David S. Lalush

Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University 
Campus Box 7115
Raleigh, NC 27695-7115
Phone: 919.513.7671
FAX: 919.513.3814

Office: 434 Daniels Hall 
email: david_lalush@ncsu.edu

 

Research Interests

Research Projects Education Publications: Refereed Journals and Books
  1. Lalush, D. S., “Characterization, modeling, and simulation of mouse microarray images,” in Methods of Microarray Data Analysis III, (Eds, S. Lin and K. Johnson), Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston, 2003.
  2. Lalush, D. S., “Iterative Reconstruction Algorithms,” in Emission Tomography: The Fundamentals of PET and SPECT, (Eds. M. A. Wernick and J. N. Aarsvold), Academic Press: San Diego, 2003.
  3. Lalush, D. S., and A. J. DiMeo, "A Monte Carlo investigation of dual-planar circular-orbit cone-beam SPECT," Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 47, pp. 4357-4370, 2002.
  4. Lalush, D. S., and A. J. DiMeo, "An observer study evaluating dual-planar circular-orbit cone-beam brain SPECT," Journal of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 43, pp. 1578-1583, 2002.
  5. Lalush, D. S. and B. M. W. Tsui, “Fast transmission CT reconstruction for SPECT using a block-iterative algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 47, pp. 1123-1129, 2000.
  6. Lalush, D. S., E. C. Frey, and B. M. W. Tsui, “Fast maximum entropy approximation in SPECT using the RBI-MAP algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 19, pp. 286-294, 2000.
  7. Lalush, D. S. and B. M. W. Tsui, “Performance of ordered subset reconstruction algorithms under conditions of extreme attenuation and truncation in cardiac SPECT,” Journal of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 41, pp. 737-744, 2000.
  8. Lalush, D. S., “Fourier rebinning applied to multiplanar circular-orbit cone-beam SPECT,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 18, pp. 1076-1084, 1999.
  9. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “Mean-variance analysis of block-iterative reconstruction algorithms modeling 3D detector response in SPECT,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 45, pp.1280-1287, 1998.
  10. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “Block-iterative techniques for fast 4D reconstruction using a priori motion models in gated cardiac SPECT,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 43, pp. 875-886, 1998.
  11. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “Space-Time Gibbs Priors Applied to Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Studies,” Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 209-223, 1996.
  12. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “A fast and stable maximum a posteriori conjugate gradient reconstruction algorithm,” Medical Physics, vol. 22, pp. 1273-1284, 1995.
  13. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “Improving the convergence of iterative filtered backprojection algorithms,” Medical Physics, vol. 21, pp. 1283-1286, 1994.
  14. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “A generalized Gibbs prior for maximum a posteriori reconstruction in SPECT,” Physics in Medicine and Biology , vol. 38, pp. 729-741, 1993.
  15. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “Attenuation and detector response compensations used with Gibbs prior distributions for maximum a posteriori reconstruction in SPECT,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 39, pp. 1454-1459, 1992.
  16. Lalush, D. S., and B. M. W. Tsui, “Simulation evaluation of Gibbs prior distributions for use in maximum a posteriori SPECT reconstructions,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 11, pp. 267-275, 1992.
  17. 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, vol. 48, pp. 89-97, 2001.
  18. 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, vol. 47, pp. 1192-1195, 2000.
  19. Wollenweber, S. D., B. M. W. Tsui, D. S. Lalush, E. C. Frey, K. J. LaCroix, and G. T. Gullberg, “Comparison of Hotelling observer models and human observers in defect detection from myocardial SPECT imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 46, pp. 2098-2103, 1999.
  20. Segars, W. P., D. S. Lalush, and B. M. W. Tsui, “A realistic spline-based dynamic heart phantom,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 46, pp. 503-506, 1999.
  21. Wollenweber, S. D., D. S. Lalush, B. M. W. Tsui, and G. T. Gullberg, “Evaluation of myocardial defect detection between parallel-hole and fan-beam SPECT using the Hotelling trace,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science , vol. 45, pp. 2205-2210, 1998.
  22. Tsui, B. M. W., E. C. Frey, K. J. LaCroix, D. S. Lalush, W. H. McCartney, M. A. King, and G. T. Gullberg, “Quantitative myocardial perfusion SPECT,” Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 5, pp. 507-522, 1998.
  23. DiBella, E. V. R., R. L. Eisner, L. S. Schmarkey, A. B. Barclay, R. E. Patterson, D.J. Nowak, D. S. Lalush, and B. M. W. Tsui, “Heterogeneity of SPECT bull’s-eyes in normal dogs: comparison of attenuation compensation algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 42, pp. 1290-1296, 1995.
  24. Zhao, X.D., B. M. W. Tsui, G. K. Gregoriou, D. S. Lalush, J. Li, and R. L. Eisner, “Evaluation of corrective reconstruction methods using a 3D cardiac-torso phantom and bull’s-eye plots,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 41, pp. 2831-2837, 1994.
  25. Tsui, B. M. W., E. C. Frey, X.-D. Zhao, D. S. Lalush, R. E. Johnston, and W. H. McCartney, “The importance and implementation of accurate three-dimensional compensation methods for quantitative SPECT,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 39, pp. 509-530, 1994.