Publications
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Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. G. Shechter, J.R. Resar, E.R. McVeigh. "Displacement and velocity of the coronary arteries: Cardiac and respiratory motion," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 25(3):369-375, 2006.

  2. G. Shechter, B. Shechter, J.R. Resar, and R. Beyar. "Prospective motion correction of x-ray images for coronary interventions," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Special Issue on Vascular Imaging, 24(4):441-450, Apr 2005.

  3. G. Shechter, J.R. Resar, and E.R. McVeigh. "Rest period duration of the coronary arteries: Implications for magnetic resonance coronary angiography," Medical Physics, 32(1):255-262, Jan 2005.

  4. A.M. Williams, M. Solaiyappan, H.K. Pannu, D. Bluemke, G. Shechter, and J.P. Gearhart. "3-Dimensional magnetic resonance imaging modeling of the pelvic floor musculature in classic bladder exstrophy before pelvic osteotomy," Journal of Urology, 172(4):1702-1705, Oct 2004.

  5. G. Shechter, C. Ozturk, J.R. Resar, and E.R. McVeigh. "Respiratory motion of the heart from free breathing coronary angiograms," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 23(8):1046-1056, Aug 2004.

  6. G. Shechter, F. Devernay, E. Coste-Maniere, A. Quyyumi, and E.R. McVeigh. "Three-dimensional motion tracking of coronary arteries in biplane cineangiograms," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 22(4):493-503, Apr 2003.

Publications at International Meetings with a Review Committee

  1. L.F. Gutierrez, G. Shechter, D. Stanton, S. Dalal, D. Elgort, R.M. Manzke, R. Chan, L. Zagorchev. "Multimodality image guidance system integrating X-ray fluoroscopy and ultrasound image streams with electromagnetic tracking," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, Feb 2007.

  2. E.B. Shen, G. Shechter, J. Kruecker, D. Stanton. "Quantification of AC electromagnetic tracking system accuracy in a CT scanner environment," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, Feb 2007.

  3. Q. Duan, G. Shechter, L.F. Gutierrez, D. Stanton, L. Zagorchev, A. Laine, D. Elgort. "Augmenting CT cardiac roadmaps with segmented streaming ultrasound," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, Feb 2007.

  4. G. Shechter, E.B. Shen, D. Stanton. "Measuring and modeling metal artifacts of a CT table on AC electromagnetic tracking system accuracy," in Proceedings of the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery Conference, Osaka, Japan, June 2006.

  5. R.M. Manzke, R. Chan, G. Shechter, S. Sokka, Z.J. Malchano V. Reddy, V. Rasche. "Integration of real-time X-ray fluoroscopy, rotational X-ray imaging and real-time catheter tracking for improved navigation in interventional cardiac electrophysiology procedures," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, Feb 2006.

  6. G. Shechter, J.R. Resar, E.R. McVeigh. "MR coronary angiography: Know thy rest periods," in Proceedings of the 13th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine," Miami, FL, May 2005.

  7. D. Yerushalmi, O. Faris, F. Evans, A. Dick, G. Shechter, E.R. McVeigh. "3D registration of endocardial basket electrodes with epicardial sock electrodes using multiple x-ray views," in Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology," Kauai, HI, Apr 2005.

  8. L.F. Gutierrez, G. Shechter, R.J. Lederman, E.R. McVeigh, and C. Ozturk. "Distortion correction, calibration, and registration: Towards an integrated MR and X-ray interventional suite," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, Feb 2005.

  9. G. Shechter, B. Shechter, J.R. Resar, and R. Beyar. "Prospective motion correction of x-ray images for coronary interventions," in Proceedings of the 6th International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology: Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology, Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec 2004.     (poster)

  10. L.F. Gutierrez, G. Shechter, R.J. Lederman, E.R. McVeigh, and C. Ozturk. "Fiducial based registration of MR and X-ray images for MRI-guided catheter interventions," in Proceedings of the Fifth Interventional MRI Symposium, Cambridge, MA, Oct 2004.     (poster)

  11. L.F. Gutierrez and G. Shechter. "Six degrees of Nobelity," in Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 2004.    (poster) (IEEE Spectrum news)

  12. G. Shechter, J.R. Resar, and E.R. McVeigh. "Translational motion correction nearly doubles the rest period of the coronary arteries during tidal breathing," in Proceedings of the 12th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, May 2004.

  13. G. Shechter, C. Ozturk, J.R. Resar, and E.R. McVeigh. "Respiratory motion of the heart: Translation, rigid body, affine, or more?" in Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Barcelona, Spain, Feb 2004.

  14. G. Shechter, C. Ozturk, J.R. Resar, and E.R. McVeigh. "Free breathing respiratory motion of the heart measured from x-ray coronary angiograms," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, vol. 5369, Feb 2004.
    **Winner of the Michael B. Merickel Best Student Paper Award, 2nd place.**

  15. G. Shechter and E.R. McVeigh. "MR motion correction of 3D affine deformations," in Proceedings of the 11th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, ON, July 2003.

  16. G. Shechter and E.R. McVeigh. "Computer models of vascular trees from biplane angiograms," in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Interventional Radiology, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar 2003.

  17. R.B. Thompson, V.K. Raman, A.J. Dick, G. Shechter, R.S. Balaban, and E.R. McVeigh. "Measurement of skeletal muscle perfusion in normal volunteers during reactive hyperemia: Validation of Gadolinium enhanced method using arterial blood flow techniques," in Proceedings of the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Lake Buena Vista, FL, p. 298, Feb 2003.

  18. G. Shechter, F. Devernay, E. Coste-Maniere, and E.R. McVeigh. "Temporal tracking of 3D coronary arteries in projection angiograms," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, vol. 4684, pp. 612-623, Feb 2002.

  19. M. Stone, D. Dick, A.S. Douglas, G Shechter, C. Ozturk, and M. Guttman. "Extracting tongue muscle contraction patterns from tagged MRI," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109(5):2446A, Chicago, IL, Jun 2001.

  20. J.M. Declerck, C. Ozturk, L.F. Gutierrez, G. Shechter, and E.R. McVeigh. "Combined analysis of ventricular and atrial motion using MRI," in Proceedings of the 9th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Apr 2001.

  21. H.K. Huszar, C. Ozturk, G. Shechter, H. Halperin, and A.C. Lardo. "Three-dimensional tracking of chest wall deformation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using tagged MRI," in Proceedings of the 9th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Apr 2001.

  22. C. Ozturk, G. Shechter, and E.R. McVeigh. "Analysis of paced canine atrial motion using MRI," in Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, IL, Jul 2000.

  23. I. Simon, M. Solaiyappan, A.M. Williams, G. Shechter, P. Landis, J.E. Metter, and A.W. Partin. "Age-related changes in prostate shape and orientation are related to lower urinary tract symptoms," in Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Atlanta, GA, Apr 2000.

  24. G. Shechter and E.R. McVeigh. "Automatic registration of precomputed anatomical templates for rapid 3D segmentation," in Proceedings of the 8th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Denver, CO, Apr 2000.

  25. C. Ozturk, L.F. Gutierrez, J.M. Declerck, G. Shechter, and E.R. McVeigh. "Analysis of atrial motion using magnetic resonance imaging," in Proceedings of the 49th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology, Anaheim, CA, Mar 2000.

  26. G. Shechter, C. Ozturk, and E.R. McVeigh. "Interactive four-dimensional segmentation of multiple image sets," in Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, vol. 3976, pp. 165-173, Feb 2000.

  27. G. Shechter, J.M. Declerck, C. Ozturk, and E.R. McVeigh. "Fast template based segmentation of cine cardiac MR," in Proceedings of the 7th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, May 1999.


PhD Thesis

Abstract published in Medical Physics 31(6):1647, June 2004.
 
Respiratory Motion of the Heart: Implications for Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography
Chapter 1: Introduction, 130 kB
Chapter 2: MR motion correction of 3D affine deformations, 208 kB
Chapter 3: Reconstructing 3D arterial trees from X-ray angiograms, 2.5 MB
Chapter 4: Motion tracking of arteries in biplane cineangiograms, 840 kB
Chapter 5: Respiratory motion of the heart from free breathing coronary angiograms, 930 kB
Chapter 6: Cardiac and respiratory motion of the coronary arteries, 417 kB
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