TY  - JOUR
A1  - Weckesser, Martin
A1  - Grießmeier, Martin
A1  - Schmidt, Daniela
A1  - Sonnenberg, Frank
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Kemna, Lars
A1  - Holschbach, Marcus
A1  - Langen, Karl-J.
A1  - Müller-Gärtner, Hans-W.
T1  - Iodine-123 α-methyl tyrosine single-photon emission tomography of cerebral gliomas: standardised evaluation of tumour uptake and extent
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
N2  - Single-photon emission tomography (SPET) with the amino acid analogue l-3-[123I]iodo-α-methyl tyrosine (IMT) is helpful in the diagnosis and monitoring of cerebral gliomas. Radiolabelled amino acids seem to reflect tumour infiltration more specifically than conventional methods like magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. Automatic tumour delineation based on maximal tumour uptake may cause an overestimation of mean tumour uptake and an underestimation of tumour extension in tumours with circumscribed peaks. The aim of this study was to develop a program for tumour delineation and calculation of mean tumour uptake which takes into account the mean background activity and is thus optimised to the problem of tumour definition in IMT SPET. Using the frequency distribution of pixel intensities of the tomograms a program was developed which automatically detects a reference brain region and draws an isocontour region around the tumour taking into account mean brain radioactivity. Tumour area and tumour/brain ratios were calculated. A three-compartment phantom was simulated to test the program. The program was applied to IMT SPET studies of 20 patients with cerebral gliomas and was compared to the results of manual analysis by three different investigators. Activity ratios and chamber extension of the phantom were correctly calculated by the automatic analysis. A method based on image maxima alone failed to determine chamber extension correctly. Manual region of interest analysis in patient studies resulted in a mean inter-observer standard deviation of 8.7%±6.1% (range 2.7%–25.0%). The mean value of the results of the manual analysis showed a significant correlation to the results of the automatic analysis (r = 0.91, P<0.0001 for the uptake ratio; r = 0.87, P<0.0001 for the tumour area). We conclude that the algorithm proposed simplifies the calculation of uptake ratios and may be used for observer-independent evaluation of IMT SPET studies. Three-dimensional tumour recognition and transfer to co-registered morphological images based on this program may be useful for the planning of surgical and radiation treatment.
Y1  - 1998
SN  - 1619-7089
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
SP  - 150
EP  - 156
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Kleines, H.
A1  - Erken, I.
A1  - Knoben, J.
A1  - Zwoll, K.
ED  - Lehmann, Thomas
T1  - IME-DV Projekt: M-FIRBe, Multi-Modality Functional Imaging for Brain Research
JF  - Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin : Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 3-86073-519-5
N1  - Proceedings des Aachener Workshops am 8. u. 9. November 1996 ; WG_005 Arbeitsgruppenvorstellungen
SP  - 363
EP  - 366
PB  - Verl. der. Augustinus-Buchh.
CY  - Aachen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kleines, H.
A1  - Erki, I.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Zwoll, K.
ED  - Lehmann, Thomas
T1  - ATM- und Multimedia Pilotsystem im Rahmen des Projektes M-FIBRe Aufbau und Erfahrungen
JF  - Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin : Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 3-86073-519-5
N1  - Proceedings des Aachener Workshops am 8. u. 9. November 1996 ; PP_001 Posterpräsentation
SP  - 241
EP  - 248
PB  - Verl. der. Augustinus-Buchh.
CY  - Aachen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Erki, I.
A1  - Kleines, H.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Zwoll, K.
ED  - Lehmann, Thomas
T1  - Interaktives System zur Darstellung funktionaler Bilddaten
JF  - Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin : Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 3-86073-519-5
N1  - Proceedings des Aachener Workshops am 8. u. 9. November 1996 ; PP_002 Posterpräsentation
SP  - 249
EP  - 254
PB  - Verl. der. Augustinus-Buchh.
CY  - Aachen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Langen, Karl J.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Kiwit, Jürgen C. W.
A1  - Herzog, Hans
A1  - Kuwert, Torsten
A1  - Bock, Wolfgang
A1  - Stöcklin, Gerhard
A1  - Feinendegen, Ludwig E.
A1  - Müller-Gärtner, Hans-W.
T1  - 3-[123I]iodo-α-methyltyrosine and [methyl-11C]-L-methionine uptake in cerebral gliomas: a compara-tive study using SPECT and PET
JF  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 0161-5505
VL  - 38
IS  - 4
SP  - 517
EP  - 522
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Weckesser, Matthias
A1  - Hufnagel, Andreas
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Grießmeier, Martin
A1  - Sonnenberg, Frank
A1  - Hackländer, Thomas
A1  - Langen, Karl-J.
A1  - Holschbach, Markus
A1  - Elger, Christian E.
A1  - Müller-Gärtner, Hans-W.
T1  - Effect of partial volume correction on muscarinic cholinergic receptor imaging with single-photon emission tomography in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
N2  - Animal experiments and preliminary results in humans have indicated alterations of hippocampal muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) in temporal lobe epilepsy. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy often present with a reduction in hippocampal volume. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of hippocampal atrophy on the quantification of mAChR with single photon emission tomography (SPET) in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Cerebral uptake of the muscarinic cholinergic antagonist [123I]4-iododexetimide (IDex) was investigated by SPET in patients suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy of unilateral (n=6) or predominantly unilateral (n=1) onset. Regions of interest were drawn on co-registered magnetic resonance images. Hippocampal volume was determined in these regions and was used to correct the SPET results for partial volume effects. A ratio of hippocampal IDex binding on the affected side to that on the unaffected side was used to detect changes in muscarinic cholinergic receptor density. Before partial volume correction a decrease in hippocampal IDex binding on the focus side was found in each patient. After partial volume no convincing differences remained. Our results indicate that the reduction in hippocampal IDex binding in patients with epilepsy is due to a decrease in hippocampal volume rather than to a decrease in receptor concentration.
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 1619-7089
VL  - 24
IS  - 9
SP  - 1156
EP  - 1161
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schmidt, Daniela
A1  - Langen, Karl-J.
A1  - Herzog, Hans
A1  - Wirths, Jochen
A1  - Holschbach, Markus
A1  - Kiwit, Jürgen C. W.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Coenen, Heinz-H.
A1  - Müller-Gärtner, Hans-W.
T1  - Whole-body kinetics and dosimetry of L-3[123I]-iodo-α-methyltyrosine
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 1619-7089
VL  - 24
IS  - 9
SP  - 1162
EP  - 1166
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grießmeier, M.
A1  - Sonnenberg, F.
A1  - Weckesser, M.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Langen, K.-J.
A1  - Müller-Gärtner, H. W.
T1  - Improvement of SPECT quantification in small brain structures by using experiment based recovery-coefficient corrections
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Y1  - 1996
SN  - 1619-7089
N1  - Abstracts ; PSu827
VL  - 23
IS  - 9
SP  - 1238
EP  - 1238
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Boecker, Henning
A1  - Kuwert, Torsten
A1  - Langen, Karl-J.
A1  - Lange, Herwig W.
A1  - Czech, Norbert
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Herzog, Hans
A1  - Shikare, Shekar
A1  - Weindl, Anton
A1  - Feinendegen, Ludwig E.
T1  - SPECT with HMPAO compared to PET with FDG in Huntington disease
JF  - Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
Y1  - 1994
SN  - 1532-3145
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
SP  - 542
EP  - 548
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - A measurement of the ratio of the nucleon structure function in copper and deuterium
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
N2  - Results are presented on the ratios of the nucleon structure function in copper to deuterium from two separate experiments. The data confirm that the nucleon structure function,F 2, is different for bound nucleons than for the quasi-free ones in the deuteron. The redistribution in the fraction of the nucleon's momentum carried by quarks is investigated and it is found that the data are compatible with no integral loss of quark momenta due to nuclear effects.
Y1  - 1993
SN  - 1431-5858
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 57
IS  - 2
SP  - 211
EP  - 218
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Muoproduction of J/ψ and the gluon distribution of the nucleon
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
N2  - Measurements are presented of the inclusive distributions of the J/Ψ meson produced by muons of energy 200 GeV from an ammonia target. The gluon distribution of the nucleon has been derived from the data in the range 0.04<x<0.36 using a technique based on the colour singlet model. An arbitrary normalisation factor is required to obtain a reasonable integral of the gluon distribution. Some comments are made on the use of J/Ψ productionby virtual photons to extract the gluon distribution at HERA.
Y1  - 1992
SN  - 1431-5858
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
SP  - 21
EP  - 28
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Herzog, H.
A1  - Bosetti, P.
A1  - Feinendegen, L. E.
T1  - Iterative image reconstruction with weighted pixel contribution to projection elements
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Y1  - 1992
SN  - 1619-7089
N1  - Abstracts of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress 23–26 August 1992 Lisboa, Portugal ; V143-2
VL  - 19
IS  - 8
SP  - 588
EP  - 588
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Comparison of forward hadrons produced in muon interactions on nuclear targets and deuterium
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
N2  - Differential multiplicities of forward produced hadrons in deep inelastic muon scattering on nuclear targets have been compared with those from deuterium. The ratios are observed to increase towards unity as the virtual photon energy increases with no significant dependence on the other muon kinematic variables. The hadron transverse momentum distribution is observed to be broadened in nuclear targets. The dependence on the remaining hadron variables is investigated and the results are discussed in the framework of intranuclear interaction models and in the context of the EMC effect.
Y1  - 1991
SN  - 1431-5858
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 52
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Herzog, H.
A1  - Feinendegen, L. E.
T1  - Iterative image reconstruction with weighted pixel contribution to projection element
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Y1  - 1990
SN  - 1619-7089
N1  - Abstracts of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress ; V52
VL  - 16
IS  - 7
SP  - 403
EP  - 403
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - An investigation of the spin structure of the proton in deep inelastic scattering of polarised muons and polarised protons
JF  - Nuclear Physics B
N2  - The spin asymmetry in deep inelastic scattering of longitudinally polarised muons by longitudinally polarised protons has been measured in the range 0.01<×<0.7. The spin dependent structure function g1(x) for the proton has been determined and, combining the data with earlier SLAC measurements, its integral over x found to be 0.126±0.010(stat.)±0.015(syst.), in disagreement with the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule. Assuming the validity of the Biorken sum rule, this result implies a significant negative value for the integral of g1 for the neutron. These integrals lead to the conclusion, in the naïve quark parton model, that the total quark spin constitutes a rather small fraction of the spin of the nucleon. Results are also presented on the asymmetries in inclusive hadron production which are consistent with the above picture.
Y1  - 1989
SN  - 0550-3213
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 328
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 35
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - A measurement of the spin asymmetry of the structure function g1 in deep inelastic muon-proton scattering
JF  - Physics Letters B
N2  - The spin asymmetry in deep inelastic scattering of longitudinally polarised muons by longitudinally polarised protons has been measured over a large x range (0.01<x<0.7). The spin-dependent structure function g1(x) for the proton has been determined and its integral over x found to be 0.114±0.012±0.026, in disagreement with the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule. Assuming the validity of the Bjorken sum rule, this result implies a significant negative value for the integral of g1 for the neutron. These values for the integrals of g1 lead to the conclusion that the total quark spin constitutes a rather small fraction of the spin of the nucleon.
Y1  - 1988
SN  - 0370-2693
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 206
IS  - 2
SP  - 364
EP  - 370
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Berghoff, G.
A1  - Lanske, D.
A1  - Schultze, K.
T1  - Strangeness production in deep inelastic muon-nucleon scattering
JF  - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Y1  - 1988
SN  - 0420-0195
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
SP  - T309
EP  - T309
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Berghoff, G.
A1  - Lanske, D.
A1  - Schultze, K.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Jets and QCD-effects in muon-nuclean scattering
JF  - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Y1  - 1988
SN  - 0420-0195
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Jet production and fragmentation properties in deep inelastic muon scattering
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C :  Particles and Fields
Y1  - 1987
SN  - 0170-9739
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 36
IS  - 4
SP  - 527
EP  - 543
ER  -