Articles & Presentations

Half-dose myocardial perfusion SPECT with wide beam reconstruction.
G. DePuey1, S. Bommireddipalli.
1St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
AHA, Orlando, November 2009.
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New software methods to cope with reduced counting statistics: shorter SPECT acquisitions and many more possibilities.
E. Gordon DePuey1.
1St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, May 2009, Vol.16, No. 3, p. 336.
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Impact of half-time image acquisition with wide-beam reconstruction on the perfusion scores and diagnostic certainty of single-photon emission computed tomography.
R. Druz1, LM. Phillips, BJ. Rutkin, LS. Boutis.
1North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY.
ICNC, Barcelona, May 2009.
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Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT with quarter-time wide beam reconstruction.
G. DePuey1, S. Bommireddipalli, J. Clark, L. Thompson, A. Leykekhman, M. Friedman, H. Kermany.
1St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
ICNC, Barcelona, May 2009.
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Quarter-time wide beam reconstruction: evaluation of SPECT myocardial perfusion and function.
G. DePuey1, S. Bommireddipalli, J. Clark, A. Leykekhman, L. Thompson, M. Friedman, H. Kermany.
1St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
ACC, Orlando, March 2009.
Journal of American College of Cardiology, in press.
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Advances in technical aspects of myocardial perfusion imaging (reconstruction algorithms for fast imaging with standard MPS systems).
P.J. Smolka1, J. A. Patton, D.S. Berman, G. Germano.
1Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, March 2009, Vol.16, No. 2, pp. 273-274.
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Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: comparison of “quarter-time” WBR and “full-time” FBP clinical results.
E.G. DePuey1, Y. Srour, H. Kermany, M. Wilk.
1St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Nuclear Medicine, The Dead Sea, February 2009.
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Wide beam reconstruction for gated-SPECT: going toward optimization of resources and reduction in radiation exposure.
C. Marcassa1, R. Campini, O. Zoccarato, P. Calza.
1S. Maugeri Fnd. IRCCS, Veruno, Italy.
EANM, Munich, October 2008.
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Effect of subdiaphragmatic tracer activity on cardiac SPECT images: comparison between filtered back projection, OSEM, and wide beam reconstruction in an anthropomorphic cardiac phantom model.
O. Zoccarato1, R. Campini, C. Marcassa, P. Calza.
1S. Maugeri Fnd. IRCCS, Veruno, Italy.
EANM, Munich, October 2008.
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Half-time gated SPECT with wide beam reconstruction.
G. Cantinho1, H. Pena, S. Figueiredo, P. Gonçalves, A. Marques, F. Godinho.
1Atomedical, Lisboa, Portugal.
EANM, Munich, October 2008.
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Quarter-time myocardial perfusion SPECT wide beam reconstruction.
G. DePuey1, S. Bommireddipalli, I. Beletsky, J. Clark , A. Leykekhman, l. Thompson, M. Friedman.
1St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
ASNC, Boston, September 2008.
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Performance of a new iterative reconstruction algorithm for cardiac short-time SPECT: preliminary results in an anthropomorphic cardiac phantom study.
O. Zoccarato1, R. Campini, C. Marcassa, P. Calza
1S. Maugeri Foundation, Veruno, Veruno, Italy.
CinC, Bologna, September 2008.
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Quarter-time myocardial perfusion SPECT using wide beam reconstruction.
G. DePuey1, S. Bommireddipalli, M. Friedman, I. Beletsky.
1St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
ACC, Chicago, March/April 2008.
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Quarter-time myocardial perfusion SPECT using UltraSPECT's wide beam reconstruction method.
G. DePuey1, S. Bommireddipalli, M. Friedman, H. Kermany, I. Beletsky.
1 St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Nuclear Medicine, Nazareth, February 2008.
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Half time myocardial perfusion SPECT acquisition: effect on left ventricular volume and ejection fraction calculations with the use of novel reconstruction algorithms.
E. Siegal1, S. Raja, H. Pomba, J. Kakullavarapu.
1Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA.
RSNA, Chicago, November 2007.
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A comparison between filtered back projection SPECT reconstruction and a new iterative reconstruction algorithm: a phantom study.
O. Zoccarato1, R. Campini, C. Marcassa, P. Calza.
1S. Maugeri Fnd. Sc. Inst. Veruno, Veruno, Italy.
EANM, Copenhagen, October 2007.
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A comparison between filtered back projection SPECT reconstruction and a new iterative reconstruction algorithm: preliminary clinical evaluation.
O. Zoccarato1, R. Campini, C. Marcassa, P. Calza.
1S. Maugeri Fnd. Sc. Inst. Veruno, Veruno, Italy.
EANM, Copenhagen, October 2007.
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A comparison between filtered back projection SPECT reconstruction and a new iterative reconstruction algorithm: an anthropomorphic cardiac phantom.
O. Zoccarato1, R. Campini, C. Marcassa, P. Calza.
1S. Maugeri Fnd. Sc. Inst. Veruno, Veruno, Italy.
EANM, Copenhagen, October 2007.
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"Image reconstruction advances", Recent technologic advances in nuclear cardiology.
J. A. Patton1, P.J. Smolka, G. Germano, D.S. Berman.
1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Vol.14, No. 4, pp. 505-506, July/August 2007.
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OSEM and WBR half-time gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: a comparison to filtered backprojection.
G. DePuey1, R. Gadiraju, F. Anstett
1St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
SNM, Washington, DC., June 2007.
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Clinical validation of novel wide beam reconstruction method for shortening scan time of cardiac SPECT perfusion studies.
S. Borges-Neto1, R.A. Pagnanelli, L.K. Shaw, E.F. Honeycutt, S.C. Shwartz, M.A. Trimble, G.L. Adams, R.E. Coleman.
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
ICNC, Prague, April / May 2007.
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Half time gated myocardial perfusion SPECT processed with both OSEM with resolution recovery and wide beam reconstruction: clinical performance compared to full time filtered backprojection.
G. DePuey1, R. Gadiraju, F. Anstett, S.C. Shwartz, J. Clark, L.Thompson, R. Taillefer.
1St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
ICNC, Prague, April / May 2007.
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Wide beam reconstruction technology – does it respect myocardial perfusion SPECT functional parameters?
G. Cantinho1, H. Pena, S.C. Shwartz, J. Monteiro, L. Pereira, D. Cerqueira, F. Godinho.
1Atomedical & IMN-FML, Lisboa, Portugal.
ICNC, Prague, April / May 2007.
ASNC, San Diego, September 2007.
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WBR versus FBP in myocardial perfusion SPECT reconstruction - diagnosis impact.
G. Cantinho1, H. Pena, A. Veiga, A.V. Marques, E. Fonseca, S.C. Shwartz, F. Godinho.
1Atomedical & IMN-FML, Lisboa, Portugal.
ICNC, Prague, April / May 2007.
ASNC, San Diego, September 2007.
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OSEM and WBR half-time gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: a comparison to filtered backprojection.
G. DePuey1, R. Gadiraju, F. Anstett.
1St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
ICNC, Prague, April / May 2007.
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Has wide beam reconstruction technology for myocardial perfusion SPECT any impact on functional cardiac parameters?
H. Pena1, G. Cantinho, S.C. Shwartz, M. Pinheiro, P. Gonçalves, F. Godinho.
1Atomedical & IMN-FML, Lisboa, Portugal.
EANM, Athens, September / October 2006.
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Influence of SPECT wide beam reconstruction (WBR) in myocardial perfusion scan.
G. Cantinho1, H. Pena, S.C. Shwartz, S. Figueiredo, P. Gomes, F. Godinho.
1Atomedical & IMN-FML, Lisboa, Portugal.
EANM, Athens, September / October 2006.
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A clinical evaluation of two resolution recovery methods for reduced scan time of gated MPI SPECT.
G. DePuey1, R. Taillefer, R. Gadiraju, F. Anstett.
1St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.
ACNC, Montreal, September 2006.
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A clinical evaluation of a wide beam reconstruction method for shortening scan time of gated cardiac rest/stress SPECT.
D. Basso1, G. Passmore, M. Holman, W. Rogers, L. Walters.
1Cardiac Imaging of Augusta, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta Georgia.
SNM, San Diego, June 2006.
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Evaluation of wide beam reconstruction of half time bone SPECTs in children.
Z. Bar-Sever1, A. Steinmetz.
1Nuclear Medicine, Schneider Children's Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel.
SNM, San Diego, June 2006.
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Clinical validation of the wide beam reconstruction method for shortening scan time of gated cardiac SPECT perfusion studies.
S. Borges-Neto1, R. Pagnanelli, L. K. Shaw, R.E. Coleman.
1Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
SNM, San Diego, June 2006.
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Expedited planar bone scan acquisition using wide beam reconstruction.
M. Bocher1, B. Bakunin, R. Chisin.
1Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
EANM, Istanbul, October 2005.
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Enhancement of i-123 MIBG scans in children using the wide beam reconstruction method: preliminary evaluation.
Z. Bar-Sever1, A. Steinmetz, S.C. Shwartz.
1Nuclear Medicine, Schneider Children's Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel.
EANM, Istanbul, October 2005.
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Clinical evaluation of the wide beam reconstruction method: ultra high-resolution bone SPECT.
R.E. Coleman1, M.P. Sandler, J.A. Patton, S. Kim, C.K. Kim, J. Machac, S.C. Shwartz.
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
EANM, Istanbul, October 2005.
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Wide beam reconstruction method for shortening SPECT scan time: a multi-center clinical evaluation.
S.J. Goldsmith1, E. Vidan, S. Ben-Haim, R.E. Coleman, M.P. Sandler, J.A. Patton, S.C. Shwartz.
1Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
EANM, Istanbul, October 2005.
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Wide beam reconstruction method for shortening scan time of gated cardiac stress SPECT: preliminary evaluation.
J.H. Oaknin1, S.C. Shwartz, R.A. Pagnanelli, R.E. Coleman, S. Borges-Neto.
1Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
ASNC, Seattle, September / October 2005.
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Improved parathyroid SPECT image quality with the wide beam reconstruction technique.
S. Kim1, C.K. Kim, B.R. Krynyckyi, J. Machac.
1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
SNM, Toronto, June 2005.
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Improved bone SPECT image quality with the wide beam reconstruction technique.
S. Kim1, C.K. Kim, B. Krynyckyi, J. Machac.
1Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
SNM, Northeast Regional Meeting, October 2004.
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Resolution enhancement and acquisition time reduction in SPECT applications: the wide beam reconstruction method.
J. A. Patton1, R.E. Coleman, M.P. Sandler, S. Ben-Haim, S.C. Shwartz, I. Ohana.
1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
SNM, New Orleans, June 2003.
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