{"id":243,"date":"2016-04-08T00:20:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T00:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/cgri\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2016-10-04T19:06:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T19:06:29","slug":"abstracts-and-oral-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/cgri\/about\/list-of-publications-2\/abstracts-and-oral-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstracts and Oral Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2016<\/h2>\n<p>A. Gmitro, \u201cMulti-Modality Imaging of Window Chamber Mouse Models,\u201d<em> 6<sup>th<\/sup> Small-Animal Imaging Workshop: SPECT, PET and Related Modalities Program<\/em>, Tucson, AZ, January, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, \u201cImaging Studies,\u201d<em> 6<sup>th<\/sup> Small-Animal Imaging Workshop: SPECT, PET and Related Modalities Program<\/em>, Tucson, AZ, January, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>G. Stevenson, \u201cThe Animal in Animal Imaging,\u201d <em>6<sup>th<\/sup> Small-Animal Imaging Workshop: SPECT, PET and Related Modalities Program<\/em>, Tucson, AZ, January, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>H.H. Barrett, \u201cPhoton-Processing Detectors and Imaging Systems,\u201d <em>6<sup>th<\/sup> Small-Animal Imaging Workshop: SPECT, PET and Related Modalities Program<\/em>, Tucson, AZ, January, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>L. Caucci, \u201cGPU Programming for Biomedical Imaging,\u201d<em> 6<sup>th<\/sup> Small-Animal Imaging Workshop: SPECT, PET and Related Modalities Program<\/em>, Tucson, AZ, January, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>E. Clarkson, \u201cObservers, Figures of Merit, and Surrogate Figures of Merit for Imaging System Design,\u201d <em>6<sup>th<\/sup> Small-Animal Imaging Workshop: SPECT, PET and Related Modalities Program<\/em>, Tucson, AZ, January, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>K. Abbey and M.A. Kupinski, chairs, Workshop on Validation of Medical Image-Perception Models, <em>SPIE Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, San Diego, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>C. Barber, B. Gray, S. Liu, K. Pak, J. Woolfenden, and Z. Liu,\u00a0 &#8220;Uptake of TCP-1 peptide labeled with a near-infrared dye in xenografted human colon cancer and tumor-associated vasculature&#8221;,\u00a0 <em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2016<\/em>;57 (Supplement 2):1154, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>X. Li and L.R. Furenlid, &#8220;An analysis of side readouts for monolithic scintillation crystals,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging<\/em>, San Diego, CA, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>M. Ruiz-Gonzalez, L. Caucci and L.R. Furenlid, &#8220;Joint amplitude and timing estimationg for scintallation pulses in GPU&#8221;, <em>IEEE MIC<\/em>, Strasbourg France, 2016<\/p>\n<h2>2015<\/h2>\n<p>L. Caucci, H. H. Barrett, Z. Liu, H. Han, and L. R. Furenlid, \u201cTowards Continuous-To-Continuous 3D Data Reconstruction,\u201d <em>13th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Newport, RI, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, B. D. Gray, C. Barber, L. R. Furenlid, K. Y. Pak, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cImaging of atherosclerotic evolution with 99mTc-labeled duramycin,\u201d\u00a0<em>Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging<\/em>, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, B. D. Gray, M.D. Bernas, L. R. Furenlid, K. Y. Pak, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cA novel molecular imaging probe for differentiating colorectal cancer lesions from inflammatory tissues,\u201d\u00a0<em>Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging<\/em>,\u00a0 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, C. Barber, Li Wan, L. Han, L. R. Furenlid, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cImaging tumor microenvironment with 125I-iodinated hyaluronan,&#8221; <em>WMIC<\/em>, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>H.H. Barrett, \u201cQuantifying and reducing uncertainties in cancer therapy,\u201d Workshop on Uncertainties in the Medical Imaging Chain, <em>SPIE Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Orlando, FL, 2015.<\/p>\n<h2>2014<\/h2>\n<p>Z. Liu, Y. Zhang, D. Pan, C. Barber, L. Wan, L.R. Furenlid, and J.M. Woolfenden, &#8220;Assessment of inflammatory response in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts using a 99mTc-labeled peptide targeting neutrophil formyl-peptide receptor,&#8221; \u00a0<em>61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging<\/em>, St. Louis, MI 2014 and J. Nucl. Med., 55(Supplement 1):1709, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>L. Caucci, J. Ding, and H.H. Barrett, \u201cList-mode Particle Processing,\u201d <em>Gordon Conference<\/em>, Easton, MA, June, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>X. Li and L. Furenlid, \u201cA SPECT system simulator built on the SolidWorks TM 3D design package,&#8221;\u00a0<em>SPIE Optics and Photonics<\/em>, San Diego, CA, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>L. Han, H.H. Barrett, H.B. Barber, B.W. Miller and L. R. Furenlid, \u201cThick columnar CsI(Tl) scintillator for iQid detector and FastSPECT III system,&#8221; <em>SPIE Optics and Photonics<\/em>, San Diego, CA, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>C. Chaix, M. Kupinski, H.H. Barrett, and L. Furenlid, &#8220;Fabrication of the AdaptiSPECT Aperature,&#8221;\u00a0<em>SPIE Optics and Photonics<\/em>, San Diego, CA, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>E. Salcin and L.R. Furenlid, &#8220;Fisher information as a Gamma-Ray Detector Design Tool,&#8221;\u00a0<em>SPIE Optics and Photonics<\/em>, San Diego, CA 2014.<\/p>\n<p>D.S. Fastje, H.B. Barber, B.W. Miller, L.R. Furenlid, L.Han, and Z. Liu, &#8220;Preclinical planar imager using a fine-pitch multi-bore collimator and an IQUID detector,&#8221;\u00a0<em>SPIE Optics and Photonics<\/em>, San Diego, CA\u00a0 2014.<\/p>\n<p>A. Konik, M. Kupinski, P.H. Pretorius, M.A. King, and H.H. Barrett, &#8220;Comparison of the Scanning Linear Estimator (SLE) and ROI Uptake Estimation for Quantitative 111In-Octreotide SPECT Imaging of Signals Embedded in Random Backgrounds,&#8221;\u00a0<em>IEEE MIC<\/em>, Seattle WA, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>E. Salcin, H.H. Barrett, H.B. Barber, S. Takeda, S. Watanabe, T. Takahasi, and L. Furenlid, \u201c3D Position Estimation in a Crossed Strip CdTe Detector,\u201d <em>IEEE MIC<\/em>, Seattle WA, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>H. H. Barrett and K. J. Myers, \u201cImage Science and Image-Quality Research in the Optical Sciences Center,\u201d invited talk, <em>SPIE Optics + Photonics<\/em>, San Diego 2014.<\/p>\n<p>H. H. Barrett and K. J. Myers, \u201cInformation content of a photon in optical imaging, quantum imaging and radiology,\u201d Plenary talk, Optical Engineering Track, <em>SPIE Optics + Photonics<\/em>, San Diego 2014.<\/p>\n<p>C. Chaix, M. Kupinski, H.H. Barrett, and L. Furenlid, \u201cCalibration for Adaptive SPECT,\u201d <em>IEEE MIC<\/em>, Seattle WA, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>X. Li and L.R. Furenlid, \u201cA SPECT simulation method or the solidworks TM 3D-design package and GPU programming that include penetration scatter and fluorescence,\u201d <em>IEEE MIC<\/em>, Seattle WA, 2014.<\/p>\n<h2>2013<\/h2>\n<p>J. Fan, H-W. Tseng, G. Cao, P. Sainath, and M. A. Kupinski, \u201cStudy of CT systems low contrast detectability performance using mathematical model observers,\u201d\u00a0<em>Proc. SPIE<\/em>, 8673:86731Q, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>C. Chaix, S. Kovalsky, M. Kosmider, H. H. Barrett, and L.R. Furenlid, &#8220;Integration of AdaptiSPECT: a small-animal adaptive SPECT imaging system,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Proc. SPIE<\/em> 8853: 88530A, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>L. Han, H. H. Barrett, H. B. Barber, and L. Furenlid, \u201cThe effect of gain variation in micro-channel plates on gamma-ray energy resolution,\u201d\u00a0<em>Proc. <\/em>SPIE, 8853:88530E, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. Chordia, Y. Zhang, D. Pan, C. Barber, L. Wan, L.R. Furenlid, and J.M. Woolfenden, &#8220;Inflammation imaging using a 99mTc-labeled neutrophil-targeting peptide,&#8221; 60th Annual Meeting of the <em>Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em> <em>and Molecular Imaging<\/em>, Vancouver, Canada and<em> J Nucl Med.<\/em> 54(2):1217, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>C. Dumas, A. Bernstein, A. Espinoza, D. Morgan, K. Lewis, M. Nipper, H. H. Barrett, M. A. Kupinski, and L. R. Furenlid, \u201cSmartCAM: an adaptive clinical SPECT camera,\u201d\u00a0<em>Proc. SPIE<\/em>\u00a0 8853:885307, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>V. Bora, H. H. Barrett, and E. Clarkson, \u201cImpact of Fano factor on position and energy estimation in scintillation detectors,\u201d\u00a0<em>Proc. SPIE<\/em>, 8854:885405, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>D. Fastje, L. Han, and H. B. Barber, \u201cPenetrating radiation systems and applications XIV,\u201d <em>Proc. SPIE<\/em>, 8854:88540J, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>R. J. Havelin, B. W. Miller, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, J. M. Murphy and M. J. Foley, &#8220;A SPECT imager with synthetic collimation,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Proc. SPIE<\/em>, 8853:885309, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>A. K. Jha, E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, and H. H. Barrett. \u201cA Maximum-Likelihood Expectation-Maximization Approach to Simultaneously Reconstruct the Activity and Attenuation Map in SPECT imaging,\u201d\u00a0<em>SPIE Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Lake Buena Vista, FL, February 9-14, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>A.Konik, M. Kupinski, P.H. Pretorius, M.A. King, and H.H. Barrett. &#8220;Fully 3D-68: Comparison of the Scanning Linear Estimator and 3D ROI Operator for Quantitative 111-InOctreotide SPECT Imaging,&#8221;\u00a0<em>12th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Lake Tahoe, CA, June 16-21, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>A.K. Jha, H.H. Barrett, E. Clarkson, L. Caucci, and M.A. Kupinski, &#8220;Analytic Methods for List-Mode Reconstruction,&#8221;\u00a0<em>12th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Lake Tahoe, CA, June 16-21, 2013.<\/p>\n<h2>2012<\/h2>\n<p>S. K. Moore, H. H. Barrett, and L. R. Furenlid, \u201cModPET \u2013 A compact PET system employing modular gamma cameras, maximum-likelihood event-parameter estimation, and list-mode ML-EM reconstruction,\u201d <em>59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Miami, FL, June, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>P. Lawson, R. Frazin, H. H. Barrett, L. Caucci, N. Devaney, S. Gladysz, O. Guyon, L. Furenlid, J. Krist, C. Marois, D. Mawet, D. Mouillet, L. Mugnier, L. Poyneer, L. Pueyo, and R. Soummer, &#8220;AS12-AS106-29 On advanced estimation techniques for exoplanet detection and characterization using ground-based coronagraphs,&#8221; <em>Adaptive Optics Symposium III<\/em>, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, C. Barber, L. Furenlid, Y. Kim, S. Liu, and J. M. Woolfenden, &#8220;99mTc-N-MPO, New Perfusion Agent Exhibiting High Myocardial Uptake and Rapid Liver Clearance: Comparison with 99mTc-Sestamibi And 99mTc-15C5-PNP in Rats,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association<\/em>, Orlando, FL, November 12-16, 2011 and Circulation, 13531, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, B. Barber, L. Wan, L. R. Furenlid, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cAssessment of inflammatory response in ischemic rat hearts with various durations of reperfusion using a 99mTc-labeled dual-domain cytokine ligand,\u201d <em>59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Miami, FL, June, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, L. Chen, C. Barber, S. Liu, A. Rouse, A. Gmitro, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cDirect positron and electron imaging of tumor metabolism and angiogenesis in a mouse window chamber model,\u201d <em>59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Miami, FL, June, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>M. Valdez, E. Yoshimaru, P. Ingram, J. Totenhagen, A. Forbes, S. Stephen Moore, P. Helquist, T. Matsunaga, R. Witte, L. Furenlid, Z. Liu, R. Erickson, and T. Trouard, \u201cTrans-Blood-Brain Barrier Drug Delivery via Ultrasound and Microbubbles for Neurodegenerative Diseases,\u201d\u00a0<em>20th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine<\/em>, Melbourne, May 5-12, 2012.<\/p>\n<h2>2011<\/h2>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, \u201cSmall-Animal Gamma-ray Imaging: Instrumentation and Applications,\u201d at the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, November 3, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>L. wyffels, J.M. Woolfenden, L.R. Furenlid, and Z. Liu, \u201cCharacterization of three 99mTc-labeled cytokine ligands in mouse inflammatory ear model,\u201d \u00a0<em>58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, San Antonio, TX, June 4-8, 2011 and J. Nucl. Med., 52(1):565, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>K. Haston, H. B. Barber, L. R. Furenlid, E. Salcin, and V. Bora,<em>\u201c<\/em>Test apparatus to monitor time-domain signals from semiconductor-detector pixel arrays,<em>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<em>International Society for Optics &amp; Photonics<\/em>, August, San Diego, CA, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>R. Havelin, M. Foley, B. W. Miller, and H. H. Barrett, &#8220;Development of a novel synthetic collimator small animal SPECT imaging system,&#8221; <em>European Medical Physics and Engineering Conference<\/em>, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>A. K. Jha, M. A. Kupinski, and E. Clarkson, \u201cModeling Light Propagation in Tissue Using the Radiative Transport Equation<em>,<\/em>\u201d <em>Pan American Advanced Studies Inst. on Frontiers in Imaging Science<\/em>, Bogota, Colombia, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>D. Kang and M. A. Kupinski, \u201cThe study of an ideal observer for phased array systems in diffusive imaging,\u201d <em>IEEE Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Valencia, Spain, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, L. Wyffels, S. Liu, C. Barber, L. Furenlid, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cTumor targeting properties of a novel 99mTc-labeled cyclic RGD peptide dimer in xenografted human breast and colon cancer,\u201d <em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 52 (Supplement 1), 1590, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>E. Salcin, H. B. Barber, and L R. Furenlid, \u201cDesign considerations for the next-generation MAPMT-based monolithic scintillation camera,\u201d\u00a0<em>International Society for Optics &amp; Photonics<\/em>, August 20-25, 2011, San Diego, CA, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>S. Young, &#8220;Task-based assessment and prototyping for breast tomosynthesis,&#8221; <em>NIH National Graduate Student Research Conference<\/em>, Bethesda, MD, 2011.<\/p>\n<h2>2010<\/h2>\n<p>A. K. Jha, E. Clarkson, and M. A. Kupinski, &#8220;Solutions to the radiative transport equation for non-uniform media,&#8221; <em>Proceedings in Biomedical Optics<\/em>, Optical Society of America, BsuD55, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>C. R. De Silva, J. Vagner, Z. Liu, R. J. Gillies, and V. J. Hruby, \u201c111In-labeled deltorphin-II targeting the d-opioid receptor for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging,\u201d <em>239th National Meeting &amp; Exposition of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, San Francisco, CA, March 2010 and Scientific Abstracts for the 239th National Meeting and Exposition, MEDI 489, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>B. W. Miller, S. Moore, R. Van Holen, H. B. Barber, V. Nagarkar, L. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cFastSPECT III: A third-generation high-resolution dynamic SPECT imager,&#8221; <em>57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Salt Lake City, UT, June 5-9, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>B. W. Miller, S. K. Moore, H. B. Barber, T. P. Trouard, H. H. Barrett, and L. R. Furenlid, \u201cFastSPECT III: A Third-Generation High-Resolution Dynamic SPECT Imager,&#8221; <em>Arizona Alzheimers Research Consortium<\/em>, May 21, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>S. K. Moore, H. H. Barrett, and L. R. Furenlid, &#8220;ModPET: Small-Animal PET\/SPECT Prototyping Platform,&#8221; <em>Biomedical Engineering Founder&#8217;s Day<\/em>, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>S. K. Moore, H. H. Barrett, and L. R. Furenlid, &#8220;Small-Animal PET\/SPECT Prototyping,&#8221; <em>Arizona Alzheimer\u2019s Research Consortium<\/em>, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>C. De Silva, Z. Liu, J. Vagner, R. Gillies, V. Hruby, L. Furenlid, and J. Woolfenden, \u201cTargeting of d-opioid receptors in xenografted colon cancer using 111In-labeled deltorphin-II ligand,\u201d <em>57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Salt Lake City, UT, June 4-9, 2010 and <em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine,<\/em> 51(Supplement 2), 77, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, C. Barber, L. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. Woolfenden, \u201cCharacterization of four 99mTc-labeled cytokine ligands in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts,\u201d <em>57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Salt Lake City, UT, June 4-9, 2010 and <em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 51(2):544, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, C. Barber, L. Chen, G. D. Stevenson, G. L. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cLongitudinal imaging study of atheroschlerosis in Apo-E-deficient mice using a 99mTc-labeled dual-domain cytokine ligand,\u201d <em>57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Salt Lake City, UT, June 4-9, 2010 and <i>Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/i>, 51(2):545, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>L. Wyffels, Z. Liu, C. Barber, H. H. Barrett, B. D. Smith, J. A. Mattis, B. Gray, and K. Y. Pak, \u201cTargeting of myocardial necrosis and apoptosis using a novel small molecular probe, Bis(zinc(II)-dipicolylamine) complex (Zn-DPA),&#8221;\u00a0<em>Young Investigator Competition<\/em>, First Place, World Molecular Imaging Congress, Kyoto, Japan, September 8-11, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, C. Barber, L. wyffels, L. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cSPECT imaging of atherosclerosis development in Apo-E-deficient mice,\u201d <em>Principal Investigator Meeting, Biomedical Technology Research (P41) Centers, National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)<\/em>, Rockville, MD, October 11-13, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>C. R. De Silva, J. Vagner, Z. Liu, R. J. Gillies, and V. J. Hruby, \u201c111In-labeled deltorphin-II targeting the d-opioid receptor for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) Imaging,\u201d <em>Spring 2010 National Meeting &amp; Exposition of the American Chemical Society,<\/em>\u00a0San Francisco, CA, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>C. R. De Silva, Z. Liu, J. Vagner, R. J. Gillies, V. J. Hruby, L. R. Furenlid, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cTargeting of d-opioid receptors in xenografted colon cancer using 111In-labeled deltorphin-II ligand,\u201d <em>57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine,<\/em>\u00a0Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, C. Barber, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cCharacterization of four 99mTc-labeled cytokine ligands in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts,\u201d <em>57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine,<\/em>\u00a0Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, C. Barber, L. Chen, G. D. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cLongitudinal imaging study of atherosclerosis in Apo-E-deficient mice using a 99mTc-labeled dual-domain cytokine ligand,\u201d <em>57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.<\/p>\n<h2>2009<\/h2>\n<p>Z. Li, Z. Liu, H.H. Barrett, L.R. Furenlid, J.M. Woolfenden, and M. Zhao, \u201cFocal uptake of 99mTc-dyramycin at atherosclerotic plaques,\u201d \u00a0<em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 50(5)(2):207p, <em>56Th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>C. G. Graff, K. L. Weiss, E. W. Clarkson, and M. I. Altbach, &#8220;Simultaneous estimation of T2, T2+ and lipid content in bone with a novel iterative algorithm,&#8221; <em>Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine<\/em>, 17::1938, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>C. Graff, Z. Li, E. W. Clarkson, C. Huang, A. Bilgin, and M. I. Altbach, &#8220;Simultaneous estimation of water T2 and fat fraction using a single breath hold racial GRASE method,&#8221; <em>Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine<\/em>, 17, 202, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>E. S. Jimenez, E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski and H. H. Barrett, \u201cSimulating organ textures and organ uptake correlations in the MOBY 4D mouse phantom,\u201d <em>SPIE Medical Imaging<\/em>, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>J. W. Moore, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, &#8220;Adaptive x-ray computed tomography,&#8221; <em>University of Arizona Student Showcase<\/em>, 2009. (2nd Place Award, Health Sciences)<\/p>\n<p>J. W. Moore, L. Caucci, B. W. Miller, J. M. Woolfenden, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, &#8220;Task-based adaptive imaging,&#8221; <em>Biomedical Technology Resource Centers Principal Investigator Meeting<\/em>, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cDetection of inflammation induced by myocardial ischemia-reperfusion using a dual-domain cytokine radioligand via TNF and IL-1 pathways,\u201d <em>56Th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine,<\/em>\u00a0Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cSPECT imaging of atherosclerotic lesions with a dual-domain cytokine radioligand in Apo E-deficient mice,\u201d <em>56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine,<\/em>\u00a0Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Y. Zhang, G. D. Stevenson, Z. Liu, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, J. M. Woolfenden, and M. Zhao, \u201cImaging of neuronal apoptosis with 99mTc-labeled duramycin in a rat focal cerebral ischemia model,\u201d <em>56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine,<\/em>\u00a0Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Li, Z. Liu, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, J. M. Woolfenden, X. Zhu, and M. Zhao, \u201cHigh spatial and temporal resolution microSPECT imaging of cardiac cell death using 99mTc-Duramycin,\u201d <em>56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine,<\/em>\u00a0Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>R. Dwyer, J. Ryan, R. Havelin, J. Morris, C. O\u2019Flatharta, G. Duffy, B. Miller, Z. Liu, H. H. Barrett, M. Murphy, F. Barry, T. O\u2019Brien, M. Kerin, \u201cSodium iodide symporter (NIS) mediated tracking of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) migration to breast tumours <em>in vivo,\u201d European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) Annual Congress,<\/em>\u00a0Hannover, Germany, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2008<\/h2>\n<p>C. G. Graff, E. W. Clarkson, K. L. Weiss, and M. I. Altbach,\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine<\/em>, 16, 1414, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>C. G. Graff, E. W. Clarkson, and E. Outwater, &#8220;Computer-generated abdominal phantom for evaluation of MR estimation techniques,&#8221; <em>Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine<\/em>, 16, 492, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>L. Caucci, M. A. Kupinski, M. Freed, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cAdaptive SPECT for tumor necrosis detection,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Dresden, Germany, October 19-25, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>T. E. Peterson, B. S. McDonald, S. Shokouhi, and D. W. Wilson, \u201dA low-energy SPECT system based on silicon strip detectors,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Dresden, Germany, October 19-25, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>J. W. Moore, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cInstrumentation design for adaptive SPECT\/CT,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Dresden, Germany, October 19-25, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>L. Chen, N. Kirkpatrick, R. A. Gatenby, N. G. Knowles, L. S. Gobar, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cIntegration a high-resolution charged-particle imaging system with a fluorescence imaging modality for <em>in vivo<\/em> applications,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Dresden, Germany, October 19-25, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>P. Lichtenthal, T. Brainerd, and Z. Liu, \u201cCardioprotection of anesthetics evaluated by <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-glucarate SPECT imaging in rat hearts with ischemia-reperfusion injury,\u201d<em>\u00a0Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, October 18-22, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>H. H. Barrett, Z. Liu, L. R. Furenlid, J. M. Woolfenden, M. Murphy, C. Coleman, and F. Barry, \u201cTracking of mesenchymal stem cells via three transplantation routes in rats with myocardial infarction,\u201d 49, Supplement 1, 182P, <em>55<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 14-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, G. D. Stevenson, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cImaging of colon cancer xenografts using a radioligand targeting IL-1 and IL-18,\u201d 49, Supplement 1, 104P, <em>55<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 14-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cA bispecific radioligand for inflammation imaging via TNF and IL-1 pathways,\u201d 49, Supplement 1, 45P, <em>55<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 14-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>B. S. McDonald, S. Shokouhi, D. W. Wilson, and T. E. Peterson, \u201cCharacterization of thick silicon detectors for low-energy, small-animal SPECT,\u201d\u00a0<em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Biennial Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging<\/em>, Tucson, Arizona, January 16-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>J. W. Moore, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cFaCT: FastSPECT II and CT,\u201d\u00a0<em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Biennial Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging<\/em>, Tucson, Arizona, January 16-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, \u201cImaging of inflammation with <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-labeled cytokine ligands,\u201d\u00a0<em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Biennial Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging<\/em>, Tucson, Arizona, January 16-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>L. Chen, \u201cDirect imaging of high-energy electrons and positrons,\u201d\u00a0<em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Biennial Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging<\/em>, Tucson, Arizona, January 16-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>B. Miller, \u201cBazookaSPECT,\u201d\u00a0<em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Biennial Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging<\/em>, Tucson, Arizona, January 16-18, 2008.<\/p>\n<h2>2007<\/h2>\n<p>M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and J. Y. Hesterman, &#8220;Bias in Hotelling observer performance computed from finite data,&#8221;\u00a0<em>SPIE Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L. Chen, L. S. Gobar, N. G. Knowles, G. D. Stevenson, A. F. Gmitro, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cIn vivo and dynamic imaging of charged particles from radionuclides at high resolution,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 27 &#8211; November 3, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>A. Breme, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cThe adaptive Hotelling observer as a model for human observers,\u201d\u00a0<em>Medical Image Perception Society\u2019s Conference XII<\/em>, Iowa City, Iowa, October, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, L. R. Furenlid, C. Barber, S. A. Lewis, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cSPECT imaging of inflammation induced by myocardial ischemia-reperfusion with a novel <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-labeled bispecific interleukin ligand,\u201d <em>Abstract Book of Joint Molecular Imaging 2007 Conference<\/em>, No. 0737:263, <em>Joint Molecular Imaging Conference<\/em>, Providence, Rhode Island, September, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, \u201cRecent developments in laboratory SPECT,\u201d Research seminar presentation, <em>Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona<\/em>, Tucson, Arizona, September 2007.<\/p>\n<p>B. W. Miller, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, and H. B. Barber, \u201cReal-time data acquisition and maximum-likelihood estimation for a new generation of high-resolution gamma-ray detectors,\u201d<em>\u00a09<sup>th<\/sup> International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors (IWORID)<\/em>, Erlangen, Germany, July, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>J. W. Moore, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cFaCT: a helical-scan cone-beam CT integrated with a stationary multidetector SPECT system,\u201d <em>9<sup>th<\/sup> Biennial Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Conference<\/em>, Lindau, Germany, July, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L. S. Gobar, L. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cEvaluation of a digital autoradiography system based on ultra-thin phosphors and a CCD camera,\u201d <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>B. W. Miller, H. H. Barrett, H. B. Barber, and D. W. Wilson, \u201cGamma-ray microscopy using micro-coded apertures and BazookaSPECT, a low-cost, high-resolution image intensifying gamma camera,\u201d 334366:158, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L. Chen, L. S. Gobar, G. D. Stevenson, A. F. Gmitro, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cElectron imaging system using ultra-thin phosphor film and CCD camera for in vivo imaging,\u201d 334370:160, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>M. Zhao, Z. Liu, X. Zhu, L. Furenlid, Y. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cIn vivo dynamic imaging of myocardial cell death using <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-labeled C2A domain of synaptotagmin I in a rat model of ischemia and reperfusion,\u201d Biophysics, 334052:563, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. Hui, L. Furenlid, S. Lewis, J. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cA novel <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-labeled recombinant bispecific ligand targeting interleukin-1 and interleukin-18 for inflammation imaging,\u201d 328100:611, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>B. W. Miller, H. H. Barrett, H. B. Barber, and D. W. Wilson, \u201cGamma-ray microscopy using microcoded apertures and BazookaSPECT, a low-cost, high-resolution image intensifiying gamma camera,\u201d\u00a0<em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007. Received 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place award for the Young Professionals Committee Best Basic Science; received 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place for the Computer and Instrumentation Young Investigator Award, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, Y. Kim, S. Liu, L. R. Furenlid, C. Barber, G. Stevenson, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cRapid myocardial perfusion imaging in rat hearts with a novel cationic <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc(I)-tricarbonyl complex <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-15C5PNP characterized by low liver uptake,\u201d\u00a0<em>J. Nucl. Med.<\/em>, 48(6) Supplement 2, No. 15:5, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington<\/em>, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>M. Zhao, Z. Liu, X. Zhu, L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cIn vivo dynamic imaging of myocardial cell death using <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-labeled C2A domain of synaptotagmin I in a rat model of ischemia and reperfusion,\u201d\u00a0<em>J. Nucl. Med.<\/em>, 48(6) Supplement 2, No. 563:166, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, M. M. Hui, L. R. Furenlid, S. Lewis, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cA novel <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-labeled recombinant bispecific ligand targeting interleukin-1 and interleukin-18 for inflammation imaging,\u201d\u00a0<em>J. Nucl. Med.<\/em>, 48(6) Supplement 2, No. 611:180, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L. S. Gobar, L. Chen, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cEvaluation of a digital autoradiography system based on ultra-thin phosphors and a CCD camera,\u201d 334183:1797, <em>54<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, Washington, DC, June, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, \u201cImaging physics,\u201d Research seminar presentation, <em>University of Arizona and University of New Mexico Cancer Center Retreat<\/em>, Tempe, Arizona, May 2007.<\/p>\n<p>E. Clarkson, \u201cEstimation ROC curves and their corresponding ideal observers,\u201d\u00a0<em>SPIE International Symposium on Medical Imaging<\/em>, San Diego, California, February, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>L. Chen, L. Foo, K. P. Thompson, R. L. Cortesi, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cTask-based evaluation of practical lens designs for lens-coupled digital mammography,\u201d <em>SPIE Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, San Diego, California, February 17-22, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>C. Graff, E. W. Clarkson, Z. Li, and M. I. Altbach, \u201cAn algorithm for lipid-water separation in the presence of T2* decay,\u201d\u00a0<em>Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med.<\/em>, 15, 2007.<\/p>\n<h2>2006<\/h2>\n<p>M.B. Abbott, Y. A. DeClerk, Y-C. Chen, L. Furenlid, D. Wilson, G. Stevenson, M. Whitaker, J. Woolfenden, R. A. Moats, and H. H. Barrett, \u00a0\u201c100-micron resolution SPECT imaging of a neuroblastoma tumor model,\u201d \u00a0<em>Molecular Imaging<\/em>, 5, p. 214, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>C. G. Graff, Z. Li, A. F. Gmitro, M. I. Altbach, A. Bilgin, and E. W. Clarkson, &#8220;Iterative T2 estimation from highly under-samples radial fast spin-echo data,&#8221; <em>Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine<\/em>, 14, 925, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, &#8220;Image Quality Assesment in Molecular Imaging,&#8221; <em>Society of Molecular Imaging Meeting<\/em>, Kona, HI, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>B. W. Miller, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, D. W. Wilson, and L. Chen, \u201cA low-cost approach to high-resolution, single-photon imaging using columnar scintillators and image intensifiers,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, San Diego, California, October 29-November 4, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>A. Burvall, H. H. Barrett, K. J. Myers, and J. C. Dainty, \u201cSingular value decomposition of axial systems,\u201d\u00a0<em>ICO Topical Meeting on Optoinformatics\/Information Photonics<\/em>, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 4-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, G. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cIn vivo imaging study of insulin and fructose effects on technetium-<sup>99m<\/sup>-glucarate uptake in human lung cancer xenografts,\u201d\u00a0<em>Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging<\/em>, Big Island, Hawaii, August 30-Spetember 2, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, \u201cOptics requirements for small-animal SPECT,\u201d <em>SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference<\/em>, San Diego, California, August 13-17, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cEvaluating cardioprotective effect of melatonin in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts by Tc-<sup>99m<\/sup>-tetrofosmin SPECT imaging,\u201d 53<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine , San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, M. Freed, J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cAdaptive imaging techniques for nuclear medicine,\u201d\u00a0<em>53<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>M. B. Abbott, L. R. Furenlid, G. D. Stevenson, J. M. Woolfenden, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cAn implantable synthetic SPECT lesion: a bridge from phantom to small animal imaging,&#8221;\u00a0<em>53<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, Y. Chen, G. D. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cDynamic tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging with list-mode acquisition in mice using a novel small-animal SPECT system,\u201d\u00a0<em>53<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, Y. Chen, G. Stevenson, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cDynamic tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging with list-mode acquisition in mice using a novel small-animal SPECT system,\u201d<em>\u00a0Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 47(5) (Supplement 1), No. 1068:253, <em>53<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, G. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cEvaluating cardio-protective effect of melatonin in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts by <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-tetrofosmin SPECT imaging,\u201d<em>\u00a0Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 47(5) (Supplement 1), No. 194:68, <em>53<sup>rd<\/sup>Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, M. Freed, J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cAdaptive-imaging techniques for nuclear medicine,\u201d <em>53<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>K. Gross and M. A. Kupinski, \u201cSPECT image-quality assessment and system parameter optimization for detection tasks,\u201d\u00a0<em>Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, March 25-29, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>M. Freed, M. A. Kupinski, L. R. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cDesign of an adaptive SPECT imager,\u201d\u00a0<em>Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, March 25-29, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>J. Y. Hesterman, M. A. Kupinski, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cDesign and evaluation of a novel, high-resolution small-animal SPECT system,\u201d\u00a0<em>Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, March 25-29, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, G. Stevenson, Y. Chen, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cCharacterization of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rat hearts by <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-sestamibi imaging,\u201d\u00a0<em>Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, March 25-29, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, G. Stevenson, Y. Chen, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cCharacterization of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rat hearts by <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-sestamibi imaging,\u201d\u00a0<em>Molecular Imaging and Biology,<\/em> 8:92,<em> Annual Conference of the Academy of Molecular Imaging<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, March 25-29, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>M. Freed, M. A. Kupinski, L. Furenlid, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cDesign of an adaptive SPECT imager,\u201d\u00a0<em>Annual Conference of the Academy of Molecular Imaging<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, March 25-29, 2006.<\/p>\n<h2>2005<\/h2>\n<p>M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, &#8220;A Probabilistic Approach to MRMC Analysis,&#8221; <em>Medical Image Perception Conference<\/em>, Windermere, England, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>M. A. Kupinski, E. Clarkson, and H. H. Barrett, &#8220;Validation of the Probabilistic MRMC Paradigm,&#8221; <em>Medical Image Perception Conference<\/em>, Windermere, England, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>M. A. Kupinski, &#8220;The Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging,&#8221; <em>NIH sponsored P41 Meeting<\/em>, Bethesda, MD, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>L. Chen and H. H. Barrett, \u201cNon-Gaussian noise in ionizing radiation detectors,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, October 23-29, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, H. Kim, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cData acquisition and control systems for SemiSPECT,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, October 23-29, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>T. E. Peterson, L. R. Furenlid, and D. W. Wilson, \u201cMulti-pinhole SPECT imaging with silicon strip detectors,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, October 23-29, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>F. Shen and E. W. Clarkson, \u201cUsing Fisher information to approximate ideal-observer performance on detection tasks,\u201d\u00a0<em>IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium-Medical Imaging Conference<\/em>, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, October 23-29, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>K. Gross and M. Kupinski, \u201cSPECT image quality assessment and system parameter optimization for detection tasks,\u201d\u00a0<em>Optical Society of America Annual Meeting: Frontiers in Optics\/Laser Science<\/em>, Tucson, Arizona, October 16-20, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, J. M. Woolfenden, L. R. Furenlid, Y. Chen, G. D. Stevenson, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cApplication of FastSPECT II, a new version of FastSPECT, in detecting myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats,\u201d\u00a0<em>Molecular Imaging<\/em>, 4(3) 259, <em>Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging<\/em>, Cologne, Germany, September 7-10, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and K. Y. Pak, \u201cKinetic study of <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-sestamibi imaging in xenografted human lung and breast cancer,\u201d\u00a0<em>Molecular Imaging,<\/em> 4(3) 243,<em> Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging<\/em>, Cologne, Germany, September 7-10, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and K. Y. Pak, \u201cTargeting of human lung cancer xenografts with technetium-<sup>99m<\/sup>-glucarate,\u201d\u00a0<em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 46(5) (Supplement 2), 574, 199, <em>Society of Nuclear Medicine 52<sup>nd<\/sup> Annual Meeting<\/em>, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 18-22, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, H. Kim, D. W. Wilson, Y-C. Chen, Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cPreliminary comparison of small-animal SPECT systems based on scintillators and pixellated cadmium zinc telluride arrays,\u201d\u00a0<em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 46(5) (Supplement 2), 490, 170, <em>Society of Nuclear Medicine\u2019s 52<sup>nd<\/sup> Annual Meeting<\/em>, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 18-22, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>H. Kim, L. R. Furenlid, M J. Crawford, D. W. Wilson, H. B. Barber, W. C. J. Hunter, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cSemiSPECT: A small-animal SPECT imager based on eight CdZnTe detector arrays,\u201d\u00a0<em>Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference<\/em>, Orlando, Florida, March 18-23, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>W. C. J. Hunter, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, and D. W. Wilson, \u201cHigh-resolution scintillation cameras with maximum-likelihood position estimation and monolithic crystals: An attractive alternative to scintillator segmentation,\u201d\u00a0<em>Academy of Molecular Imaging Conference<\/em>, Kissimmee, Florida, March 18-23, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson, and M. A. Kupinski, \u201cProbabilistic foundations of the MRMC method,\u201d\u00a0<em>SPIE International Symposium on Medical Imaging<\/em>, San Diego, California, February 12-17, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>L. R. Furenlid, H. Kim, D. W. Wilson, Y-C. Chen, Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, and J. M. Woolfenden, \u201cPreliminary comparison of small-animal SPECT systems based on scintillators and pixellated cadmium zinc telluride arrays,\u201d\u00a0<em>Journal of Nuclear Medicine<\/em>, 46, 170P, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>E. Clarkson, M. A. Kupinski, and H. H. Barrett, \u201cA probabilistic development of the MRMC method,\u201d\u00a0<em>Medical Image Perception Conference XI<\/em>, Bowness on Windermere, England, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Li, E. W. Clarkson, A. Bilgin, A. F. Gmitro, and M. I. Altbach, \u201cA variable flip angle radial steady-state free precession technique with slice profile correction,\u201d\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine<\/em>, 13, 2383, 2005.<\/p>\n<h2>2004<\/h2>\n<p>Z. Liu, H. H. Barrett, and K. Y. Pak, \u201cEvaluation of myocardial preconditioning and adenosine effects in cardioprotection in rat hearts with ischemia-reperfusion injury using <sup>99m<\/sup>Tc-glucarate imaging,\u201d\u00a0<em>8<sup>th<\/sup> Asia and Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology<\/em>, Beijing, China, October 9-13, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Z. Liu, G. D. Stevenson, H. H. Barrett, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, J. M. Woolfenden, and K. Y. 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