Prof. Habib Zaidi

Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland

Professor

Email: habib.zaidi@hcuge.ch

Qualifications

2000 Ph.D., Geneva University, Medical Physics

Publications

1. Zaidi H, Abdoli M, Llina-Fuentes CS and El Naqa I "Comparative methods for PET image segmentation in pharyngolaryngeal squamous cell carcinoma" Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Vol. 39, No 5. pp 881-991 (2012).
2. Xie T, Liu Q, and Zaidi H "Evaluation of S-values and dose distributions for ⁹⁰Y, ¹³¹I, ¹⁶⁶Ho and ¹⁸⁸Re in seven lobes of the rat liver" Med Phys Vol. 39, No. 3, pp 1462-1472 (2012).
3. Zaidi H, Ojha N, Morich M, Griesmer J, Hu Z, Maniawski P, Ratib O, Izquierdo D, Fayad Z, and Shao L "PET performance of the Ingenuity TF PET-MR: a whole body PET-MRI system" Phys Med Biol Vol. 56, No. 10, pp 3091-3106 (2011).
4. Zaidi H and Del Guerra A "An outlook on future designs of hybrid PET-MRI systems" Med Phys Vol. 38, No. 10, pp 5667–5689 (2011).
5. Arabi H, Kamali-Asl AR, Ay MR and Zaidi H "Novel detector design for reducing inter-cell x-ray cross-talk in the variable resolution x-ray CT scanner: A Monte Carlo study" Med Phys Vol. 38, No. 3, pp 1389-1396 (2011).
6. Gutierrez D and Zaidi H "Assessment of scatter for the micro-CT subsystem of the FLEX Triumph™ preclinical PET-CT scanner" Med Phys Vol. 38, No. 7, pp 4154-4165 (2011).
7. Prasad R, Ratib O and Zaidi H "NEMA NU-04-based performance characteristics of the LabPET-8™ small animal PET scanner"Phys Med Biol Vol. 56, No. 20, pp 6649–6664 (2011).
8. Abdoli M, de Jong JR, Pruim J, Dierckx RA, and Zaidi H "Reduction of artefacts caused by hip implants in CT-based attenuation corrected PET images using 2D interpolation of a virtual sinogram on an irregular grid" Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Vol. 38, No. 12, pp 2257–2268 (2011).
9. Ay MR, Mehranian A, Abdoli M, Ghafarian P and Zaidi H "Qualitative and quantitative assessment of metal artefacts arising from implantable cardiac pacing devices in oncological PET/CT studies: A phantom study" Mol Imaging Biol Vol. 13, No. 6,pp 1077–1087 (2011).
10. Prasad R, Ratib O and Zaidi H "Performance evaluation of the FLEX Triumph X-PET scanner using the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NU-04 standards" J Nucl Med Vol. 51, No. 10, pp 1608-1615 (2010).
11. Belhassen S and Zaidi H "A novel fuzzy C-means algorithm for unsupervised heterogeneous tumor quantification in PET"Med Phys Vol. 37, No. 3, pp 1309-1324 (2010).
12. Zaidi H and El Naqa I "PET-guided delineation of radiation therapy treatment volumes: A survey of image segmentation techniques" Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Vol. 37, No 11, pp 2165-2187 (2010).
13. Mehranian A, Ay MR, Riahi Alam N and Zaidi H "Quantifying the effect of anode surface roughness on diagnostic x-ray spectra using Monte Carlo simulation" Med Phys Vol. 37, No. 2, pp 742-752 (2010).
14. Akbarzadeh A, Ay MR, Ghadiri H, Sarkar S and Zaidi H "Measurement of scattered radiation in a volumetric 64-slice CT scanner using three experimental techniques", Phys Med Biol Vol. 55, No. 8, pp 2269-2280 (2010).
15. Abdoli M, Ay MR, Ahmadian A, Dierckx RA, and Zaidi H "Reduction of dental filling metallic artefacts in CT-based attenuation correction of PET data using weighted virtual sinograms optimized by a genetic algorithm" Med Phys Vol. 37, No. 12, pp6166-6177 (2010).
16. Zaidi H, Montandon ML and Alavi A "The clinical role of fusion imaging using PET, CT and MRI" Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am Vol. 18, No. 1, pp 133-149 (2010).
17. Vees H, Senthamizhchelvan S, Miralbell R, Weber DC, Ratib O and Zaidi H "Assessment of various strategies for delineation of target volumes in ¹⁸F-FET PET studies of high-grade glioma patients" Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Vol. 36, No. 2, pp 182-193 (2009).
18. Rahmim A, Tang J and Zaidi H "Four-dimensional (4-D) image reconstruction strategies in dynamic PET: beyond conventional independent frame reconstruction" Med Phys Vol. 36, No. 8, pp 3654-3670 (2009).
19. Zaidi H, Vees H and Wissmeyer M "Molecular PET/CT imaging-guided radiation therapy treatment planning" Acad Radiol Vol. 16, No. 9, pp 1108-1133 (2009).

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