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Edward DiBella, Ph.D.

REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , R.L. Eisner, and R.E. Patterson 1995 “Heterogeneity of SPECT bull's-eyes in Normal Dogs: Comparison of Attenuation Compensation Algorithms” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 42(4) 1290-1296 .

•  J.L. Cruz-Rivera, E.V.R. Di Bella , D.S. Wills, T.K. Gaylord, and E.N. Glyt­sis 1995 “Parallelized Implementation of the Maximum Likelihood - Expectation Maximization Algorithm on a Fine-Grain Optically Interconnected Architecture” IEEE Trans. Med. Img. 14(4) 758-762.

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , R.L. Eisner, A.B. Barclay, R.E. Patterson, and D.J. Nowak 1996 “Attenuation Artifacts in SPECT: Effect of Wrap-around Lung in 180 0 Cardiac Studies” J. Nucl. Med. 37(11) 1891-1896 .

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , A.B. Barclay, R.L. Eisner, and R.W. Schafer 1996 “A Comparison of Rotation-based Methods for Iterative Reconstruction Algorithms” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 43(6) 3370-3376.

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , G.T. Gullberg, A.B. Barclay, and R.L. Eisner 1997 “Automated Region Selection for Analysis of Dynamic Cardiac SPECT Data” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci . 44(3) 1355-1361.

•  G.L. Zeng, G.T. Gullberg, C. Bai, P.E. Christian, F. Trisjono, E.V.R. DiBella , J. W. Tanner, and H. T. Morgan 1998 “Iterative Reconstruction of Fluorine-18 SPECT Using Geometric Point Response Correction” , J. Nucl. Med . 39(1) 124-130.

•  G.T. Gullberg, H.T. Morgan, G.L. Zeng, P.E. Christian, E.V.R. Di Bella , C.-T. Tung, P.J. Maniawski, Y.-L. Hsieh, and F.L. Datz 1998 “The Design and Performance of a Simultaneous Transmission and Emission Tomography System” , IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 45(3) 1676-1698 .

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , R. Clackdoyle, and G.T. Gullberg 1999 “Blind Estimation of Compartmental Model Parameters”, Phys. Med. Biol ., 44(3) 765-780.

•  D.J. Kadrmas, E.V.R. Di Bella , R.H. Huesman, and G.T. Gullberg 1999 “Analytical Propagation of Errors in Dynamic SPECT: estimators, degrading factors, bias and noise”, Phys. Med. Biol. , 44(8) 1997-2014.

•  A. Sitek, E.V.R. Di Bella , and G.T. Gullberg 1999 “Factor Analysis of Dynamic Structures in Dynamic SPECT Imaging Using Maximum Entropy”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 46(6) 2227-2232.

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , H. S. Khare, D. J. Kadrmas, and G. T. Gullberg 2000 “SPECT Imaging of Teboroxime During Myocardial Blood Flow Changes”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. , 47(3) 982-988.

•  D.J. Kadrmas, E.V.R. Di Bella , H.S. Khare, P.E. Christian and G.T. Gullberg 2000 “Static Versus Dynamic Teboroxime Myocardial Perfusion SPECT in Canines”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. , 47(3) 1112-1117.

•  A. Sitek, E.V.R. Di Bella , and G.T. Gullberg 2000 “ Factor analysis with a priori knowledge – application in dynamic cardiac SPECT ”, Phys. Med. Biol . 45(9) 2619-2638.

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , S.G. Ross, D.J. Kadrmas, H.S. Khare, P.E. Christian, S. McJames, and G.T. Gullberg 2001 “Compartmental Modeling of Technetium 99m-labeled Teboroxime with Dynamic SPECT: Comparison to Static Tl-201 in a Canine Model”, Inv. Rad. 36(3) 145-152.

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , D.J. Kadrmas, and P.E. Christian 2001 “Feasibility of Dual Isotope Coincidence/Single Photon Imaging of the Myocardium”, J. Nucl. Med. 42(6) 944-952.

•  H. Khare, E.V.R. Di Bella , D.J. Kadrmas, and G.T. Gullberg 2001 “Comparison of Static and Dynamic Cardiac Perfusion Thallium-201 SPECT”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 48(3) 774-779.

•  A. Sitek, G.T. Gullberg, E.V.R. Di Bella , and A.M. Celler 2001 “Reconstruction of Dynamic Renal Tomographic Data Acquired by Slow Rotation”, J. Nucl. Med. 42(11) 1704-1712.

•  C.Q. Shi, L.H. Young, E. Daher, E.V.R. Di Bella , Y-H. Liu, E.N. Heller, S. Zoghbi, F.J.Th. Wackers, R. Soufer, and A.J. Sinusas 2002 “Correlation of Myocardial p - 123 I-Iodophenyl-pentadecanoic Acid Retention with 18 F-FDG Accumulation During Experimental Low-Flow Ischemia”, J. Nucl. Med. 43(3) 421-431.

•  A. Sitek, E.V.R. Di Bella , G.T. Gullberg, and R.H. Huesman 2002 “Removal of liver activity contamination in teboroxime dynamic cardiac SPECT imaging using factor analysis”, J. Nucl. Cardiol 9:197-205 .

•  D.Y. Riabkov and E.V.R. Di Bella 2002 “Estimation of kinetic parameters without input functions: analysis of three methods for multichannel blind identification”, IEEE Trans BME . 49(11) 1318-1327.

•  E.V.R. Di Bella 2002 “ Gamma camera PET with low energy collimators: Characterization and correction of scatter ”, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci. 49(5) 2067-2073.

•  E.V.R. Di Bella , Y.J. Wu, A.L. Alexander, D.L. Parker, D. Green, and C.J. McGann 2003 “A comparison of temporal filtering methods for dynamic contrast MRI myocardial perfusion studies”, Magn Reson Med . 49:895-902.

•  H. Bal, E.V.R. Di Bella , and G.T. Gullberg 2003 “Parametric image formation using clustering for dynamic cardiac SPECT”, to appear IEEE Trans Nucl Sci.

•  DY Riabkov and EVR Di Bella 2004 “Blind identification of the kinetic parameters in three-compartment models”, Phys Med Biol., 49: 639-664.

•  EVR Di Bella , DL Parker, AJ Sinusas 2005 “On the dark rim artifact in dynamic contrast MRI myocardial perfusion studies”, to appear Magn Reson Med

•  G. Adluru, E.V.R. DiBella , M.C. Schabel 2006 “Model-based registration for dynamic cardiac perfusion MRI”, J Magn Reson Imaging . 24: 1062-1070

•  G. Bal, E.V.R. DiBella , G. T. Gullberg, and G. L. Zeng 2006 “Cardiac imaging using a four-segment slant-hole collimator”, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci . 53: 2619-2627.

•  T.C. Rust, E.V.R. DiBella , C.J. McGann, P.E. Christian, J.M. Hoffman, D.J. Kadrmas 2006 “Rapid dual-injection single-scan 13 N-ammonia PET for quantification of rest and stress myocardial blood flows”, Phys Med Biol ., 51:5347-5362.

•  E. Kholmovski, E.V.R. DiBella 2006 “Perfusion MRI with radial acquisition for arterial input function assessment”, submitted to Magn Reson Med .

•  G. Adluru, S.P. Awate, T. Tasdizen, R.T. Whitaker, E.V.R. DiBella 2006 “Temporally constrained reconstruction for dynamic cardiac perfusion MRI”, submitted to Magn Reson Med.

 

•  Book Chapters and other

G.T. Gullberg, R.H. Huesman, S.G. Ross, E.V.R. Di Bella , G.L. Zeng, B.W. Reutter, and P.E. Christian 1998 “Dynamic Cardiac Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography”, Ch. 11 in Nuclear Cardiology, eds. Zaret and Beller, Mosby Press.

Book Review: E.V.R. Di Bella 2000 “What's New in Cardiovascular Imaging?”, J. Nucl. Card. , 7(1) 89-90.

Editorial: G.T. Gullberg, E.V.R. Di Bella , and A.J. Sinusas 2001 “Estimation of Coronary Flow Reserve: Can SPECT Compete with Other Modalities?”, J. Nucl. Card . 8(5) 620-625.