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[2] Z. Liang and R. Jaszczak (1990), “The Discussion on ‘A Smoothed EM Approach to Indirect Estimation Problem, with Particular Reference to Stereology and Emission Tomography’”, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, vol.52, no.2, 317.
[3] Z. Liang (1993), “Statistical Approaches toward Automatic Tissue Classification and Segmentation of MR Images,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, vol.12, no.1, 81-85.
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[16] Z. Liang, T. Li, R. Schulte, T. Satogata, D. Williams, and H. Sadrozinski (2008), “Proton Computed Tomography”, in Book Series of CANCER IMAGING – Instrumentation and Applications, M. A. Hayat (Ed.), Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, MA, USA, vol.2, 99-120.PDF
[17] L. Li, Z. Wang, and Z. Liang (2008), “Bladder Cancer Screening by Magnetic Resonance Imaging”, in The Handbook of Cancer Models with Applications to Cancer Screening, Cancer Treatment and Risk Assessment, W-Y Tan and L. Hanin (Ed.), World Scientific, New Jersey, USA, pp. 457-470.PDF
[18] Z. Liang (2008), “Electronic Colon Cleansing Techniques: Past, present, and future”, The 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Workshop – “Computational and Visualization Challenges in the New Era of Virtual Colonoscopy”, New York City, NY, September 6, pp. 26-32.
[19] Z. Liang (2008), “A MRI-based Virtual Cystoscopy System for Evaluation of the Entire Bladder”, The 2nd Annual Meeting of Chinese MRM Society, Shenzhen, China, December 13-15, pp. 15.
[20] H. Zhu, C. Duan, P. Pickhardt, S. Wang, and Z. Liang (2009), “Computer-aided Detection of Colonic Polyps with Level Set-based Adaptive Convolution in Volumetric Mucosa to Advance CT Colonography Toward a Screening Modality”, Journal of Cancer Management and Research, DOVE Medical Press, vol.1, no.1, 1-13 PDF
[21] Z. Liang and R. Richards (2010), “Virtual Colonoscopy vs Optical Colonoscopy”, Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics Journal, vol.4, no.2, 149-158 (http://informahealthcare.com/toc/edg/4/2) (PMCID: PMC2869208).
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[1] Z. Liang and H. Hart (1987), “Bayesian Image Processing of Data from Constrained Source Distributions I: Non-valued, uncorrelated and correlated constraints”, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, vol.49, no.1, 51-74.
[2] H. Hart and Z. Liang (1987), “Bayesian Image Processing of Data from Constrained Source Distributions II: Valued, uncorrelated and correlated constraints”, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, vol.49, no.1, 75-91.
[3] Z. Liang and H. Hart (1987), “Bayesian Image Processing of Data from Constrained Source Distributions III: Fuzzy pattern constraints”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.32, no.11, 1481-1494.PDF
[4] H. Hart and Z. Liang (1987), "Bayesian Image Processing in Two Dimensions", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.6, no.3, 201-208.
[5] Z. Liang and H. Hart (1988), “Source Continuity and Boundary Discontinuity Considerations in Bayesian Image Processing”, Medical Physics, vol.15, no.5, 754-756.PDF
[6] Z. Liang and H. Hart (1988), “Bayesian Reconstruction in Emission Computerized Tomography”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.35, no.1, 788-792.PDF
[7] Z. Liang (1988), “Statistical Models of A Priori Information for Image Processing: Neighboring correlation constraints”, Journal of Optical Society of America, vol.5, no.12, 2026-2031.
[8] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, and H. Hart (1988), “Study and Performance Evaluation of Statistical Methods in Image Processing”, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol.18, no.6, 395-408.
[9] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, and K. Greer (1989), “On Bayesian Image Reconstruction from Projections: Uniform and non-uniform a priori source information”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.8, no.3, 227-235.PDF
[10] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, C. Floyd, and K. Greer (1989), “A Spatial Interaction Model for Statistical Image Processing”, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, vol.11, 29-43.
[11] Z. Liang and R. Jaszczak (1990), “Comparisons of Multiple Photon Coincidence Imaging Techniques”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.37, no.3, 1282-1292.PDF
[12] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, E. Coleman, and V. Johnson (1991), “Simultaneous Reconstruction, Segmentation, and Edge Enhancement of Relatively Piecewise Continuous Images with Intensity-level Information”, Medical Physics, vol.18, no.3, 394-401.PDF
[13] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, and E. Coleman (1991), “On Reconstruction and Segmentation of Piecewise Continuous Images”, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, vol.12, 94-104.
[14] Z. Liang (1991), “Implementation of Linear Filters for Iterative Penalized Maximum Likelihood SPECT Reconstruction”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.38, no.2, 606-611.PDF
[15] Z. Liang, T. Turkington, D. Gilland, R. Jaszczak, and E. Coleman (1992), “Simultaneous Compensation for Attenuation, Scatter, and Detector Response for SPECT Reconstruction in Three Dimensions”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.36, no.3, 587-603.PDF
[16] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, and E. Coleman (1992), “Parameter Estimation of Finite Mixtures Using the EM Algorithm and Information Criteria with Application to Medical Image Processing”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.39, no.4, 1126-1133.PDF
[17] Z. Liang (1993), “Compensation of Attenuation, Scatter, and Detector Response with an Iterative FBP Method for SPECT Reconstruction”, Medical Physics, vol.20, no.4, 1097-1106.
[18] D. Gilland, R. Jaszczak, E. Bowsher, T. Turkington, Z. Liang, K. Greer, and E. Coleman (1993), “Quantitative SPECT Brain Imaging: Effects of attenuation and detector response”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.40, no.3, 295-299.PDF
[19] Z. Liang (1994), “Detector Response Restoration in Image Reconstruction of High Resolution Positron Emission Tomography”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.13, no.2, 314-321.PDF
[20] J. Ye, Z. Liang, and D. Harrington (1994), “Quantitative Reconstruction for Myocardial Perfusion SPECT: An efficient approach by depth-dependent deconvolution and matrix rotation”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.39, no.7, 1281-1293.PDF
[21] Z. Liang, J. Ye, and D. Harrington (1994), “An Analytical Approach to Quantitative Reconstruction of Non-uniform Attenuated Brain SPECT”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.39, no.11, 2023-2041.PDF
[22] Z. Liang, J. MacFall, and D. Harrington (1994), “Parameter Estimation and Tissue Segmentation from Multi-spectral MR Images”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.13, no.3, 441-449.PDF
[23] Z. Liang, J. Ye, J. Cheng, and D. Harrington (1996), “The Inversion of Exponential Radon Transform for Quantitative Brain SPECT”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.41, no.6, 1227-1232.PDF
[24] M. Wagshul, T. Button, H. Li, Z. Liang, K. Zhong, and A. Wishnia (1996), “In Vivo MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Using Hyperpolarized Xe-129”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol.36, no.1, 183-191.
[25] J. You, S. Bao, and Z. Liang (1997), “Benefits of Angular Expression to Reconstruction Algorithms for Collimators with Spatially Varying Focal Length”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.16, no.5, 527-531.PDF
[26] S. You, L. Hong, M. Wan, K. Junyaprasert, A. Kaufman, S. Muraki, Y. Zhou, M. Wax, and Z. Liang (1997), “Interactive Volume Rendering for Virtual Colonoscopy”, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, pp.433-437.
[27] L. Hong, Z. Liang, A. Viswambharan, A. Kaufman, and M. Wax (1997), “Reconstruction and Visualization of 3D Models of the Colonic Surface”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Sciences, vol.44, no.3, 1297-1302.PDF
[28] F. Dilmanian, X. Wu, …, Z. Liang, and et al. (1997), “Single- and Dual-energy CT with Monochromatic Synchrotron X-Rays”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.42, no.1, 371-387.PDF
[29] Z. Liang, J. Cheng, and J. Ye (1997), “Validation of the Central-Ray Approximation for Attenuated Depth-dependent Convolution in Quantitative SPECT Reconstruction”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.42, no.1, 433-439.PDF
[30] Z. Liang, J. Ye, J. Cheng, and D. Harrington (1998), “Quantitative Cardiac SPECT in Three Dimensions: Validation by experimental phantom studies”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.43, no.4, 905-920.PDF
[31] J. You, Z. Liang, and S. Bao (1998), “A Harmonic Decomposition Reconstruction Algorithm for Spatially Varying Focal-length Fan-beam Collimators”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.17, no.6, 955-1002.PDF
[32] J. You, Z. Liang, and G. Zeng (1999), “A Unified Reconstruction Framework for Both Parallel-beam and Variable Focal-length Fan-beam Collimators by a Cormack-Type Inversion of Exponential Radon Transform”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.18, no.1, 59-65.PDF
[33] R. Chiou, A. Kaufman, Z. Liang, L. Hong, and M. Achniotou (1999), “Interactive Fly-path Planning Using Potential Fields and Cell Decomposition for Virtual Endoscopy”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Sciences, vol.46, no.4, 1045-1049.PDF
[34] J. Li, Z. Liang, J. Ye, and G. Han (1999), “Implementation and Preliminary Investigation of Analytical Methods for Correction of Distance-dependent Resolution Variation and Uniform Attenuation in 3D Brain SPECT”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.46, no.6, 2162-2171.PDF
[35] D. Chen, Z. Liang, M. Wax, L. Li, B. Li, and A. Kaufman (2000), “A Novel Approach to Extract Colon Lumen from CT Images for Virtual Colonoscopy”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.19, no.12, 1220-1226.PDF
[36] D. Chen, B. Li, P. Roche, W. Huang, and Z. Liang (2001), “Feasibility Studies of Virtual Laryngoscopy by CT and MRI: From data acquisition, image segmentation, to interactive visualization”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.48, no.1, 51-57.PDF
[37] E. Smouha, D. Chen, B. Li, and Z. Liang (2001), “Computer-aided Virtual Surgery for Congenital Aural Atresia”, Otology and Neurotology, vol.22, 178-182.PDF
[38] M. Sato, S. Lakare, M. Wan, A. Kaufman, M. Wax, and Z. Liang (2001), “An Automatic Colon Segmentation for 3D Virtual Colonoscopy”, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, vol. E84-D, no. 1, 201-208.
[39] T. He, L. Hong, D. Chen and Z. Liang (2001), “Reliable Path for Virtual Endoscopy: Ensuring complete examination of human organs”, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 7, no.4, 333-342.PDF
[40] D. Chen, Z. Liang, M. Wax, L. Li, K. Kreeger, B. Li and A. Kaufman (2001), “Extracting Colon Lumen from CT Images for Virtual Colonoscopy: Method and validation”, Medical Imaging International, vol.11, no.4, 6-8.
[41] M. Wan, Z. Liang, Q. Ke, L. Hong, I. Bitter, and A. Kaufman (2002), “Automatic Centerline Extraction for Virtual Colonoscopy”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.21, no.12, 1450-1460.PDF
[42] C. Christodoulou, L. Krupp, Z. Liang, W. Huang, P. Melville, C. Roque, W. Scherl, T. Morgan, W. MacAllister, L. Li, A. Tudorica, X. Li, P. Roche, and R. Peyster (2003), “Neuroimaging Markers of Cerebral Injury and Neuropsychological Performance in Cognitively Impaired Multiple Sclerosis Patients”, Neurology, vol.60, no.1, 1793-1798.
[43] T. Li, J. Wen, and Z. Liang (2003), “Analytical Compensation for Spatially Variant Detector Response in SPECT with Varying Focal-length Fan-beam Collimators”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.50, no.3, 398-404.PDF
[44] J. Wen, T. Li, and Z. Liang (2003), “An Analytical Inversion of Non-uniformly Attenuated Radon Transform for SPECT Reconstruction with Variable Focal-length Fan-beam Collimators”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.50, no.5, 1541-1549.
[45] L. Li, H. Lu, X. Li, W. Huang, A. Tudorica, C. Christodoulou, L. Krupp, and Z. Liang (2003), “MRI Volumetric Analysis of Multiple Sclerosis: Methodology and Validation”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.50, no.5, 1686-1692.PDF
[46] J. Wen, Z. Wang, B. Li, T. Li, and Z. Liang (2004), “Speed Up of an Analytical Algorithm for Non-uniform Attenuation Correction Using PC Video/Graphics Card Architecture”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.51, no.3, 726-732.PDF
[47] R. Schulte, V. Bashkirov, T. Li, Z. Liang, K. Mueller, J. Heimann, L.R. Johnson, B. Keeney, H.F-W. Sadrozinski, A. Seiden, D.C. Williams, L. Zhang, Z. Li, S. Peggs, T. Satogata, and C. Wood (2004), “Conceptual Design of a Proton CT System for Applications in Proton Radiation Therapy”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.51, no.3, 866-872.
[48] T. Li, X. Li, J. Wang, J. Wen, H. Lu, J. Hsieh, and Z. Liang (2004), “Nonlinear Sinogram Smoothing for Low-dose X-ray CT”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.51, no.4, 2505-2513.PDF
[49]. H. Lu, Z. Liang, J. Wen, G. Li, X. Liu, and S. Wang (2005), “Analytical Reconstruction of Quantitative SPECT with Parallel Geometry”, Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering, vol.24, no.5, 524-530 (The best paper in the year in the journal).PDF
[50] T. Li, J. Wen, G. Han, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2005), “Evaluation of an Efficient Compensation Method for Quantitative Fan-beam Brain SPECT Reconstruction”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.24, no.2, 170-179.PDF
[51] J. You, L. Zeng, and Z. Liang (2005), “FBP Algorithms for Attenuated Fan-beam Projections”, Inverse Problems, vol.21, no.5, 1179-1192 (PMCID: PMC1415202).PDF
[52] X. Li, L. Li, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2005), “A Partial Volume Segmentation of Brain Magnetic Resonance Images Based on Maximum a Posteriori Probability”, Medical Physics, vol.32, no.7, 2337-2345 (PMCID: PMC1315284).PDF
[53] T. Li, J. You, J. Wen, and Z. Liang (2005), “An Efficient Reconstruction Method for Non-uniform Attenuation Compensation in Non-parallel Beam Geometries Based on Novikov’s Explicit Inversion Formula”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.24, no.10, 1357-1368 (PMCID: PMC1415226).PDF
[54] Z. Wang, G. Han, T. Li, and Z. Liang (2005), “Speedup OS-EM Image Reconstruction by PC Graphics Card Technologies for Quantitative SPECT with Varying Focal-length Fan-beam Collimation”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.52, no.5, 1274-1280 (PMCID: PMC1420649).PDF
[55] J. Wang, H. Lu, T. Li, and Z. Liang (2005), “An Alternative Solution to the Non-uniform Noise Propagation Problem in Fan-beam FBP Image Reconstruction”, Medical Physics, vol.32, no.11, 3389-3394 (PMCID: PMC1379631).PDF
[56] Z. Wang, Z. Liang, L. Li, X. Li, B. Li, J. Anderson, and D. Harrington (2005), “Reduction of False Positives by Internal Features for Polyp Detection in CT-based Virtual Colonoscopy”, Medical Physics, vol.32, no.12, 3602-3616 (PMCID: PMC1413505).PDF
[57] T. Li and Z. Liang (2006), “Toward a Dedicated System for Quantitative SPECT Mammotomography”, Physica Medica, vol.XXI, Supplement 1, 115-118.
[58] T. Li, Z. Liang, J. Singanallur, T. Satogata, D. Williams, and R. Schulte (2006), “Reconstruction for Proton Computed Tomography by Tracing Proton Trajectories – A Monte Carlo study”, Medical Physics, vol.33, no.3, 699-706 (PMCID: PMC1550979).PDF
[59] J. Wen and Z. Liang (2006), “An Inversion Formula for the Exponential Radon Transform in Spatial Domain with Variable Focal-length Fan-beam Collimation Geometry”, Medical Physics, vol.33, no.3, 792-798 (PMCID: PMC1553217).PDF
[60] Z. Wang, Z. Liang, X. Li, L. Li, B. Li, D. Eremina, and H. Lu (2006), “An Improved Electronic Colon Cleansing Method for Detection of Colonic Polyps by Virtual Colonoscopy”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol.53, no.8, 1635-1646 (PMCID: PMC1550780).PDF
[61] J. Wang, T. Li, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2006), “Penalized Weighted Least-squares Approach to Sinogram Noise Reduction and Image Reconstruction for Low-dose X-ray Computed Tomography”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.25, no.10, 1272-1283 (PMCID: PMC1619874).PDF
[62] J. Wang, T. Li, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2006), “Noise Reduction for Low-dose Single-slice Helical CT Sinograms”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.53, no.3, 1230-1237 (PMCID: PMC1553180).PDF
[63] Y. Fan, H. Lu, C. Hao, and Z. Liang (2006), “Attenuation Compensation and Noise Reduction of Analytical Algorithms for SPECT”, Chinese Medical Equipment Journal, vol.27, 165-167.
[64] J. You, J. Wang, and Z. Liang (2007), “Range Condition and ML-EM Checkerboard Artifacts”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.54, no.5, 1696-1702 (PMCID: PMC2361395).PDF
[65] Y. Fan, H. Lu, C. Hao, and Z. Liang (2007), “Fast Analytical Reconstruction of Gated Cardiac SPECT with Non-uniform Attenuation Compensation”, International Journal of Image and Graphics, vol.7, no.1, 87-104 (PMCID: PMC2396956).PDF
[66] Y. Fan, H. Lu, C. Hao, and Z. Liang (2007), “Analytical Reconstruction of 4D Dynamic Cardiac SPECT with Noise-reduction and Non-uniform Attenuation Compensation”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, vol.571, 195-198 (PMCID: PMC2311508).PDF
[67] Y. Fan, H. Lu C. Hao, and Z. Liang (2007), “Study on Typical Reconstruction Algorithms for SPECT”, Journal of the Fourth Military Medical University, vol.28, 947-949.
[68] J. Wang, H. Lu, J. Wen, and Z. Liang (2008), “Multiscale Penalized Weighted Least-squares Sinogram Restoration for Low-dose X-ray Computed Tomography”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol.55, no.3, 1022-1031 (PMCID: PMC2169428).PDF
[69] J. Wang, T. Li, Z. Liang, and L. Xing (2008), “Dose Reduction in Kilovotage Cone-beam Computed Tomography for Radiation therapy”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.53, no.11, 2897-2909 (PMCID: PMC18460749).PDF
[70] J. Wang, H. Lu, Z. Liang, D. Eremina, G. Zhang, S. Wang, J. Chen, and J. Manzione (2008), “An Experimental Study on the Noise Properties of X-ray CT Sinogram Data in Radon Space”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.53, no.12, 3327-3341 (PMCID: PMC2579780).PDF
[71] Y. Fan, H. Lu, C. Hao, and Z. Liang (2008), “Fast and Quantitative Reconstruction of SPECT Based on Novikov’s Inverse Formula”, Chinese Journal of Image and Graphics, vol.35, no.12, 2270-2274.
[72] S. Wang, H. Zhu, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2008), “Volume-based Feature Analysis of Mucosa for Automatic Initial Polyp Detection in Virtual Colonoscopy”, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol.3, no.1-2, 131-142 (PMCID: PMC2747332).PDF
[73] J. Wang, S. Wang, L. Li, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2008), “Virtual Colonoscopy Screening with Ultra Low-dose CT and Less-stressful Bowel Preparation: A computer simulation study”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol.55, no.5, 2566-2575 (PMCID: PMC2630255).PDF
[74] S. Wang, L. Li, H. Cohen, S. Mankes, J. Chen, and Z. Liang (2008), “An EM Approach to MAP Solution of Segmenting Tissue Mixture Percentages with Application to CT-based Virtual Colonoscopy”, Medical Physics, vol.35, no.12, 5787-5798 (PMCID: PMC2633412).PDF
[75] Z. Liang and S. Wang (2009), “An EM Approach to MAP Solution of Segmenting Tissue Mixtures: A numerical analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.28, no.2, 297-310 (PMCID: PMC2635945).PDF
[76] S. Wang, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2009), “A Theoretical Solution to MAP-EM Partial Volume Segmentation of Medical Images”, International Journal of Imaging Systems & Technology, vol.19, no.2, 111-119 (PMCID: PMC2745964).PDF
[77] C. Duan, Z. Liang, S. Bao, H. Zhu, S. Wang, G. Zhang, and J. Chen (2010), “A Coupled Level-set Framework for Bladder Wall Segmentation with Application to MR Cystography”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol.29, no.3, 903-915 (PMCID: PMC2894540).PDF
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[79] H. Zhu, Z. Liang, M. Barish, P. Pickhardt, J. You, S. Wang, Y. Fan, H. Lu, R. Richards, E. Posniak, and H. Cohen (2010), “Increasing Computer-aided Detection Specificity by Projection Features for CT Colonography”, Medical Physics, vol.37, no.4, 1468-1481 (PMCID: PMC20443468).PDF
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[133] J. Wang, Z. Liang, and H. Lu (2006), “Multiscale Penalized Weighted Least-squares Sinogram Restoration for Low-dose X-ray Computed Tomography”, Intl Conf of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, New York, USA, pp.101-104.PDF
[134] J. You, J. Wang, and Z. Liang (2006), “Consistency Condition and ML-EM Checkerboard Artifacts”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[135] L. Li, R. Goldberg, X. Wei, Z. Wang, and Z. Liang (2006), “A Hybrid-based Computer Diagnosis System for Virtual Cystoscopy,” Proc. Systematics, Cybernetics and Informatics, vol.5, 152-155.
[136] S. Wang, L. Li, Z. Wang, J. Wang, and Z. Liang (2007), “Gain by Mixture-based Image Segmentation for Virtual Colonoscopy with Colonic Material Tagging”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, vol.6511, 65110V1-10.PDF
[137] L. Li, D. Eremina, S. Wang, X. Wei, Z. Wang, and Z. Liang (2007), “A New Electronic Colon Cleansing Method for Virtual Colonoscopy”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, vol.6511, 65112J1-6.PDF
[138] Y. Fan, H. Lu, C. Hao, and Z. Liang (2007), “An Improved Analytical Reconstruction for Gated Cardiac SPECT Based on Intra-frame Similarity”, The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, vol.5, 112-116.
[139] J. Wang, H. Lu, T. Li, and Z. Liang (2007), “Noise Reduction for Four Dimensional Dynamic Computed Tomography”, Intl Conf Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp. 441-444.PDF
[140] D. Sturm, L. Li, and Z. Liang (2007), “Visualization of MS Lesions – A browser tool”, The 10th Israeli Symposium on Computer-aided Surgery, Medical Robotics, and Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[141] J. Wang, T. Li, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2007), “Gain of KL-domain Adaptive FBP Image Reconstruction for 4-D Dynamic CT”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[142] J. Wang, S. Wang, L. Li, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2007), “Virtual Colonoscopy Screening with Ultra Low-dose CT: A simulation study”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[143] Z. Liang, S. Wang, H. Lu, and J. Wang (2007), “Model Parameter Estimation and Tissue Mixture Segmentation by a MAP-EM Algorithm”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[144] Y. Fan, H. Lu, Z. Liang, and J. Wang (2007), “Spatially-adaptive Analytical Reconstruction for Quantitative Gated Cardiac SPECT in KL Domain”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[145] Z. Liang, L. Li, H. Lu, W. Huang, A. Tudorica, and L. Krupp (2008), “An Integrated MRI and MRS Approach to Evaluation of Multiple Sclerosis with Cognitive Impairment”, Proc ICMB (Intl Conf in Medical Biometrics), LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Publisher, vol.4901, 200-207.PDF
[146] J. Wang, H. Lu, Z. Liang, D. Eremina, G. Zhang, S. Wang, J. Chen, and J. Manzione (2008), “Noise Properties of Low-dose CT Sinogram Data in Radon Space”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.PDF
[147] Z. Liang, H. Cohen, E. Posniak, E. Fiore, Z. Wang, B. Li, J. Anderson, and D. Harrington (2008), “Texture-based CAD Improves Diagnosis for Low-dose CT Colonography”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.PDF
[148] L. Li, Z. Liang, S. Wang, H. Lu, M. Wagshul, M. Zawin, E. Posniak, and C. Lee (2008), “Segmentation of Multi-spectral Bladder MR Images with Inhomogeneity Correction for Virtual Cystoscopy”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.PDF
[149] S. Wang, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2008), “A Theoretical Solution to Partial Volume MAP-EM Tissue Mixture Segmentation for CT/MRI Imaging Modalities”, The Twelfth International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis (IWCIA'08), Buffalo, NY, in CD-ROM.
[150] S. Wang, H. Zhu, Z. Wang, and Z. Liang (2008), “Multilayer Mucosa-based Geometric Feature Analysis for Automatic Polyp Detection in Virtual Colonoscopy: Determination of polyp candidate”, The 22nd International Congress and Exhibition, CARS 2008 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, pp. 19, June 25 - 28, Barcelona, Spain.
[151] G. Zhang, T. Wang, H. Lu, J. Zhang, X. Liu, and Z. Liang (2008), “Computer-aided Detection Based on 3D Texture Analysis for Virtual Colonoscopy”, The 22nd International Congress and Exhibition, CARS 2008 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, pp. 17, June 25 - 28, Barcelona, Spain.
[152] Y. Fan, C. Jiao, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2008), “Fully 4D Cardiac Gated SPECT Reconstruction with Simultaneous Compensation in KL Domain”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[153] S. Wang, L. Li, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2008), “An Additive Bias Field Model for Unified Partial-Volume Segmentation and Inhomogeneity Correction of Brain MR Images”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[154] D. Wang, H. Lu, C. Jiao, Z. Zhang, and Z. Liang (2008), “Multiscale Noise Reduction on Low-Dose CT Sinogram by Stationary Wavelet Transform”, Conf Record IEEE NSS-MIC, in CD-ROM.PDF
[155] H. Zhu, P. Pickhardt, S. Wang, E. Posniak, H. Cohen, and Z. Liang (2008), “Computer-aided Detection of Colonic Polyps with a Limited Anisotropic Diffusion in Volumetric Mucosa”, The 11th International Conference of MICCAI, Workshop on Computational and Visualization Challenges in the New Era of Virtual Colonoscopy, pp.46-51, Sept. 6, New York City.
[156] H. Lu, G. Zhang, T. Wang, J. Wang, and Z. Liang (2008), “Computer-aided Polyp Detection Based on 3D Texture Analysis for Virtual Colonoscopy”, The 11th International Conference of MICCAI, Workshop on Computational and Visualization Challenges in the New Era of Virtual Colonoscopy, pp.52-57, Sept. 6, New York City.
[157] C. Duan, S. Bao, and Z. Liang (2009), “A Coupled Level-set Framework for Bladder Wall Segmentation with Application to MRI-based Virtual Cystoscopy”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[158] Y. Fan, J. Wang, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2009), “Implementation of an Effective KL Domain Penalized Weighted Least-Squares Sinogram Restoration for Low-Dose CT Colonography”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[159] H. Zhu, C. Duan, and Z. Liang (2009), “Computer-aided Detection of Initial Polyp Candidates with Level Set-based Adaptive Convolution”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[160] X. Zhao, H. Zhu, S. Wang, and Z. Liang (2009), “Reduction of False Positives by Machine Learning for Computer-aided Detection of Colonic Polyps”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[161] X. Liu, H. Chen, L. Zhao, Z. Shi, Z. Liang, and H. Lu (2009), “Image-based Quantitative Measurement and Analysis for Detection and Treatment Planning of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[162] D. Hong, H. Lu, J. Wang, Q. Lin, and Z. Liang (2009), “3D Finite Element Model for Treatment of Cleft Lip”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[163] S. Wang, M. Wagshul, and Z. Liang (2009), “Tissue Mixture-based Inner Bladder Wall Segmentation with Applications in MRI-based Virtual Cystoscopy”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[164] Y. Chen, J. Wen, L. Wang, and Z. Liang (2009), “Local Cone-beam SPECT Reconstruction with Non-uniform Attenuation”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[165] L. Wan, J. Wen, J. Yang, Y. Chen, and Z. Liang (2009), “Wavelet Based De-noising Methods for Local SPECT Reconstruction with Non-uniform Attenuation”, Proc SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[166] Z. Liang, L. Li, C. Duan, S. Wang, M. Wagshul, C. Lee, and H. Lu (2009), “A MRI-based Virtual Cystoscopy System for Evaluation of the Entire Bladder”, Proc International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, in CD-ROM.
[167] Z. Liang, C. Duan, D. Gu, and H. Lu (2009), “Extracting the Inner and Outer Borders of Bladder Wall and Flattening the Extracted Wall for MR Cystography”, The 11th World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, vol.25, pp.322-325, September 7-12, Munich, Germany.PDF
[168] Y. Fan, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2009), “A Fully Four Dimensional Reconstruction Strategy for Cardiac Gated SPECT with Noise Reduction, Scatter Correction, Resolution Restoration and Inversion of Attenuated Radon Transform in KL Space”, Intl Conf Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp. 377-380.PDF
[169] Z. Zhang, J. Chu, Z. Liang, and H. Lu (2009), “A Novel Multi-scale Non-local Means Algorithm for Low-dose CT Denoising”, ”, Intl Conf Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp. 142-145.
[170] R. Jiang, H. Zhu, W. Zeng, X. Yu, Y. Fan, X. Gu, and Z. Liang (2010), “Bladder Wall Flattening with Conformal Mapping for MR Cystography”, SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.PDF
[171] H. Zhu, C. Duan, R. Jiang, Y. Fan, W. Zeng, X. Yu, X. Gu, and Z. Liang (2010), “Computer-aided Detection of Bladder Tumors Based on the Thickness Mapping of Bladder Wall in MR Images”, SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.PDF
[172] Y. Fan, H. Lu, H. Zhu, and Z. Liang (2010), “An Exact Modeling of Signal Statistics in Energy-integrating X-ray Computed Tomography”, SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.PDF
[173] S. Wang, H. Zhu, Y. Fan, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2010), “Feature Selection by Adaptive Weighting and Reordering for Computer-aided Polyp Detection in CT Colonography”, SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.
[174] H. Zhu, M. Barish, P. Pickhardt, Y. Fan, E. Posniak, R. Richards and Z. Liang (2010), "Projection-based Features for Reducing False Positives in Computer-aided Detection of Colonic Polyps in CT Colonography”, SPIE Medical Imaging, in CD-ROM.PDF
[175] Z. Liang, C. Duan, X. Gu, M. Wagshul, and H. Lu (2010), “Bladder Wall Extraction and Mapping for MR Cystography”, Proc International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, in CD-ROM.
[176] H. Zhu, Y. Fan, H. Lu, and Z. Liang (2010), “Improved Curvature Estimation for Shape Analysis in Computer Aided Detection of Colonic Polyps”, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), June 23-26, 2010, Geneva, Switzerland.
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[178] H. Zhu, Y. Fan, and Z. Liang (2010), “Improved Curvature Estimation for Shape Analysis in Computer-Aided Detection of Colonic Polyps”, The 13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Workshop – “Computational Challenges and Clinical Opportunities in Virtual Colonoscopy and Abdominal Imaging”, Beijing, China, September 20, pp. 19-24.
[179] H. Zhu, L. Li, Y. Fan, and Z. Liang (2010), “Haustral Fold Segmentation of CT Colonography Using Ridge Line Detection”, The 13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Workshop – “Computational Challenges and Clinical Opportunities in Virtual Colonoscopy and Abdominal Imaging”, Beijing, China, September 20, pp. 33-40.
[180] F. Liu, C. Duan, K. Yuan, Z. Liang, and S. Bao (2010), “Detecting Bladder Abnormalities based on Inter-layer Intensity Curve for Virtual Cystoscopy”, The 13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Workshop – “Computational Challenges and Clinical Opportunities in Virtual Colonoscopy and Abdominal Imaging”, Beijing, China, September 20, pp. 97-104.
[1] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, and Hiram Hart (1992), “On Bayesian Image Reconstruction from Projections: Multinomial prior and local correlation”, Technical Report No. IRIS-92-1.
[2] Z. Liang (1993), “On the Derivation of EM-type Reconstruction Algorithms”, Technical Report No. IRIS-93-1.
[3] Z. Liang, J. Ye, and D. Harrington (1993), “Reconstruction of Object-specific Attenuation Map Using Three-head SPECT System for Quantitative Cardiac Imaging”, Technical Report No. IRIS-93-2.
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[5] Z. Liang, D. Wang, J. Ye, H. Li, C. Roque, and D. Harrington (1994), “Automating Intensity-variation Correction for Segmentation of Brain Tissues from Multi-spectral MR Images”, Technical Report No. IRIS-94-2.
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[7] Z. Liang, J. Cheng, and J. Ye (1995), “Validation of the Central-ray Approximation for Quantitative SPECT Reconstruction”, Technical Report No. IRIS-95-2.
[8] J. Cheng, Z. Liang, and J. Ye (1996), “Frequency-domain Approaches to Quantitative Brain SPECT with Object-specific Attenuation”, Technical Report No. IRIS-96-1.
[9] Z. Liang, J. Ye, J. Cheng, and D. Harrington (1996), “Quantitative Chest SPECT in Three Dimensions: An efficient simultaneous compensation approach”, Technical Report No. IRIS-96-2.
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[12] J. Li, Z. Liang, H. Kuan, J. You, C. Wong, G. Wang, F. Yang, D. Schlyer, N. Volkow, and D. Harrington (1998), “Frequency-Domain Analyses of Collimator for F-18 SPECT Imaging/Sampling Issues in High Energy SPECT Imaging”, Technical Report No. IRIS-98-1.
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[16] D. Chen, Z. Liang, M. Wax, B. Li, and A. Kaufman (1999), “A Novel Approach to Extract Colon Wall from CT Images for Virtual Colonoscopy”, Technical Report No. IRIS-99-1.
[17] G. Han and Z. Liang (2001), “Fast 3D ML-EM Reconstruction for Cardiac SPECT with Varying Focal-length Fan-beam Collimators”, Technical Report No. IRIS-01-1.
[18] X. Li, G. Han, H. Lu, L. Li, and Z. Liang (2001), “An Energy Spectrum Based Scatter Estimation Method Using Triple Energy Window Acquisitions”, Technical Report No. IRIS-01-2.
[19] H. Lu, Z. Liang, I. Hsiao, X. Li, and L. Li (2001), “Spatial Resolution Characteristics of K-L Domain Adaptive Wiener Filtering on Poisson Noise in SPECT Sinogram Space”, Technical Report No.IRIS-01-3.
[20] Z. Wang and Z. Liang (2002), “Feature Based Rendering for Partial Volume Mixture Datasets”, Technical Report of IRIS Laboratory, Department of Radiology, SUNY-SB, August 20, 2002.
[21] J. Wen, T. Li, X. Li, and Z. Liang (2002), “An Approximated Inversion of Attenuated Radon Transform for SPECT Reconstruction with Fan-beam and Variable focal-length Fan-beam Collimators”, Technical Report of IRIS Laboratory, Department of Radiology, SUNY-SB, August 25, 2002.
[22] X. Li, L. Li, D. Eremina, and Z. Liang (2003), “An EM Framework for Mixture Segmentation of CT and MR Images”, Technical Report of IRIS Laboratory, Department of Radiology, SUNY-SB, April 10, 2003.
[23] Z. Wang, S. Lakare, L. Li, V. Srivastava, A. Kaufman, and Z. Liang (2003), “Computer Aided Detection of Colonic Polyps Using both 3D Morphological and Texture Features”, Technical Report of Departments of Radiology and Computer Science, SUNY-SB, June 5, 2003.
[24] Z. Liang, D. Chen, S. Lakare, L. Li, M. Wax, J. Anderson, A. Kaufman, and D. Harrington (2003), “A Feasibility on Laxative-free Virtual Colonoscopy”, Technical Report of Departments of Radiology and Computer Science, SUNY-SB, December 1, 2003.
[25] Z. Liang, S. Lakare, D. Chen, M. Wax, J. Anderson, A. Kaufman, and D. Harrington (2003), “A Feasibility on Less-stressful Bowel Preparation for Virtual Colonoscopy Screening with Follow-up Biopsy by Optical Colonoscopy”, Technical Report of Departments of Radiology and Computer Science, SUNY-SB, December 15, 2003.
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[34] J. Wang, D, Eremina, H. Lu, G. Zhang, J. Chen, J. Manzione, and Z. Liang (2007), “An Experimental Study on the Noise Properties of Preprocessed X-ray Sinogram Data in Radon Space”, Technical Report of IRIS Laboratory, Department of Radiology, SUNY-SB, February 10, 2007.
[35] W. Moore, J. Wang, E. Kaloudis, and Z. Liang (2007), “A Novel Noise Reduction Technique for Low-dose CT of the Lungs”, Technical Report of IRIS Laboratory, Department of Radiology, SUNY-SB, May 10, 2007.
[36] J. You, T. Li and Z. Liang (2007), “An Investigation on FBP Reconstruction for Attenuated Radon Transform with Partial Data”, Technical Report of IRIS Laboratory, Department of Radiology, SUNY-SB, May 15, 2007.
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[1] Z. Liang and H. Hart (1986), “Bayesian Image Processing of Data from Generically Constrained Source Distributions”, J Biophys Society, vol.49, 243.
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[15] Z. Liang and R. Jaszczak (1989), “Comparison of Multiple Gamma Photon Coincidence Imaging Techniques”, IEEE Annual Conference on Nuclear Science.
[16] Z. Liang, R. Jaszczak, and E. Coleman (1990), “Simultaneous Reconstruction, Segmentation, and Edge Enhancement of Simulated Heart Images Using a Multinomial Model and Concentration-level Information”, The 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (JNM, vol.31, 858).
[17] Z. Liang, D. Gilland, R. Jaszczak, E. Coleman, and V. Johnson (1990), “Evaluation of Linear and Non-linear Filters for Iterative Image Processing Methods”, IEEE Annual Conference on Medical Imaging.
[18] Z. Liang (1991), “Compensation for Non-uniform Attenuation, Scatter, and Variable Detector Response in SPECT Reconstruction via Iterative FBP Methods”, The 77th Annual Meeting of RSNA, (Radiology, vol.181, 186).PDF
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[21] Z. Liang and E. Coleman (1992), “Restoration for Variable Detector Response in High Resolution PET Image Reconstruction”, The 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (JNM, vol.33, 875).
[22] Z. Liang and J. MacFall (1992), “Parameter Estimation and NMR Image Segmentation” and “Detector Response Restoration for High Resolution PET”, IEEE Annual Conference on Medical Imaging.
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[25] J. Ye and Z. Liang (1994), “Depth-dependent Resolution Deconvolution for Myocardial Perfusion SPECT with Non-circular Scan Orbit”, The 41st Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (JNM, vol.35, 190).
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[31] Z. Chen, C.S. Chui, Z. Liang, and L.E. Reinstein (1995), “Comparison of Two Image Reconstruction Algorithms for Radiotherapy Treatment Plan Optimization”, Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (Med. Phys., vol.22, 1010).
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