Garry Chinn
Phone: 650-736-7218 Fax: 650-736-0234 E-mail »
Dr. Chinn is interested in PET image reconstruction for next generation PET systems and signal processing for medical applications.
Education
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1995
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990
- B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Honors and Awards
Projects
- Advanced positron emission tomography (PET) system dedicated to breast cancer imaging
- Promising semiconductor detector material for enhancing PET performance
- New scintillation light detection concepts for PET
- Strategies for practical, high quality and accurate list mode iterative image reconstruction for PET
- Algorithms that exploit 3-D positioning PET detectors to enhance system performance
- Modeling, calculation, and simulations of PET physics, components, systems, and phantom/patient studies
Publications
| Author | Title | Year | Jour./Proc./Book |
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| Chinn, G.; Foudray, A.M.K. & Levin, C.S. |
A Method to Include Single Photon Events in Image Reconstruction for a 1 mm Resolution PET System
[BibTeX]
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2006 | 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, pp. 1740-1745 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Chinn2006,
author = {G. Chinn and A. M. K. Foudray and C. S. Levin},
title = {A Method to Include Single Photon Events in Image Reconstruction for a 1 mm Resolution PET System},
booktitle = {2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record},
year = {2006},
pages = {1740-1745}
}
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| Chinn, G.; Foudray, A.M.K. & Levin, C.S. | A Method to Include Single Photon Events in Image Reconstruction for a 1 mm Resolution PET System Built with Advanced 3-D Positioning Detectors | 2006 | 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, pp. 1746-1761 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Chinn2006a,
author = {G. Chinn and A. M. K. Foudray and C. S. Levin},
title = {A Method to Include Single Photon Events in Image Reconstruction for a 1 mm Resolution PET System Built with Advanced 3-D Positioning Detectors},
booktitle = {2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record},
year = {2006},
pages = {1746-1761}
}
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| Chinn, G.; Foudray, A.M.K. & Levin, C.S. | Comparing Geometries for a PET System with 3D Photon Positioning Capability | 2005 | 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, III, pp. 1709-1712 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Chinn2005,
author = {G. Chinn and A. M. K. Foudray and C. S. Levin},
title = {Comparing Geometries for a PET System with 3D Photon Positioning Capability},
booktitle = {2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, III},
year = {2005},
pages = {1709-1712}
}
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| Chinn, G. & Levin, C.S. | A Maximum NEC Criterion for Compton Collimation to Accurately Identify True Coincidences in PET | 2011 |
Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Vol. 30, pp. 1341-1352 |
BibTeX:
@article{Chinn2011,
author = {G. Chinn and C. S. Levin},
title = {A Maximum NEC Criterion for Compton Collimation to Accurately Identify True Coincidences in PET},
journal = {Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on},
year = {2011},
volume = {30},
number = {7},
pages = {1341--1352},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2011.2113379}
}
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| Chinn, G. & Levin, C.S. | A Method to Reject Random Coincidences and Extract True from Multiple Coincidences in PET using 3-D Detectors | 2008 | Conference Record of the 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 5249-5254 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Chinn2008,
author = {G. Chinn and C. S. Levin},
title = {A Method to Reject Random Coincidences and Extract True from Multiple Coincidences in PET using 3-D Detectors},
booktitle = {Conference Record of the 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference},
year = {2008},
pages = {5249-5254}
}
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| Chinn, G. & Levin, C.S. | PET Image Reconstruction with a Bayesian Projector for Multi-Electronic Collimation Schemes | 2007 | Conference Record of the 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 2799-2802 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Chinn2007,
author = {G. Chinn and C. S. Levin},
title = {PET Image Reconstruction with a Bayesian Projector for Multi-Electronic Collimation Schemes},
booktitle = {Conference Record of the 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference},
year = {2007},
pages = {2799-2802}
}
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| Foudray, A.M.K.; Chinn, G. & Levin, C.S. | Incident Photon Direction Calculation Using Bayesian Estimation for High Energy Photon Detector Systems with 3D Positioning Capability | 2006 | 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, pp. 208-210 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Foudray2006c,
author = {A. M. K. Foudray and G. Chinn and C. S. Levin},
title = {Incident Photon Direction Calculation Using Bayesian Estimation for High Energy Photon Detector Systems with 3D Positioning Capability},
booktitle = {2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record},
year = {2006},
pages = {208-210}
}
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| Foudray, A.M.K.; Chinn, G. & Levin, C.S. | Component Based Normalization for PET Systems with Depth of Interaction Measurement Capability | 2005 | 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, IV, pp. 2108-2111 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Foudray2005,
author = {A. M. K. Foudray and G. Chinn and C. S. Levin},
title = {Component Based Normalization for PET Systems with Depth of Interaction Measurement Capability},
booktitle = {2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, IV},
year = {2005},
pages = {2108-2111}
}
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| Foudray, A.M.K.; Habte, F.; Chinn, G.; Zhang, J. & Levin, C.S. | Count Rate Studies of a Box-Shaped PET Breast Imaging System Comprised of Position Sensitive Avalanche Photodiodes Utilizing Monte Carlo Simulation | 2006 |
Physica Medica Vol. 21, pp. 64-67 |
BibTeX:
@article{Foudray2006a,
author = {A. M. K. Foudray and F. Habte and G. Chinn and J. Zhang and C. S. Levin},
title = {Count Rate Studies of a Box-Shaped PET Breast Imaging System Comprised of Position Sensitive Avalanche Photodiodes Utilizing Monte Carlo Simulation},
journal = {Physica Medica},
year = {2006},
volume = {21},
pages = {64-67}
}
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| Habte, F.; Olcott, P.D.; Foudray, A.M.K.; Levin, C.S.; Zhang, J. & Chinn, G. | Simulation and Measurement of Gamma-Ray and Annihilation Photon Imaging Detectors | 2008 | IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science |
BibTeX:
@article{Habte2008,
author = {F. Habte and P. D. Olcott and A. M. K. Foudray and C. S. Levin and J. Zhang and G. Chinn},
title = {Simulation and Measurement of Gamma-Ray and Annihilation Photon Imaging Detectors},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science},
year = {2008},
note = {Submitted}
}
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| Habte, F.; Olcott, P.D.; Foudray, A.M.K.; Levin, C.S.; Zhang, J. & Chinn, G. | Simulation and Measurement of Gamma-Ray and Annihilation Photon Imaging Detectors | 2004 | 2004 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, VI, pp. 4019-4022 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Habte2004a,
author = {F. Habte and P. D. Olcott and A. M. K. Foudray and C. S. Levin and J. Zhang and G. Chinn},
title = {Simulation and Measurement of Gamma-Ray and Annihilation Photon Imaging Detectors},
booktitle = {2004 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, VI},
year = {2004},
pages = {4019-4022}
}
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| Pratx, G.; Chinn, G.; Habte, F.; Olcott, P.D. & Levin, C.S. | Fully 3D List-mode OSEM Accelerated with Graphics Processing Units | 2006 | 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, pp. 2196-2202 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Pratx2006,
author = {G. Pratx and G. Chinn and F. Habte and P. D. Olcott and C. S. Levin},
title = {Fully 3D List-mode OSEM Accelerated with Graphics Processing Units},
booktitle = {2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record},
year = {2006},
pages = {2196-2202}
}
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| Pratx, G.; Chinn, G.; Olcott, P.D. & Levin, C.S. | Fast, Accurate and Shift-Varying Line Projections for Iterative Reconstruction Using the GPU | 2008 | Conference Record of the 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference |
BibTeX:
@conference{Pratx2008,
author = {G. Pratx and G. Chinn and P. D. Olcott and C. S. Levin},
title = {Fast, Accurate and Shift-Varying Line Projections for Iterative Reconstruction Using the GPU},
booktitle = {Conference Record of the 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference},
year = {2008}
}
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| Pratx, G.; Olcott, P.D.; Chinn, G. & Levin, C.S. | Fast, Accurate and Shift-Varying Line Projections for Iterative Reconstruction Using the GPU | 2009 |
IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging Vol. 28, pp. 435-445 |
BibTeX:
@article{Pratx2009,
author = {G. Pratx and P. D. Olcott and G. Chinn and C. S. Levin},
title = {Fast, Accurate and Shift-Varying Line Projections for Iterative Reconstruction Using the GPU},
journal = {IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging},
year = {2009},
volume = {28},
number = {3},
pages = {435-445}
}
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| Zhang, J.; Chinn, G.; Foudray, A.M.K.; Habte, F.; Olcott, P.D. & Levin, C.S. |
Evaluation of a Dual-Head PET Camera Design Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging
[BibTeX]
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2006 |
Physica Medica Vol. 21, pp. 94-98 |
BibTeX:
@article{Zhang2006,
author = {J. Zhang and G. Chinn and A. M. K. Foudray and F. Habte and P. D. Olcott and C. S. Levin},
title = {Evaluation of a Dual-Head PET Camera Design Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging},
journal = {Physica Medica},
year = {2006},
volume = {21},
pages = {94-98}
}
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| Zhang, J.; Olcott, P.D.; Chinn, G.; Foudray, A.M.K. & Levin, C.S. | Study of the Performance of a Novel 1 mm Resolution Dual-Panel PET Camera Design Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging Using Monte Carlo Simulation | 2007 |
Medical Physics Vol. 34, pp. 689-702 |
BibTeX:
@article{Zhang2007,
author = {J. Zhang and P. D. Olcott and G. Chinn and A. M. K. Foudray and C. S. Levin},
title = {Study of the Performance of a Novel 1 mm Resolution Dual-Panel PET Camera Design Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging Using Monte Carlo Simulation},
journal = {Medical Physics},
year = {2007},
volume = {34},
number = {2},
pages = {689-702}
}
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| Zhang, J.; Olcott, P.D.; Foudray, A.M.K.; Chinn, G. & Levin, C.S. | Monte Carlo Simulation Study of a Dual-Plate PET Camera Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging | 2005 | 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, III, pp. 1667-1671 |
BibTeX:
@conference{Zhang2005,
author = {J. Zhang and P. D. Olcott and A. M. K. Foudray and G. Chinn and C. S. Levin},
title = {Monte Carlo Simulation Study of a Dual-Plate PET Camera Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging},
booktitle = {2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, III},
year = {2005},
pages = {1667-1671}
}
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