William Paul Segars, Ph.D

1. Segars, W.P., D.S. Lalush, and B.M.W. Tsui, A realistic spline-based dynamic heart phantom. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1999. 46(3): p. 503-506.

2. Segars, W.P., D.S. Lalush, and B.M.W. Tsui, Modeling respiratory mechanics in the MCAT and spline-based MCAT phantoms. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2001. 48(1): p. 89-97.

3. Segars, W.P., Development and application of the new dynamic NURBS-based cardiac-torso (NCAT) phantom, in Biomedical Engineering. 2001, University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, NC.

4. Segars, W.P. and B.M.W. Tsui, Study of the efficacy of respiratory gating in myocardial SPECT using the new 4-D NCAT phantom. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2002. 49(3): p. 675-679.

5. Tsui, B.M.W., W.P. Segars, and D.S. Lalush, Effects of upward creep and respiratory motion in myocardial SPECT. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2000. 47(3): p. 1192-1195.

6. Smyczynski MS, King MA, Narayanan MV, Pretorius PH, Gifford HC, Farncombe TH, Hoffman EA, Segars WP, and Tsui, BMW. Modeling the Respiratory Motion of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules for Investigating SPECT Tumor Imaging. Conference Record of the 2001 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, November 4-10, San Diego, CA.

7. He X, Frey EC, Gilland KL, Segars WP, and Tsui BMW. Evaluation and optimization of compensation methods for myocardial SPECT using a set of realistic phantoms that include patient variability. Conference Record of the 2002 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, November 10-16, Norfolk, VA.

8. Smyczynski MS, King MA, Farncombe TH, Gifford HC, Segars WP, and Tsui BMW. Impact of respiratory motion on the detection of solitary pulmonary nodules with SPECT imaging of NeoTect. Conference Record of the 2002 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, November 10-16, Norfolk, VA.

9. Chu JZ, Tsui BMW, and Segars WP. A simulation study of the effect of gating scheme on respiratory motion blurring in FDG lung PET. Conference Record of the 2002 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, November 10-16, Norfolk, VA.

10. Chu JZ, Segars WP, and Tsui BMW. A simulation study of the effect of respiratory motion in FDG lung PET. In a Supplement to JNM 43(5), p. 208, 2002.

11. Lee TS, Segars WP, and Tsui BMW. A study of the effect of cardiac gating in myocardial SPECT using the 4D NCAT phantom. Conference Record of the 2003 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, October 19-25, Portland, OR.

12. Segars WP, Tsui BMW, Frey EC, Johnson GA, and Berr SS. Development of a 4D digital mouse phantom for molecular imaging research. Molecular Imaging & Biology, Vol. 6, Issue 3, p. 149-159, 2004.

13. Segars WP, Wang Y, and Tsui BMW. Effect of respiratory motion on plaque imaging in the mouse using Annexin-V. Book published for the Arizona workshop on small animal imaging, in press, 2004.

14. Segars WP, Tsui BMW, Da Silva AJ, and Shao L. PET-CT image fusion using the new 4D NURBS-based cardiac-torso (NCAT) phantom. In a Supplement to JNM 43(5), p. 43, 2002.

15. Segars WP, Tsui BMW, Da Silva AJ, and Shao L. CT-PET image fusion using the 4D NCAT phantom with the purpose of attenuation correction. Conference Record of the 2002 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, November 10-16, Norfolk, VA