Publications
2024
D. Lee, X. Zhan, W. Y. Tai, W. Zbijewski, K. Taguchi, et al. "Improving model–data mismatch for photon-counting detector model using global and local model parameters." Medical Physics, 51.2 (2024): 964-977.
S. Subramanian, W. P. Segars, T. Y. Lee, A. V. Faria, D. Lee, et al. “A CT system-free approach for brain perfusion assessment: temporal perfusion index estimation.” Medical Imaging 2024: Physics of Medical Imaging. Vol. 12925. SPIE, 2024.
W. Y. Tai, D. Lee, X. Zhan, K. Taguchi, and W. Zbijewski, “Impact of bowtie scatter on iodine quantification in photon-counting CT”. Will be presented at: Radiological Society of North America 2024 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Dec. 1–5, 2024, Chicago, IL.
H. Jo, D. Lee, and S. Cho. “Image up-sampling method for dual-radiation nondestructive cargo inspection system.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2024): 169541.
2023
D. Lee, et al. "Photon-count detector model using local parameters for pixel-to-pixel deviations." Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging. Vol. 12463. SPIE, 2023. (Oral presentation)
W. Y. Tai, D. Lee, et al. "Effects of bowtie scatter on material decomposition in photon-counting CT." Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging. Vol. 12463. SPIE, 2023. (Oral presentation)
S. Subramanian, D. Lee, A. V. Faria, M. Unberath, W. P. Segars, and K. Taguchi, “Brain Perfusion CT without a CT system”. Presented at: Radiological Society of North America 2023 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nov. 26–Nov. 30, 2023, Chicago, IL.
W. Y. Tai, D. Lee, X. Zhan, K. Taguchi, and W. Zbijewski, “Fast Monte Carlo scatter correction in Photon-Counting CT”. Presented at: Radiological Society of North America 2023 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nov. 26–Nov. 30, 2023, Chicago, IL.
D. Lee, X. Zhan, W. Y. Tai, W. Zbijewski, and K. Taguchi “Advanced Photon-Counting Detector Simulator with a Count-Rate-Dependent Mapping Operator and a Pixel-to-Pixel Variation Generator” 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD). IEEE, 2023.
S. Subramanian, D. Lee, A. V. Faria, W. P. Segars, M. Unberath and K. Taguchi, "Brain tissue perfusion assessment without using a CT system," 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2023.
S. Yun, U. Jeong, D. Lee, et al. "Image quality improvement in bowtie-filter-equipped cone-beam CT using a dual-domain neural network." Medical Physics, 50.12 (2023): 7498-7512.
2022
D. Lee, S. Yun, J. Soh, S. Lim, H. Kim, and S. Cho, "A Generalized Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (G-SART) for Dual-Energy X-ray Computed Tomography." J Xray Sci Technol. 30(3):549-566.(2022); doi: 10.3233/XST-211054.
W. Y. Tai, D. Lee, X. Zhan, K. Taguchi, and W. Zbijewski, "Impact of scatter on material decomposition accuracy in Photon-Counting CT". Presented at: Radiological Society of North America 2022 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nov. 27–Dec. 1, 2022, Chicago, IL.
S. Yun, U. Jeong, D. Lee, et al. "Dual-domain network with transfer learning for reducing bowtie-filter induced artifacts in half-fan cone-beam CT." 7th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography. Vol. 12304. SPIE, 2022.
2021
D. Lee and S. Cho, “Learned energy-flexible algorithm using joint sparsity for dual-energy CT: a preliminary study." 16th Virtual International Meeting on Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021.
S. Yun, D. Lee, H. Kim, R. Pua, S. Cho, and S. Cho, "Efficient prior image generation for normalized sinogram surgery with the beam-hardening correction." 16th Virtual International Meeting on Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021.
2020
D. Lee, H. Jo, S. Shim, J. Kim, K. Oh, B. Lee, N. Lee, and S. Cho, "Effective noise reduction algorithm for material decomposition in dual-energy X-ray inspection." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 968 (2020): 163930.
S. Cho, S. Lee, J. Lee, D. Lee, et al. "A novel low-dose dual-energy imaging method for a fast-rotating gantry-type CT scanner." IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 40.3 (2020): 1007-1020.
D. Lee, H. Jo, and S. Cho, "Single-scan dual-energy CT image reconstruction via normalized gradient magnitude image (NGMI) regularization." 6th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography. CT-meeting, 2020.
2019
H. Kim, D. Lee, et al. "Improvement of the bonding properties of mineral trioxide aggregate by elastin-like polypeptide supplementation." Scanning 2019 (2019).
2018
D. Lee, J. Lee, J. Min, B. Lee, B. Lee, K. Oh, J. Kim, and S. Cho "Efficient material decomposition method for dual-energy X-ray cargo inspection system." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 884 (2018): 105-112.
K. Oh, J. Kim, S. Kim, M. Chae, D. Lee, et al. "Evaluation and optimization of an image acquisition system for dual-energy cargo inspections." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 65.9 (2018): 2657-2661.
D. Lee, J. Soh, S. Lim, and S. Cho, "A Beam-Hardening Correction Method Based on a Discrete Spectral Attenuation Model in X-ray Microcomputed Tomography." IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. IEEE NSS/MIC, 2018.
2017
D. Lee, J. Lee, H. Kim, T. Lee, J. Soh, M. Park, C. Kim, Y. J. Lee and S. Cho, "A feasibility study of low-dose single-scan dual-energy cone-beam CT in many-view under-sampling framework." IEEE transactions on medical imaging 36.12 (2017): 2578-2587.
D. Lee, J. Soh, T. Kwon, T. Lee, S. Wi, J. Lee, and S. Cho, "Low-dose cone-beam CT reconstruction with moving beam blockers for dual-energy CT." JKMP. KSMP, JSMP, 2017.
Honors and Awards
Awarded for exceptional contributions as a reviewer by the Journal of Radiation Protection and Research in 2024 (Jan. 2025)
Selected as the featured paper in the February 2024 issue of Medical Physics–Paper title: "Improving model–data mismatch for photon-counting detector model using global and local model parameters" (Mar. 2024)
2023 IEEE MSS MIC RTSD Trainee Grant (Nov. 2023)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Nurturing Next-generation Researchers) granted by National Research Foundation of Korea (~$33,000) (Sep. 2022)
5th place in the "Deep Learning for Inverse Problems: Spectral Computed Tomography Image Reconstruction (DL-spectral CT)" competition, as recognized by the AAPM (Aug. 2022)
Best Oral Presentation Award, Korean Society of Medical Physics, (Apr. 2021)
Doctoral Student Fellowship granted by National Research Foundation of Korea (~$16,000), (Jun. 2020)
Best Paper Award, Korea Society of Radiation Industry, (Nov. 2018)
Korean Nuclear Society Scholarship, (May. 2018)