Imaging Modalities and applications

SPECT:

Dual isotope SPECT imaging techniques
Quantitative, gated myocardial SPECT
Rotating multi-segment slant-hole (RMSSH) SPECT
Quantitative oncological SPECT
Monte Carlo simulation methods
Multi-pinhole micor-SPECT
Multi-dimensional analytical and statistical image reconstruction methods for SPECT

PET:

Respiratory- and cardiac-gated PET
Performance evaluation of small animal PET scanner
Monte Carlo simulation methods
Multi-dimensional analytical and statistical image reconstruction methods for PET

CT:

Micro-CT systems
Statistical reconstruction methods for transmission tomography
Cardiac CT
Time resolved volumetric imaging for x-ray CT
Analytical reconstruction methods for x-ray CT
Dual-kVp CT
Radiation dose in multidetector-row CT (MDCT)

SPECT/CT:

Molecular imaging using Micro-SPECT/CT techqniues

X-ray:

Bone mechanical properties using X-ray imaging technique
Dual energy absorptiometry for measuring tissue composition

Interventional Radiology (IVR):

Evaluation of 3D and soft tissue imaging
Radiation dose optimization

Tool development

Phantoms:

4D NCAT (Heart, lung, brain, liver, etc.)
MOBY
4D MCAT

Image quality evaluations:

Image quality indices
Task-based image evaluation methods
Channelized Hoteling Observer (CHO) study
Standard ROC, LROC, FROC and Three-class ROC methodologies
Human observer study

Simulators:

Analytical simulators for SPECT, PET and x-ray CT
Monte Carlo simulations for SPECT, PET, and x-ray CT