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Physical and clinical performance of the mCT time-of-flight PET/CT scanner by Jakoby, B W, Bercier, Y, Conti, M, Casey, M E, Bendriem, B, Townsend, D W

“…Time-of-flight (TOF) measurement capability promises to improve PET image quality. We characterized the physical and clinical PET performance of the first…”
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Continuous bed motion on clinical scanner: design, data correction, and reconstruction by Panin, V Y, Smith, A M, Hu, J, Kehren, F, Casey, M E

“…With the addition of variable bed speed capabilities, continuous bed motion (CBM) becomes an acquisition generalization for axial sensitivity modeling and…”
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Improving PET spatial resolution and detectability for prostate cancer imaging by Bal, H, Guerin, L, Casey, M E, Conti, M, Eriksson, L, Michel, C, Fanti, S, Pettinato, C, Adler, S, Choyke, P

“…Prostate cancer, one of the most common forms of cancer among men, can benefit from recent improvements in positron emission tomography (PET) technology. In…”
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Thromboelastography to monitor the intra‐operative effects of low‐molecular weight heparin following bridging anticoagulation in a child with normal renal function by Casey, M. E., Hodges, O., Dunn, R., Thomas, J.

“…Summary Paediatric patients who require anticoagulation with therapeutic doses of low‐molecular weight heparin are at risk of having a residual anticoagulant…”
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Physical characteristics of the ECAT EXACT3D positron tomograph by Spinks, T J, Jones, T, Bloomfield, P M, Bailey, D L, Miller, M, Hogg, D, Jones, W F, Vaigneur, K, Reed, J, Young, J, Newport, D, Moyers, C, Casey, M E, Nutt, R

“…The 'EXACT3D' positron tomograph, which is now in routine clinical research use, was developed with the aim of achieving unprecedented sensitivity, high…”
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The ECAT HRRT: performance and first clinical application of the new high resolution research tomograph by Wienhard, K., Schmand, M., Casey, M.E., Baker, K., Bao, J., Eriksson, L., Jones, W.F., Knoess, C., Lenox, M., Lercher, M., Luk, P., Michel, C., Reed, J.H., Richerzhagen, N., Treffert, J., Vollmar, S., Young, J.W., Heiss, W.D., Nutt, R.

“…The ECAT HRRT is a three-dimensional (3-D) only dedicated brain tomograph employing the new scintillator lutetium-oxy-orthosilicate (LSO) and using depth of…”
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Simultaneous reconstruction of emission activity and attenuation coefficient distribution from TOF data, acquired with external transmission source by Panin, V Y, Aykac, M, Casey, M E

“…The simultaneous PET data reconstruction of emission activity and attenuation coefficient distribution is presented, where the attenuation image is constrained…”
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Towards Sub-Minute PET Examination Times by Eriksson, L, Conti, M, Melcher, C L, Townsend, D W, Eriksson, M, Rothfuss, H, Casey, M E, Bendriem, B

“…The main performance parameters in positron camera system design are sensitivity and spatial resolution. This paper concerns sensitivity, which is a function…”
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Critical needs in drug discovery for cessation of alcohol and nicotine polysubstance abuse by Van Skike, C.E., Maggio, S.E., Reynolds, A.R., Casey, E.M., Bardo, M.T., Dwoskin, L.P., Prendergast, M.A., Nixon, K.

“…Polysubstance abuse of alcohol and nicotine has been overlooked in our understanding of the neurobiology of addiction and especially in the development of…”
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Physical performance of a positron tomograph for brain imaging with retractable septa by Spinks, T J, Jones, T, Bailey, D L, Townsend, D W, Grootoonk, S, Bloomfield, P M, Gilardi, M C, Casey, M E, Sipe, B, Reed, J

“…Performance characteristics of a new design of positron tomograph with automatically retractable septa for brain imaging have been studied. The device,…”
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Evaluation of simulation-based scatter correction for 3-D PET cardiac imaging by Watson, C.C., Newport, D., Casey, M.E., deKemp, R.A., Beanlands, R.S., Schmand, M.

“…Quantitative imaging of the human thorax poses one of the most difficult challenges for three-dimensional (3-D) (septaless) positron emission tomography (PET),…”
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The ECAT HRRT: NEMA NEC evaluation of the HRRT system, the new high-resolution research tomograph by Eriksson, L., Wienhard, K., Eriksson, M., Casey, M.E., Knoess, C., Bruckbauer, T., Hamill, J., Schmand, M., Gremillion, T., Lenox, M., Conti, M., Bendriem, B., Heiss, W.D., Nutt, R.

“…The ECAT HRRT (high-resolution research tomograph) is a three-dimensional(3-D)-only dedicated brain positron emission tomograph (PET) with LSO and GSO…”
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The ECAT HRRT: an example of NEMA scatter estimation issues for LSO-based PET systems by Eriksson, L., Watson, C.C., Wienhard, K., Eriksson, M., Casey, M.E., Knoess, C., Lenox, M., Burbar, Z., Conti, M., Bendriem, B., Heiss, W.D., Nutt, R.

“…The ECAT high-resolution research tomograph (HRRT) is a three-dimensional (3-D)-only dedicated brain positron emission tomograph with LSO and GSO…”
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Pre-freeze bull sperm head morphometry related to post-thaw fertility by Gravance, C.G., Casey, M.E., Casey, P.J.

“…Artificial insemination using cryopreserved semen is a common management tool of the contemporary livestock producer. The ability to determine post-thaw…”
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A custom mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuit for high performance PET tomograph front-end applications by Swann, B.K., Rochelle, J.M., Binkley, D.M., Puckett, B.S., Blalock, B.J., Terry, S.C., Moyers, J.C., Young, J.W., Casey, M.E., Musrock, M.S., Breeding, J.E.

“…A custom mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuit has been developed for high performance positron emission tomography (PET) front-end applications. The…”
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Performance characteristics of a new generation of processing circuits for PET applications by Musrock, M.S., Young, J.W., Moyers, J.C., Breeding, J.E., Casey, M.E., Rochelle, J.M., Binkley, D.M., Swann, B.K.

“…An electronics architecture for a PET camera is presented which utilizes a newly developed ASIC, CFD, and TDC to fully utilize the timing advantages of an LSO…”
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Investigation of LSO crystals for high spatial resolution positron emission tomography by Casey, M.E., Eriksson, L., Schmand, M., Andreaco, M.S., Dahlbom, M., Nutt, R., Paulus, M.

“…In order to achieve high sensitivity and maintain good uniform spatial. Resolution over the field of view in high resolution PET systems, adequate depth of…”
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Performance of a YSO/LSO phoswich detector for use in a PET/SPECT system by Dahlbom, M., MacDonald, L.R., Eriksson, L., Paulus, M., Andreaco, M., Casey, M.E., Moyers, C.

“…The performance of a YSO/LSO phoswich detector module is evaluated for potential use as in a combined PET/SPECT imaging system. The high light output of LSO…”
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Advantages using pulse shape discrimination to assign the depth of interaction information (DOI) from a multi layer phoswich detector by Schmand, M., Eriksson, L., Casey, M.E., Wienhard, K., Flugge, G., Nutt, R.

“…Recently new high resolution brain PET and PET/SPECT tomographs have been discussed using phoswich detectors. The detector design is based on two layers of…”
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An investigation of sensitivity limits in PET scanners by Eriksson, L., Townsend, D., Conti, M., Eriksson, M., Rothfuss, H., Schmand, M., Casey, M.E., Bendriem, B.

“…Current systems for positron emission tomography (PET) generally cover a small solid angle which implies low sensitivity and therefore patient studies are…”
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