Search for dissertations about: "Habib Zaidi"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Habib Zaidi.

  2. 1. Imaging Islets of Langerhans by Positron Emission Tomography : Quantification of Beta-Cell Mass in the Native Pancreas and the Islet Graft

    Author : Olof Eriksson; Anders Sundin; Olle Korsgren; Bengt Långström; Bo Nilsson; Håkan Ahlström; Habib Zaidi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Positron Emission Tomography; [18F]FDG; dihydrotetrabenazine; Islet transplantation; IBMIR; beta-cell mass; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus are a growing health problem throughout the world. There is an increasing  need for methodologies, which are both reliable and non-invasive to measure the amount of insulin-producing tissue (Beta-cell mass, or BCM), as well as rapidly quantify changes in the BCM due to the onset of disease, beta-cell replacement therapy, or other treatments. READ MORE

  4. 2. Novel Approaches for Application of Principal Component Analysis on Dynamic PET Images for Improvement of Image Quality and Clinical Diagnosis

    Author : Pasha Razifar; Ewert Bengtsson; Mats Bergström; Harald Schneider; Habib Zaidi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bildanalys; Dynamic PET; Noise Correlation; PCA; Image Quality; Slice-Wise; Pixel-Wise; Masked-Volume-Wise; Pre-normalization; Bildanalys; Image analysis; Bildanalys;

    Abstract : Positron Emission Tomography, PET, can be used for dynamic studies in humans. In such studies a selected part of the body, often the whole brain, is imaged repeatedly after administration of a radiolabelled tracer. READ MORE