
NEW PUBLICATION

New Book Finally Published!
Our book has now been finally published: “Nuclear Medicine Physics: The Basics” (Paperback)
Featured News Article on Cardiac PET Imaging
Our recent publication on the impact of respiratory motion correction for ejection fraction (EF) measurements in cardiac PET has now been features as a news article on medicalphysicsweb.
JAMA publication: Vascular Risk Factors in Midlife Tied to Amyloid Deposition
Our recent publication in JAMA links mid-life vascular risk factors to late-life amyloid deposition, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
Article on the promise of whole-body dynamic PET
Our efforts to translate the concept of dynamic whole-body imaging to the clinical arena are taking notice, as seen in this web article: “A clinical take on whole-body dynamic PET”.
A race effect on amyloid deposition?
Our recent publication in the journal Neurology has been accompanied by a nice
Why you can’t stop checking your phone?
Here’s a concise and helpful overview (by the Johns Hopkins Magazine) of the recent finding in our paper, “The Role of Dopamine in Value-Based Attentional Orienting.”
Motion correction framework at Hopkins resulted in significant findings
Over the past years we have devoted significant efforts to implement routine, systematic motion compensation for brain PET studies at our center. The following work, just published in Current Biology (led by our collaborator, the late Dr.
Review of resolution modeling in PET
Our comprehensive review of resolution modeling in PET has been published:
A. Rahmim, J. Qi, and V. Sossi
Resolution modeling in PET imaging: theory, practice, benefits, and pitfalls
Med. Phys., vol. 40, pp. 064301, 2013.
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