1. Department of Radiology
  2. Department of Radiology Faculty
  3. Paul Vaska, Ph.D.
  4. Paul Vaska, PhD-Publications

Paul Vaska, PhD-Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Hughes JR, Fossan DB, Lafosse DR, Liang Y, Vaska P, Waring MP. Alignment Effects in Odd-Mass Cs Isotopes - Spectroscopy of 125Cs. Physical Review C 1991; 44 (6):2390-9.
  • Liang Y, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Lafosse DR, Lauritsen T, Ma R, Paul ES,Vaska P, Waring MP, Xu N, Wyss RA. Band Termination in 121I. Physical Review C 1991; 44 (2):R578-R81.
  • Hughes JR, Fossan DB, Lafosse DR, Liang Y, Vaska P, Waring MP, Zhang JY. Spectroscopy of 123Cs - Configuration Dependent Crossing Frequencies. Physical Review C 1992; 45 (5):2177-84.
  • Lafosse DR, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Liang Y, Vaska P, Waring MP, Zhang JY. New Deformed States near the Z = 50 Closed Shell - 117Sb5166. Physical Review Letters 1992; 69 (9):1332-5.
  • Liang Y, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Lafosse DR, Lauritsen T, Ma R, Paul ES,Vaska P, Waring MP, Xu N. High-Spin Spectroscopy of 119I, 121I - Prolate and Oblate Shape Coexistence. Physical Review C 1992; 45 (3):1041-57.
  • Paul ES, Clark RM, Forbes SA, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Lafosse DR, Liang Y, Ma R, Nolan PJ, Regan PH, Vaska P, Wadsworth R, Waring MP. Collective and Noncollective High-Spin States in 115I. Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics 1992; 18 (5):837-46.
  • Paul ES, Waring MP, Clark RM, Forbes SA, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Lafosse DR, Liang Y, Ma R, Vaska P, Wadsworth R. Delayed Neutron Alignment in 117I. Physical Review C 1992; 45 (6):R2531-R.
  • Mullins SM, Janzen VP, Vaska P, Fossan DB, Hackman G, Lafosse DR, Paul ES, Prevost D, Schnare H, Waddington JC, Wadsworth R, Ward D, Waring MP. First Observation of a Proton Intruder Band Below the Z=50 Major Shell Shell Gap - Spectroscopy of 111In. Physics Letters B 1993; 318 (4):592-6.
  • Mullins SM, Omar A, Persson L, Prevost D, Waddington JC, Andrews HR, Ball GC, Galindouribarri A, Janzen VP, Radford DC, Ward D, Drake TE, Fossan DB, Lafosse D, Vaska P, Waring M, Wadsworth R. Perturbed Alignments within an i13/2 Neutron Intruder Band in 141Gd. Physical Review C 1993; 47 (6):R2447-R51.
  • Paul ES, Clark RM, Forbes SA, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Lafosse DR, Nolan PJ, Regan PH, Vaska P, Wadsworth R, Waring MP. Band Termination in Doubly Odd 116I. Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics 1993; 19 (2):343-8.
  • Paul ES, Davis S, Vaska P, Bishop PJ, Forbes SA, Fossan DB, He YJ, Hughes JR, Jenkins I, Liang Y, Ma R, Metcalfe MS, Mullins SM, Nolan PJ, Poynter RJ, Regan PH, Wadsworth R, Xu N. Prolate and Oblate Rotational Bands in 136Sm. Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics 1993; 19 (6):861-76.
  • Wadsworth R, Andrews HR, Clark RM, Fossan DB, Galindouribarri A, Hughes JR, Janzen VP, Lafosse DR, Mullins SM, Paul ES, Radford DC, Schnare H,Vaska P, Ward D, Wilson JN, Wyss R. Intruder Bands in 108Sn. Nuclear Physics A 1993; 559 (3):461-76.
  • Waring MP, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Lafosse DR, Liang Y, Ma R, Vaska P, Paul ES, Forbes SA, Wadsworth R, Clark RM. Gamma Spectroscopy of 117I - 3 Structural Features. Physical Review C 1993; 48 (6):2629-39.
  • Dagnall PJ, Beausang CW, Clark RM, Wadsworth R, Bhattacharjee S, Fallon P, Forsyth PD, Fossan DB, Defrance G, Gale SJ, Hannachi F, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Hubel H, Jones PM, Joyce MJ, Korichi A, Korten W, Lafosse DR, Paul ES, Schnare H, Starosta K, Sharpeyschafer JF, Twin PJ, Vaska P, Waring MP, Wilson JN. Oblate Bands in A~200 Bismuth Nuclei. Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics 1994; 20 (10):1591-7.
  • Janzen VP, Lafosse DR, Schnare H, Fossan DB, Galindouribarri A, Hughes JR, Mullins SM, Paul ES, Persson L, Pilotte S, Radford DC, Ragnarsson I, Vaska P, Waddington JC, Wadsworth R, Ward D, Wilson J, Wyss R. New Features of Collective Nuclear Rotation at Very High-Frequency in 109Sb. Physical Review Letters 1994; 72 (8):1160-3.
  • Lafosse DR, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Liang Y, Schnare H, Vaska P, Waring MP, Zhang JY, Clark RM, Wadsworth R, Forbes SA, Paul ES, Janzen VP, Galindouribarri A, Radford DC, Ward D, Mullins SM, Prevost D, Zwartz G. Rotational Bands near the Z=50 Closed-Shell - 111Sb51. Physical Review C 1994; 50 (4):1819-32.
  • Paul ES, Janzen VP, Radford DC, Ward D, Mullins SM, Fossan DB, Lafosse DR, Schnare H, Timmers H, Vaska P, Clark RM, Wadsworth R. High-Spin Collective Structures in Doubly-Odd 114Sb. Physical Review C 1994; 50 (5):2297-306.
  • Vaska P, Bhattacharjee S, Fossan DB, Lafosse DR, Liang Y, Schnare H, Starosta K, Waring MP, Hibbert I, Wadsworth R, Hauschild K, Beausang CW, Clarke S, Forbes SA, Nolan PJ, Paul ES, Semple AT, Mullins SM, Grawe H, Maier KH. Neutron i13/2 Intruder Band in 139Sm. Physical Review C 1994; 50 (1):104-9.
  • Wadsworth R, Andrews HR, Beausang CW, Clark RM, Degraaf J, Fossan DB, Galindouribarri A, Hibbert IM, Hauschild K, Hughes JR, Janzen VP, Lafosse DR, Mullins SM, Paul ES, Persson L, Pilotte S, Radford DC, Schnare H, Vaska P, Ward D, Wilson JN, Ragnarsson I. Rotational Structures in 106Sn - a New Form of Band Termination. Physical Review C 1994; 50 (1):483-6.
  • Waring MP, Fossan DB, Lafosse DR, Schnare H, Vaska P, Kistner OC. Oblate to Prolate Shape Hindrance in 121I. Physical Review C 1994; 49 (4):1878-84.
  • Hackman G, Wadsworth R, Haslip DS, Clark RM, Dobaczewski J, Dudek J, Flibotte S, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Lee IY, Mullins SM, Macchiavelli AO, Pilotte S, Semple AT, Thorslund I, Timar J, Vaska P, Waddington JC, Walker L. Excited Superdeformed Band in 142Sm Identical to 146Gd. Physical Review C 1995; 52 (5):R2293-R7.
  • Lafosse DR, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Liang Y, Vaska P, Waring MP, Zhang JY, Clark RM, Wadsworth R, Forbes SA, Paul ES. First Observation of a Rotational Band in Odd Sn50 Nuclei - 111Sn. Physical Review C 1995; 51 (6):R2876-R9.
  • Thorslund I, Fossan DB, LaFosse DR, Schnare H, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Mullins SM, Paul ES, Ragnarsson I, Sears JM, Vaska P, Wadsworth R. Intruder bands in 114Te: Smooth band termination. Physical Review C 1995; 52 (6):R2839-R43.
  • Vaska P, Beausang CW, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Ma R, Paul ES, Poynter RJ, Regan PH, Wadsworth R, Forbes SA, Mullins SM, Nolan PJ. High-Spin Structure of 139Eu. Physical Review C 1995; 52 (3):1270-7.
  • Waring MP, Paul ES, Beausang CW, Clark RM, Cunningham RA, Davinson T, Forbes SA, Fossan DB, Gale SJ, Gizon A, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, James AN, Jones PM, Joyce MJ, Lafosse DR, Page RD, Ragnarsson I, Schnare H, Sellin PJ, Simpson J, Vaska P, Wadsworth R, Woods PJ. Intruder Bands in (Z=53)113I - Band Termination Interpretation. Physical Review C 1995; 51 (5):2427-38.
  • Kaubler L, Schnare H, Fossan DB, Afanasjev AV, Andrejtscheff W, Allat RG, deGraaf J, Grawe H, Hibbert IM, Lee IY, Macchiavelli AD, Obrien N, Maier KH, Paul ES, Prade H, Ragnarsson I, Reif J, Schubart R, Schwengner R, Thorslund I, Vaska P, Wadsworth R, Winter G. Collective structures and smooth band termination in 109Sn. Zeitschrift Fur Physik a-Hadrons and Nuclei 1996; 356 (3):235-7.
  • Paul ES, Fossan DB, Lane GJ, Sears JM, Thorslund I, Vaska P. High-spin states in 121Te, 122Te: Identification of favored noncollective oblate states. Physical Review C 1996; 53 (4):1562-70.
  • Schnare H, LaFosse DR, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Vaska P, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Wadsworth R, Janzen VP, Radford DC, Mullins SM, Beausang CW, Paul ES, DeGraaf J, Lee IY, Macchiavelli AO, Afanasjev AV, Ragnarsson I. Smooth termination of intruder bands in 109Sb51. Physical Review C 1996; 54 (4):1598-609.
  • Starosta K, Droste C, Morek T, Srebrny J, Fossan DB, LaFosse DR, Schnare H, Thorslund I, Vaska P, Waring MP, Satula W, Rohozinski SG, Wyss R, Hibbert IM, Wadsworth R, Hauschild K, Beausang CW, Forbes SA, Nolan PJ, Paul ES. Band structure of the odd-even 125La, 127La nuclei. Physical Review C 1996; 53 (1):137-50.
  • Wadsworth R, Beausang CW, Cromaz M, DeGraaf J, Drake TE, Fossan DB, Flibotte S, GalindoUribarri A, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Hackman G, Hughes JR, Janzen VP, LaFosse DR, Mullins SM, Paul ES, Radford DC, Schnare H, Vaska P, Ward D, Wilson JN, Ragnarsson I. Smooth band termination in 108Sn. Physical Review C 1996; 53 (6):2763-9.
  • LaFosse DR, Fossan DB, Hughes JR, Liang Y, Schnare H, Vaska P, Waring MP, Zhang JY. Particle-hole induced intruder bands in 117Sb and 119Sb. Physical Review C 1997; 56 (2):760-71.
  • Lane GJ, Fossan DB, Thorslund I, Vaska P, Allatt RG, Paul ES, Kaubler L, Schnare H, Hibbert IM, Obrien N, Wadsworth R, Andrejtscheff W, deGraaf J, Simpson J, Lee IY, Macchiavelli AO, Blumenthal DJ, Davids CN, Lister CJ, Seweryniak D, Afanasjev AV, Ragnarsson I. Identification of excited states in doubly odd 110Sb: Smooth band termination. Physical Review C 1997; 55 (5):R2127-R31.
  • Sears JM, Fossan DB, Gundel SE, Thorslund I, Vaska P, Starosta K. Deformed intruder band in 115Sn50. Physical Review C 1997; 55 (3):1096-100.
  • Sears JM, Fossan DB, Thorslund I, Vaska P, Paul ES, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Wadsworth R, Mullins SM, Afanasjev AV, Ragnarsson I. High-spin spectroscopy of 116Te52. Physical Review C 1997; 55 (5):2290-304.
  • Starosta K, Droste C, Morek T, Srebrny J, Fossan DB, Gundel S, Sears JM, Thorslund I, Vaska P, Waring MP, Rohozinski SG, Satula W, Garg U, Naguleswaran S, Walpe JC. Lifetimes of low-lying states in 125La, 127La measured by the recoil distance method. Physical Review C 1997; 55 (6):2794-801.
  • Lane GJ, Fossan DB, Chiara CJ, Schnare H, Sears JM, Smith JF, Thorslund I,Vaska P, Paul ES, Wilson AN, Wilson JN, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Wadsworth R, Afanasjev AV, Ragnarsson I. High-spin states, particle-hole structure, and linked smooth terminating bands in doubly odd 112Sb. Physical Review C 1998; 58 (1):127-49.
  • Morek T, Starosta K, Droste C, Fossan D, Lane G, Sears J, Smith J, Vaska P. In-beam spectroscopy of 126Ce and 127Pr. European Physical Journal A 1998; 3 (2):99-101.
  • Sears JM, Gundel SE, Fossan DB, LaFosse DR, Vaska P, DeGraaf J, Drake TE, Janzen VP, Radford DC, Droste C, Morek T, Garg U, Lamkin K, Naguleswaran S, Smith G, Walpe JC, Kaczarowski R, Afanasjev AV, Ragnarsson I. Deformed intruder bands in 113Sn. Physical Review C 1998; 58 (3):1430-7.
  • Sears JM, Thorslund I, Fossan DB, Vaska P, Paul ES, Hauschild K, Hibbert IM, Wadsworth R, Mullins SM. Gamma-ray spectroscopy of odd 113Te52 and115Te52 isotopes. Physical Review C 1998; 57 (4):1656-67.
  • Smith JF, Chiara CJ, Fossan DB, Lane GJ, Lewicki JF, Sears JM, Vaska P. Observation of signature inversion in the nh11/2 x ph11/2 band of 122Cs. Physical Review C 1998; 58 (6):3237-42.
  • Vaska P, Fossan DB, LaFosse DR, Schnare H, Waring MP, Mullins SM, Hackman G, Prevost D, Waddington JC, Janzen VP, Ward D, Wadsworth R, Paul ES. Particle-hole induced electric and magnetic rotation in 111In. Physical Review C 1998; 57 (4):1634-47.
  • Chiara CJ, Fossan DB, Janzen VP, Koike T, LaFosse DR, Lane GJ, Mullins SM, Paul ES, Radford DC, Schnare H, Sears JM, Smith JF, Starosta K, Vaska P, Wadsworth R, Ward D, Frauendorf S. Spectroscopy in the Z=49 118In, 110In isotopes: Lifetime measurements in shears bands. Physical Review C 2001; 64 (5):054314: 1-30.
  • Vaska P, Petrillo MJ, Muehllehner G. Virtual PMTs: improving centroid positioning performance near the edges of a gamma camera detector. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 2001; 48 (0018-9499):645-9.
  • Thanos PK, Taintor NB, Alexoff D, Vaska P, Logan J, Grandy DK, Fang Y, Lee JH, Fowler JS, Volkow ND, Rubinstein M. In vivo comparative imaging of dopamine D2 knockout and wild-type mice with (11)C-raclopride and microPET. J Nucl Med 2002; 43 (11):1570-7.
  • Woody CL, Stoll SP, Schlyer DJ, Gerasimov M, Vaska P, Shokouhi S, Volkow N, Fowler JS, Dewey SL. A Study of Scintillation Beta Microprobes. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 2002; 49 (5):2208-12.
  • Alexoff DL, Vaska P, Marsteller D, Gerasimov T, Li J, Logan J, Fowler JS, Taintor NB, Thanos PK, Volkow ND. Reproducibility of 11C-raclopride binding in the rat brain measured with the microPET R4: effects of scatter correction and tracer specific activity. J Nucl Med 2003; 44 (5):815-22.
  • Benveniste H, Fowler JS, Rooney WD, Moller DH, Backus WW, Warner DA, Carter P, King P, Scharf B, Alexoff DA, Ma Y, Vaska P, Schlyer D, Volkow ND. Maternal-fetal in vivo imaging: a combined PET and MRI study. J Nucl Med 2003; 44 (9):1522-30.
  • Fowler JS, Logan J, Wang GJ, Franceschi D, Volkow ND, Telang F, Pappas N, Ferrieri R, Shea C, Garza V, Xu Y, King P, Schlyer D, Gatley SJ, Ding YS, Warner D, Netusil N, Carter P, Jayne M, Alexoff D, Zhu W, Vaska P. Monoamine oxidase A imaging in peripheral organs in healthy human subjects. Synapse 2003; 49 (3):178-87.
  • Fowler JS, Logan J, Wang GJ, Volkow ND, Telang F, Zhu W, Franceschi D, Pappas N, Ferrieri R, Shea C, Garza V, Xu Y, Schlyer D, Gatley SJ, Ding YS, Alexoff D, Warner D, Netusil N, Carter P, Jayne M, King P, Vaska P. Low monoamine oxidase B in peripheral organs in smokers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100 (20):11600-5.
  • Shokouhi S, Stoll SP, Villanueva A, Vaska P, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Yu B, O'Connor P, Pratte J-F, Radeka V, Volkow N, Fowler JS. A Noninvasive LSO-APD Blood Radioactivity Monitor for PET Imaging Studies. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 2003; 50 (5):1457-61.
  • Vaska P, Stoll SP, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S. Effects of Inter-Crystal Cross-Talk on Multi-Element LSO-APD PET Detectors. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 2003; 50 (3):362-6.
  • Volkow ND, Wang G-J, Ma J, Fowler JS, Zhu W, Maynard L, Telang F, Vaska P, Ding Y-S, Wong C, Swanson JM. Expectation Enhances the Regional Brain Metabolic and the Reinforcing Effects of Stimulants in Cocaine Abusers. Journal of Neuroscience 2003; 23 (36):11461-8.
  • Fowler JS, Logan J, Wang GJ, Volkow ND, Telang F, Ding YS, Shea C, Garza V, Xu YW, Li ZH, Alexoff D, Vaska P, Ferrieri R, Schlyer D, Zhu W, Gatley SJ. Comparison of the binding of the irreversible monoamine oxidase tracers, C-11 clorgyline and C-11 l-deprenyl in brain and peripheral organs in humans. Nuclear Medicine and Biology 2004; 31 (3):313-9.
  • Pratte J-F, DeGeronimo G, Junnarkar S, O’Connor P, Yu B, Robert S, Radeka V, Woody C, Stoll S, Vaska P, Kandasamy A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. Front-end electronics for the RatCAP mobile animal PET scanner. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 2004; 51 (4):1318-23.
  • Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S, Stoll SP, Pratte J-F, O’Connor P, Junnarkar SS, Rescia S, Yu B, Purschke M, Kandasamy A, Villanueva A, Kriplani A, Radeka V, Volkow N, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. RatCAP: Miniaturized Head-Mounted PET for Conscious Rodent Brain Imaging. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 2004; 51 (5):2718-22.
  • Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Fowler JS, Telang F, Maynard L, Logan J, Gatley SJ, Pappas N, Wong C, Vaska P, Zhu W, Swanson JM. Evidence that methylphenidate enhances the saliency of a mathematical task by increasing dopamine in the human brain. American Journal of Psychiatry 2004; 161 (7):1173-80.
  • Woody C, Kriplani A, O’Connor P, Pratte J-F, Radeka V, Rescia S, Schlyer D, Shokouhi S, Stoll S, Vaska P, Villaneuva A, Volkow N, Yu B. RatCAP: a small, head-mounted PET tomograph for imaging the brain of an awake rat. Nucl Instr Meth A 2004; 527:166-70.
  • Beebe-Wang J, Dilmanian AF, Peggs SG, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P. PET Imaging of Dose Distribution in Proton-Beam Cancer Therapy. Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection 2005; XX (1):23-6.
  • Fowler JS, Logan J, Wang GJ, Volkow ND, Telang F, Zhu W, Franceschi D, Shea C, Garza V, Xu YW, Ding YS, Alexoff D, Warner D, Netusil N, Carter P, Jayne M, King P, Vaska P. Comparison of monoamine oxidase a in peripheral organs in nonsmokers and smokers. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2005; 46 (9):1414-20.
  • Naguleswaran S, Chakrawarthy RS, Garg U, Lamkin KL, Smith G, Walpe JC, Galindo-Uribarri A, Janzen VP, Radford DC, Kaczarowski R, Fossan DB, Lafosse DR, Vaska P, Droste C, Morek T, Pilotte S, DeGraaf J, Drake T, Wyss R: Magnetic and intruder rotational bands in In-113. Physical Review C 2005; 72(4).
  • Shokouhi S, Vaska P, Schlyer DJ, Stoll SP, Villanueva A, Kriplani A, Woody CL, Volkow N. System Performance Simulations of the RatCAP Awake Rat Brain Scanner. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 2005; 52 (5):1305-10.
  • Woody C, Vaska P, Schlyer D, Pratte JF, Junnarkar S, Park SJ, Stoll S, Purschke M, Southekal S, Kriplani A, Krishnamoorthy S, Maramraju S, Lee D, Schiffer W, Dewey S, Neill J, Kandasamy A, O'Connor P, Radeka V, Fontaine R, Lecomte R: Initial studies using the RatCAP conscious animal PET tomograph. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2007; 571(1-2): 14-17.
  • Woody C, Schlyer D, Vaska P, Tomasi D, Solis-Najera S, Rooney W, Pratte JF, Junnarkar S, Stoll S, Master Z, Purschke M, Park SJ, Southekal S, Kriplani A, Krishnamoorthy S, Maramraju S, O'Connor P, Radeka V: Preliminary studies of a simultaneous PET/MRI scanner based on the RatCAP small animal tomograph. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2007; 571(1-2): 102-105.
  • Maramraju S, Stoll S, Woody C, Schlyer D, Schiffer W, Lee D, Dewey S, Vaska P: A LSO beta microprobe for measuring input functions for quantitative small animal PET. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2007; 571(1-2): 407-410.
  • Fowler JS, Alia-Klein N, Kriplani A, Logan J, Williams B, Zhu W, Craig IW, Telang F, Goldstein R, Volkow ND, Vaska P, Wang GJ: Evidence that brain MAO A activity does not correspond to MAO A genotype in healthy male subjects. Biological Psychiatry 2007; 62(4): 355-358.
  • Fowler JS, Kroll C, Ferrieri R, Alexoff D, Logan J, Dewey SL, Schiffer W, Schlyer D, Carter P, King P, Shea C, Xu Y, Muench L, Benveniste H, Vaska P, Volkow ND: PET Studies of d-Methamphetamine Pharmacokinetics in Primates: Comparison with l-Methamphetamine and ( )-Cocaine. J Nucl Med 2007; 48(10): 1724-1732.
  • Park SJ, Southekal S, Purschke M, Junnarkar SS, Pratte JF, Stoll SP, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P: Digital Coincidence Processing for the RatCAP Conscious Rat Brain PET Scanner. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 2008; 55(1): 510-515.
  • Junnarkar SS, Fried J, Southekal S, Pratte J-F, O’Connor P, Radeka V, Vaska P, Purschke M, Tomasi D, Woody C, Fontaine R: Next generation of real time data acquisition, calibration and control system for the RatCAP scanner. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 2008; 55(1): 220-224.
  • Solis E, Tomasi D, Junnarkar S, Schlyer D, Vaska P, Woody C, Pratte JF, O'Connor P, Rodriguez AO. Shielded transceiver RF coil array for simultaneous PET-MRI. Braz J Phys. June 2008;38(2):287-291.
  • Pratte JF, Junnarkar S, Deptuch G, Fried J, O'Connor P, Radeka V, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D, Stoll S, Maramraju SH, Krishnamoorthy S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R: The RatCAP Front-End ASIC. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 2008; 55(5): 2727-2735.
  • Junnarkar SS, O’Connor P, Vaska P, Fontaine R: FPGA-based self-calibrating Time-to-Digital Converter for Time-of-Flight Experiments. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 2009; 56(4): 2374-2379.
  • Alexoff DL, Dewey SL, Vaska P, Krishnamoorthy S, Ferrieri R, Schueller M, Schlyer DJ, Fowler JS: PET imaging of thin objects: measuring the effects of positron range and partial-volume averaging in the leaf of Nicotiana tabacum. Nuclear Medicine and Biology 2011; 38(2): 191-200.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Junnarkar SS, Schulz D, Stoll S, Ravindranath B, Purschke ML, Rescia S, Southekal S, Pratte JF, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ: Small animal simultaneous PET/MRI: initial experiences in a 9.4 T microMRI. Physics in Medicine and Biology 2011; 56(8): 2459-2480.
  • Volkow ND, Tomasi D, Wang G-J, Vaska P, Fowler JS, Telang F, Alexoff D, Logan J, Wong C: Effects of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Signal Exposure on Brain Glucose Metabolism. Journal of the American Medical Association 2011; 305(8): 808-813.
  • Schulz D, Southekal S, Junnarkar SS, Pratte J-F, Purschke ML, Stoll SP, Ravindranath B, Maramraju SH, Krishnamoorthy S, Henn FA, O'Connor P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P (Corresponding Author): Simultaneous assessment of rodent behavior and neurochemistry using a miniature positron emission tomograph. Nat Meth 2011; 8(4): 347-352.
  • Southekal S, Purschke ML, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P: Quantitative PET Imaging Using a Comprehensive Monte Carlo System Model. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 2011; 58(5): 2286-2295.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Rescia S, Stoll S, Budassi M, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Electromagnetic Interactions in a Shielded PET/MRI System for Simultaneous PET/MR Imaging in 9.4 T: Evaluation and Results. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 2012; 59(5): 1892-1899.

Book Chapters and Reviews

  • Alexoff D, Vaska P, Logan J. Imaging Dopamine Receptors in the Rat Striatum with the MicroPET R4:Kinetic Analysis of 11C-Raclopride Binding using Graphical Methods. In: PM Conn, editor. Imaging in Biological Research, Part A. Vol. 385, Methods in Enzymology. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press; 2004; p. 213-28.
  • Vaska P, Rubins DL, Alexoff D, Schiffer W: Quantitative Imaging with the microPET Small-Animal PET Tomograph. In: Bradley RJ, Harris RA,  Jenner P, eds. International Review of Neurobiology, vol 73. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2006.
  • Schulz D, Vaska P: Integrating PET with behavioral neuroscience using RatCAP tomography. Reviews in the Neurosciences 2011; 22(6): 647-655.
  • Schulz D, Vaska P: The emerging discipline of behavioral neuroimaging. Reviews in the Neurosciences 2011; 22(6): 591-592.
  • Vaska P, Cao T: The State of Instrumentation for Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine 2013; 43(1): 11-18.
  • Beebe-Wang J, Vaska P, Dilmanian FA, Peggs SG, Schlyer DJ: Verifying radiation treatment in proton therapy via PET imaging of the induced positron-emitters. In: Belkic D, ed. Theory of Heavy Particle Collisions with Prospects for Applications to Hadron Therapy, 1st ed: Elsevier Ltd., 2013; 111-127.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & PROCEEDINGS (IN AREA OF MEDICAL IMAGING PHYSICS ONLY, EXCLUDING NUCLEAR PHYSICS TALKS AT THE ANNUAL AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY MEETINGS 1991-1995)

  • Vaska P, Geagan MJ, Chase BB, Muehllehner G. A collimator-less technique for spatial non-linearity correction of PET detectors. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Seattle, WA; 1999.
  • Karp JS, Surti S, Freifelder R, Daube-Witherspoon ME, Cardi C, Adam L-E, Chase B, Vaska P, Muehllehner G. Performance of a GSO brain PET camera. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Lyon, France; 2000.
  • Vaska P, Petrillo MJ, Muehllehner G. Virtual PMTs: improving centroid positioning performance near the edges of a gamma camera detector. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Lyon, France; 2000.
  • Vaska P, Radeka V, Rehak P, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL. A Practical and Competitive Alternative to Mega-Crystal PET: A Miniature Anger Detector with LSO and APDs. In 48th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Toronto, Canada; 2001.
  • Vaska P, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Stoll SP, Radeka V, Volkow N. Imaging the Unanesthetized Rat Brain with PET: A Feasibility Study. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. San Diego, CA; 2001.
  • Vaska P, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Stoll SP, Radeka V, Volkow N. Initial Feasibility of a Miniature PET Device for the Awake Rat Brain. In High Resolution Imaging in Small Animals Conference, September 9-11, 2001. Rockville, MD; 2001.
  • Woody CL, Stoll SP, Schlyer DJ, Gerasimov M, Vaska P, Shokouhi S, Volkow N, Fowler JS, Dewey SL. A Study of Scintillation Beta Microprobes. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, October 2002. San Diego, CA; 2001.
  • Woody CL, Stoll SP, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S, Gerasimov M, Vaska P, Volkow N, Fowler JS, Dewey SL. An Intracerebral Beta Microprobe for Studying Radiotracer Kinetics in Freely Moving Animals. In High Resolution Imaging in Small Animals Conference, September 9-11, 2001. Rockville, MD; 2001.
  • Beebe-Wang JJ, Dilmanian FA, Peggs SG, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P. Feasibility of Positron Emission Tomography of Dose Distribution in Proton-Beam Cancer Therapy. In Eighth European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC'02), June 3-7, 2002. La Villette-Paris, France; 2002.
  • Shokouhi S, Stoll SP, Villanueva A, Vaska P, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Yu B, O'Connor P, Pratte J-F, Radeka V, Volkow N, Fowler JS. A Noninvasive LSO-APD Blood Radioactivity Monitor for PET Imaging Studies. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Norfolk, VA; 2002.
  • Vaska P, Stoll SP, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S. Effects of Inter-Crystal Cross-Talk on Multi-Element LSO-APD PET Detectors. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Norfolk, VA; 2002.
  • Alexoff DL, Fowler JS, Vaska P, King P. Virtual Dissection with the microPET R4: Validation of Whole Body Imaging in the Mouse. In 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 21-25. New Orleans, LA; 2003.
  • Beebe-Wang J, Vaska P, Dilmanian FA, Peggs SG, Schlyer DJ. Simulation of Proton Therapy Treatment Verification via PET Imaging of Induced Positron-Emitters. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 19-25, 2003. Portland, OR; 2003.
  • Kriplani A, Stoll SP, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S, Vaska P, Villanueva A, Woody CL. Light Output Measurements of LSO Single Crystals and 4x8 Arrays: Comparison of Experiment with Monte Carlo Simulations. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Portland, OR; 2003.
  • Pratte J-F, DeGeronimo G, Junnarkar S, O’Connor P, Yu B, Robert S, Radeka V, Woody C, Stoll S, Vaska P, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. Front-end electronics for the RatCAP mobile animal PET scanner. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 19-25, 2003. Portland, OR; 2003.
  • Shokouhi S, Vaska P, Schlyer DJ, Stoll SP, Villanueva A, Kriplani A, Woody CL, Volkow N. System Performance Simulations of the RatCAP Awake Rat Brain Scanner. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Portland, OR; 2003.
  • Vaska P, Alexoff DL. Effects of Natural LSO Radioactivity on microPET Quantitation. In 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 21-25. New Orleans, LA; 2003.
  • Vaska P, Alexoff DL, Schiffer WK. Quantitation with the Concorde microPET. In American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 42nd Annual Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico; 2003.
  • Vaska P, C. L. Woody, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S, Stoll SP, Pratte J-F, O’Connor P, Junnarkar SS, Rescia S, Yu B, Purschke M, Kandasamy A, Villanueva A, Kriplani A, Radeka V, Volkow N, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. RatCAP: Miniaturized Head-Mounted PET for Conscious Rodent Brain Imaging. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 19-25, 2003. Portland, OR; 2003.
  • Vaska P, Schlyer D, Woody C, Alexoff D, Rubins D, Samaras D, Beebe-Wang J. PET Imaging Physics at BNL. In Frontiers in Neuroimaging, Oct. 27-29, 2003. Cambridge, MA; 2003.
  • Villanueva A, Stoll SP, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S, Vaska P, Woody CL, Kriplani A, Volkow N. Spatial Resolution Of A Noninvasive Measurement Of The Arterial And Venous Input Function Using A Wrist Monitor. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 19-25, 2003. Portland, OR; 2003.
  • Alexoff DL, Vaska P, Rubins D, Gerasimov T. Comparison of Scatter Correction Methods Applied to MicroPET R4 Studies of the Rat Brain. In 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 19-23. Philadelphia, PA; 2004.
  • Beebe-Wang J, Vaska P, Dilmanian FA, Peggs SG, Schlyer DJ. Realistic Simulation of Proton Therapy Treatment Verification via PET Imaging Technique. In Ninth European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC'04), July 5-9, 2004. Lucerne, Switzerland; 2004.
  • Benveniste H, Fowler JS, Rooney W, Ding YS, Baumann A, Vaska P, Logan J, Gatley SJ, Izrailtyan I, Volkow N, Du C. Maternal and Fetal Brain 11C-Cocaine Uptake Measured in vivo by PET. In 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 19-23. Philadelphia, PA; 2004.
  • Huesman RH, Qia J, Samaras D, Wang Y, Yang L, Zhang W, Ferrieri R, Vaska P, Schlyer D. Direct List Mode Reconstruction for Motion Compensation. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 16-22, 2004. Rome, Italy; 2004.
  • Purschke ML, Junnarkar SS, Kandasamy A, O’Connor P, Pratte J-F, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S, Stoll SP, Vaska P, Villanueva A, Woody CL. PDAQ – a fast Data Acquisition System for the RatCAP Tomograph. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 16-22, 2004. Rome, Italy; 2004.
  • Rubins DJ, Vaska P, Alexoff DL, Logan J. Development of a Partial Volume Correction Method for MicroPET Studies of the Rat Brain. In 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 19-23. Philadelphia, PA; 2004.
  • Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Rooney W, Vaska P, Stoll SP. Development of a Simultaneous PET/MRI Scanner. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 16-22, 2004. Rome, Italy; 2004.
  • Shokouhi S, Vaska P, Schlyer D, Purschke M, Woody CL, Stoll S, Southekal S, Villanueva A. Statistical 3D Image Reconstruction for the RatCAP PET Tomograph using a physically accurate, Monte Carlo based System Matrix. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 16-22, 2004. Rome, Italy; 2004.
  • Vaska P, Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll S, Purschke M, Villanueva A, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, O’Connor P. An Improved Anger Detector Approach for PET with High Resolution and Sensitivity. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 16-22, 2004. Rome, Italy; 2004.
  • Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Ma Y, Fowler JS, Logan J, Vaska P, Ding YS, Gatley SJ, Wong C, Telang F. Effects of Expectation on Methylphenidate's Effects in the Brain of Non-Drug Abusing Subjects. In 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 19-23. Philadelphia, PA; 2004.
  • Woody CL, Boose S, DeGeronimo G, Fontaine R, Fowler J, Junnarkar SS, Kandasamy A, Kriplani A, Krishnamoorthy S, Lecomte R, Lenz W, O’Connor P, Page C, Pratte J-F, Purschke M, Radeka V, Rampil I, Rescia S, Robert S, Schlyer DJ, Shokouhi S, Southekal S, Stoll SP, Vaska P, Villanueva A, Volkow N, Wolniewicz K, Yu B. The RatCAP Conscious Small Animal Tomograph. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 16-22, 2004. Rome, Italy; 2004.
  • Fowler JS, Alia-Klein N, Kriplani A, Logan J, Craig IW, Williams B, Zhu W, Telang F, Goldstein RZ, Volkow ND, Vaska P, Wang G-J. Brain MAO A and MAO A Genotype in Healthy Male Subjects. In 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 19-23. Toronto, Canada; 2005.
  • Kriplani AM, Schlyer DJ, Villanueva A, Stoll SP, Vaska P, Woody CL, Shokouhi S. Noninvasive High-Resolution Detection of the Arterial and Venous Input Function Through a PET Wrist Scanner. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 24-29, 2005. Puerto Rico; 2005.
  • Krishnamoorthy S, Vaska P, Stoll S, Purschke M, Pratte J-F, Woody CL, O’Connor P. A Prototype Anger-type Detector for PET Using LSO and Large area APDs. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 24-29, 2005. Puerto Rico; 2005.
  • Purschke ML, Fontaine R, Junnarkar SS, Krishnamoorthy S, O’Connor P, Pratte J-F, Schlyer DJ, Stoll SP, Vaska P, Villanueva A, Woody CL. The Data Acquisition System of the RatCAP Conscious Small Animal PET Tomograph. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 24-29, 2005. Puerto Rico; 2005.
  • Rubins DJ, Alexoff DL, Vaska P. Evaluation of a Partial Volume Correction Method for microPET Studies of 11C-Raclopride in the Rat Brain. In Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference, March 18-23. Orlando, Florida; 2005.
  • Schlyer DJ, Woody C, Vaska P, Pratte J-F, Shokouhi S, Stoll S, Purschke M, Villanueva A, Southekal S, Junnarkar S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R, Kriplani A, Krishnamoorthy S. The RatCAP: Conscious Small Animal PET Tomograph. In 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 19-23. Toronto, Canada; 2005.
  • Vaska P, Bolotnikov AE, Carini G, Camarda GS, Pratte J-F, Dilmanian FA, James RB. Studies of CZT for PET Applications. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 24-29, 2005. Puerto Rico; 2005.
  • Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Radeka V, O’Connor P, Pratte J-F, Shokouhi S, Stoll SP, Junnarkar SS, Purschke M, Park S-J, Southekal S, Dzhordzhadze V, Schiffer W, Neill J, Murphy M, Aubele T, Kristiansen R, Villanueva A, Boose S, Kandasamy A, Yu B, Kriplani A, Krishnamoorthy S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. Initial Performance of the RatCAP, a PET Camera for Conscious Rat Brain Imaging. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 24-29, 2005. Puerto Rico; 2005.
  • Schlyer D, Woody C, Rooney W, Stoll S, Vaska P, Tomasi D, Pratte JF, Purschke M, Park SJ, Master Z: Preliminary studies of a simultaneous PET/MRI scanner based on the RatCAP small animal scanner. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Vaska P, Schlyer D, Woody C, Pratte JF, Park SJ, Junnarkar S, Southekal S, Purschke M, Stoll S, Schiffer W: Initial studies using RatCAP, a PET camera for conscious rat brain imaging. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Park S-J, Bolotnikov A, Carini G, Camarda G, Pratte J-F, James R, Dilmanian F,Vaska P: Investigation of a small animal PET using 3D position-sensitive CZT detectors with GATE simulation. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Lee D, Marsteller D, Schlyer D, Woody C, Vaska P, Fowler J, Schiffer W, Stephen D: Determining corticosterone levels in rats wearing a portable PET tomograph (RatCAP). 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Southekal S, Dilmanian A, Boronikolas V, Lee D, Schiffer W, Schlyer D, Purschke M, Woody C, Vaska P: System matrix attenuation correction for the RatCAP: A small animal 3D PET scanner. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Dewey S, Schiffer W, Patel V, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D, Lee D, Alexoff D, Fowler J: Small animal PET imaging of 11C-raclopride following uptake in awake and freely moving animals. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Kriplani A, Stoll S, Southekal S, Schlyer D, Vaska P, Pratte JF, Junnarkar S, Woody C: Characterizing a prototype PET wrist scanner for noninvasive estimation of arterial time activity curves. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Maramraju SH, Schlyer D, Stoll S, Woody C, Schiffer W, Lee D, Dewey S, Vaska P, Park SJ: LSO Beta microprobe for measurement of input functions in small animals. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, CA, June 3-7, 2006.
  • Woody C, Vaska P, Schlyer D, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Park S-J, Stoll S, Purschke M, Southekal S, Lee D, Schiffer W, Dewey S, Neill J, Kandasamy A, O’Connor P, Radeka V, Fontaine R, Lecomte R: Initial Studies Using the RatCAP Conscious Animal PET Tomograph. EuroMedIm, Marseille, France, May 9-12, 2006, 2006.
  • Woody C, Schlyer D, Vaska P, Tomasi D, Solis-Najera S, Rooney W, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Stoll S, Master Z, Purschke M, Park S-J, Southekal S, O’Connor P, Radeka V: Preliminary Studies of a Simultaneous PET/MRI Scanner Based on the RatCAP Small Animal Tomograph. EuroMedIm, Marseille, France, May 9-12, 2006, 2006.
  • Maramraju S, Stoll S, Woody C, Schlyer D, Schiffer W, Lee D, Dewey S, Vaska P: A LSO Beta Microprobe for Measuring Input Functions for Quantitative Small Animal PET. EuroMedIm, Marseille, France, May 9-12, 2006, 2006.
  • Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D, Radeka V, O’Connor P, Park S-J, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Purschke M, Southekal S, Stoll S, Schiffer W, Lee D, Neill J, Wharton D, Myers N, Wiley S, Kandasamy A, Fried J, Krishnamoorthy S, Kriplani A, Maramraju S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R: Performance Enhancement of the RatCAP Awake Rat Brain PET System. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Southekal SS, Purschke M, Park S-J, Junnarkar SS, Pratte J-F, Stoll SP, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Vaska P: Quantitative Image Reconstruction for the RatCAP PET Scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Schlyer D, Vaska P, Tomasi D, Woody C, Solis-Najera S, Southekal S, Rooney W, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Stoll S, Purschke M, Park S-J, Master Z, Maramraju S, Krishnamoorthy S, Kriplani A, Schiffer W, O’Connor P: Preliminary Studies of a Simultaneous PET/MRI Scanner Based on the RatCAP Small Animal Tomograph. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Purschke ML, Fontaine R, Fried J, Junnarkar SS, Krishnamoorthy S, O'Connor P, Park S-J, Pratte J-F, Schlyer DJ, Southekal S, Stoll SP, Vaska P, Woody CL: The Data Acquisition Software of the RatCAP Conscious Small Animal PET Tomograph. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Pratte J-F, Junnarkar SS, O'Connor P, Radeka V, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Kandasamy A, Stoll SP, Lecomte R, Fontaine R: Upgrade of the RatCAP Front-End ASIC. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Park S-J, Southekal S, Purschke M, Junnarkar SS, Pratte J-F, Radeka V, O'Connor P, Stoll SP, Lecomte R, Fontaine R, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P: Digital Coincidence Processing for the RatCAP Conscious Rat Brain PET Scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Maramraju S, Stoll S, Woody C, Schlyer D, Schiffer W, Lee D, Dewey S, Vaska P: A LSO Beta Microprobe for Measuring Input Functions for Quantitative Small Animal PET. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Lee DE, Schottlander D, Alexoff DL, Vaska P: Quantitative Comparison of Binding Potential Derived from Dynamic Rat Brain PET Images Using 3-D MAP and 2-D FBP Reconstruction. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll SP, Purschke M, Pratte J-F, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, O'Connor P, Vaska P: Noise Optimization and Monte Carlo Simulation of a PET Detector Based on Continuous LSO Crystal and Large-Area APDs. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Kriplani A, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P, Stoll SP, Southekal S, Park S-J, Woody CL, Junnarkar S, Pratte J-F: Non-Invasive and Selective Measurement of the Arterial Input Function Using a PET Wrist Scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Junnarkar SS, Fried J, O'Connor P, Radeka V, Vaska P, Purschke M, Tomasi D, Pratte J-F, Park S-J, Woody CL, Fontaine R, Southekal S: MRI Compatible G-Link and PCI Based Data Acquisition Hardware for the RatCAP Scanner IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006.
  • Junnarkar SS, Fried J, Southekal S, Pratte J-F, O’Connor P, Radeka V, Vaska P, Purschke M, Tomasi D, Woody C, Fontaine R: Next generation of real time data acquisition, calibration and control system for the RatCAP scanner. 15th IEEE NPSS Real Time Conference, Batavia, IL, Apr. 29 - May 4, 2007.
  • Xie JZ, Wang G-J, Jadvar H, Yow L, Vaska P, Ma Y, Humayun M, McMahon M: PET Assessment in Simulated Retinal Implant Tests. ARVO Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 6 - 10, 2007.
  • Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D, Radeka V, O’Connor P, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Purschke M, Southekal S, Stoll S, Neill J, Kaluhiokalani D, Lee D, Schiffer W, Fried J, Krishnamoorthy S, Kriplani A, Maramraju S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R: Imaging Performance of the 2nd Generation RatCAP PET Scanner. 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, Jun. 2-6, 2007. - talk
  • Kriplani A, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P, Southekal S, Stoll SP, Park S, Woody CL, Junnarkar S, Pratte JF: Measurement of the arterial input function using a non-invasive wrist scanner. 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, Jun. 2-6, 2007.
  • Schlyer D, Vaska P, Woody C, Tomasi D, Southekal S, Solis-Najera S, Stoll S, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Krishnamoothy S, Purschke M, Park S-J, Maramraju S-H: First Images from the BNL Simultaneous PET/MRI scanner. 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, Jun. 2-6, 2007.
  • Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D, Radeka V, O’Connor P, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Purschke M, S. Southekal, Stoll S, Schiffer W, Lee D, Fried J, Lenz W, Krishnamoorthy S, Kriplani A, Maramraju S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R: The Design and Performance of the 2nd-Generation RatCAP Awake Rat Brain PET System. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007. - talk
  • Vaska P, Vanier PE, Junnarkar S, Pratte J-F, Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll S: A Compact Scintillator-Based Coded Aperture Imager for Localizing Illicit Nuclear Materials. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007.
  • Vaska P, Bolotnikov A, O’Connor P, Cui Y-G, Pratte J-F, Dragone A, Fried J, Kim D-H, Krishnamoorthy S, Dilmanian FA, James RB: A Prototype CZT-Based PET Scanner for High Resolution Mouse Brain Imaging. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007.
  • Southekal SS, Purschke ML, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Vaska P: Optimization of MLEM image reconstruction for the RatCAP PET tomograph - An analysis of the statistical quality of the system response matrix. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007.
  • Schlyer D, Vaska P, Tomasi D, Woody C, Maramraju SH, Southekal S, Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Solis-Najera S, Krishnamoorthy S, Kriplani A, Stoll S: A Simultaneous PET/MRI Scanner Based on the RatCAP. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007.
  • Pratte J-F, Junnarkar S, Deptuch G, Fried J, O’Connor P, Radeka V, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D, Stoll S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R: The RatCAP Front-End ASIC. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007.
  • Kriplani A, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P, Woody CL, Stoll SP, Southekal S, Junnarkar S, Pratte JF: Feasibility studies for extracting an Input Function for Quantitative Positron Emission Tomography using a Wrist Scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007.
  • Junnarkar SS, Fried J, Southekal S, Pratte J-F, Maramraju S, O’Connor P, Radeka V, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D, Fontaine R: New Time to Digital Converter, Signal Processing, Data Acquisition, Calibration and Test hardware for RatCAP scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2007.
  • Schlyer D, Vaska P, Woody C, Schulz D, Junnarkar S, Southekal S, Maramraju S, Schiffer W, Alexoff D: Comparison of [11C]raclopride kinetics in awake and anesthesitized rats using the RatCAP Awake Rat Brain PET System. 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, June 14-18, 2008.
  • Maramraju S, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P, Woody C, Junnarkar S, Ravindranath B, Southekal S, Smith D, Tomasi D, Lenz W: Acquisition of simultaneous PET-MRI images based on RatCAP PET detector in the 9.4T MRI. 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, June 14-18, 2008.
  • Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Junnarkar S, Southekal S, Schulz D, Pratte J-F, Stoll S, Purschke M, Fried J, Schiffer W, Maramraju SH, Ravindranath B, Krishnamoorthy S, Radeka V, O'Connor P, Lecomte R, Fontaine R: Physical Performance and Quantitative Brain Imaging Studies Using the RatCAP Tomograph. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 29-25, 2008.
  • Vaska P, Pratte J-F, Dragone A, Fried J, Cui Y-G, DeGeronimo G, Kim D, Krishnamoorthy S, Bolotnikov A, O'Connor P, Dilmanian A, James RB: Initial Results from a Full-Ring PET Scanner for the Mouse Brain Using CZT Pixel Detectors. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 29-25, 2008. - talk
  • Southekal S, Vaska P: Estimating Random Coincidences from Singles Count Rates for Improved RatCAP Image Accuracy. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 29-25, 2008.
  • Ravindranath B, Maramraju SH, Junnarkar SS, Southekal SS, Stoll SP, Pratte J-F, Purschke ML, Hong X, Bennett D, Cheng K, Tomasi D, Smith DS, Krishnamoorthy S, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ: A Simultaneous PET/MRI Breast Scanner Based on the RatCAP. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 29-25, 2008.
  • Ravindranath B, Maramraju SH, Cheng K, Hong X, Jiang A, Tomasi D, Junnarkar S, Stoll S, Pratte JF, Smith D, Southekal S, Purschke M, Krishnamoorthy S, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: MRI Performance Evaluation of a Dedicated Breast PET/MRI Scanner based on the RatCAP. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 29-25, 2008.
  • Maramraju SH, Junnarkar SS, Ravindranath B, Southekal SS, Stoll SP, Smith DS, Lenz W, Pratte J-F, Purschke ML, Rescia S, Krishnamoorthy S, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ: An MR compatible PET scanner based on RatCAP for small animal imaging in 9.4T. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 29-25, 2008.
  • Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll S, Purschke M, Pratte J-F, Woody C, Yu B, O'Connor P, Schlyer D, Vaska P: Design and Performance of a Light-Sharing Detector for 3D Gamma-Ray Imaging. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 29-25, 2008.
  • Maramraju S, Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Tomasi D, Smith S, Southekal S, Stoll S, Rescia S, Pratte J-F, Bennet D, Purschke M, Hong X, Cheng K, Jiang A, Lenz W, Krishnamoorthy S, Woody C, Vaska P, Schlyer D: Simultaneous MRI/PET image acquisition from an MRI compatible Positron Emission Tomography system. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 17th Scientific Meeting, Honolulu, HI, April 18-24, 2009.
  • Schulz D, Southekal S, Schiffer W, Henn FA, Schlyer D, Vaska P: The RatCAP portable scanner: Towards PET imaging in behaving animals. International Behavioral Neuroscience Society 18th Annual Meeting, Nassau, Bahamas, June 9 – 14, 2009.
  • Vaska P, Kim DH, Southekal S, Pratte J-F, Fried J, Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll S, Bolotnikov A: Ultra-high resolution PET: a CZT-based scanner for the mouse brain. Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 13-17, 2009. - talk
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Maramraju SH, Southekal S, Purschke M, Stoll S, Tomasi D, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Initial results from the BNL dedicated simultaneous PET-MRI breast imaging system prototype. Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 13-17, 2009.
  • Schulz D, Southekal S, Junnarkar S, Maramraju SH, Schiffer W, Krishnamoorthy S, Purschke M, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: C-11 Raclopride kinetics in awake and anesthetized rats using the RatCAP Awake Rat Brain PET. Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 13-17, 2009.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar SS, Purschke ML, Maramraju SH, Southekal SS, Stoll SP, Pratte JF, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ: 3D tomographic wrist scanner for non-invasive determination of input function. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record 2009: 2917-2919.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar SS, Purschke ML, Maramraju SH, Hong X, Tomasi D, Bennett D, Cheng K, Southekal SS, Stoll SP, Pratte JF, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ: Results from prototype II of the BNL simultaneous PET-MRI dedicated breast scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record 2009: 3315-3317.
  • Vaska P, Kim D, Southekal S, Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll S, Fried J, Schulz D, Pratte J-F, Dragone A, Cui Y-G, DeGeronimo G, Bolotnikov A, Woody CL, O'Connor P: Performance of a Prototype Ultra-High Resolution PET Scanner Using CZT Pixel Detectors. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-31, 2009.
  • Southekal S, Schulz D, Schlyer D, Junnarkar S, Maramraju SH, Ravindranath B, Stoll S, Purschke M, Pratte J-F, Woody C, Vaska P: Quantitative Dynamic Neuroimaging with the RatCAP. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-31, 2009.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Rescia S, Junnarkar SS, Ravindranath B, Stoll S, Purschke M, Schulz D, Southekal SS, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ: Simultaneous acquisition of PET/MR images of small animals at 9.4 T. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-31, 2009.
  • Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll S, Purschke M, Woody CL, O'Connor P, Schlyer D,Vaska P: Investigation of 3D Event Positioning in a PET Detector with Continuous Scintillator and APDs. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-31, 2009.
  • Schulz D, Southekal S, Schiffer W, Henn FA, Schlyer D, Vaska P: PET Imaging in Behaving Animals with the RatCAP Tomograph. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 48th Annual Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, December 6-10, 2009.
  • Smith SD, Maramraju SH, Southekal S, Ravindranath B, Krishnamoorthy S, Purschke M, Junnarkar S, Rescia S, Schulz D, Woody C, Stoll S, Vaska P, Carrion J, Schlyer D, Benveniste H: Simultaneous acquisition of MRI and PET cardiac cine 3D images at 9.4 Tesla. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 21-24, 2010.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Purschke M, Stoll S, Ravindranath B, Rescia S, Junnarkar S, Schulz D, Southekal S, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: In vivo simultaneous MR/PET images of the rat brain and mouse heart at 9.4 tesla. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1-7, 2010.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Rescia S, Junnarkar S, Ravindranath B, Stoll S, Purschke M, Schulz D, Southekal S, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Simultaneous PET/MR imaging results of a rat brain and a mouse heart with an MRI compatible PET detector in a 9.4 T microMRI. MR-PET 2010, Juelich, Germany, May 10-11, 2010.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar SS, Purschke ML, Maramraju SH, Hong X, Tomasi D, Bennett D, Cheng K, Southekal SS, Stoll SP, Pratte J-F, Vaska P, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ: Results from Prototype II of the BNL Simultaneous PET-MRI Dedicated Breast Scanner. MR-PET 2010, Juelich, Germany, May 10-11, 2010.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Purschke M, Stoll S, Maramraju SH, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Human studies using a wrist scanner for non-invasive determination of the arterial input function. J Nucl Med, vol 51 (Supplement 2), 2010; 1422.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Purschke M, Hong X, Bennett D, Maramraju SH,Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Simultaneous PET-MRI results from the BNL dedicated breast imaging system prototype. J Nucl Med, vol 51 (Supplement 2), 2010; 410.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Stoll S, Schulz D, Purschke M, Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Simultaneous PET/MR imaging results of a rat brain and a mouse heart with an MRI compatible PET detector in a 9.4 T microMRI. J Nucl Med, vol 51 (Supplement 2), 2010; 168.
  • Stoll S, Krishnamoorthy S, Purschke M, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Vaska P: Exploring the limits of PET resolution with a monolithic scintillator detector. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record Knoxville, TN, 2010; 3210-3213.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Rescia S, Junnarkar S, Stoll S, Purschke M, Ravindranath B, Schulz D, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Simultaneous PET/MR Imaging and Electromagnetic Interference Studies in 9.4 T MRI. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, TN, Oct 30 - Nov 6, 2010.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Purschke ML, Stoll S, Maramraju SH, Hong X, Bennett D, Cheng K, Tomasi D, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Imaging Results of a Simultaneous PET-MRI Breast Scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, TN, Oct 30 - Nov 6, 2010.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Stoll S, Purschke ML, Maramraju SH, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Non-Invasive Determination of Input Function using Wrist PET Scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, TN, Oct 30 - Nov 6, 2010.
  • Junnarkar SS, Purschke ML, Woody C, Schlyer D, O'Connor P, Gualtieri E, Karp J, Vaska P: Modular Architecture for Future PET Detectors Based on the RatCAP Technology. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, TN, Oct 30 - Nov 6, 2010.
  • Krishnamoorthy S, Stoll S, Purschke M, Woody CL, Schlyer DJ, Vaska P: A Fully 3-D Maximum Likelihood Event Positioning Scheme with a Measured System Response in Continuous Scintillator Gamma-Ray Detectors. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, TN, Oct 30 - Nov 6, 2010.
  • Cui Y, Lall T, Bolotnikov A, Tsui B, Weisman K, Seo Y, Vaska P, Meinken G, Mahler G, O'Connor P, Geronimo GD, Camarda G, Hossain A, Kim KH, Yang G, James RB: Compact CZT-Based Gamma Camera for Prostate Cancer Imaging. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, TN, Oct 30 - Nov 6, 2010.
  • Schulz D, Southekal S, Henn FA, Schlyer D, Vaska P: Simultaneous assessment of D2 receptor occupancy and spontaneous behavioral activity using the RatCAP tomograph. Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Nov 13-17, 2010.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Stoll S, Schulz D, Rescia S, Junnarkar S, Purschke M, Ravindranath B, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Simultaneous PET/MRI: Evaluation of electromagnetic interactions and in vivo imaging in 9.4 T MRI. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, May 7-13, 2011.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Stoll S, Schulz D, Purschke M, Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Quantitative PET/MRI in rodents in a 9.4 T microMRI scanner using electromagnetic shielding. Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 4-8, 2011.
  • Ravindranath B, Junnarkar S, Purschke M, Stoll S, Hong X, Huang P-J, Maramraju SH, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Results from a simultaneous PET-MRI breast scanner. Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 4-8, 2011.
  • Volkow N, Tomasi D, Wang G-J, Vaska P, Fowler J, Telang F, Alexoff D, Logan J, Wong C: Effects of cell phone radiofrequency signal exposure on brain glucose metabolism. Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 4-8, 2011.
  • Vaska P, Purschke ML, Fried J, Junnarkar SS, Gualtieri E, Pickup S, Karp JS, Stoll S, Maramraju SH, Ravindranath B, Budassi M, Cao T, Pratte JF, O'Connor P, Schlyer D, Woody CL: An MRI-compatible PET insert for whole body studies in rodents at high functional and anatomical resolution. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 23-29, 2011.
  • Purschke ML, Budassi M, Cao T, Fried J, Gualtieri E, Junnarkar SS, Karp JS, Maramraju SH, O'Connor P, Pratte JF, Ravindranath B, Schlyer D, Stoll SP,Vaska P, Woody C: Readout technologies for the BNL-UPenn MRI-compatible PET scanner for rodents. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 23-29, 2011.
  • Maramraju SH, Smith SD, Rescia S, Stoll S, Budassi M, Bhadrecha P, Ravindranath B, Vaska P, Woody C, Schlyer D: Evaluation of cross-modality electromagnetic interactions in a shielded PET/MRI system. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 2011; 2500-2505.
  • Dokhale P, Robertson R, Stapels C, Cristian J, Kaul M, Surti S, Karp J, Vaska P, Shah K: Continuous LYSO-SSPM array based PET detectors for clinical and small volume imaging studies. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 2011; 2350-2354.
  • Cao T, Azmoun B, Purschke ML, Stoll S, Vaska P, Alexoff D, Rhoades-Brown A, Woody C: A Short Drift GEM Tracking Detector for Measuring Escaped Positrons in PET. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Anaheim, CA 2012; 2852-2855.
  • Budassi M, Stoll S, Purschke ML, Ravindranath B, Fried J, Cao T, Pratte J-F, O’Connor P, Babst B, Woody CL, Vaska P, Schlyer DJ: First Results from the BNL Plant Imaging System. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Anaheim, CA 2012; 3530-3532.
  • Budassi M, Purschke ML, Fried J, Cao T, Stoll S, Gualtieri E, Karp JS, O’Connor P, Schlyer DJ, Woody CL, Vaska P: First Results from the BNL/Penn PET-MRI System for Whole Body Rodent Imaging at 9.4T. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Anaheim, CA 2012; 2753-2755.