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PATENTS

 

  • • D. Ramsden, L.-J. Meng, O. Ivanov, S. Ignatov (2005). Gamma-ray spectrometry , U.S. Patent No. 6,940,071. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

 

JOURNAL PAPERS

 

2022

  • • C. Yang, E. M. Zannoni, and L.-J. Meng. (2022) Joint estimation of interaction position and energy deposition in semiconductor SPECT imaging sensors using fully connected neural network, Physics in Medicine & Biology, DOI 10.1088/1361-6560/aca740
  • • Y. Jin, M. Streicher, H. Yang, S. Brown, Z. He and L. -J. Meng. (2022). Experimental Evaluation of a 3-D CZT Imaging Spectrometer for Potential Use in Compton-Enhanced PET Imaging. IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, doi: 10.1109/TRPMS.2022.3200010.

2021

  • • E.M. Zannoni, C. Yang, L. J. Meng. (2021). Design Study of an Ultrahigh Resolution Brain SPECT System Using a Synthetic Compound-Eye Camera Design with Micro-Slit and Micro-Ring Apertures IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging , vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 3711-3727, 2021, doi:10.1109/TMI.2021.3096920
  • • X. Lai, L. Cai, J. W. Tan, E. M. Zannoni, B. Odintsov, and L. J. Meng. (2021). Design, Performance Evaluation, and Modeling of an Ultra-High Resolution Detector Dedicated for Simultaneous SPECT/MRI. IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, doi: 10.1109/TRPMS.2021.3053592

2020

  • • E. M. Zannoni, M. D. Wilson, K. Bolz, M. Goede, F. Lauba, D. Schöne, J. Zhang, M. C.Veale, M. Verhoeven,and L.-J. Meng. (2020). Development of a multi-detector readout circuitry for ultrahigh energy resolution single-photon imaging applications. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164531
  • • X. Lai, E. M. Zannoni, J. George, and L.-J. Meng. (2020). System modeling and evaluation of a prototype inverted-compound eye gamma camera for the second generation MR compatible SPECT. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.04.001

2018

  • • J. George, L. Giannoni, and L.-J. Meng. (2018). Energy-modulated X-ray fluorescence and luminescence emissions from therapeutic nanoparticles. Phys. Med. Biol. 64. 10.1088/1361-6560/aaeec3.

2017

  • • Lai, X., & Meng, L.J. (2018). Simulation study of the second-generation MR-compatible SPECT system based on the inverted compound-eye gamma camera design. Phys. Med. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aaa4fb

2016

  • • A. Groll, K. Kim, J. Dutta, H. Bhatia, J.C. Zhang, J.H. Wang, Z.M. Shen, L. Cai, Q. Li, and L.J. Meng, “Hybrid Pixel-Waveform (HPWF) Enabled CdTe Detectors for Small Animal Gamma-Ray Imaging Applications”, Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, Volume 1(1), January 2017, Pages 1-12, DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2016.2623807

2015

  • • A. Groll, J. George, P. Vargas, P. Vargas, P.J. La Riviere, and L.J. Meng, “Element Identification in Organic Samples Utilizing a Benchtop X-ray Fluorescence Emission Tomography (XFET) System”, Transactions in Nuclear Science , Volume 62, October 2015, Pages 2310-2317, DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2015.2465380

2014

  • • L. Cai, X. Lai, et al. “MRC-SPECT: A Sub-500 um Resolution MR-Compatible SPECT System for Simultaneous Dual-Modality Study of Small Animals”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A 734 (2014): 147-151.

2013

  • • Fu G, Meng LJ, Eng P, Newville M, Vargas P, La Riviere P. "Experimental demonstration of novel imaging geometries for x-ray fluorescence computed tomography", Med Phys. 2013 Jun;40(6):061903

2011

  • • L. J. Meng, Nan Li and P. J. La Riviere, “X-ray Fluorescence Emission Tomography (XFET) with Novel Imaging Geometries – A Monte Carlo Study”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol.58, no.6, pp. 2205-2218, Dec 2011
  • • Nan Li and L. J. Meng, “Adaptive Angular Sampling for SPECT Imaging”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 3359-3369, Oct 2011

2009

  • • L. J. Meng and N. Li, "A Vector Uniform Cramer-Rao Bound for SPECT System Design," IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci, vol. 56, pp. 81-90, Feb 2009.
  • • L. J. Meng, G. Fu, E. J. Roy, B. Suppe and C. T. Chen, "An ultrahigh resolution SPECT system for I-125 mouse brain imaging studies", Nucl Instrum Meth A, vol. 600, pp. 498-505, Mar 1 2009.
  • L. J. Meng and N. Li, "Non-Uniform Object-Space Pixelation (NUOP) for Penalized Maximum-Likelihood Image Reconstruction for a Single Photon Emission Microscope System," IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci, vol. 56, pp. 2777-2788, Oct 2009.
  • • L. J. Meng, J. W. Tan, K. Spartiotis and T. Schulman, "Preliminary evaluation of a novel energy-resolved photon-counting gamma ray detector," Nucl Instrum Meth A, vol. 604, pp. 548-554, Jun 11 2009

2008

  • • L. J. Meng and G. Fu, "Investigation of the Intrinsic Spatial Resolution of an Intensified EMCCD Scintillation Camera," IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci, vol. 55, pp. 2508-2517, Oct 2008.

2006

  • • L. J. Meng, N. H. Clinthorne, S. Skinner, R. V. Hay and M. Gross, "Design and feasibility study of a single photon emission microscope system for small animal I-125 imaging," IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci<, vol. 53, pp. 1168-1178, Jun 2006.
  • • L. J. Meng, Z. He, B. Alexander and J. Sandoval, "Spectroscopic performance of thick HgI2 detectors", IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci ,vol. 53, pp. 1706-1712, Jun 2006.
  • • L. J. Meng, "An intensified EMCCD camera for low energy gamma ray imaging applications", IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci, vol. 53, pp. 2376-2384, Aug 2006.

2005

  • • L. J. Meng and Z. He, “Estimate interaction timing in large volume HgI2 detector using cathode pulse waveforms”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A vol. 545, pp234-251, 2005.
  • • L. J. Meng and Z. He, “Exploring the Limiting Timing Resolution for Large Volume CZT Detectors with Waveform Analysis”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, vol. 550, pp435-445, 2005.

2004

  • • L. J. Meng, N. H. Clinthorne, W. L. Rogers, “A Modified Uniform Cramer-Rao Bound for Multiple Aperture Design”, Medical Imaging, IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, vol. 23 , pp. 896 – 902, 2004.

2003

  • • L. J. Meng, D. K. Wehe, “An Feasibility Study of Using Combined Mechanical and electronic Collimation for Nuclear Environment”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 50, pp. 1103-1110, 2003.
  • • L. J. Meng, W. L. Rogers, N. Clinthorne and J. F. Fessler, “Feasibility Study of Compton Scattering Enhanced Multiple Pinhole Imager for Nuclear Medicine”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol50, vol. 4, pp. 1103-1110, 2003.

2000

  • • L. J. Meng and D. Ramsden, V.M. Chirkin, V.N. Potapov, O.P.Ivanov, S.M.Ignatov, “Design and Performance of a Large Volume Spherical CsI Scintillation Detector for Gamma Ray spectroscopy”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A., vol. 485, pp. 468-476, 2002.
  • • L.J. Meng and D. Ramsden, V.M. Chirkin, V.N. Potapov, O.P.Ivanov, S.M.Ignatov, “‘Scintisphere’ – the shape of things to come in gamma-ray spectroscopy”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol49, pp1681-1686, 2002.
  • • D. J. Herbert, L. J. Meng, D. Ramsden, “Improved Energy-resolution in Array of Small Scintillation Crystals”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol49, pp931-936, 2002.

1999

  • • L.J. Meng, D. Ramsden, “Performance result of a DOI encoding PET detector”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 47, 1329-1336, 2000.
  • • L. J. Meng, D. Ramsden, “Inter-comparison of three algorithms for gamma-ray spectrum deconvolution”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 47, pp. 1011-1017, 2000.

1998

  • • C.P. Datema, L.J. Meng, D. Ramsden, “The detection of minimum ionising particles with scintillating fibres using multi-pixel hybrid photodiodes”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 45, pp. 338-342, 1998.
  • • C.P. Datema, L.J. Meng, D. Ramsden, “A Compact Readout System for Multi-pixel Hybrid Photodiode”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 46, pp. 1880-1883, 1998.