Application of the 4-D XCAT phantoms in biomedical imaging and beyond

WP Segars, BMW Tsui, J Cai, FF Yin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The four-dimensional (4-D) eXtended CArdiac-Torso (XCAT) series of phantoms was
developed to provide accurate computerized models of the human anatomy and physiology …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical application of intrathecal gadobutrol for assessment of cerebrospinal fluid tracer clearance to blood

PK Eide, E Mariussen, H Uggerud, AH Pripp… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Methodology for estimation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tracer clearance
could have wide clinical application in predicting excretion of intrathecal drugs and …

Intrathecal 99mTc‐DTPA imaging of molecular passage from lumbar cerebrospinal fluid to brain and periphery in humans

A Verma, JY Hesterman, JL Chazen… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) molecular exchange with brain interstitial fluid (ISF)
and periphery is implicated in neurological disorders but needs better quantitative clinical …

Subject-specific studies of CSF bulk flow patterns in the spinal canal: implications for the dispersion of solute particles in intrathecal drug delivery

W Coenen, C Gutiérrez-Montes… - American Journal …, 2019 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recent flow dynamics studies have shown that the
eccentricity of the spinal cord affects the magnitude and characteristics of the slow bulk …

[HTML][HTML] Population pharmacokinetic modeling of CSF to blood clearance: prospective tracer study of 161 patients under work-up for CSF disorders

MH Hovd, E Mariussen, H Uggerud… - Fluids and barriers of the …, 2022 - Springer
Background Quantitative measurements of cerebrospinal fluid to blood clearance has
previously not been established for neurological diseases. Possibly, variability in …

Large Intestine 3D Shape Refinement Using Point Diffusion Models for Digital Phantom Generation

K Mouheb, MG Nejad, L Dahal, E Samei… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Accurate 3D modeling of human organs plays a crucial role in building computational
phantoms for virtual imaging trials. However, generating anatomically plausible …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging for Physicists: Modelling, Dosimetry and Radiation Protection, Volume II

M Ljungberg - 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Mathematical modelling is an important part of nuclear medicine. Therefore, several
chapters of this book have been dedicated towards describing this topic. In these chapters …

Radiation dosimetry in translational intrathecal imaging

JY Hesterman, P Segars, K Palmer… - … Drug Distribution in …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Intrathecal (IT) administration is a drug delivery method with great potential for the treatment
of a broad range of neurodegenerative disorders. Imaging is a useful tool for assessing the …

Human Radiation Dosimetry from Imaging: Guidance for Therapy

RE Wendt III - … in the Management of Leptomeningeal Metastasis, 2022 - Springer
Internal dosimetry of intrathecal radiopharmaceutical therapy employs quantitative imaging
to provide its input data. The MIRD schema is the most widely used approach. It relies upon …

The VIDA software for targeted radionuclide therapy

S Kost, J Hesterman, K Gresco - Monte Carlo Calculations in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this chapter, VIDA (Voxel-based Internal Dosimetry Application) 3D image-based
dosimetry technique that employs the Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit to perform voxel-based …