Bom. L. Joulaeizadeh and F. J. Beekman

MIC15.S-290: Range and Density Variations Monitoring During Proton Therapy Based on Time-of-

Flight Detection of Prompt Gamma Radiation 3492

A. K, Biegun. P. Cambraia Lopes, P. Dendooven, D. Oxley, K. Parodi, M. Pinto, I. Rinaldi, D. R. Schaart, E. Seravalli,

F. Verhaegen and P. Crespo

MIC15.S-293:95MeV/u 12C Nuclear Fragmentation for Hadrontherapy Purposes: Measurements and

Comparisons with Nuclear Models Included in the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit. N/A

M. Labalme. B. Braunn, G. Ban, J. Colin, D. Cussol, J. M. Fontbonne, F. Haas, M. Rousseau, M. Chevallier, D.

Dauvergne, F. Le foulher, C. Ray, E. Testa and M. D. Salsac

MIC15.S-296: Design Study ofthe Absorber Detector of a Compton Camera for On-line Control in

Ion Beam Therapy 3496

M. -H. Richard, D. Dauvergne, M. Dahoumane, G. Dedes, M. De Rydt, N. Freud, J. M. Letang, X. Lojacono, J.

Krimmer, V. Maxim, G. Montarou, C. Ray, F. Roellinghoff, E. Testa and A H. Walenta

MIC 15.S-299: Evaluation ofTimepix as dE/dx-Detector for Hadron Therapy N/A

B. Hartmann. C. Granja, L. Opalka, J. Jakubek, O. Jaekel andM. Martisikova

MIC15.S-302: Monte Carlo PET Camera Modelling for Proton Range Evaluation in Proton

Therapy 3501

C, Van Ngoc Tv. L. De Marzi, S. Jan, L. Lestand, C. Comtat, R. Ferrand and R. Trebossen

MIC15.S-305: Tomographic Images by Proton Computed Tomogrphy System for Proton Therapy

Applications 3505

V. Sipala, M. Brianzi, M. Bruzzi, M. Bucciolini, G. A P. Cirrone, C. Civinini, G. Cuttone, D. Lo Presti, S. Pallotta, N.

Randazzo, F. Romano, M. Scaringella, C. Stancampiano, C. Talamonti and M. Tesi

MIC15.S-308: Hodoscope Coincidence Imaging for Hadron Therapy Using a Compton Camera 3508

J. E. Gillam. I. Torres-Espallardo, C. Lacasta, P. Solevi, J. Barrio, G. Llosa and M. Rafecas

MIC15.S-311: Measurement ofActivity Produced by Low Energy Proton Beam in Metals Using

off-Line PET Imaging 3514

P. M. G. Corzo, J. Cal-Gonzalez. E. Picado, S. Espana, J. L. Herraiz, E. Herranz, E. Vicente, J. M. Udias, J. J. Vaquero,

A. Munoz-Martin and L. M. Fraile

MIC15.S-314: Image Reconstruction for Compton Camera Applied to 3D Prompt Gamma Imaging

During Ion Beam Therapy 3518

X. Loiacono. M. -H. Richard, D. Dauvergne, E. Testa, C. Ray, N. Freud, J. -M. Letang, V. Maxim and R. Prost

MIC15.S-317: Measurement of Prompt Photons, Gamma PET and Charged Particles Production

from 80 MeV/u Carbon beam on PMMA target 3522

A Sarti, V. Patera, A Sciubba, A Paoloni, L. Piersanti, R. Faccini, F. Ferroni, C. Voena, F. Bellini, A Di Domenico,

S. Fiore, P. Gauzzi, G. Cuttone, C. Agodi, F. Romano, G. Cirrone, M, Marafini. I. Mattei and F. Collamati

MIC15.S-320: Proton Therapy Dose Verification Using Compton Imaging N/A

L, Mihailescu. K Vetter, L. Supic, J. Miller, D. Bond, M. Bandstra, I. -Y. Lee, M. Descovic, S. Gros and R. Donahue

MIC15.S-323: Simulation Study ofResistive-Plate-Chamber Based PET for Hadrontherapy

Monitoring 3529

I, Torres-Espallardo. J. E. Gillam, P. Solevi, J. Cabello, G. Llos, J. Barrio, V. Stankova, C. Solaz, C. Lacasta and M.

Rafecas

MIC15.S-326: A Dose Determination Procedure by PET Monitoring in Proton Therapy 3534

M. Aiello. F. Attanasi, N. Belcari, V. Rosso, K. Straub and A Del Guerra

MIC15.S-329: Coincidence Tests of a Compton Telescope Based on Continuous LaBr3 Crystals and

SiPMs for Dose Monitoring in Hadron Therapy 3539

J. Barrio. J. Cabello, S. Callier, J. Gillam, C. de La Taille, C. Lacasta, M. Rafecas, L. Raux, C. Solaz, V. Stankova, L

Torres-Espallardo and G. Llosa

MIC15.S-332: Iterative Procedure for the Reduction of Artefacts in Optoacoustic Reconstructions Due to

Acoustic Reflections or Scattering N/A

X. L. Dean-Ben. D. Razansky andV. Ntziachristos

MIC15.S-335: Characterization ofthe Partial Volume Effect in Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) N/A

W. Luo and X. Lu

M3C21.S-216: Intrinsic Spatial Resolution and Sensitivity of a Simple Pair of PET Detectors: Comparisons

Between Experiments and GATE Simulation N/A

M. Rodriguez-Villafuerte. Y. Yang, A. Martinez-Davalos, M. S. Judenhofer and S. R. Cherry

MIC 16 Student competition

MIC16-1: Validation Study ofVP-PET Insert for Enhancing Breast Cancer PET Imaging While

Preserving Full Field of View Capacity N/A

A. J. Mathews. S. Komarov, H. Wu, J. A. O'Sullivan and Y. -C. Tai

MIC16-2: LabPET II, an APD-Based PET Detector Module with Counting CT Imaging Capability 3543

M. Bergeron, C. Thibaudeau, J. Cadorette, C. M. Pepin, M. -A. Tetrault, M. Davies, H. Dautet, P. Deschamps, R.

Fontaine and R. Lecomte

MIC16-3: A System Calibration and Fast Iterative Reconstruction Method for Next-Generation

SPECT Imagers 3548

B. W.Miller. R. Van Holen, H. H. Barrett and L. R. Furenlid

MIC16-4: Novel SLAM-Based Markerless Motion Tracking of Conscious Unrestrained Rodents in

PET 3554

A.Kvme. S. Se, S. Meikle, C. Baldock, W. Ryder and R. Fulton

MIC16-5: Investigation of4D PET Attenuation Correction Using Ultra-Short Echo Time MR 3558

C. Buerger. A. Aitken, C. Tsoumpas, A. P. King, V. Schulz, P. Marsden and T. Schaeflftei

MIC16-6: A Nonlocal Averaging Technique for Kinetic Parameter Estimation from Dynamic PET

Data 3562

J. Dutta. G. El Fakhri, R. M. Leahy andQ. Li

MIC17 Data corrections for PET

MIC17-1: Design and Development of Phantoms Capable of Continuous Motion During

Simultaneous PET-MR Acquisitions 3567

G. M. Soultanidis. J. E. Mackewn, C. W. Lerche, C. Tsoumpas, C. Buerger, I. Szanda, P. Halsted, T. Schaeffier, V.

Schulz and P. K. Marsden

MIC17-2: Digital Anthropomorphic Phantoms of Non-Rigid Human Respiratory and Voluntary

Body Motions: A Tool-Set for Investigating Motion Correction in 3D Reconstruction. 3572

A Konik. C. M. Connolly, K. L. Johnson, P. K. R. Dasari, P. Segars, P. H. Pretorius and M. A King

MIC17-3: Statistical Evaluation ofPET Motion Correction Methods UsingMR Derived Motion

Fields. 3579

I. Polvcarpou. C. Tsoumpas and P. K. Marsden

MIC17-4: Motion Correction in PET-MRI: a Human Torso Phantom Study 3586

M, Fieseler. T. Koesters, F. Gigengack, H. Braun, H. H. Quick, K. P. Schaefers and X Jiang

MIC17-5: Real-Time Respiratory Motion Correction for Simultaneous PET-MR Using an

MR-Derived Motion Model 3589

A. P. King. C. Tsoumpas, C. Buerger, V. Schulz, P. Marsden and T. Schaeffler

MIC17-6: Evaluation ofImage Based Spatially Variant and Count Rate Dependent Point Spread

Functions on the HRRTPET Scanner 3595

F. A. Kotasidis. G. I. Angelis, J. Henderson, A. Buckley, P. J. Markiewicz, M. Green, J. Anton-rodriguez, W. R.

Lionheart, A. J. Reader and J. C. Matthews

MIC18.M MIC Posters 4

MIC18.M-2: Methods for Increasing the Sensitivity of Simultaneous Multi-Isotope Positron

Emission Tomography 3597

E. Gonzalez. P. D. Olcott, M. Bieniosek and C. S. Levin

MIC18.M-4: Development ofa Digital Baseline Restorer for High-Resolution PET Detectors 3602

J. Ohi. Y. Yamakawa, M. Satoh, M. Furuta andK. Kitamura

MIC18.M-6: Partial Volume Effect and a Partial Volume Correction for the NanoPET/CT

Pre-Clinical PET/CT Scanner 3605

I. Szanda. L. Livieratos, G. Patay, C. Tsoumpas, K. Sunassee, G. E. Mullen, G. Nemeth, P. Major and P. K. Marsden

MIC18.M-8: Maximum Likelihood Based Positioning and Energy Correction for Pixelated Solid

State PET Detectors 3610

C. W. Lerche. T. Solf, P. Dueppenbecker, B. Goldschmidt, P. K. Marsden and V. Schulz

MIC18.M-10: The Design and Initial Calibration ofan Optical 3D Acquisition System for Head

Motion Tracking Using the Microsoft Kinect 3614

P. J. Noonan. W. A. Hallett, T. Cootes and R. Hinz

MIC18.M-12: Improvement in Spatial Resolution of Dual-Ended Readout of 100 mm Long LYSO

Crystals Through Use ofSystematic Crystal Surface Roughing 3618

F, ur-Rehman. Y. -C. Tai and A L. Goertzen

M3C18.M-14: Development of a Breast Imaging System Using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Diffraction N/A

S. M. Kumari Maini and R. D. Speller

MIC18.M-16: Selection of Point Source Configuration for Multi-Pinhole SPECT Calibration 3622

L. Zhou, K. Vunckx and J. Nuyts

MIC18.M-18: A 55umx55um Charge-Integration Digital Pixel Sensor for Digital Direct

Mammography in 0.18um CMOS Technology 3625

R. Figueras. L. Teres and F. Serra-Graells

MIC18.M-20: Development of a PET Prototype with Continuous LYSO Crystals and Monolithic

SiPM Matrices 3631

G, Llosa, J. Barrio, J. Cabello, C. Lacasta, J. F. Oliver, M. Rafecas, C. Solaz, P. Barrillon, C. de La Taille, C. Piemonte,

M. G. Bisogni and A. Del Guerra

M1C18.M-22: Development of a Gamma Camera Prototype Using Wavelength Shifting Fibers and Silicon

Photomultipliers N/A

I. F, Castro. J. F. Veloso, A. J. Soares and L. M. Moutinho

MIC18.M-24: Energy Sensitive Single Grating Phase Contrast X-ray Imaging N/A

F, Kreici, J. Jakubek and M. Kroupa

MIC18.M-26: Performance of Siemens Inveon Small Animal SPECT Scanner for Different Collimators

and Radius of Rotation N/A

Y, Yang. D. J. Rowland, S. St. James and S. R. Cherry,

MIC18.M-28: Measuring 511 keV Photon Interaction Locations in Three Dimensional Position

Sensitive Scintillation Detectors 3635

A. Vandenbroucke. F. W. Y. Lau, P. D. Reynolds and C. S. Levin

MIC18.M-30: Image Quality Evaluation of Small Animal PET Scanners with Different System Designs N/A

X. Li. A M. Alessio, T. H. Burnett, T. K. Lewellen and R. S. Miyaoka

MC18.M-32: A Pre-Clinical PET Scanner with a Novel Detector Layout Optimized for High Resolution

and Sensitivity N/A

M. T. Rissi. E. Bolle, M. Boeck, J. Bjaalie, J. I. Buskenes, O. Dorholt, K. E. Hines, O. Rhoene, A Skretting and S.

Stapnes

MCI 8.M-34: Camera-Based Tracking System for Freely Moving Mice Inside a Small Animal PET N/A

Scanner

D. Essig, S. Schmid. M. Dawood, X. Jiang and K. P. Schaefers

MIC18.M-36: Evaluation of Scatter Fraction and Count Rate Performance of Two Small-Animal

PET Scanners Using Dedicated Phantoms 3639

R. Prasad and H.Zaidi

MIC18.M-38: Feasibility Studies ofAnimal SPECT Imaging with a Stationary Multi-Pinhole

Collimator Inserted to Animal PET Detector Ring 3646

J. Wu, T. Ma. T. Dai, H. Liu, S. Wang, Y. Liu and J. Cheng

MIC18.M-40: Measurements of Entrance-Surface vs. Conventional Single-Ended Readout of a

Monolithic Scintillator 3650

W. C, J. Hunter. X Li, W. McDougald, J. J. Griesmer, L. Shao, R. Zahn, T. K. Lewellen and R. S. Miyaoka

MIC18.M-42: Preliminary Results on a Simultaneous Beta-and-Coincidence-Gamma Plant Imaging

System N/A

J. Wen. H. Wu, L. Sobotka, R. Dirks, J. Schaefer and Y. -C. Tai

MIC18.M-44: NEMA NU-04 Based Performance Characteristics ofthe LabPET-8 Small Animal

PET Scanner 3654

R. Prasad and H, Zaidi

MIC18.M-46: Calibration, Image Reconstruction and Optimization of SiliSPECT Using Experimental

Data N/A

S. Shokouhi. B. S. McDonald and T. E. Peterson

MIC18.M-48: Design ofa Hme-of-Flight PET Imaging Probe 3661

R. S. Miyaoka. X. Li, W. C. Hunter, E. Yuan and T. K. Lewellen

MIC18.M-50: A Trapezoidal Slat Crystal (TSC) PET Detector 3665

R. S. Miyaoka. X. Li, W. C. Hunter and T. K. Lewellen

MIC18.M-52: Algorithms That Exploit Multi-Interaction Photon Events in Sub-Millimeter

Resolution CZT Detectors for PET 3669

G. Chinn and C. S. Levin

M1C18.M-54: Resolution Enhancement in PET Reconstruction Using Collimation 3672

S. D. Metzler. S. Matej and J. S. Karp

MIC18.M-56: Study on Analytical System Matrix Constructions for a Stationary Multipinhole

SPECT System 3680

S. -Y. Chang. Y. -J. Tsai and I. -T. Hsiao

MIC18.M-58: On the Fundamental Limits of the Position Resolution of Position-Sensitive

Scintillation Detectors Using Continuous Crystal 3684

J. Gal. J. Imrek, G. Kalinka, B. Kiraly, F. Nagy, B. Nyako, J. Molnar, I. Valastyan, L. Balkay and S. A. Kis

MIC18.M-60: Progress in Development of a High-Resolution PET Prostate Imaging Probe N/A

N. Clinthorne. S. Majewski,A Stolin, R. R. Raylman, J. Carr, Z. Chen, E. Salomonsson, A Yande, S. S. Huh, H.

Kagan, S. Smith, K. Brzezinski and A. Studen

M1C18.M-62: Initial Tumor Imaging Results in Rats with a Beta Imaging Probe Based on Silicon Pad

Detectors N/A

N, Clinthorne. E. Cochran, S. S. Huh, H. Kagan, C. Lacasta, V. Linhart, M. Piert, M. Mikuz, S. Smith, A. Studen andP.

Weilhammer

MIC18.M-64: Time-over-Threshold Based Crystal Identification in Phoswich Detectors N/A

H. Bouziri. K. Koua, S. Panier, M. W. Ben Attouch, L. Arpin, M. Abidi, C. Paulin, C. M. Pepin, M. Bergeron, R.

Lecomte, J. -F. Pratte and R. Fontaine

MIC18.M-66: Application of Factor Analysis on the Genisys Preclinical PET System 3690

F. Paver. M. Dahlbom and C. Schiepers

MCI 8.M-68: Initial Tests of a SPECT Detector Module Prototype Using 8x8 SiPM Array Readout and

50x50 mm2 Monolithic Scintillator. N/A

A. Iglesias. P. Aguiar, C. Lois and B. Couce

MIC18.M-70: Adaptive Tumor Rim Segmentation and Metabolic Profiling for FDG-PET Based Early

Response Assessment in Human Sarcoma N/A

E. Wolsztvnski. F. O'Sullivan, J. O'Sullivan, E. U. Conrad and J. F. Eary

MIC18.M-72: Sparsity Constrained Sinogram Inpainting for Metal Artifact Reduction in X-Ray

Computed Tomography 3694

A Mehranian. M. R. Ay, A Rahmim and H. Zaidi

M1C18.M-74: Quantitative Analysis of Myocardial Infarct Region in PET and MRI Image Using Multi

Gaussian Mixture Model N/A

S. -K. Woo. J. W. Yu, S. M. Kim, W. H. Lee, Y. J. Lee, M. H. Kim, K. M. Kim, J. S. Kim, J. A. Park, J. H. Kang, B. I.

Kim, C. W. Choi and S. M. Lim

MIC18.M-76: An Adaptive Genetic Algorithm for Misalignment Estimation (AGAME) in Spiral,

Sequential and Circular Cone-Beam Micro-CT 3700

S. Sawall. M. Knaup and M. Kachelriess

MIC18.M-78: Estimation of Striatal Binding Ratio in Parkinson's Disease: Dual-Head Vs. High-SensitivitySPECT Systems N/A

M. -A Park, S. C. Moore, S. P. Muller, S. J. McQuaid and M. F. Kijewski

MIC18.M-80: Automatic Monte-Carlo Based Scatter Correction for X-Ray Cone-Beam CT UsingGeneral Purpose Graphic Processing Units (GP-GPU): a Feasibility Study 3705

A Sisniega. M. Abella, E. Lage, M. Desco and J. J. Vaquero

MIC18.M-82: Grey Matter Segmentation of 7TMR Images 3710

M. Strumia. D. Feltell, N. Evangelou, P. Gowland, C. Tench and L. Bai

MIC18.M-84: Absolute Quantification for Small-Animal PET 3715

V. Keereman. R. Van Holen, C. Vanhove, P. Mollet and S. Vandenberghe

MIC18.M-86: Absolute Quantification in Multi-Pinhole Micro-SPECT for Different Isotopes 3720

B. Vandeghinste. C. Vanhove, J. De Beenhouwer, R. Van Holen, S. Vandenberghe and S. Staelens

MIC18.M-88: Effects ofAttenuation in Single Slow Rotation Dynamic SPECT 3725

T. D. Humphries. A. M. Celler and M. R. Trummer

MIC18.M-90: A Physics-Based Fast Approach to Scatter Correction for Large Cone Angle

Computed Tomophraphic Systems 3732

Y.Zou. M. D. Silver, B. -S. Chiang, S. Oishi, Y. Uebayashi, Y. Noshi and S. Nakanishi

MIC18.M-92: True 3D Iterative Scatter Correction for Small Bore Long Axial 3736

I. Hong. Z. Burbar and C. Michel

MIC18.M-94: Combined Partial Volume and Cardiac Motion Correction with Nonlinearly Penalized

Optical Flow N/A

M. Dawood. F. Buther and K. P. Schafers

MIC18.M-96: Evaluation and C^tirnization of MR-Based Attenuation Correction Methods in Combined

Brain PET/MR N/A

F. Mantlik. M. Hofinann, I. Bezrukov, H. Schmidt, A, Kolb, T. Beyer, M. Reimold, B. Schoelkopf and B. J. Pichler

MIC18.M-98: Randoms from Singles Estimation for Long PET Scans 3739

C. W, Stearns and A. H. Lonn

MIC18.M-100: Derivation of Input Function in Mice from Dynamic FDG-PET Images: a Comparative

Study N/A

0. Sarrhini, J. A. Rousseau, J. -F. Beaudoin, C. Mathieu and M. Bentourkia

MIC18.M-102: Sparse Recovery in Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification via PET 3742

R. Bngbers. M. Benning, P. Heins, K. Schaefers and M. Burger

MIC18.M-104: Incorporating Count-Rate Dependence into Model-Based PET Scatter Estimation 3745

C. W. Stearns and R. M. Manjeshwar

MIC18.M-106: MRI Investigation ofthe Linkage Between Respiratory Motion ofthe Heart and

Markers on Patients Abdomen and Chest: Implications for Respiratory Amplitude Binning

List-Mode PET and SPECT Studies. 3748

P. Dasari. C. Connolly, K. Johnson, J. Dey, J. M. Mukherjee, S. Zheng and M. King

MIC18.M-108: An Adaptive Generation of a Digital Mask to Improve the Activity Distribution in

SPECT Images 3752

S. Shcherbinin and A Celler

MIC18.M-110: Comparison ofDual-Window Scatter Correction and Effective Attenuation

Coefficients for Quantification in Dedicated Breast SPECT 3760

S.Mann. K. Perez and M. Tornai

MIC18.M-112: Do Template-Based Partial Volume Effect Corrections Inherently Presume

Homogeneous Uptakes? 3764

S. Shcherbinin and A Celler

MIC18.M-114: Internal Motion Prediction Using Kernel Density Estimation and General

Canonical Correlation Model 3772

M. Alnowami. E. Lewis, M. Guyand K. Wells

MIC18.M-116: Atlas- and Pattern Recognition Based Attenuation Correction on Simultaneous

Whole-Body PET/MR N/A

I, Bezrukov. H. Schmidt, F. Mantlik, N. Schwenzer, M. Hofmann, B. Schoelkopf and B. J. Pichler

MIC18.M-118: Activity Estimation in Small Volumes with Non-Uniform Radiotracer Uptake Using

a Local Projection-Based Fitting Approach 3777

S. Southekal. S. J. McQuaid and S. C. Moore

M1C18.M-120: Dual-Isotope PET Data Acquisition and Analysis 3780

R. S. Mivaoka. W. C. Hunter, A. Andreyev, L. Pierce, T. K. Lewellen, A. Celler and P. E. Kinahan

MIC18.M-122: Investigating the Use ofNon-Attenuation Corrected PET Images for the Attenuation

Correction ofPET Data in PET/MR Systems 3784

T. Chang. J. W. Clark and 0. Mawlawi

MIC18.M-124: Partial Volume Compensation for Cardiac PET with Regional Myocardial Wall Thinning N/A

Y.Du. P. E. Bravo and G. S. K. Fung

MIC18.M-126: Iterative-Based Partial Volume Effects Correction with Wavelet-Based

Regularization for Quantitative PET Imaging 3788

A Reilhac. W. Lehnert, L. Jianyu, S. R. Meikle and M. -C. Gregoire

MIC18.M-128: Phased Attenuation Correction and Respiratory Motion Compensation of PET

Image by Using a CT Image and Multiple Respiratory-Phase MR Images 3792

W. H, Nam. D. Lee, I. J. Ahn, K. Y. Jeong, J. H. Kim and J. B. Ra

MIC18.M-130: Low Dose, Non-Tomographic Technique to Estimate Lesion Position and Trace

Element Concentration in NSECT. 3796

G, A. Agasthva. J. Shah, B. P. Harrawood and A. J. Kapadia

MIC18.M-132: Investigation of Quantitative Errors Due to LOR Rebinning Motion Correction for

Freely Moving Small Animals with microPET 3800

M. Akhtar. A. Kyme, R. Fulton and S. Meikle

MIC18.M-134: Evaluation of Monte Carlo-Based Compensation for Scatter and Crosstalk in

Simultaneous In-lll/Tc-99m SPECT-CT Imaging of Infection 3804

M, Cervo and S. C. Moore

MIC18.M-136: Comparative Study ofPartial Volume Correction Methods in Small Animal

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of the Rat Brain 3807

W. Lehnert. M. -C. Gregoire, A. Reilhac and S. R. Meikle

MIC18.M-138: Object Size Dependency ofNoise Strength and Correlation Patterns for TOF and

Non-TOFPET 3812

E, Asma. S. Ahn and R. M. Manjeshwar

MIC18.M-140: A Method of Motion Tracking During CT for Motion Correction 3816

J. -H. Kim. J. Nuyts, Z. Kuncic andR. Fulton

MIC18.M-142: Attenuation Correction in SPECT Without Attenuation Map 3820

K. Kacperski

MIC18.M-144: Regional Kinetic Summaries ofDynamic PET Time-Course Data: Model the Average or

Average the Model? N/A

D, Hawe. F. Hernandez Fernandez, J. Huang, M. Muzi and F. 0'Sullivan

MIC18.M-146: Kinetic Analysis ofDynamic FDG and 150-H20 PET Studies by Parametric and

Nonparametric Methods: a Statistical Analysis 3823

F. R. Hernandez Fernandez. D. Hawe, F. O'Sullivan, M. Muzi and K. A. Kenneth

MIC18.M-148: Anatomical Markov Prior-based Multimodality Image Registration 3828

K, Vunckx. F. Maes and J. Nuyts

MIC18.M-150: Signal Recovery Algorithm for Accelerated Data Acquisition in Water Activation

Studies 3834

J. Verhaephe and A. J. Reader

MIC18.M-152: Investigation of the Low Count Detectability in Nuclear Medicine Images Using

Human and Model Observer 3839

I. Lajtos. S. A. Kis, M. Emri, G. Opposits and L. Balkay

MIC18.M-154: Assessment ofBootstrap Resampling Accuracy for PET Data 3842

P. J. Markiewicz. A. J. Reader, G. I. Angelis, F. Kotasidis, W. R. Lionheart and J. C. Matthews

MIC18.M-156: Brain Tissues Segmentation for Diagnosis of Alzheimer-Type Dementia 3847

M, Ito. K. Sato, M. Fukumi and I. Namura

MIC18.M-158: Evaluation ofClassifiers for Computer-Aided Detection in Computed Tomography

Colonography 3850

B. Song. H. Zhu, W. Zhu and Z. Liang

M1C18.M-160: Measurement of Rest/stress Myocardial Blood Flow with Single-Scan Dynamic PET N/A

Y. -H. Fang, N. Alpert and G. El Fakhri

MIC18.M-162: Estimation of Myocardial Strain from MRI by Using a Deformable Mesh Model 3855

F, M. Parages. M. N. Wemick, T. S. Denney Jr and J. G. Brankov

MIC18.M-164: Generalized Inter-Frame and Intra-Frame Motion Correction in PET Imaging - A

Simulation Study 3858

H. Mohv-ud-Din. N. A. Karakatsanis, M. R. Ay, C. J. Endres, D. F. Wong and A Rahmim

MIC 18.M-166: Computer-Aided Detection of Splenic Enlargement Using Pattern Analysis in Abdominal

CT Images N/A

W. Seong. J. Y. Kang, J. H. Kim and J. W. Park

MIC18.M-168: Dynamic Multi-Bed FDG PET Imaging: Feasibility and Optimization 3863

N. A. Karakatsanis. M. A Lodge, Y. Zhou, J. Mhlanga, M. Chaudhry, A K. Tahari, W. P. Segars, R. L. Wahl and A

Rahmim

MIC18.M-170: Formation ofParametric Images with Bayesian Estimation for 11C-Altropane PET

Studies N/A

Y. -H. Fang, G. gl Fakhri and N. Alpert

MIC18.M-172: Automatic Generation of Myocardial Contour Using Contrast Enhanced Cardiac MRI for

Myocardial Perfusion Analysis N/A

T. Natsume. T. Ichihara, K. Kitagawa, M. Ishida and H. Sakuma

MIC18.M-174: Model-Independent Plot of Dynamic PET Data Facilitates Data Interpretation and Model

Selection N/A

O. L. Munk

MIC18.M-176: A New Data Path Design for PET Data Acquisition System: A Packet Based

Approach 3871

E, Kim. P. D. Olcott and C. S. Levin

MIC18.M-178: PET Event-Time Determination by Waveform Analysis 3874

C. -M. Kao. H. Kim and C. -T. Chen

MIC18.M-180: Variable Preprocessing Applied to Neural Network Position Estimators for 2-D PET 3880

F. Mateo. C. W. Lerche, J. D. Martinez and R. Gadea

MIC18.M-182: An Operator-Passive Thoracic Impedance Approach for Respiratory Motion Gating

in Myocardial Perfusion SPECT 3888

R. Conwell. C. Bai, J. Kindem, H. Babla, D. Solis, R. De Los Santos and M. Gurley

MIC18.M-184: PETLINK Stream Buffer: Using an FPGA-Based RAH) Controller with Solid-State

Drives to Achieve Lossless, High Count-Rate 64-Bit Coincidence Event Acquisition for 3-D PET 3894

J. E. Breeding. W. F. Jones, J. H. Reed and T. Sangpaithoon

MIC18.M-186: Development of a 64-Channel Front-End ASIC for Accurate and Robust Crystal

Identification ofHigh-Resolution PET Detectors 3901

T. Furumiva. J. Ohi and K. Kitamura

MIC18.M-188: Device-Less Gating for PET/CT Using Principal Component Analysis 3904

K. Thielemans. S. Rathore, F. Engbrant and P. Razifar

MIC18.M-190: Position Reconstruction in Detectors Based on Continuous Crystals Coupled to

Silicon Photomultiplier Arrays 3911

J. Cabello. J. Barrio, C. Lacasta, M. Rafecas and G. Llosa

MIC18.M-192: Evaluation ofImage Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Time-of-Flight PET 3917

E. Clementel. S. Vandenberghe, J. S. Karp and S. Surti

MIC18.M-194: Singles and Coincidence Processing for a Digital Preclinical PET/MR System UsingSiPM Detectors 3922

B. Goldschmidt. C. W. Lerche, T. Solf, A. Salomon, F. Kiessling and V. Schulz

M1C18.M-196: Use ofthe High Speed Domino Ring Sampler (DRS) for Readout of PET Block Detectors N/A

M. S. Judenhofer. J. Du, Y. Yang and S. R. Cherry

MIC18.M-198: Comparison ofECG Derived Respiratory Motion Signals and Pneumatic Bellows

for Respiratory Motion Tracking 3925

A. Konik. J. Mitra, K. L. Johnson, E. Helfenbein, L. Shao and M. A King

MIC18.M-200: Whole Body PET Imaging Using Variable Acquisition Times 3931

A. K. Rrizsan. J. Czernin and M. Dahlbom

MIC18.M-202: Imaging with an SSPM Array and a High-Speed Multi-Channel Readout ASIC N/A

M. Janecek. P. J. McVittie, J. -P. Walder, B. Zheng, H. von der Lippe, M. McClish, P. Dokhale, C. J. Staples, J. F.

Christian, K. S. Shah and W. W. Moses

MIC18.M-204: Computerized Detection of Low SNR Cases in NSECT. an ROC-Based Sensitivity

Analysis 3935

G. A. Agasthva. J. Shah, B. P. Harrawood, L. W. Nolte and A. J. Kapadia

MIC18.M-206: Development ofa Resistive Readout for SiPM Arrays 3939

S, Majewski. A Stolin, J. Proffitt and R. R. Raylman

MIC18.M-208: Functionality Test of a Readout Circuit for a 1mm3 Resolution Clinical PET System 3945

J. Zhai. A Vandenbroucke, P. Reynolds and C. Levin

MIC18.M-210: Development of a Flexible Geometry High Sensitivity SPECT System for Small Animals

and Plants N/A

G. S. Mitchell. K. L. Byrne, J. Zhou, J. Qi and S. R. Cherry

MIC18.M-212: Evaluation of a Spline Reconstruction Technique for SPECT: Comparison with FBP

andOSEM 3950

G. A Kastis, A Gaitanis. T. Skouras and A. S. Fokas

MIC21.S-165: Monte Carlo Characterization of a Novel High Spatial Resolution Small Animal Scanner

for Mouse Brain Studies N/A

M, Rodriguez-Villafuerte. Y. Yang, A Martinez-Davalos and S. R. Cherry

MIC18.M-214: Novel Techniques of Multiplexing Position Sensitive Solid State Photomultipliers for High

Resolution PET N/A

F. Taghibakhsh and C. S. Levin

MIC19 Image reconstruction 2

MIC19-1: Direct 3D PET Image Reconstruction into MRImage Space 3955

P. Gravel. J. Verhaeghe and A J. Reader

MIC19-2: Iterative Cone-Beam Reconstruction of Continuous Bed Motion Transmission Scans in

PET 3963

Z, Burbar. S. Siegel and I. Hong

MIC19-3: Row-Action Image Reconstruction Algorithm Using Lp-Norm Distance to a Reference

Image 3966

E. A. Rashed and H. Kudo

MIC 19-4: Improved Filtering for X-Ray Tomosynthesis Reconstruction N/A

T, Nielsen. S. Hitziger, M. Grass and A Iske

MIC19-5: Image Representation by Blob and CT Reconstruction from Few Projections 3971

H. Wang. L. Desbat and S. Legoupil

MIC19-6: Initial Experience in Image Reconstruction from Limited-Angle C-Arm CBCT Data 3977

Z. Zhang. X. Han, J. Bian, J. Manak, E. Sidky and X Pan

MIC19-7: FDK-Type Reconstruction Algorithms for the Reverse Helical Trajectory 3980

Z. Yu. F. Noo, F. Dennerlein, G. Lauritsch and J, Hornegger

MIC19-8: Motion-Compensated 4D Cone-Beam Computed Tomography 3986

M. Brehm. T. Berkus, M. Oelhafen, P. Kunz andM. Kachelriess

MIC20 Hi-Res and pre-clinical imaging 2

MIC20-1: Engineering and Performance (NEMA and Animal) of a Lower-Cost Higher-Resolution Animal

PET-CT Using PMT-Quadrant-Sharing Detectors. N/A

W, -H. G. Wong. H. Li, H. Baghaei, Y. Zhang, R. Ramirez, S. Liu, C. Wang and S. An

MIC20-2: A Prototype Small Animal PET Scanner with Spatial Resolution Approaching 0.5 mm N/A

Y. Yang. J. Bee, M. S. Judenhofer, X. Bai, M. Rodriguez, Y. Wu, P. A Dokhale, K. S. Shah, R. Farrell, J. Qi and S. R.

Cherry

MIC20-3: Initial Performance ofthe Phase II MiCES Data Acquisition Electronics System 3994

T. K. Lewellen. D. DeWitt, R. S. Myaoka and S. Hauck

MIC20-4: Segmentation ofX-Ray Micro-Computed Tomography Using Neural Networks Trained

with Statistical Information: Application to Biomedical Images 3999

A A M. Meneses, A P. Almeida, J. Soares, P. Azambuja, M. S. Gonzalez, S. C. Cardoso, D. Braz, C. E. de Almeida

and R. C. Barroso

MIC20-S: Performance of MARS-CT Using Medipix3 for Spectral Imaging of Soft-Tissue 4002

J. P. Ronaldson, R. Zainon, N. G. Anderson, A P. Butler and P. H. Butler

MIC20-6: Multple-Energy Micro-CT Using Multi-Layered, Multi-Color Thin Film Scintillators 4009

D, S. Rigie and P. J. La Riviere

MIC20-7: Timing and Energy Characteristics of LaBr3(Ce) and CeBr3 Scintillators Read by FBK

SiPMs 4013

R. I. Wiener. S. Surti, C. Piemonte and J. S. Karp

MIC20-8: X-Ray Cell Tracking Using Gold Nanoparticle Labeling: from Ex-Vivo to in-Vivo Experiments N/A

A. Astolfo. R. -H. Menk, E. Schultke, R. Kirch, C. Hall, B. H. J. Juurlink and F. Arfelli

MIC21.S MIC Posters 5

M3C2 l.S-3: Evaluation of Silicon Photomultipliers for the Development ofBeta Probes Dedicated to

Radio-Guided Surgery N/A

N. Hudin. Y. Charon, M. -A. Duval, L. Pinot, D. Abi-haidar, R. Siebert and L. Menard

MIC21.S-6: Portable Small FOV Lightweight Imaging System Based on Long ID Detectors N/A

V. Y. Pedash. H. N. Okrushko and V. A Kolbasin

MIC21.S-9: Evaluation of an Imaging Gamma Probe Based on R8900U-00-C12 PSPMT 4020

M. Georgiou. S. David, P. Papadimitroulas, E. Fysikopoulos,A Bregou, G. Loudos and P. Georgoulias

MC21.S-12: TRECAM, a Gamma Imaging Probe for Sentinel Node and Occult Lesion Localization N/A

E. Netter, L. Pinot, A Bricou, M. -A Duval, B. Janvier, F. Lefebvre, L. Menard, R. Siebert and Y. Charon

MC21.S-15: Evaluation of Navigated Beta-Probe Surface Imaging on a Realistic 3D Phantom N/A

D. L Shakir. T. Lasser, A Drzezga, S. I. Ziegler and N. Navab

MIC21.S-18: Development of a Mini Gamma Camera for Prostate Imaging 4024

S, Majewski. A Stolin and J. ProfFitt

MIC21.S-21: Non Invasive Arterial Monitor for Quantitative Measurement ofRadiotracer Input Function N/A

J. Lilly. B. Sobott, G. Jones, R. Rassool and G. OKeefe

MIC21.S-24: HelmetPET: a Wearable Brain Imager 4030

S. Maiewski. J. ProfFitt, J. Brefczynski-Lewis,A V. Stolin, A. G. Weisenberger, R. Wojcik and W. Xi

MIC21.S-27: Application of Anisotropic Diffusion Potential to Sparse View Reconstruction Problem 4035

D. Shi, A Zamyatin and Z. Yang

MIC21.S-30: Modified Median Root Prior Reconstruction ofPET/MR Data Acquired

Simultaneously with the 3TMR-BrainPET 4039

L. L, Caldeira. J. J. Scheins, P. Almeida, J. Seabra and H. Herzog

MIC21.S-33: Low-Dose or Better Resolution Ultrafast Cardiac SPECT: NCAT Reconstruction and

GATE Study 4044

S. Agarwal and J, Dev

MIC21.S-36: Comparing Different Geometries and Reconstruction Algorithms for Multiple Pinhole

Cardiac SPECT Using NCAT 4051

J. Dev

MIC21.S-39: Incorporation ofa Cascade Gamma Ray Correction into the SRW Iterative

Reconstruction for Non-Standard PET Nuclides: Towards a Unified Correction Weighted (UCW)

Scheme in the Sensitivity Image 4059

J, -C. C Cheng and R. Laforest

MC21.S-42: The Effect of Regularization on Image Quality and Quantification in Motion Compensated

PET Image Reconstruction N/A

C. Tsoumpas. I. Polycarpou, C. Buerger, T. Schaeffter and P. K. Marsden

MIC21.S-45: Maximum Likelihood CT Reconstruction from Material-Decomposed Sinograms

using Fisher Information 4063

C. O. Schirra. E. Roessl, T. Koehler, B. Brendel, A. Thran and R. Proksa

MIC21.S-48: Comparison ofMotion-Compensated Reconstruction with FBP and BPF for Circular

X-Ray Tomography: a Simulation Study 4066

D. Schaefer and M. Grass

MIC21.S-51: Interior and Sparse-view Image Reconstruction in emission computed tomography

(ECT) Using Anatomical Information 4070

J.Xu and B. M. Tsui

MIC21.S-54: Iterative Motion-Aware Reconstruction Algorithm for Cardiac Cone Beam CT 4077

H. Schomberg

MIC21.S-57: FBP and the Interior Problem in 2D Tomography 4080

A. Bilgot, L. Desbat and V. Perrier

MIC21.S-60: Performance Evaluation ofScatter Modeling of the GPU-Based Teratomo 3D PET

Reconstruction 4086

M. Magdics. L. Szirmay-Kalos, B. Toth, D. Legrady, A. Cserkaszky, L. Balkay, B. Domonkos, D. Volgyes, G. Patay, P.

Major, J. Lantos and T. Bukki

MIC21.S-63: Frequency-Combined Extended 3D Reconstruction for Multiple Circular Cone-Beam

CT Scans 4089

R, Grimmer. J. Beak, N. Pelc and M. Kachelriess

MIC21.S-66: Empirical Cupping Correction for CT Scanners with Primary Modulation (ECCP) 4093

R. Grimmer. R. Fahrig, W. Hinshaw, H. Gao and M. Kachelriess

MIC21.S-69: Comparing Surrogates for TV Regularization N/A

M. Defrise

MIC21.S-72: PET Motion Correction in LOR Space Using Scanner-Independent, Adaptive

Projection Data for Image Reconstruction with PRESTO 4099

J. J. Scheins. M. Ullisch, L. Tellmann, C. Weirich, E. Rota Kops, H. Herzog and N. J. Shah

MIC21.S-75: A Modeled Point-Spread Function for a Noise-Free System Matrix 4102

R. Taschereau. F. R. Rannou and A F. Chatziioannou

MIC21.S-78: PET Image Reconstruction from Finite Linogram Data via Direct Fourier and

Logarithmic Barrier Method 4106

Z. Deng. Q. Xie and Z. Duan

MIC21.S-81: Trade-off Between Contrast Recovery, Image Noise and Edge Artifacts in PET Image

Reconstruction Using Detector Blurring Models 4110

S. Ahn, E. Asma, K. Thielemans, T. W. Deller, S. G. Ross and C. W. Stearns

MIC21.S-84: New Consistency Equation for Time-of-Flight PET 4115

M. Defrise. V. Panin and M. E. Casey

MIC21.S-87: Interpolated Average CT for Attenuation Correction in PET - a Simulation Study 4121

G. S. R Mok. T. Sun, T. -H. Wu, M. -B. Chang and T. -C. Huang

MIC21.S-90: A Fast CPU/GPU Ray Projector for Fully 3D List-Mode PET Reconstruction 4126

J. Bert and D. Visvikis

MIC21.S-93: Evaluation of the HD and HD+TOF Reconstructions for Siemens Biograph-mCTTOF

PET Scanner 4131

J, -C. (, Cheng and R. Laforest

MIC21.S-96: An SVD Based Analysis of the Noise Properties of a Point Cloud Mesh Reconstruction

Method 4135

N. F. Pereira and A. Sitek

MIC21.S-99: Cone Beam Artifact Reduction in Circular Computed Tomography 4143

B. S. Chiang, S. Nakanishi, A. A Zamvatin and D. Shi

MIC21.S-102: Extension ofAxial Coverage and Artifact Reduction in Iterative Reconstruction in

Computed Tomography 4145

A A Zamvatin. D. Shi and M. P. Dinu

MIC21.S-105: Streak Artifact Reduction in Helical Cone Beam CT with Redundancy Weighting 4148

A. A. Zamvatin

MIC21.S-108: Streak Artifacts and Noise Reduction in Low Dose Computed Tomography 4150

A. A, Zamyatin. Z. Yang andN. Akino

MIC21.S-111: Multi-Scale Iterative Reconstruction 4152

A. A, Zamvatin. M. P. Dinu and D. Shi

MIC21.S-114: Iterative Image Reconstruction with Variable Resolution in CT 4155

Z. Zhang. J. Bian, X. Han, E. Pearson, E. Sidky and X Pan

MIC21.S-117: An Efficient Voxel-Driven System Model for Helical Pinhole SPECT 4158

P. -C. Huang. C. -H. Hsu, I. -T. Hsiao andK. Lin

MIC21.S-120: Parameter Selection ofConstrained Total-Variation Minimization for Gap Compensation in

PET N/A

S. M. Kim. S. Ann, J. Son, D. S. Lee and J. S. Lee

MIC21.S-123: Evaluation of Windowed Image Reconstruction for Hme-Of-Flight PET 4162

J. Guo. C. -M. Kao and Q. Xie

MIC21.S-126: Accuracy and Variability of Quantitative Measurements Using PET with Hme-of-

Flight Information and Resolution Modelling 4167

I. S. Armstrong. H. A. Williams and J. C. Matthews

MIC21.S-129: List-Mode Maximum-Likelihood Reconstruction for the ClearPEM System 4171

L. Cao. R. Bugalho, N. Matela, M. Martins, P. Almeida, J. Peter and J. Varela

MIC21 .S-132: The study of an ideal observer for phased array systems in diffusive imaging N/A

D. Kang and M. A. Kupinski