Scholars@Duke

• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Advancement and Effective Implementation of Dose and Risk Monitoring Systems awarded by GE Healthcare 2014 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Solomon, Justin, Lukas Ebner, Andreas Christe, Alan Peters, Jaro Munz, Laura Löbelenz, Jeremias Klaus, Taylor Richards, Ehsan Samei, and Justus E. Roos. “Minimum perceivable size difference: how well can radiologists visually detect a change in lung nodule size from CT images?” Eur Radiol, September 30, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-07326-2.
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    • Euler, Andre, Justin Solomon, Paul F. FitzGerald, Ehsan Samei, and Rendon C. Nelson. “Can Realistic Liver Tissue Surrogates Accurately Quantify the Impact of Reduced-kV Imaging on Attenuation and Contrast of Parenchyma and Lesions?” Acad Radiol 26, no. 5 (May 2019): 640–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2018.08.008.
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    • Euler, André, Justin Solomon, Maciej A. Mazurowski, Ehsan Samei, and Rendon C. Nelson. “How accurate and precise are CT based measurements of iodine concentration? A comparison of the minimum detectable concentration difference among single source and dual source dual energy CT in a phantom study.” Eur Radiol 29, no. 4 (April 2019): 2069–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5736-0.
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    • Robins, Marthony, Justin Solomon, Lynne M Hurwitz Koweek, Jared Christensen, and Ehsan Samei. “Validation of lesion simulations in clinical CT data for anonymized chest and abdominal CT databases.” Med Phys 46, no. 4 (April 2019): 1931–37. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13412.
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    • Euler, André, Justin Solomon, Alfredo E. Farjat, Rendon C. Nelson, Ehsan Samei, and Daniele Marin. “High-Pitch Wide-Coverage Fast-Kilovoltage-Switching Dual-Energy CT: Impact of Pitch on Noise, Spatial Resolution, and Iodine Quantification in a Phantom Study.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 212, no. 3 (March 2019): W64–72. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.18.19851.
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    • Hoye, Jocelyn, Justin Solomon, Thomas J. Sauer, Marthony Robins, and Ehsan Samei. “Systematic analysis of bias and variability of morphologic features for lung lesions in computed tomography.” Journal of Medical Imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) 6, no. 1 (January 2019): 013504. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jmi.6.1.013504.
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    • Robins, Marthony, Justin Solomon, Taylor Richards, and Ehsan Samei. “3D task-transfer function representation of the signal transfer properties of low-contrast lesions in FBP- and iterative-reconstructed CT.” Med Phys 45, no. 11 (November 2018): 4977–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13205.
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    • Smith, Taylor Brunton, Geoffrey D. Rubin, Justin Solomon, Brian Harrawood, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, and Ehsan Samei. “Local complexity metrics to quantify the effect of anatomical noise on detectability of lung nodules in chest CT imaging.” J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 5, no. 4 (October 2018): 045502. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.4.045502.
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    • Ba, Alexandre, Craig K. Abbey, Jongduk Baek, Minah Han, Ramona W. Bouwman, Christiana Balta, Jovan Brankov, et al. “Inter-laboratory comparison of channelized hotelling observer computation.” Med Phys 45, no. 7 (July 2018): 3019–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.12940.
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    • Robins, Marthony, Justin Solomon, Jocelyn Hoye, Taylor Smith, Yuese Zheng, Lukas Ebner, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, and Ehsan Samei. “Interchangeability between real and three-dimensional simulated lung tumors in computed tomography: an interalgorithm volumetry study.” J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 5, no. 3 (July 2018): 035504. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.3.035504.
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    • Smith, Taylor Brunton, Justin Solomon, and Ehsan Samei. “Estimating detectability index in vivo: development and validation of an automated methodology.” J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 5, no. 3 (July 2018): 031403. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.3.031403.
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    • Euler, André, Justin Solomon, Daniele Marin, Rendon C. Nelson, and Ehsan Samei. “A Third-Generation Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction Technique: Phantom Study of Image Noise, Spatial Resolution, Lesion Detectability, and Dose Reduction Potential.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 210, no. 6 (June 2018): 1301–8. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.17.19102.
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    • Fu, Wanyi, Daniele Marin, Juan Carlos Ramirez-Giraldo, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Justin Solomon, Christoph Schabel, Bhavik N. Patel, and Ehsan Samei. “Optimizing window settings for improved presentation of virtual monoenergetic images in dual-energy computed tomography.” Med Phys 44, no. 11 (November 2017): 5686–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.12501.
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    • Solomon, Justin, Daniele Marin, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Bhavik Patel, and Ehsan Samei. “Effect of Radiation Dose Reduction and Reconstruction Algorithm on Image Noise, Contrast, Resolution, and Detectability of Subtle Hypoattenuating Liver Lesions at Multidetector CT: Filtered Back Projection versus a Commercial Model-based Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm.” Radiology 284, no. 3 (September 2017): 777–87. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2017161736.
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    • Robins, Marthony, Justin Solomon, Pooyan Sahbaee, Martin Sedlmair, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Aria Pezeshk, Berkman Sahiner, and Ehsan Samei. “Techniques for virtual lung nodule insertion: volumetric and morphometric comparison of projection-based and image-based methods for quantitative CT.” Phys Med Biol 62, no. 18 (August 22, 2017): 7280–99. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aa83f8.
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    • Bellini, Davide, Juan Carlos Ramirez-Giraldo, Alex Bibbey, Justin Solomon, Lynne M. Hurwitz, Alfredo Farjat, Achille Mileto, Ehsan Samei, and Daniele Marin. “Dual-Source Single-Energy Multidetector CT Used to Obtain Multiple Radiation Exposure Levels within the Same Patient: Phantom Development and Clinical Validation.” Radiology 283, no. 2 (May 2017): 526–37. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2016161233.
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    • Solomon, Justin, Alexandre Ba, François Bochud, and Ehsan Samei. “Comparison of low-contrast detectability between two CT reconstruction algorithms using voxel-based 3D printed textured phantoms.” Med Phys 43, no. 12 (December 2016): 6497. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4967478.
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    • Kiarashi, Nooshin, Loren W. Nolte, Joseph Y. Lo, W Paul Segars, Sujata V. Ghate, Justin B. Solomon, and Ehsan Samei. “Impact of breast structure on lesion detection in breast tomosynthesis, a simulation study.” J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 3, no. 3 (July 2016): 035504. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.3.3.035504.
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    • Solomon, Justin, and Ehsan Samei. “Correlation between human detection accuracy and observer model-based image quality metrics in computed tomography.” J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 3, no. 3 (July 2016): 035506. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.3.3.035506.
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    • Solomon, Justin, Achille Mileto, Rendon C. Nelson, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, and Ehsan Samei. “Quantitative Features of Liver Lesions, Lung Nodules, and Renal Stones at Multi-Detector Row CT Examinations: Dependency on Radiation Dose and Reconstruction Algorithm.” Radiology 279, no. 1 (April 2016): 185–94. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2015150892.
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    • Solomon, Justin, Joshua Wilson, and Ehsan Samei. “Characteristic image quality of a third generation dual-source MDCT scanner: Noise, resolution, and detectability.” Med Phys 42, no. 8 (August 2015): 4941–53. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4923172.
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    • Solomon, Justin, Achille Mileto, Juan Carlos Ramirez-Giraldo, and Ehsan Samei. “Diagnostic Performance of an Advanced Modeled Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm for Low-Contrast Detectability with a Third-Generation Dual-Source Multidetector CT Scanner: Potential for Radiation Dose Reduction in a Multireader Study.” Radiology 275, no. 3 (June 2015): 735–45. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.15142005.
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    • Chen, Baiyu, Juan Carlos Ramirez Giraldo, Justin Solomon, and Ehsan Samei. “Evaluating iterative reconstruction performance in computed tomography.” Med Phys 41, no. 12 (December 2014): 121913. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4901670.
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    • Solomon, Justin, and Ehsan Samei. “A generic framework to simulate realistic lung, liver and renal pathologies in CT imaging.” Phys Med Biol 59, no. 21 (November 7, 2014): 6637–57. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/59/21/6637.
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    • Solomon, Justin, and Ehsan Samei. “Quantum noise properties of CT images with anatomical textured backgrounds across reconstruction algorithms: FBP and SAFIRE.” Med Phys 41, no. 9 (September 2014): 091908. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4893497.
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    • Solomon, J., F. Bochud, and E. Samei. “Design of anthropomorphic Textured phantoms for CT performance evaluation.” Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie 9033 (January 1, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043555.
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    • Christianson, O., J. Winslow, J. Solomon, and E. Samei. “WE-C-103-06: An Automated CT Quality Control Program.” Med Phys 40, no. 6Part29 (June 2013): 481. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4815555.
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    • Solomon, Justin B., Xiang Li, and Ehsan Samei. “Relating noise to image quality indicators in CT examinations with tube current modulation.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 200, no. 3 (March 2013): 592–600. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.12.8580.
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    • Solomon, Justin B., Olav Christianson, and Ehsan Samei. “Quantitative comparison of noise texture across CT scanners from different manufacturers.” Med Phys 39, no. 10 (October 2012): 6048–55. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4752209.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Ding, Aiping, F. Ria, yakun Zhang, justin Solomon, and E. Samei. “A Data-Centric Strategy for Developing CT Dose and Noise Reference Levels from Clinical Patient Populations,” 2018.
    • Hoye, J., J. B. Solomon, T. Sauer, M. Robins, and E. Samei. “Bias and variability in morphology features of lung lesions across CT imaging conditions.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10573, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293545.
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    • Robins, M., J. Solomon, J. Hoye, E. Abadi, D. Marin, and E. Samei. “How reliable are texture measurements?” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10573, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294591.
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    • Robins, M., J. Solomon, and E. Samei. “Can a 3D task transfer function accurately represent the signal transfer properties of low-contrast lesions in non-linear CT systems?” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10573, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294588.
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    • Rossman, A., M. Catenacci, A. M. Li, T. J. Sauer, J. Solomon, M. E. Gehm, B. J. Wiley, E. Samei, and J. Y. Lo. “3D printed anthropomorphic physical phantom for mammography and DBT with high contrast custom materials, lesions, and uniform chest wall region.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10573, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294519.
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    • Sauer, T. J., E. Abadi, J. Solomon, J. M. Hoye, and E. Samei. “Realistic lesion simulation: Application of hyperelastic deformation to lesion-local environment in lung CT.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10573, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294962.
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    • Davis, Joseph, F. Ria, Ehsan Samei, Justin Solomon, and Frush Donald. “Quantifying quality: correlation phantom and clinical scan CT noise levels to contruct a Quality Reference Level,” 2017.
    • Ria, F., J. T. Davis, J. B. Solomon, J. M. Wilson, D. P. Frush, and E. Samei. “From DRL to NRL: A First Step Toward Quality-Based Reference Level.” In Medical Physics, 6:3315–3315. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2017.
    • Robins, M., J. Solomon, J. Hoye, T. Smith, L. Ebner, and E. Samei. “Inter-algorithm lesion volumetry comparison of real and 3D simulated lung lesions in CT.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10132, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254219.
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    • Smith, T. B., J. Solomon, and E. Samei. “In-vivo detectability index: Development and validation of an automated methodology.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10132, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2255411.
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    • Solomon, J., G. Rubin, T. Smith, B. Harrawood, K. R. Choudhury, and E. Samei. “Development of local complexity metrics to quantify the effect of anatomical noise on detectability of lung nodules in chest CT imaging.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10136, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254044.
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    • Zhao, C., J. Solomon, G. M. Sturgeon, M. E. Gehm, M. Catenacci, B. J. Wiley, E. Samei, and J. Y. Lo. “Third generation anthropomorphic physical phantom for mammography and DBT: Incorporating voxelized 3D printing and uniform chest wall QC region.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10132, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256091.
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    • Zheng, Y., J. Solomon, K. Choudhury, D. Marin, and E. Samei. “Accuracy and variability of texture-based radiomics features of lung lesions across CT imaging conditions.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10132, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2255806.
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    • Becchetti, M. F., J. B. Solomon, W. P. Segars, and E. Samei. “Synthesized interstitial lung texture for use in anthropomorphic computational phantoms.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9783, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217135.
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    • Robins, M., J. Solomon, P. Sahbaee, and E. Samei. “Development and comparison of projection and image space 3D nodule insertion techniques.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9783, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216930.
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    • Sahbaee, P., M. Robins, J. Solomon, and E. Samei. “Development of a Hausdorff distance based 3D quantification technique to evaluate the CT imaging system impact on depiction of lesion morphology.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9783, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216503.
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    • Sikaria, D., S. Musinsky, G. M. Sturgeon, J. Solomon, A. Diao, M. E. Gehm, E. Samei, S. J. Glick, and J. Y. Lo. “Second generation anthropomorphic physical phantom for mammography and DBT: Incorporating voxelized 3D printing and inkjet printing of iodinated lesion inserts.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9783, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217667.
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    • Solomon, J., A. Ba, A. Diao, J. Lo, E. Bier, F. Bochud, M. Gehm, and E. Samei. “Design, fabrication, and implementation of voxel-based 3D printed textured phantoms for task-based image quality assessment in CT.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9783, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217463.
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    • Solomon, J., A. Mileto, J. C. Ramirez-Giraldo, and E. Samei. “A multireader diagnostic performance study of low-contrast detectability on a third-generation dual-source CT scanner: Filtered back projection versus advanced modeled iterative reconstruction.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9416, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081647.
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    • Solomon, J., and E. Samei. “What observer models best reflect low-contrast detectability in CT?” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9416, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081655.
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    • Solomon, J., and E. Samei. “Are uniform phantoms sufficient to characterize the performance of iterative reconstruction in CT?” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 8668, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008378.
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    • Solomon, J., R. Nelson, and E. Samei. “TU‐C‐103‐01: A Framework for 3D Modeling of Anthropomorphic Lesions in CT.” In Medical Physics, 40:436, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4815390.
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    • Li, X., E. Samei, J. Solomon, and D. Frush. “Defining Performance-Based, Size-Specific, Optimized Protocols for Pediatric CT.” In Medical Physics, 39:4014–15, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4736376.
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    • Solomon, J., O. Christianson, and E. Samei. “Quantitative Comparison of Noise Texture Across CT Scanners From Different Vendors.” In Medical Physics, 39:4016–4016, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4736381.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • MEDPHY 530: Modern Medical Diagnostic Imaging System 2020
  • MEDPHY 530: Modern Medical Diagnostic Imaging System 2019
  • MEDPHY 782: Advanced Practicum for Clinical Development in Medical Physics 2019

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