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• Recognition
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  In the News

  • DEC 12, 2019

    CT dose calculations can be both quick and accurate
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Precision Cardiac CT: Development of a Computational Platform for Optimizing Imaging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Sharma, Shobhit, Anuj Kapadia, Wanyi Fu, Ehsan Abadi, W Paul Segars, and Ehsan Samei. “A real-time Monte Carlo tool for individualized dose estimations in clinical CT.” Phys Med Biol 64, no. 21 (November 4, 2019): 215020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab467f.
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    • Hoye, Jocelyn, Shobhit Sharma, Yakun Zhang, Wanyi Fu, Francesco Ria, Anuj Kapadia, W Paul Segars, Joshua Wilson, and Ehsan Samei. “Organ doses from CT localizer radiographs: Development, validation, and application of a Monte Carlo estimation technique.” Med Phys 46, no. 11 (November 2019): 5262–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13781.
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    • Abadi, E., B. Harrawood, J. R. Rajagopal, S. Sharma, A. Kapadia, W. P. Segars, K. Stierstorfer, M. Sedlmair, E. Jones, and E. Samei. “Development of a scanner-specific simulation framework for photon-counting computed tomography.” Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express 5, no. 5 (August 9, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ab37e9.
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    • Abadi, Ehsan, Brian Harrawood, Shobhit Sharma, Anuj Kapadia, William P. Segars, and Ehsan Samei. “DukeSim: A Realistic, Rapid, and Scanner-Specific Simulation Framework in Computed Tomography.” Ieee Trans Med Imaging 38, no. 6 (June 2019): 1457–65. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2018.2886530.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Abadi, E., B. Harrawood, J. Rajagopal, S. Sharma, A. Kapadia, M. Sedlmair, J. C. Ramirez, K. Stierstorfer, W. P. Segars, and E. Samei. “A framework for realistic virtual clinical trials in photon counting computed tomography.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10948, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2512898.
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    • Abadi, E., W. P. Segars, B. Harrawood, S. Sharma, T. Sauer, A. Kapadia, and E. Samei. “Trade-off between spatial details and motion artifact in multi-detector CT: A virtual clinical trial with 4D textured human models.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10948, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2512891.
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    • Fu, W., S. Sharma, T. Smith, R. Hou, E. Abadi, V. Selvakumaran, R. Tang, et al. “Multi-organ segmentation in clinical-computed tomography for patient-specific image quality and dose metrology.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10948, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2512883.
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    • Sharma, S., E. Abadi, A. Kapadia, W. P. Segars, and E. Samei. “A comprehensive GPU-based framework for scatter estimation in single source, dual source, and photon-counting CT.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10948, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513198.
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    • Fenoli, J., S. Sharma, E. Abadi, P. Segars, E. Samei, and A. Kapadia. “Organ Dose Heterogeneity in Chest and Abdominopelvic CT Scans for a Population of Adult and Pediatric Phantoms: A Virtual Clinical Trial Study.” In Medical Physics, 45:E153–E153. WILEY, 2018.
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    • Sharma, S., E. Abadi, P. Segars, A. Kapadia, and E. Samei. “A Real-Time Monte-Carlo Simulation Technique for Dose and Scatter Estimation in Virtual Clinical Trials for CT Imaging.” In Medical Physics, 45:E689–E689. WILEY, 2018.
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    • Fu, W., W. P. Segars, E. Abadi, S. Sharma, A. J. Kapadia, and E. Samei. “From patient-informed to patient-specific organ dose estimation in clinical computed tomography.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10573, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294954.
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    • Sharma, S., A. Kapadia, E. Abadi, W. Fu, W. P. Segars, and E. Samei. “A rapid GPU-based Monte Carlo simulation tool for individualized dose estimations in CT.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10573, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294965.
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    • Fenoli, J., J. Hoye, S. Sharma, J. Spencer, B. Harrawood, P. Segars, E. Samei, and A. Kapadia. “Evaluation of Intra-Organ Dose Heterogeneity Using XCAT Phantoms.” In Medical Physics, Vol. 44. WILEY, 2017.
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• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • A comprehensive GPU-based framework for scatter estimation in single source, dual source, and photon-counting CT. SPIE Medical Imaging. February 2019  2019
  • A rapid GPU-based Monte Carlo simulation tool for individualized dose estimations in CT. SPIE Medical Imaging. February 2019  2019
  • How Much Does Low kV Imaging Increase Skin Radiation Dose in Contrast-Enhanced CT? - A Simulation Study on a Virtual Population of Patient Models. RSNA Annual Meeting. November 2018  2018
  • A Real-Time Monte-Carlo Simulation Technique for Dose and Scatter Estimation in Virtual Clinical Trials for CT Imaging. AAPM Annual Meeting. July 2018  2018

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