Publications

  1. Shunhavanich P, Ferrero A, McCollough CH, Hsieh SS. A Generalizable Framework for Kidney Stone Composition Characterization Using Dual-Energy CT. Acad Radiol. 2024 Nov 4 Epub 2024 Nov 04
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  2. Hsieh SS, Rajbhandary PL. Existence, uniqueness, and efficiency of numerically unbiased attenuation pathlength estimators for photon counting detectors at low count rates. Med Phys. 2024 Sep 17 Epub 2024 Sept 17
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  3. Lee W, Wagner F, Galdran A, Shi Y, Xia W, Wang G, Mou X, Ahamed MA, Imran AAZ, Oh JE, Kim K, Baek JT, Lee D, Hong B, Tempelman P, Lyu D, Kuiper A, van Blokland L, Calisto MB, Hsieh S, Han M, Baek J, Maier A, Wang A, Gold GE, Choi JH. Low-dose computed tomography perceptual image quality assessment. Med Image Anal. 2024 Sep 6; 99:103343 Epub 2024 Sept 06
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  4. Hsieh SS, Holmes Iii DR, Carter RE, Tan N, Inoue A, Yalon M, Gong H, Sudhir Pillai P, Leng S, Yu L, Fidler JL, Cook DA, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Peripheral liver metastases are more frequently missed than central metastases in contrast-enhanced CT: insights from a 25-reader performance study. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2024 Aug 20 [Epub ahead of print]
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  5. Zhou Z, Gong H, Hsieh S, McCollough CH, Yu L. Image quality evaluation in deep-learning-based CT noise reduction using virtual imaging trial methods: Contrast-dependent spatial resolution. Med Phys. 2024 Aug; 51 (8):5399-5413 Epub 2024 Mar 31
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  6. Shunhavanich P, Mei K, Shapira N, Stayman JW, McCollough CH, Gang G, Leng S, Geagan M, Yu L, Noel PB, Hsieh SS. 3D printed phantom with 12 000 submillimeter lesions to improve efficiency in CT detectability assessment. Med Phys. 2024 May; 51 (5):3265-3274 Epub 2024 Apr 08
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  7. Hsieh SS, Taguchi K. Spectral information content of Compton scattering events in silicon photon counting detectors. Med Phys. 2024 Apr; 51 (4):2386-2397 Epub 2024 Feb 14
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  8. Hsieh SS. Possible improvements in effective fill factor using X-ray fluorescent interpixel reflectors. Med Phys. 2024 Mar; 51 (3):1617-1625 Epub 2024 Jan 23
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  9. Hsieh SS, Inoue A, Yalon M, Cook DA, Gong H, Sudhir Pillai P, Johnson MP, Fidler JL, Leng S, Yu L, Carter RE, Holmes DR 3rd, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Targeted Training Reduces Search Errors but Not Classification Errors for Hepatic Metastasis Detection at Contrast-Enhanced CT. Acad Radiol. 2024 Feb; 31 (2):448-456 Epub 2023 Aug 09
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  10. Shaker K, Shi L, Hsieh S, Swaby A, Abbaszadeh S, Wang AS. Synthesizing High-Resolution Dual-Energy Radiographs from Coronary Artery Calcium CT Images. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2024 Feb; 12925 Epub 2024 Apr 01
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  11. Taguchi K, Hsieh SS. Direct energy binning for photon counting detectors: Simulation study. Med Phys. 2024 Jan; 51 (1):70-79 Epub 2023 Nov 27
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  12. Chang S, Ren L, Tang S, Marsh JF Jr, Hsieh S, McCollough CH, Leng S. Technical note: Exploring the detectability of coronary calcification using ultra-high-resolution photon-counting-detector CT. Med Phys. 2023 Nov; 50 (11):6836-6843 Epub 2023 Aug 31
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  13. Ali R, Brevett T, Zhuang L, Bendjador H, Podkowa AS, Hsieh SS, Simson W, Sanabria SJ, Herickhoff CD, Dahl JJ. Aberration correction in diagnostic ultrasound: A review of the prior field and current directions. Z Med Phys. 2023 Aug; 33 (3):267-291 Epub 2023 Feb 26
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  14. Sudhir Pillai P, Hsieh SS, Vercnocke AJ, Potretzke AM, Koo K, McCollough CH, Ferrero A. In Vivo Prediction of Kidney Stone Fragility Using Radiomics-Based Regression Models. J Endourol. 2023 Apr; 37 (4):443-452 Epub 2022 Dec 16
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  15. Hsieh SS, Cook DA, Inoue A, Gong H, Sudhir Pillai P, Johnson MP, Leng S, Yu L, Fidler JL, Holmes DR 3rd, Carter RE, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Understanding Reader Variability: A 25-Radiologist Study on Liver Metastasis Detection at CT. Radiology. 2023 Feb; 306 (2):e220266 Epub 2022 Oct 04
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  16. Hsieh SS, Budoff MJ. Estimating the accuracy of dual energy chest radiography for coronary calcium detection with lateral or anteroposterior orientations. Med Phys. 2022 Sep; 49 (9):5763-5772 Epub 2022 July 22
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  17. Pillai PS, Holmes DR 3rd, Carter R, Inoue A, Cook DA, Karwoski R, Fidler JL, Fletcher JG, Leng S, Yu L, McCollough CH, Hsieh SS. Individualized and generalized models for predicting observer performance on liver metastasis detection using CT. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2022 Sep; 9 (5):055501 Epub 2022 Sept 13
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  18. Hsieh SS, Leng S, Yu L, Huber NR, McCollough CH. A minimum SNR criterion for computed tomography object detection in the projection domain. Med Phys. 2022 Aug; 49 (8):4988-4998 Epub 2022 July 10
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  19. Hsieh SS, Ng LW, Cao M, Lee P. A simulated comparison of lung tumor target verification using stereoscopic tomosynthesis or radiography. Med Phys. 2022 May; 49 (5):3041-3052 Epub 2022 Mar 30
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  20. Gong H, Hsieh SS, Holmes DR 3rd, Cook DA, Inoue A, Bartlett DJ, Baffour F, Takahashi H, Leng S, Yu L, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. An interactive eye-tracking system for measuring radiologists' visual fixations in volumetric CT images: Implementation and initial eye-tracking accuracy validation. Med Phys. 2021 Nov; 48 (11):6710-6723 Epub 2021 Oct 06
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  21. Hsieh SS, Iniewski K. Improving digital charge sharing compensation in photon counting detectors with a low-threshold comparator. Med Phys. 2021 Oct; 48 (10):5819-5829 Epub 2021 Aug 25
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  22. Gong H, Ren L, Hsieh SS, McCollough CH, Yu L. Deep learning enabled ultra-fast-pitch acquisition in clinical X-ray computed tomography. Med Phys. 2021 Oct; 48 (10):5712-5726 Epub 2021 Aug 30
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  23. Ahn SJ, Zhang D, Levine BD, Dalbeth N, Pool B, Ranganath VK, Benhaim P, Nelson SD, Hsieh SS, FitzGerald JD. Limitations of dual-energy CT in the detection of monosodium urate deposition in dense liquid tophi and calcified tophi. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Aug; 50 (8):1667-1675 Epub 2021 Feb 02
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  24. Hsieh SS, Leng S, Rajendran K, Tao S, McCollough CH. Photon Counting CT: Clinical Applications and Future Developments. IEEE Trans Radiat Plasma Med Sci. 2021 Jul; 5 (4):441-452 Epub 2020 Aug 28
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  25. Omigbodun A, Vaishnav JY, Hsieh SS. Rapid measurement of the low contrast detectability of CT scanners. Med Phys. 2021 Mar; 48 (3):1054-1063 Epub 2021 Jan 13
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  26. Hsieh SS, Iniewski K. Improving Paralysis Compensation in Photon Counting Detectors. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2021 Jan; 40 (1):3-11 Epub 2020 Dec 29
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  27. Hsieh SS, Hoffman JM, Noo F. Accelerating iterative coordinate descent using a stored system matrix. Medical Physics. 2020; 46(12):e801-e809.
  28. Shunhavanich P, Bennett NR, Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. Implementation of a piecewise-linear dynamic attenuator. Journal of Medical Imaging. 2020; 6(2):023502.
  29. Hasse K, Hsieh SS, O’Connell D, Stiehl B, Min Y, Neylon J, Santhanam AP. Systematic feasibility analysis of performing elastography using reduced dose CT lung image pairs Medical Physics. 2020.
  30. Omigbodun AO, Noo F, McNitt-Gray M, Hsu W, Hsieh SS. The effects of physics-based data augmentation on the generalizability of deep neural networks: Demonstration on nodule false-positive reduction. Med Phys. 2019 Oct; 46 (10):4563-4574 Epub 2019 Aug 27
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  31. Hsieh SS. Coincidence counters for charge sharing compensation in spectroscopic photon counting detectors. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2019 Aug 8 Epub 2019 Aug 08
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  32. Shunhavanich P, Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. Fluid-filled dynamic bowtie filter: Description and comparison with other modulators. Med Phys. 2019 Jan; 46 (1):127-139 Epub 2018 Nov 29
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  33. Choi S, Lee S, Kang YN, Hsieh SS, & Kim HJ. Four-dimensional digital tomosynthesis image reconstruction using brute force-based adaptive total variation (BF-ATV) in a prototype LINAC system. Physics in Medicine and Biology.. 2019.
  34. Rajbhandary PL, Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. Effect of Spectral Degradation and Spatio-Energy Correlation in X-Ray PCD for Imaging. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2018 Aug; 37 (8):1910-1919 Epub 2018 May 08
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  35. Hsieh SS, Sjolin M. Digital count summing vs analog charge summing for photon counting detectors: A performance simulation study. Med Phys. 2018 Jul 20 Epub 2018 July 20
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  36. Jakovljevic M, Hsieh S, Ali R, Chau Loo Kung G, Hyun D, Dahl JJ. Local speed of sound estimation in tissue using pulse-echo ultrasound: Model-based approach. J Acoust Soc Am. 2018 Jul; 144 (1):254
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  37. Hoffman JM, Noo F, Young S, Hsieh SS, McNitt-Gray M. Technical Note: FreeCT_ICD: An open-source implementation of a model-based iterative reconstruction method using coordinate descent optimization for CT imaging investigations. Med Phys. 2018 Jun 1 Epub 2018 June 01
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  38. Hsieh SS, Rajbhandary PL, Pelc NJ. Spectral resolution and high-flux capability tradeoffs in CdTe detectors for clinical CT. Med Phys. 2018 Apr; 45 (4):1433-1443 Epub 2018 Mar 01
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  39. Hsieh SS, Ng LW. Real-time tomosynthesis for radiation therapy guidance. Med Phys. 2017 Nov; 44 (11):5584-5595 Epub 2017 Sept 22
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  40. Rajbhandary PL, Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. Segmented targeted least squares estimator for material decomposition in multibin photon-counting detectors. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2017 Apr; 4 (2):023503 Epub 2017 May 18
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  41. Hsieh S. Estimating scatter in cone beam CT with striped ratio grids: A preliminary investigation. Med Phys. 2016 Sep; 43 (9):5084
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  42. Hsieh SS, Peng MV, May CA, Shunhavanich P, Fleischmann D, Pelc NJ. A prototype piecewise-linear dynamic attenuator. Phys Med Biol. 2016 Jul 7; 61 (13):4974-88 Epub 2016 June 10
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  43. Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. Improving pulse detection in multibin photon-counting detectors. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2016 Apr; 3 (2):023505 Epub 2016 June 01
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  44. Hsieh SS, Chesler DA, Fleischmann D, Pelc NJ. A limit on dose reduction possible with CT reconstruction algorithms without prior knowledge of the scan subject. Med Phys. 2016 Mar; 43 (3):1361-8
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  45. De Man R, Wang G, Kalra M, Otrakji A, Hsieh S. Upper-bound on Dose Reduction in CT Reconstruction for Nodule Detection. IEEE Access4. 2016.
  46. Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. A dynamic attenuator improves spectral imaging with energy-discriminating, photon counting detectors. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2015 Mar; 34 (3):729-39 Epub 2014 Sept 25
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  47. Lenox MW, Wiskin J, Lewis MA, Darrouzet S, Borup D, Hsieh S. Imaging Performance of Quantitative Transmission Ultrasound. Int J Biomed Imaging. 2015; 2015:454028 Epub 2015 Oct 28
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  48. Hsieh SS, Nett BE, Cao G, Pelc NJ. An algorithm to estimate the object support in truncated images. Med Phys. 2014 Jul; 41 (7):071908
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  49. Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. The piecewise-linear dynamic attenuator reduces the impact of count rate loss with photon-counting detectors. Phys Med Biol. 2014 Jun 7; 59 (11):2829-47 Epub 2014 May 13
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  50. Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. Control algorithms for dynamic attenuators. Med Phys. 2014 Jun; 41 (6):061907
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  51. Hsieh SS, Fleischmann D, Pelc NJ. Dose reduction using a dynamic, piecewise-linear attenuator. Med Phys. 2014 Feb; 41 (2):021910
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  52. Hsieh SS, Heanue JA, Funk T, Hinshaw WS, Wilfley BP, Solomon EG, Pelc NJ. The feasibility of an inverse geometry CT system with stationary source arrays. Med Phys. 2013 Mar; 40 (3):031904
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  53. Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. The feasibility of a piecewise-linear dynamic bowtie filter. Med Phys. 2013 Mar; 40 (3):031910
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  54. Liu F, Wang G, Cong W, Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. Dynamic bowtie for fan-beam CT. J Xray Sci Technol. 2013; 21 (4):579-90
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  55. Wang AS, Hsieh SS, Pelc NJ. A review of dual energy CT: Principles, applications, and future outlook. CT Theory and Applications (Chinese). 2012.
  56. Bushmaker AW, Deshpande VV, Hsieh S, Bockrath MW, Cronin SB. Large modulations in the intensity of Raman-scattered light from pristine carbon nanotubes. Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Aug 7; 103 (6):067401 Epub 2009 Aug 05
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  57. Bushmaker AW, Deshpande VV, Hsieh S, Bockrath MW, Cronin SB. Gate voltage controllable non-equilibrium and non-ohmic behavior in suspended carbon nanotubes. Nano Lett. 2009 Aug; 9 (8):2862-6
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  58. Deshpande VV, Hsieh S, Bushmaker AW, Bockrath M, Cronin SB. Spatially resolved temperature measurements of electrically heated carbon nanotubes. Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Mar 13; 102 (10):105501 Epub 2009 Mar 09
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  59. Bushmaker AW, Deshpande VV, Hsieh S, Bockrath MW, Cronin SB. Direct observation of Born-Oppenheimer approximation breakdown in carbon nanotubes. Nano Lett. 2009 Feb; 9 (2):607-11
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  60. Hsieh S, Cohen JG, Metchev S, Djorgovski SG, Malkan M. Integrated-light Two Micron All Sky Survey Infrared Photometry of Galactic Globular Clusters The Astronomical Journal. 2006.