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Refereed
journal publications:
1. Samei E, Davidian Z, Ejtehadi R,
Nahal A, Meshginfam P. A preliminary study on Halley's comet (in Persian). Iranian Journal of Physics 3(4):
390-394, 1986.
2. Poorang P, Davidian Z, Samei E, Shadanpour N, Nahal A, Hoda H. Halley: results of recent
investigations (in Persian). Iranian
Journal of Physics 4(3): 243-245, 1986.
3. Samei E, Kearfott KJ, Wang C-KC, Han
S. Impact of variations in physical parameters on glow curves for planchet
heating of TL dosimeters. Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 353: 415-419, 1994.
4. Kearfott KJ, Han S, McMahan KL, Samei E, Sensitivity of a mixed field dosimetry algorithm to
uncertainties in thermoluminescent element readings. Health Physics 68(3): 340-349, 1995.
5. Samei E, Kearfott KJ, Wang C-KC. Numerical modeling of a new
method for determination of shallow dose and deep dose in low-LET radiation
fields. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 58(2):
103-114, 1995.
6.
Samei E,
Kearfott KJ. A limited bibliography of atomic energy commission-funded human
radiation experiments. Health Physics 69(6):
885-891, 1995.
7.
Samei E,
Kearfott KJ, Gillespie TJ, Wang C-KC. An atlas of selected beta ray spectra and
depth-dose distribution generated by a fast Monte Carlo-based sampling method. Radiation Physics and Chemistry 48(6):
719-725, 1996.
8.
Samei E, Flynn,
MJ, Eyler, WR. Simulation of subtle lung nodules in projection chest
radiography. Radiology 202(1):
117-124, 1997.
9.
Beute GH, Flynn MJ, Eyler WR, Samei E, Zylak CJ, Spizarny DL. Chest
radiographic image quality: comparison of asymmetric film/screen, digital
storage phosphor, and digital selenium drum systems - a preliminary study (invited
article). Radiographics 18:
745-754, 1998.
10. Samei E, Flynn MJ, Reimann DA. A method for measuring the
presampled MTF of digital radiographic systems using an edge test device. Medical Physics 25: 102-113, 1998.
11. Flynn MJ, Samei E.
Experimental comparison of noise and resolution for 2k and 4k storage phosphor
radiography systems. Medical Physics
26: 1612-1623, 1999.
12. Samei E, Flynn MJ, Eyler WR. Detection of subtle lung nodules:
relative influence of quantum and anatomical noise on chest radiographs. Radiology 213: 727-734, 1999.
13. Kearfott KJ, Han S, Wagner EC, Samei E Wang C-KC. Numerical simulation of a TLD pulsed
laser-heating scheme for determination of shallow dose and deep dose in low-LET
radiation fields. Journal of Applied
Radiation and Isotopes 52(6): 1419-1429, 2000.
14. Ryan
MT, Spicer KM, Frei-Lahr D, Samei E,
Frey GD, Hargrove H, Bloodworth G. Health physics consequences of out-patient
treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with 131I-radiolabelled anti-B1
antibody. Operational Health
Physics 79(5): S52-55, 2001.
15. Mah E*, Samei E,
Peck D. Evaluation of a quality control phantom for digital chest radiography
systems. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2(2): 90-101, 2001.
This paper received the Award for Excellence for best diagnostic
imaging paper published during 2001 in the Journal
of Applied Clinical Medical Physics by the American College of
Medical Physics.
16. Samei E, Seibert JA, Willis CE, Flynn MJ, Mah E, Junck KL.
Performance evaluation of computed radiography systems. Medical Physics 28(3): 361-371, 2001.
17. Samei E, Flynn MJ. An experimental comparison of
detector performance for computed radiography systems. Medical Physics 29(4): 447-459, 2002.
18. Dobbins
III JT, Samei E, Chotas HG, Baydush
AH, Floyd CE, Ravin CE. Optimization of x-ray spectra for chest
radiography with a CsI/a:Si flat-panel detector. Radiology 226: 221-230,
2003.
19. Samei
E, Hill J, Frey GD, Southgate W, Mah E, Delong D. Evaluation of a flat panel digital radiographic
system for low-dose portable imaging of neonates. Medical Physics 30:
601-607, 2003.
20. Samei E, Flynn MJ, An experimental comparison of detector
performance for direct and indirect digital radiography systems. Medical Physics 30: 608-622, 2003.
21. Samei E, Flynn MJ, Peterson E, Eyler WR. Subtle lung nodules:
influence of local anatomical variations on detection. Radiology 228:
76–84, 2003.
22. Samei E. Image quality in two phosphor-based flat panel digital
radiographic detectors. Medical
Physics 30(7): 1747-1757, 2003.
23. Saunders RS*, Samei E. A method
for modifying the image quality parameters of digital radiographic images. Medical Physics 30: 3006-3017, 2003.
24. Turner
SR*, Samei E, Hertzberg BS, Delong DM, Vargas-Voracek R, Maynor CH,
Singer A, Kliewer MA. Sonography of
fetal choroid plexus cysts: detection depends on cyst size and gestational age.
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (JUM) 22: 1219-1227, 2003.
25. Samei
E, Siebert AJ, Anderiole K, Badano A, Crawford J, Reiner B, Flynn
MJ, Chang P. General guidelines for purchasing and acceptance testing of PACS
equipment (invited article). Radiographics 24: 313-334, 2004.
26. McKinley RL*, Tornai MP, Samei E, Bradshaw
ML. Simulation study of a
quasi-monochromatic beam for x-ray computed mammotomography. Medical
Physics 31(4): 800-813, 2004.
27. Saunders RS*, Samei E, Hoeschen
C. Impact of
resolution and noise characteristics of digital radiographic detectors on the
detectability of lung nodules.
Medical Physics 31: 1603-1613, 2004 (Cross-referenced in Virtual
Journal of Biological Physics Research, June 2004, http://www.vjbio.org/).
28. McKinley RL*, Tornai MP, Samei E, Bradshaw
ML. Development of an optimal x-ray beam for dual-mode emission and
transmission mammotomography. Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 527: 102-109, 2004.
29. Jung H, Kim H-J, Kang W-S, Yoo
SK, Fujioka K, Hasegawa M, Samei E. Assessment of flat panel LCD primary class
display performance based on AAPM TG 18 acceptance protocol. Medical
Physics 31(7): 2155-2164, 2004.
30. Neitzel U, Günther-Kohfahl S,
Borasi G, Samei
E.
Determination of the detective quantum efficiency of a digital x-ray detector:
comparison of three evaluations using a common image data set. Medical
Physics 31(8): 2205-2211, 2004.
31. Samei
E, Saunders
RS, Lo JY, Dobbins III JT, Jesneck JL, Floyd Jr CE, Ravin CE.
Fundamental imaging characteristics of a slot-scan digital chest radiographic
system. Medical Physics 31(9):
2687-2698, 2004.
32. Samei E, Wright SL. Luminance and contrast
performance of liquid crystal displays for mammographic applications (invited
article). Technology in Cancer
Research and Treatment 3(5): 429-436, 2004.
33. Samei E, Rowberg A, Avraham E,
Cornelius C. Towards clinically-relevant standardization of image quality (invited
article). Journal
of Digital Imaging 17(4): 235-300, 2004.
34. Saunders RS*, Samei E, Jesneck JL, Lo
JY. Physical characterization of a prototype selenium-based full field digital
mammography detector. Medical
Physics 32: 588-599, 2005.
35. Samei
E. Technological and psychophysical considerations for digital
mammography displays (invited article). Radiographics 25(2): 491-501, 2005.
36. Samei
E, Badano A, Chakraborty D, Compton K, Cornelius C, Corrigan K,
Flynn MJ, Hemminger B, Hangiandreou N, Johnson J, Moxley-Stevens DM, Pavlicek
W, Roehrig H, Rutz L, Shepard J, Uzenoff RA, Wang J, Willis CE. Assessment of
display performance for medical imaging systems: Executive summary of AAPM TG18
report (invited article).
Medical Physics 32(4):1205-1225, 2005.
37. Samei
E, Lo JY, Yoshizumi TT, Dobbins III JT, Jesneck JL, Floyd Jr CE,
McAdams HP, Ravin CE. Comparative scatter and dose performance of slot-scan and
full-field digital chest radiographic systems. Radiology 235(3):
940-949, 2005.
38. Samei
E, Dobbins III, J.T, Lo, J.Y, McKinley RL, Tornai, M, A
framework for optimizing the radiographic technique in digital x-ray imaging, Radiation
Protection Dosimetry 117(1-2: 220-229, 2005.
39.
Nicole, RT, Samei E, Dobbins III JT, Ravin CE.
Measurement of the detective quantum efficiency in digital detectors consistent
with the IEC 62220-1 standard:
practical considerations regarding the choice of filter material. Medical Physics 37(7): 2305-2311, 2005.
40. Samei E, Buhr E, Granfors P, Vandenbroucke D, Wang X.
Comparison of edge analysis techniques for the determination of the MTF of
digital radiographic systems. Physics in Medicine and Biology 50:
3613-3625, 2005.
41. McKinley RL*, Tornai MP, Samei E, Bradshaw
ML. Initial study of quasi-monochromatic x-ray beam performance for
x-ray computed mammotomography, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
52(5): 1243-1250, 2005.
42. Hoe CL*, Samei E, Frush DP, Delong DM.
Simulation of liver lesions for pediatric CT. Radiology (in
press, 2006) (published on-line
Dec 21, 2005).
43.
McKinley RL*, Tornai MP, Brzymialkiewicz C, Samei E, Bowsher, GE. Analysis of a
novel offset cone-beam computed mammotomography imaging system for attenuation
correction of SPECT in a proposed dual modality dedicated breast
mammotomography system. Medica Physica (in press, 2005).
44. Saunders
RS*, Samei E. Resolution and noise measurements of selected commercial
medical displays. Medical Physics
(in press, 2006).
45. Samei E, Wright SL. Viewing angle performance of
medical liquid crystal displays. Medical
Physics (in press, 2006).
46. McAdams
HP, Samei E, Dobbins III JT, Tourassi G, Ravin CE. Recent advances in chest
radiography (invited article).
Radiology (in press, 2006).
47. Boyce S*, Samei E. Imaging properties of digital
magnification mammography. Medical Physics (in press, 2006).
48. Badano
A, Schncider S, Samei E. Visual
assessment of angular response in medical LCDs, Journal of Digital Imaging
(in press, 2006).
Refereed conference papers:
1.
Samei E, Flynn
MJ, Beute GH, Peterson E. Comparison of observer performance of real and
simulated nodules in chest radiography. Proc.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2712:60-70,
1996.
2. Badano
A, Flynn MJ, Samei E, Kearfott KJ.
Performance of low voltage phosphors in emissive flat panel displays for
radiologic applications. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging
2707:312-321, 1996.
3. Samei E, Flynn MJ. Physical measures of image quality in
photostimulable phosphor radiographic systems. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 3032:
328-338, 1997.
4. Samei E, Flynn MJ, Eyler WR, Peterson E. The effect of local
background anatomical patterns on the detection of subtle lung nodules in chest
radiographs. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 3040:
44-54, 1998.
5.
Reimann DA, Jacobs HA, Samei E. Use Weiner filtering to
measurement of the two-dimensional modulation transfer function. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 3977: 670-680, 2000.
6.
Samei E.
Acceptance testing of PACS (invited
article). SCAR University Course
Syllabus, BI Reiner, E Siegel (eds). Society for Computer Applications in Radiology, Great Falls, VA, 2000,
pp. 91-96.
7. Samei E. Objective performance evaluation of medical
image displays: a preliminary report of the AAPM TG18. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 4295: 159-163,
2001.
8. Flynn MJ, Couwenhoven M, Eyler WR, Whiting BR, Samei E, Foss DH, Slone R, Marom E.
Optimal image processing for digital radiography. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 4319:
298-305, 2001.
9. Samei E, Flynn MJ. A method for in-field evaluation of the
modulation transfer function of electronic display devices. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 4319: 599-607, 2001.
10. Samei E, Flynn MJ, Chotas HG, Dobbins III JT. DQE of direct and
indirect digital radiographic systems. Proc.
SPIE Medical Imaging 4320: 189-197, 2001.
This paper received an Honorable Mention at the SPIE Medical Imaging
Symposium.
11. Samei E. Acceptance testing of PACS (invited article). SCAR
University Course Syllabus, BI Reiner, E Siegel (eds). Society for Computer Applications in Radiology,
Great Falls, VA, 2001, pp. 109-114.
12. Samei E. Assessment
of display performance for medical imaging (invited article). SCAR University Course Syllabus, BI Reiner, E Siegel (eds). Society for Computer Applications in Radiology, Great Falls, VA, 2002,
pp. 71-82.
13. Vargas-Voracek R, Tourassi GD, Samei E, Floyd Jr CE. Fast search and localization algorithm based
on human visual perception modeling: an application for fast localization of
structures in mammograms. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 5034: 270-279, 2003.
14. Saunders RS*, Samei
E, Hoeschen C. Impact of resolution and noise characteristics of digital
radiographic systems on the detectability of lung nodules. Proc. SPIE Medical
Imaging 5030: 16-25, 2003.
15. McKinley RL*, Tornai M, Samei E,
Bradshaw ML. Optimizing beam quality for x-ray computed mammotomography. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 5030:
575-584, 2003.
16. Samei E, Shepard J, Fetterly KA, Roehrig H, Kim HJ, Flynn MJ. Clinical verification of TG18
methodology for display quality evaluation. Proc. SPIE Medical
Imaging 5029: 484-492, 2003.
17. Samei E, Catarious DM, Baydush AH, Floyd Jr CE, Vargas-Voracek
R. Bi-place correlation imaging for improved detection of lung nodules. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 5030:
284-297, 2003.
18.