Articles by F. Ben Bouallègue

             Dr. Fayçal Ben Bouallègue passed away on that sad Monday, May 13, 2019, leaving the entire Department of Nuclear Medicine at Montpellier University Hospital in a state of shock and dismay. He had been a University Hospital Assistant for two years and was set to be appointed MCU-PH in September. Fayçal Ben Bouallègue had joined the nuclear medicine team at the Montpellier University Hospital during his master’s internship in mathematics. He never left, going on to pursue a thesis in mathematics applied to positron emission tomography, then enrolling in the School of Medicine to complete a full course of study leading to his residency in nuclear medicine and his position as an assistant professor. Everyone who had the joy and honor of knowing him and working with him will tell you what an extraordinary individual he was. Extraordinary not only for his dazzling intelligence, Fayçal Ben Bouallègue was also remarkable for his sensitivity toward others and his thoughtfulness, which gave him an indefinable charm and made him an essential part of the harmony within a team into which he had so naturally integrated. Deeply involved in the development of our field across its many facets (cardiology, neurology, oncology, imaging, and more), Fayçal Ben Bouallègue had also become a teacher who was rightly appreciated and loved by his students, as well as a meticulous nuclear medicine physician, deeply concerned for the patients entrusted to his care. Finally, he was a well-rounded humanist, a talented music lover, an artist in his spare time, and someone who could not help but take an interest in all things human. His untimely passing is an immense loss for our university-hospital discipline, for the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Montpellier University Hospital, for all those who knew him, and for his closest friends and family. May he rest in peace, surrounded by the righteous.

Scientific publications by Fayçal Ben Bouallègue.

            The articles are listed in chronological order, starting with the most recent publications.

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• PEER-REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

Periostin and sclerostin levels in individuals with spinal cord injury and their relationship to bone mass, bone turnover, fractures, and osteoporosis status. L Maïmoun, F Ben Bouallègue, A Gelis, S Aouinti, T Mura, P Philibert, JC Souberbielle, M Piketty, P Garnero, D Mariano-Goulart, C Fattal.*Bone*, 2019.

Imaging of Intra-arterial Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison of MELD Score Variations Between Radioembolization and Chemoembolization.J Delicque, M Hermida, L Piron, C Allimant, A Belgour, GP Pageaux, F Ben Bouallègue, E Assenat, D Mariano-Goulart, B Guiu, C Cassinotto.Diagn Interventional Imaging. 2019.

Analysis of Differences Between 99mTc-MAA SPECT and 90Y-Microsphere PET-Based Dosimetry for Selective Internal Radiation Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. M. Kafrouni, C. Allimant, M. Fourcade, S. Vauclin, B. Guiu, D. Mariano-Goulart, F. Ben Bouallègue. EJNM MI Res 2019

The Effect of Excessive Fat Tissue on Bone Mineral Density Measurements by Dual-X-ray Absorptiometry: The Impact of Substantial Weight Loss Following Sleeve Gastrectomy. L. Maïmoun, Mariano-Goulart, A. Jaussent, P. Lefebvre, M.C. Picot, K. Mahadea, V. Boudousq, C. Fouillade, D. Nocca, F. Ben Bouallègue.*Clin Physiol Funct Imaging*, 2019

Assessment of Left Ventricular Function Using Gated^{First-Pass 18F-FDG}PET: Validation Against Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography.F Ben Bouallègue, L Maïmoun, F Kucharczak, P Le Fur, F Vauchot, B Hay, E Rondet, D Mariano-Goulart.Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2019.

Diagnostic Performance^{of 18F-FDG}PET-CT for Assessing Large-Vessel Involvement in Patients with Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis and Negative Temporal Artery Biopsy.B Hay, D Mariano-Goulart, A Bourdon, M Benkiran, F Vauchot, D de Verbizier, F Ben Bouallègue.Annals of Nuclear Medicine 2019.Full Text.

Therapeutic Response to Rituximab in IgG4-Related Hypophysitis as Demonstrated by^18F-FDGPET and MRI.F.Vauchot, A. Bourdon, B. Hay, D. Mariano-Goulart, F. Ben Bouallègue.Clinical Nuclear Medicine 2019.Full Text.

Oral contraceptives partially protect bone mineral density in patients with anorexia nervosa.L Maïmoun, E Renard, P Lefebvre, H Bertet, P Philibert, M Seneque, MC Picot, AM Dupuy, L Gaspari, F Ben Bouallègue, P Courtet, D Mariano-Goulart, C Sultan, S Guillaume.Fertility & Sterility 2019.Full Text.

Comparative Assessment of Linear Least-Squares, Nonlinear Least-Squares, and the Patlak Graphical Method for Regional and Local Quantitative Tracer Kinetic Modeling in Cerebral^{Dynamic 18F-FDG}PET.F Ben Bouallègue, F Vauchot, D Mariano-Goulart.Medical Physics 2018.Full Text.

A Confidence Interval Constraint-Based Regularization Framework for PET Quantization.F Kucharczak, F Ben Bouallègue, O Strauss, D Mariano-Goulart.IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2018.Full Text.

Reduced brain amyloid burden in elderly patients with type 1 narcolepsy.A Gabelle, I Jaussent, F Ben Bouallègue, S Lehmann, R Lopez, L Barateau, C Grasselli, C Pesenti, D De Verbizier, S Beziat, D Mariano-Goulart, B Carlander, Y Dauvilliers.Annals of Neurology 2018.Full Text.

Feasibility of Biventricular Volume and Function Assessment Using First-Pass^{Gated 15O-Water}PET.F Ben Bouallègue, D Mariano-Goulart, D Agostini, A Manrique.EJNMMI Research 2018.Full Text.

Comparative Performance of Dipyridamole and Regadenoson in Detecting Myocardial Ischemia Using Cardiac CZT SPECT.F Ben Bouallègue, C Nganoa, J Vigne, D Agostini, A Manrique.Journal of Clinical Imaging Science 2018.Full Text.

Evidence of subclavian vein thrombosis on first-pass^18F-FDGPET in a patient with relapsed upper mediastinal lymphoma.F Ben Bouallègue, F Vauchot, D Mariano-Goulart.Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 2018.Full Text.

Pineal anaplastic ependymoma with multifocal intradural extramedullary metastases on MRI^{and 18F-FDG}PET.FBen Bouallègue, F Vauchot, N Menjot de Champfleur, D Mariano-Goulart.Clinical Nuclear Medicine 2018.Full Text.

Fluorine-18-fluorocholine PET/CT parameters predictive of hematological toxicity associated with radium-223 therapy in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastases: a pilot study.L Vija Racaru, M Sinigaglia, D Kanoun, F Ben Bouallègue, I Tal, S Brillouet, M Bauriaud-Mallet, S Zerdoud, L Dierickx, D Vallot, O Caselles, E Gabiache, P Pascal, F Courbon.Nuclear Medicine Communications 2018.Full Text.

Effects of the two types of anorexia nervosa (binge eating/purging and restrictive) on bone metabolism in female patients.L Maïmoun, S Guillaume, P Lefebvre, H Bertet, M Seneque, P Philibert, MC Picot, AM Dupuy, F Paris, F Ben Bouallègue, P Courtet, D Mariano-Goulart, E Renard, C Sultan.Clinical Endocrinology 2018.Full Text.

Development and Clinical Validation of a Hybrid Method for Semi-Automated Extraction of the Left Ventricular Endocardial and Epicardial Boundaries on Cine-MR Images.M Messadi, A Bessaïd, D Mariano-Goulart, F Ben Bouallègue.Journal of Medical Imaging 2018.Full Text.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Amyloid PET Textural and Shape Features: Comparison with Classical Semi-Quantitative Rating in 760 Patients from the ADNI-2 Database.FBen Bouallègue, F Vauchot, D Mariano-Goulart, P Payoux.Brain Imaging & Behavior 2018.Full Text.

A Retrospective Study of Voxel-Based Dosimetry to Assess the Ability of the Body Surface Area Model to Predict Delivered Dose and Radioembolization Outcomes.M Kafrouni, C Allimant, M Fourcade, S Vauclin, J Delicque, AD Ilonca, B Guiu, F Manna, N Molinari, D Mariano-Goulart, F Ben Bouallègue.Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2018.Full Text.

Joint assessment of quantitative ^18F-florbetapir^{and 18FDG}regional uptake using baseline data from the ADNI.F Ben Bouallègue, D Mariano-Goulart, P Payoux. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2018.Full Text.

Improvement in right ventricular function following nitric oxide inhalation, as demonstrated by gated blood pool SPECT in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension.F Ben Bouallègue, F Vauchot, A Bourdon, M Benkiran, C Boissin, J Charriot, A Bourdin, D Mariano-Goulart.Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2018.Full Text.

Area at risk assessed by^{123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine}single-photon emission computed tomography: a prospective study in 35 patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction and a comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.C Hédon, F Huet, F Ben Bouallègue, H Vernhet, JC Macia, R Gervasoni, TT Cung, F Leclercq, S Cade, F Cransac, A Vandenberghe, A Bourdon, M Benkiran, F Vauchot, E d’Estanques, D Mariano-Goulart, F Roubille.Nuclear Medicine Communications 2017.Full Text.

One Year of Nuclear Cardiology in France.F Ben Bouallègue, D Agostini.Annals of Nuclear Cardiology 2017.Full Text.

Determination of the heart-to-mediastinum ratio^{of 123I-MIBG}uptake using dual-isotope (^{123I-MIBG/99mTc-tetrofosmin}) multi-pinhole CZT SPECT in patients with heart failure.T. Blaire, A. Bailliez, F. Ben Bouallègue, D. Bellevre, D. Agostini, A. Manrique.Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2017.Full Text.

Comparison of CSF markers and semi-quantitative amyloid PET in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and the prognosis of cognitive impairment using the ADNI-2 database. F Ben Bouallègue, D Mariano-Goulart, P Payoux.Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy 2017.Full Text.

Association between textural and morphological tumor indices on baseline PET-CT and early metabolic response on interim PET-CT in bulky malignant lymphomas.F Ben Bouallègue, Y Al Tabaa, M Kafrouni, G Cartron, F Vauchot, D Mariano-Goulart.Medical Physics 2017.Full Text.

First assessment of simultaneous dual-isotope (^123I/99mTc) cardiac SPECT on two different CZT cameras: A phantom study.TBlaire, A Bailliez, F Ben Bouallègue, D Bellevre, D Agostini, and A Manrique. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2017.Full Text.

Assessment of left ventricular function using^123I/99mTcdual-isotope imaging with two semiconductor cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) cameras: a gated cardiac phantom study. T Blaire, A Bailliez, F Ben Bouallègue, D Bellevre, D Agostini, A Manrique.EJNMMI Physics 2016.Full Text.

Assessment of the area at risk after acute myocardial infarction using^123I-MIBGSPECT: Comparison with the angiographic APPROACH score.F. Vauchot, F. Ben Bouallègue, C. Hedon, C. Piot, F. Roubille, D. Mariano-Goulart.Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2016.Full Text.

SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Reserve in Patients with Multivessel Coronary Disease: Correlation with Angiographic Findings and Invasive Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements.F Ben Bouallègue, F Roubille, B Lattuca, TT Cung, JC Macia, R Gervasoni, F Leclercq, D Mariano-Goulart.Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2015.Full Text.

Gated blood-pool SPECT processing software: The estimation of right ventricular volume and function in a clinical setting depends on the software used.L Dercle, M Ouali, P Pascal, T Giraudmaillet, R Chisin, O Lairez, MA Marachet, H Rousseau, D Bastié, F Ben Bouallègue, I Berry.Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2015.Full Text.

Is computed tomography attenuation correction more effective than gated single-photon emission computed tomography analysis in improving the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with a low prevalence of ischemic heart disease?MBenkiran, D Mariano-Goulart, A Bourdon, L Sibille, F Ben Bouallègue.Nuclear Medicine Communications 2015.Full Text.

Should HIV-infected patients be screened for silent myocardial ischemia using gated myocardial perfusion SPECT?D. Mariano-Goulart, J.M. Jacquet, N. Molinari, A. Bourdon, M. Benkiran, M. Sainmont, L. Cornillet, J.C. Macia, J. Reynes, F. Ben Bouallègue.European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 2013.Full Text.

A macro-quantification approach for region-of-interest assessment in emission tomography.F. Ben Bouallègue.Journal of Computer-Assisted Tomography, 2013.Full text.

Least-squares dual characterization for ROI assessment in emission tomography.  F Ben Bouallègue, JF Crouzet, A Dubois, I Buvat, D Mariano-Goulart.Physics in Medicine & Biology 2013.Full text.

Statistical-algebraic tuning optimization for regularized iterative reconstruction (PML and EMS) in emission tomography.F. Ben Bouallègue, J. F. Crouzet, A. Dubois, D. Mariano-Goulart.IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2013.Full text.

A heuristic statistical stopping rule for iterative reconstruction in emission tomography.F Ben Bouallègue, JF Crouzet, D Mariano-Goulart.Annals of Nuclear Medicine 2013.Full text.

Influence of CT-Based Attenuation Correction on the Assessment of Left and Right Ventricular Functions Using Count-Based Gated Blood-Pool SPECT.L. Sibille, F. Ben Bouallègue, A. Bourdon, D. Mariano-Goulart.Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2011.Full Text.

Comparative Values of Gated Blood-Pool SPECT and CMR for Ejection Fraction and Volume Estimation.L Sibille, F Ben Bouallègue, A Bourdon, A Micheau, H Vernhet-Kovacsik, D Mariano-Goulart.Nuclear Medicine Communications 2011.Full Text.

Comparison of Rebinning Methods and Classical Geometric Reprojection for the Estimation of Missing Oblique Data in 3D PET.F. Ben Bouallègue, J.F. Crouzet, D. Mariano-Goulart.Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 2009.Full text.

Evaluation of a New Gridding Method for Fully 3D Direct Fourier PET Reconstruction Based on a Two-Plane Geometry.F. Ben Bouallègue, J.F. Crouzet, D. Mariano-Goulart.Computerized Medical Imaging & Graphics 2008.Full text.

Exact and Approximate Fourier Rebinning Algorithms for Solving the Data Truncation Problem in 3D PET.F. Ben Bouallègue, J. F. Crouzet, C. Comtat, M. Fourcade, B. Mohammadi, D. Mariano-Goulart.IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2007.Full text.

• FRANCOPHONE JOURNALS WITH PEER REVIEW

Impact of Personalized Dosimetry on Tumor Response in Hepatocellular Carcinomas (HCC) Treated with Yttrium-90-Labeled Glass Microspheres: Results of a Multicenter Randomized Trial.E Garin, L Tselikas, B Guiu, J Chaley, S Laffont, J Edeline, T de Baere, C Cassinotto, M Terroir-Cassou-Mounat, T Tacher, F Ben Bouallègue, G Amadeo, X Palard Novello, C Bouvry, B Campillo-Gimenez, Y Rolland.Nuclear Medicine 2019.

Lower Cerebral Amyloid Burden in Patients with Type 1 Narcolepsy: A Protective Effect of Orexin Deficiency?A. Gabelle, I. Jaussent, F. Ben Bouallègue, S. Lehmann, C. Grasselli, C. Pesenti, D. de Verbizier, D. Mariano-Goulart, B. Carlander, Y. Dauvilliers.Médecine du Sommeil 2018.

Simultaneous dual-isotope^123I/99mTcimaging using CZT-based cameras: toward a one-stop-shop SPECT for patients with heart failure. T Blaire, A Bailliez, F Ben Bouallègue, D Bellevre, D Agostini, A Manrique.Nuclear Medicine2017.Full Text.

News in Nuclear Cardiology: Applications of New CZT Cameras.F. BenBouallègue, E. D’Estanque, D. Mariano-Goulart. Nuclear Medicine 2015.

Evaluation of Global and Segmental Left Ventricular Kinetics in Patients with Known or Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease: A Comparison of Data from Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy and Isotopic Tomoventriculography.A Halkovich, D Mariano-Goulart, A Bourdon, M Sainmont, M Benkiran, F Ben Bouallègue. Nuclear Medicine 2014.

Study of the Impact of CT Attenuation Correction on Myocardial Scintigraphy.M. Benkiran, L. Sibille, A. Bourdon, F. Ben Bouallègue, D. Mariano-Goulart. Nuclear Medicine 2012.

• EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES

Medical Imaging.Chapter 9, Tomographic Reconstruction. F. Ben Bouallègue and D. Mariano-Goulart, published under the auspices of the National College of Nuclear Medicine Educators.Elsevier-Masson, 2017.

Opening the Body Without Leaving a Trace.JF Crouzet, D Mariano-Goulart, F Ben Bouallègue.Images of Mathematics, 2013.