Original papers

2004

• D. Lazaro, I. Buvat, G. Loudos, D. Strul, G. Santin, N. Giokaris, D. Donnarieix, L. Maigne, V. Spanoudaki, S. Styliaris, S. Staelens, V. Breton. Validation of the GATE Monte Carlo simulation platform for modelling a CsI(Tl) scintillation camera dedicated to small-animal imaging . Phys. Med. Biol., 49:271-285, 2004. version PDF

2003

• M. Soret, PM. Koulibaly, J. Darcourt, S. Hapdey, I. Buvat. Quantitative accuracy of dopaminergic neurotransmission imaging using 123I SPECT. J. Nucl. Med., 44:1184-1193, 2003. version PDF
• D. Lazaro, V. Breton, I. Buvat. Feasibility and value of fully 3D Monte Carlo reconstruction in Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography. Nucl. Instrum. Methods (in press), 2003.
• K. Assié, V. Breton, I. Buvat, C. Comtat, S. Jan, M. Krieguer, D. Lazaro, C. Morel, M. Rey, G. Santin, L. Simon, S. Staelens, D. Strul, JM. Vieira, R. Van de Walle. Monte Carlo simulation in PET and SPECT instrumentation using GATE. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Res. A (in press), 2003.
• B. Aubert-Broche, C. Grova, P. Jannin, I. Buvat, H. Benali, B. Gibaud. Detection of inter-hemispheric asymmetries of brain perfusion in SPECT. Phys. Med. Biol. 48:1505-1517, 2003. version PDF
• C. Grova, P. Jannin, A. Biraben, I. Buvat, H. Benali, AM. Bernard, JM. Scarabin, B. Gibaud. A methodology for generating normal and pathological brain perfusion SPECT images for evaluation of MRI/SPECT fusion methods: application in epilepsy. Phys. Med. Biol. 48:4023-4043, 2003. version PDF

2002

• I. Buvat. A non-parametric bootstrap approach for analysing the statistical properties of SPECT and PET images. Phys. Med. Biol., 47:1761-1775, 2002. version PDF
• I. Buvat, I. Castiglioni. Monte Carlo methods in PET and SPECT. Quarterly J. Nucl. Med., 46: 48-59, 2002. version PDF
• C. Riddell, I. Buvat, A. Savi, M.C. Gilardi, F. Fazio. Iterative reconstruction of SPECT data with adaptive regularization. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 49: 2350-2354, 2002.
• M. Soret, C. Riddell, S. Hapdey, I. Buvat. Biases affecting the measurements of tumor-to-background activity ratio in PET. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 49: 2112-2118, 2002. version PDF
• G. Delpon, L. Ferrer, C. Lenta, A. Lisbona, I. Buvat, M. Bardiès. Comparison of four scatter correction methods in patient whole-body imaging during therapeutic trials with iodine-131. Cancer, 94,1224-1230, 2002.
• C. Grova, P. Jannin, A. Biraben, I. Buvat, H. Benali, A.M. Bernard, J.M. Scarabin, B. Gibaud. Validation of MRI/SPECT similarity-based registration methods using realistic simulations of normal and pathological SPECT data. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 450-455, 2002.
• B. Aubert-Broche, C. Grova, P. Jannin, I. Buvat, H. Benali, B. Gibaud. Detection of Inter-hemispheric Asymmetries of Brain Perfusion in SPECT. MICCAI 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. T. Dohi and R. Kikins eds, Springer. 2488: 500-507, 2002. version PDF

2001

• I. Buvat, S. Laffont, J. Le Cloirec, P. Bourguet, R. Di Paola. Importance of the choice of the collimator for the detection of small lesions in scintimammography:a phantom study. Phys. Med. Biol. 46, 1343-1356, 2001. version PDF
• C. Amblard, H. Benali, I. Buvat, C. Comtat, P. Grangeat. Application de la méthode du Maximum d'Entropie sur la Moyenne à la reconstruction de foyers d'hyperfixation en tomographie d'émission de positons. Traitement du Signal, 18, 35-46, 2001.
• C. Grova, A. Biraben, J.M. Scarabin, P. Jannin, I. Buvat, H. Benali, B. Gibaud. A methodology to validate MRI/SPECT registration methods using realistic simulated SPECT data. MICCAI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. W.J. Niessen and M.A. Viergever eds, Springer, Utrecht. 2208: 275-282, 2001. version PDF

2000

• G. El Fakhri, I. Buvat, P. Almeida, B. Bendriem, A. Todd-Pokropek, H. Benali. Should scatter be corrected in both transmission and emission data for accurate quantitation in cardiac SPECT? Eur J. Nucl. Med. 27,1356-1364, 2000. version PDF
• G. El Fakhri, I. Buvat, H. Benali, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. Relative impact of scatter, collimator response, attenuation, and finite spatial resolution corrections in cardiac SPECT. J. Nucl. Med. 41, 1400-1408, 2000. version PDF

1999

• I. Buvat, S. Hapdey, H. Benali, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. Spectral  factor  analysis  for  multi-isotope  imaging  in  nuclear  medicine. Information Processing in Medical Imaging. A. Kuba, M. Samal and A. Todd-Pokropek eds, Springer, Berlin, 442-447, 1999. version PDF
• I. Buvat, G. El Fakhri, M. Pélégrini, H. Benali, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. Importance respective des différentes corrections physiques en SPECT. Revue de l'ACOMEN. 5, 169-179, 1999. version PDF
• R. Vidal, I. Buvat, J. Darcourt, O. Migneco, P. Desvignes, M. Baudouy, F. Bussière. The impact of attenuation correction by simultaneous emission/transmission tomography on the visual assessment of Tl-201 myocardial perfusion images: a clinical study. J. Nucl. Med. 40, 1301-1309, 1999. version PDF
• G. El Fakhri, I. Buvat, M. Pélégrini, H. Benali, P. Almeida, B. Bendriem, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. Respective roles of scatter, attenuation, depth-dependent collimator response and finite spatial resolution in cardiac SPECT quantitation: a Monte Carlo study. Eur. J. Nucl. Med. 26, 437-446, 1999. version PDF
• M. Pélégrini, I. Buvat, H. Benali, G. El Fakhri, P. Grangeat, R. Di Paola. A spline-regularized minimal residual algorithm for iterative attenuation correction in SPECT. Phys. Med. Biol. 44, 2623-2642, 1999. version PDF
• E. Hindié, I. Buvat, C. Jeanguillaume, A. Prigent, P. Galle. Quantitation in planar renal scintigraphy: which µ value should be used? Eur. J. Nucl. Med. 26, 1610-1613,1999. version PDF
• I. Buvat, V. Chameroy, F. Aubry, M. Pélégrini, G. El Fakhri, C. Huguenin, H. Benali, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. The need to develop guidelines for evaluations of medical image processing procedures. SPIE Medical Imaging. 3661, 1466-1477, 1999. version PDF
• C. Huguenin, V. Chameroy, F. Aubry, I. Buvat, H. Benali, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. Testing observer's ability to detect if an image had been compressed shows large observer variability. SPIE Medical Imaging. 3658, 538-549, 1999.

1998

• I. Buvat, M.C. De Sousa, M. Di Paola, M. Ricard, J. Lumbroso, B. Aubert. Impact of scatter correction in planar mammoscintigraphy. J. Nucl. Med. 39, 1590-1596, 1998.
• M. Pélégrini, H. Benali, I. Buvat, G. El Fakhri,, R. Di Paola. Two-dimensional statistical model for regularized backprojection in SPECT. Phys. Med. Biol. 43, 421-434, 1998. version PDF
• I. Buvat, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. Statistical distribution of factors and factor images in factor analysis of medical image sequences. Phys. Med. Biol. 43, 1695-1711, 1998. version PDF
• I. Buvat, G. El Fakhri, M. Pélégrini, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. Comparaison de différents protocoles de correction d'atténuation en imagerie cardiaque SPECT. Revue de l'ACOMEN. 4, 121-129, 1998. version PDF
• I. Buvat, G. El Fakhri, M. Pélégrini, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. Effets de la diffusion et de méthodes de correction simples d'emploi en SPECT. Revue de l'ACOMEN. 4, 130-140, 1998. version PDF
• P.M. Koulibaly, I. Buvat, M. Pélégrini, G. El Fakhri. Correction de la perte de résolution avec la profondeur. Revue de l'ACOMEN. 4, 114-120, 1998. version PDF

1997

• I. Buvat, M.L. Bartlett, A.N. Kitsiou, V. Dilsizian, S.L. Bacharach. A ìhybridî method for measuring myocardial wall thickening from gated PET/SPECT images. J. Nucl. Med. 38, 324-329, 1997.
• I. Buvat, M.L. Bartlett, A.N. Kitsiou, J.M. Carson, G. Srinivasan, K.A. Nour, V. Dilsizian, S.L. Bacharach. Using Spatial-Temporal Images for Analysis of Gated Cardiac Tomographic Data: The ìM-Modeî Revisited. In: Information Processing in Medical Imaging. J. Duncan and G. Gindi eds, Springer, Berlin, 85-98, 1997.
• C.W. Choi, W.C. Barker, I. Buvat, J.A. Carrasquillo, S.L. Bacharach. Implications of dual-energy-window (DEW) scatter correction inaccuracies for 111In quantitative geometric mean imaging. Nucl. Med. Comm. 18, 79-86, 1997.
• H. Benali, I. Buvat, J.L. Anton, M. Pélégrini, M. Di Paola, J. Bittoun, Y. Burnod, R. Di Paola. Space-time statistical model for functional MRI image sequences. In: Information Processing in Medical Imaging. J. Duncan and G. Gindi eds, Springer, Berlin, 285-298, 1997.

1996

• I. Buvat, N.M. Freedman, V. Dilsizian, S.L. Bacharach. Realignment of emission contaminated attenuation maps with uncontaminated attenuation maps for attenuation correction in PET. J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 20, 848-854, 1996.
• M.L. Bartlett, I. Buvat, J.J. Vaquero López, D. Mok, V. Dilsizian, S.L. Bacharach. Measurement of myocardial wall thickening from PET/SPECT images: comparison of two methods. J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 20, 473-481, 1996.
• I. Buvat, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. Correction de la diffusion en scintigraphie monophotonique. Revue de l'ACOMEN. 2, 196-209, 1996.
• F. Bonnin, I. Buvat, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. A comparative study of scatter correction methods for scintigraphic images. In: The Year Book of Nuclear Medicine. A. Gottschalk ed., Mosby, St Louis, 435-436, 1996.

1995

• I. Buvat, M. Rodriguez-Villafuerte, A. Todd-Pokropek, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. Comparative assessment of nine scatter correction methods based on spectral analysis using Monte Carlo simulations. J. Nucl. Med. 36, 1476-1488, 1995.
• I. Buvat, H. Benali, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. A new correction method for gamma camera non-uniformity due to energy response variability. Phys. Med. Biol. 40, 1357-1374, 1995. version PDF
• S.L. Bacharach, I. Buvat. Attenuation correction in cardiac PET and SPECT. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 2, 246-255, 1995.

1994

• I. Buvat, H. Benali, A. Todd-Pokropek, R. Di Paola. Scatter correction in scintigraphy: the state of the art. Eur. J. Nucl. Med. 21, 675-694, 1994.
• I. Buvat, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. Answer to the question of the month. Nucl. Med. Comm. 15, 306, 1994.
• F. Bonnin, I. Buvat, H. Benali, R. Di Paola. A comparative clinical study of scatter correction methods for scintigraphic images. Eur. J. Nucl. Med. 21, 388-393, 1994.
• H. Benali, J.P. Guédon, I. Buvat, M. Pélégrini, Y. Bizais, R. Di Paola. A statistical model for tomographic reconstruction using spline functions. SPIE Medical Imaging. 2299, 242-251, 1994.
• M. Pélégrini, H. Benali, M. Ricard, I. Buvat, F. Frouin, G. El Fakhri, B. Aubert, R. Di Paola. Statistical model for 3D noise filtering in SPECT. Proceedings of 1995 international meeting on fully three-dimensional image reconstruction in radiology and nuclear medicine. Aix-les-Bains, France. 149-154, 1995.
• H. Benali, I. Buvat, F. Frouin, J.P. Bazin, R. Di Paola. CAMIS: Clustering algorithm for medical image sequences. SPIE 2299, 336-347, 1994.
• H. Benali, I. Buvat, F. Frouin, J.P. Bazin, R. Di Paola. Foundations of factor analysis of medical image sequences: a unified approach and some practical implications. Image and Vision Computing. 12, 375-385, 1994.

1993

• I. Buvat, H. Benali, F. Frouin, J.P. Bazin, R. Di Paola. Target apex-seeking in factor analysis of medical image sequences. Phys. Med. Biol. 38, 123-138, 1993. version PDF
• H. Benali, I. Buvat, F. Frouin, J.P. Bazin, R. Di Paola. A statistical model for the determination of the optimal metric in factor analysis of medical image sequences. Phys. Med. Biol. 38, 1065-1080, 1993. version PDF
• H. Benali, F. Frouin, I. Buvat, F. Aubry, F. Coillet, J.P. Bazin, R. Di Paola. Optimal metric for Factor Analysis of Medical Image Sequences (FAMIS). SPIE Medical Imaging. 1898, 396-407, 1993.
• F. Frouin, L. Cinotti, H. Benali, I. Buvat, J.P. Bazin, P. Millet, R. Di Paola. Extraction of functional volumes from medical dynamic volumetric data sets. Comput. Med. Imaging Graph. 17, 397-404, 1993.

1992

• I. Buvat. Correction de la diffusion en imagerie scintigraphique. Thèse de doctorat en Sciences Physiques. Université Paris XI, 1992.

1991

• I. Buvat, F. Frouin, M. Ricard, J.P. Bazin, B. Aubert, R. Di Paola. Compton-scatter correction by constrained factor analysis of spectral structures. In: Nuclear Medicine. H.A.E. Schmidt and J.B. van der Schoot eds, Schattauer-Verlag, Stuttgart New-York, 46-48, 1991.

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