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Can PET provide the 3D extent of tumor motion for individualized internal target volumes? A phantom study of the limitations of CT and the promise of PET by Caldwell, Curtis B, Mah, Katherine, Skinner, Matthew, Danjoux, Cyril E

“…To characterize the limitations of fast, spiral computed tomography (CT) when imaging a moving object and to investigate whether positron emission tomography…”
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Visual attention deficits in Alzheimer's disease: Relationship to HMPAO SPECT cortical hypoperfusion by Vasquez, Brandon P., Buck, Brian H., Black, Sandra E., Leibovitch, Farrell S., Lobaugh, Nancy J., Caldwell, Curtis B., Behrmann, Marlene

“…► AD patients were slower to reorient their attention to an uncued location. ► AD patients showed a greater cost for switching attention to invalid left…”
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Prospective evaluation of pretreatment and intratreatment FDG PET‐CT SUV stability in primary head and neck cancer by Mendez, Lucas C., Conrad, Tatiana, Lee, Justin, Smith, Benjamin, Brotherston, Drew, Le, Tuyen, Kiss, Alex, Caldwell, Curtis B., Karam, Irene, Poon, Ian

“…Purpose To evaluate standardized uptake value (SUV) stability on pretreatment and intratreatment 18‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission…”
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Dose Equivalent Rate Constants and Barrier Transmission Data for Nuclear Medicine Facility Dose Calculations and Shielding Design by Kusano, Maggie, Caldwell, Curtis B

“…ABSTRACTA primary goal of nuclear medicine facility design is to keep public and worker radiation doses As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA). To estimate…”
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Feasibility Evaluation of Radioimmunoguided Surgery of Breast Cancer by Ravi, Ananth, Reilly, Raymond M., Holloway, Claire M. B., Caldwell, Curtis B.

“…Breast-conserving surgery involves completely excising the tumour while limiting the amount of normal tissue removed, which is technically challenging to…”
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The impact of (18)FDG-PET on target and critical organs in CT-based treatment planning of patients with poorly defined non-small-cell lung carcinoma: a prospective study by Mah, Katherine, Caldwell, Curtis B, Ung, Yee C, Danjoux, Cyril E, Balogh, Judith M, Ganguli, S Nimu, Ehrlich, Lisa E, Tirona, Romeo

“…To prospectively study the impact of coregistering (18)F-fluoro-deoxy-2-glucose hybrid positron emission tomographic (FDG-PET) images with CT images on the…”
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Design and construction of a quality control phantom for SPECT and PET imaging by Hunt, Dylan Christopher, Easton, Harry, Caldwell, Curtis B.

“…In this article, the authors present a method for quickly and easily constructing test phantoms for PET and SPECT quality assurance. As a demonstration, they…”
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Simple visual analysis of brain perfusion on HMPAO SPECT predicts early outcome in acute stroke by ALEXANDROV, A. V, BLACK, S. E, EHRLICH, L. E, BLADIN, C. F, SMURAWSKA, L. T, PIRISI, A, CALDWELL, C. B

“…Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is used in patients with acute stroke but as yet is of controversial value. We investigated an association…”
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Phase I trial of intraoperative detection of tumor margins in patients with HER2-positive carcinoma of the breast following administration of 111In-DTPA-trastuzumab Fab fragments by Holloway, Claire M.B., Scollard, Deborah A., Caldwell, Curtis B., Ehrlich, Lisa, Kahn, Harriette J., Reilly, Raymond M.

“…Our aim was to conduct a Phase I clinical trial to determine the feasibility of intraoperative detection of tumor margins in HER2 positive breast carcinoma…”
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Differentiating between visual hallucination-free dementia with Lewy bodies and corticobasal syndrome on the basis of neuropsychology and perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography by Misch, Michael R, Mitchell, Sara, Francis, Philip L, Sherborn, Kayla, Meradje, Katayoun, McNeely, Alicia A, Honjo, Kie, Zhao, Jiali, Scott, Christopher Jm, Caldwell, Curtis B, Ehrlich, Lisa, Shammi, Prathiba, MacIntosh, Bradley J, Bilbao, Juan M, Lang, Anthony E, Black, Sandra E, Masellis, Mario

“…Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS) are atypical parkinsonian disorders with fronto-subcortical and posterior cognitive dysfunction…”
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The influence of sex on limbic volume and perfusion in AD by Callen, David J.A, Black, Sandra E, Caldwell, Curtis B, Grady, Cheryl L

“…The goal of the current study was to determine whether Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology affects the limbic system of men and women differently as measured by…”
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Experimental evaluation of an online gamma-camera imaging of permanent seed implantation (OGIPSI) prototype for partial breast irradiation by Ravi, Ananth, Caldwell, Curtis B., Pignol, Jean-Philippe

“…Previously, our team used Monte Carlo simulation to demonstrate that a gamma camera could potentially be used as an online image guidance device to visualize…”
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Predictors of hemorrhagic transformation occurring spontaneously and on anticoagulants in patients with acute ischemic stroke by ALEXANDROV, A. V, BLACK, S. E, EHRLICH, L. E, CALDWELL, C. B, NORRIS, J. W

“…Hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is a common evolution of large-volume ischemic lesions, particularly of cardioembolic origin. We used transcranial Doppler…”
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Multimodality imaging for precise localization of craniofacial osteomyelitis by Strumas, Nick, Antonyshyn, Oleh, Caldwell, Curtis B, Mainprize, James

“…Functional imaging identifies areas of abnormal bone turnover, providing a useful adjunct in the treatment of osteomyelitis and bone tumors. The low resolution…”
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Three Brain SPECT Region-of-Interest Templates in Elderly People: Normative Values, Hemispheric Asymmetries, and a Comparison of Single- and Multihead Cameras by Lobaugh, Nancy J, Caldwell, Curtis B, Black, Sandra E, Leibovitch, Farrell S, Swartz, Richard H

“…The purpose of this study was to generate anatomically guided region-of-interest (ROI) brain SPECT templates based on scans of elderly healthy volunteers. We…”
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Utility of simultaneous brain, CSF and hyperintensity quantification in dementia by Swartz, Richard H, Black, Sandra E, Feinstein, Anthony, Rockel, Conrad, Sela, Gal, Gao, Fu Qiang, Caldwell, Curtis B, Bronskill, Michael J

“…Improved methods of quantifying MRI are needed to study brain–behavior relationships in dementia. Rating scales are variable; lesion-tracing approaches can be…”
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Limbic system perfusion in Alzheimer's disease measured by MRI-coregistered HMPAO SPET by CALLEN, David J. A, BLACK, Sandra E, CALDWELL, Curtis B

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Fractal Dimension as a Measure of Altered Trabecular Bone in Experimental Inflammatory Arthritis by Caldwell, Curtis B., Moran, Erica L., Bogoch, Earl R.

“…Our previous studies in experimental inflammatory arthritis (EIA) and in human rheumatoid arthritis demonstrated rapid remodeling with a 5‐fold increase in…”
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Spatial and Temporal Registration of CT and SPECT Images: Development and Validation of a Technique for In Vivo Three-Dimensional Semiquantitative Analysis of Bone by Bernstein, Mark P, Caldwell, Curtis B, Antonyshyn, Oleh M, Cooper, Perry W, Ehrlich, Lisa E

“…The combined use of postoperative 3-dimensional CT and SPECT imaging provides a means of relating anatomy and physiology for the semiquantitative in vivo…”
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Bone Plate Fixation: An Evaluation of Interface Contact Area and Force of the Dynamic Compression Plate (DCP) and the Limited Contact-Dynamic Compression Plate (LC-DCP) Applied to Cadaveric Bone by Field, John R, Hearn, Trevor C, Caldwell, Curtis B

“…OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of bone morphology on the interfacial mechanics of bone plate fixation. DESIGN:A comparison of two bone plate designs using…”
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