PUBLICATIONS
Decades of experience in imaging science (selected publications)
CVIT scientists regularly publish findings and frequently present at scientific conferences.
Featured Publications
Dahal L, Ghojoghnejad M, Vancoillie L, Ghosh D, Bhandari Y, Kim D, Ho FC, Tushar FI, Luo S, Lafata KJ, Abadi E, Samei E, Lo JY, Segars WP.
XCAT 3.0: A comprehensive library of personalized digital twins derived from CT scans.
Medical Image Analysis. 2025;103:103636. Epub 2025/05/03. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2025.103636Samei E.
The future of in silico trials and digital twins in medicine.
PNAS Nexus.2025;4(5):pgaf123 Epub 2025/04/18. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf123Wang AJ, Tushar FI, Harowicz MR, Tong BC, Lafata KJ, Tailor TD, Lo JY.
Duke Lung Cancer Screening (DLCS) Dataset: A Reference Dataset of Annotated Low-dose Screening Thoracic CT.
Radiology Artificial Intelligence.2025;e240248 Epub 2025/04/16. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.240248Tushar FI, Vancoillie L, McCabe C, Kavuri A, Dahal L, Harrawood B, Fryling M, Zarei M, Sotoudeh-Paima S, et al.
Virtual lung screening trial (VLST): An in silico study inspired by the national lung screening trial for lung cancer detection.
Medical Image Analysis.2025;103:103576 Epub 2025/04/05. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2025.103576
J. R. Rajagopal, F. R. Schwartz, C. McCabe, F. Farhadi, M. Zarei, F. Ria, E. Abadi, P. Segars, J. C. Ramirez-Giraldo, E. C. Jones, T. Henry, D. Marin, and E. Samei
Technology Characterization Through Diverse Evaluation Methodologies: Application to Thoracic Imaging in Photon-Counting Computed Tomography.
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2024;49(1):113-124 Epub 2024/04/15. [Foundation]T. J. Sauer, A. J. Buckler, E. Abadi, M. Daubert, P. S. Douglas, E. Samei, and W. P. Segars
Development of physiologically-informed computational coronary artery plaques for use in virtual imaging trials.
Medical Physics. 2024;51(3). Epub 2024/03/21. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16959S. Sotoudeh-Paima, W. P. Segars, D. Ghosh, S. Luo, E. Samei, and E. Abadi
A systematic assessment and optimization of photon-counting CT for lung density quantifications.
Medical Physics. 2024;51(4) Epub 2024/02/18. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16987T. J. Sauer, C. McCabe, E. Abadi, E. Samei, and W. P. Segars
Surface-based anthropomorphic bone structures for use in high-resolution simulated medical imaging.
Phys Med Biol. 2023;69(1). Epub 2023/12/28. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad1275M. Zarei, E. Abadi, W. P. Segars, and E. Samei
Coronary stenosis quantification in cardiac computed tomography angiography: multi-factorial optimization of image quality and radiation dose.
J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2023;10(6):063502. Epub 2023/12/27. [Foundation]
https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.10.6.063502Abadi E, McCabe C, Harrawood B, Sotoudeh-Paima S, Segars W, Samei E.
Development and clinical applications of a virtual imaging framework for optimizing photon-counting CT.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 2022;12031.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612079Alsaihati N, Solomon J, Samei E.
Development and validation of a generic image-based noise addition software for simulating reduced dose computed tomography images using synthetic projections.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 2022;12031.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612666Clark D, Abadi E, Felice N, Segars WP, Samei E, Badea C.
Cardiac CT reconstruction for vendor-neutral virtual imaging trials.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 2022;12031.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612950Dahal L, Tushar FI, Abadi E, Fricks RB, Mazurowski M, Segars WP, Samei E, Lo J.
Virtual versus reality: external validation of COVID-19 classifiers using XCAT phantoms for chest radiography.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 2022;12031.McCabe C, Zarei M, Segars WP, Samei E, Abadi E.
Optimization of imaging parameters of an investigational photon-counting CT prototype for lung lesion radiomics.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 2022;12033.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612973Ria F, Jadick G, Abadi E, Solomon J, Samei E.
Comparing two different noise magnitude estimation methods in CT using virtual imaging trials.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 2022;12031.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612219Shaker K, Häggmark I, Nyrén S, Al-Amiry B, Abadi E, Segars W, Samei E, Hertz H.
Virtual study of phase-contrast thoracic imaging.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 2022;PC12031.
