Education: * University of Louisville, U.S.A., (B.H.Sc.) in Nuclear Medicine Science. 1991. * Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan, Research fellow -Diagnostic Radiology. 1996-1997. * Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan, Doctor of Medical Science in Internal Medicine. 2001.    (Specialized Subject: Nuclear Medicine)    (Auxiliary Subject: Radiology & Radiation Oncology)    (Elective Subject: Anatomy)    [Thesis titled "IMAGE FUSION SYSTEM USING PACS FOR MRI, CT, AND PET IMAGES"] Practical Experience: * Aljaziera Hospital Department of Nuclear Medicine Jan.1992 to up-to-date. * Gunma University Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine from Jun. 2000 to Dec. 2000. * New Dubai Hospital Department of Nuclear Medicine from Oct.1991 to Jan. 1992. Professional Training: * Certification on Regulatory Practices for Radiation Safety, IAEA. Dec 1992. * Certification on Radiation Protection, IAEA. March 1994. Professional Affiliations: * RSNA - Radiological Society of North America. * SNM   - Society of Nuclear Medicine. * AHRA - Association of Health Radiology Administrator. Courses Attended: * Radiation Protection in Hospitals, Dubai, 1993. * Communication Skills, Introduction to Computer, and Basic Management, Abu Dhabi, 1994. Special Interests: * PACS, Telemedicine, Image Fusion. * Medical Physics (Instrumentation), PET Science. * Radiation Protection. * Cost Accounting and Cost Effectiveness. Conference Attended: * Annual Meeting of the SNM, Cincinnati, U.S.A., 1991. * European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany 1993. * The 6th Asia and Oceania Congress of Nucl. Med. and Biology, Kyoto, Japan, 1996. * The 37th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Omiya, Japan, 1997. * Annual Meeting of the SNM, Toronto, Canada, 1998. * The 38th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Takamatsu, Japan, 1998. * Annual Meeting of the SNM, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 1999. * The 39th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Akita Japan, 1999. * The 86th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, USA 2000. Teaching Subjects: *Nuclear Medicine and Medical Nuclear Physics *Medical Imaging Processing *Radiation Biology *Instrumentation and Computer Sciences Special Accomplishment: Presentations: 1. INTEGRATED ALGORITHM WITH PET WORKSTATION FOR THE CORRECTION OF THE PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT (PVE) IN SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION EMISSION (STE) SCAN Saleh Alyafei, Tomio Inoue, Hong Zhang, et al. The 86th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, USA 2000 2. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PCD SYSTEM IN AXIAL FILTER (2D) AND OPEN FRAME (3D) ACQUISITION MODE S. Alyafei, T. Inoue, et al. The 39th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Akita, Japan 1999 3. SYNTHESIS AND BIODISTRIBUTION STUDIES OF RHENIUM-186 COMPLEX OF 3-AMINO-1-HYDROXYPROPYLIDENE-1, 1-BISPHOSPHONIC ACID (APD) IN MICE S. Alyafei, K. Tomiyoshi, et al. Annual Meeting of the SNM, Toronto, Canada 1998 4. IMAGE FUSION SYSTEM USING PACS FOR FDG-PET S. Alyafei, H. Zhang, et al. The 38th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Takamatsu, Japan 1998 5. BIODISTRIBUTION OF RHENIUM-186 COMPLEX OF 3-AMINO-1-HYDROXYPROPYLIDENE-1, 1-BISPHOSPHONIC ACID (APD) S. Alyafei, K. Tomiyoshi, et al. The 37th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Omiya, Japan 1997 Published Abstracts of Presentations at Scientific Meetings: 1. DETECTION OF MALIGNANT TUMORS WITH WHOLE-BODY PET USING F-18 a-METHYL TYROSINE: COMPARISON WITH WHOLE-BODY FDG PET K. Aoyagi, ..., S. Alyafei, et al. SNM, Los Angeles, USA 1999 2. RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY OF SCID MICE BEARING HUMAN B-CELL LYMPHOMA USING I-131 LABELED ANTI-CD20 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY N. Oriuchi, T. Higuchi, S. Alyafei, et al. Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Barcelona, Spain 1999 3. COMPARISON ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS OF A WHOLE-BODY PET SCANNER H Zhang, S Alyafei, et al. The 38th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Takamatsu, Japan 1998 4. MEASUREMENT OF SERUM CA19-9 TUMOR MARKER LEVELS BY NEW METHOD AND COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL KIT K. Ahmed, ..., S. Alyafei, et al. The 38th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Takamatsu, Japan 1998 5. BIODISTRIBUTION OF Tc99m LABELLED CHIMERIC MOUSE-HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO HUMAN LEUKOCYTES AND NUDE MICE M. Sarwar, ..., S. Alyafei, et al. The 38th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Takamatsu, Japan 1998 6. STUDY OF TRIPLE-HEAD SPECT WITH 18F-FDG: EVALUATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING WITH CONVERGING SOFTWARE H. Zhang, S. Alyafei, et al. The 37th Annual Meeting of JSNM, Omiya Japan 1997 Publications: 1. A BASIC STUDY ON LESION DETECTABILITY FOR HOT SPOT IMAGING OF POSITRON EMITTERS WITH DEDICATED PET AND POSITRON COINCIDENCE GAMMA CAMERA Hong Zhang, Tomio Inoue, Mei Tian, Saleh Alyafei, et al. Annals of Nuclear Medicine (2001; June;Vol.15 No.3:301-306) 2. DETECTION OF MALIGNANT TUMORS: WHOLE-BODY PET WITH FLUORINE 18 ALPHA-METHYL TYROSINE VERSUS FDG-PRELIMINARY STUDY. Tomio Inoue, Keiko Koyama, Noboru Oriuchi, Saleh Alyafei, et al. Radiology. 2001 Jul;220(1):54-62. 3. TUMOR DETECTABILITY IN 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY USING THE SET-2400W: A PHANTOM STUDY. Hong Zhang, Tomio Inoue, Saleh Alyafei, et al. Nucl Med Commun. 2001 Mar;22(3):305-14. 4. FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF HOT SPOT DETECTABILITY IN 3-DIMENSIONAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Hong Zhang, Tomio Inoue, Saleh Alyafei, et al. Annals of Nuclear Medicine (2000; August;Vol.14 No.4:279-284) 5. IMAGE FUSION SYSTEM USING PACS FOR MRI, CT, AND PET IMAGES Saleh Alyafei, Tomio Inoue, et al. Clinical Positron Imaging (1999; 2:137-143) 6. BIODISTRIBUTION STUDIES OF THE RHENIUM-186 COMPLEX OF 3-AMINO-1-HYDROXYPROPYLIDENE-1, 1-BISPHOSPHONIC ACID IN MICE Saleh Alyafei, Katsumi Tomiyoshi, et al. Nuclear Medicine Communications (1999; 20:551-557) 7. PERFORMANCE STABILITY OF SHR-2000 HIGH RESOLUTION PET FOR ANIMAL RESEARCH Hong Zhang, Saleh Alyafei, et al. Annals of Nuclear Medicine (1999;13:65-70) 8. METABOLIC STUDIES OF 18F-ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE IN MICE BEARING COLORECTAL CARCINOMA LS-180 Katsumi Tomiyoshi, ..., Saleh Alyafei, et al. Anti-Cancer Drugs (1999;10:329-336) 9. 99mTc-LABELED CHIMERIC ANTI-NCA 95 ANTIGRANULOCYTE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY FOR BONE MARROW IMAGING Muhammad Sarwar, ..., Saleh Alyafei, et al. Radiation Medicine (1998; 16:391-397) 10. BIODISTRIBUTION STUDIES ON L-3(18F) FLUORO-a-METHYL TYROSINE: A NEW PROTENIAL TUMOR SEEKING AGENT FOR PET T. Inoue, ..., S. Alyafei, et al. Journal of Nuclear Medicine (1998;39:663-667) References: 1. Kiego Endo, MD Chairman and Professor Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Department. Gunma University, School of Medicine 3-39-22 Showa Machi, Maebashi, Gunma-Ken Japan 371-8511 Tel : +81-27-220-8401 Fax : +81-27-220-8409 Email: endo@med.gunma-u.ac.jp 2. Tomio Inoue, MD Associate professor Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Department. Gunma University, School of Medicine 3-39-22 Showa Machi, Maebashi, Gunma-Ken Japan 371-8511 Tel : +81-27-220-8401 Fax : +81-27-220-8409 Email: tomioi@med.gunma-u.ac.jp 3. Katsumi Tomiyoshi, Ph.D., DMSc. Director Radiopharmaceutical Div. Nishidai Clinic Center for Diagnostic imaging 30-3 Sanban-cho, Chiyodaku Tokyo, Japan 102-0075 Tel : +81-3-3222-1166 Fax : +81-3-3222-7599 Email: nuclear@med.gunma-u.ac.jp