2024
DIANA - Detectability Investgations using Artificial Nodal Additions
Bayerlein R, Xia M, Xie H, Spencer B, Ouyang J, Fakhri G, Nardo L, Liu C, Badawi R. DIANA - Detectability Investgations using Artificial Nodal Additions. 2024, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10657528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContrast recovery coefficientContrast-to-noise ratioLesion-to-background ratioList-mode dataTotal-body PET/CT scannerPositron emission tomographyContrast recoveryOSEM algorithmPatient motionPET/CT scannerArtificial lesionsImage quality metricsLesion detectionQuantitative accuracyPositron emission tomography scanRecovery coefficientCount densityImage contrastBody mass indexImage noisePositron emission tomography imaging techniquesFrame lengthImage smoothingActivity concentrationsAccuracy of lesion detection
2022
Event-by-Event 3D Continuous Motion Correction Based on a Data-Driven Motion Estimation Algorithm for 82Rb Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Tsai Y, Fontaine K, Mulnix T, Armstrong I, Hayden C, Spottiswoode B, Casey M, Liu C. Event-by-Event 3D Continuous Motion Correction Based on a Data-Driven Motion Estimation Algorithm for 82Rb Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. 2022, 00: 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic44845.2022.10399100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotion correctionData-driven motion estimationPET/CT scannerSuperior-inferior motionMotion effectsSilicon photomultipliersNEMA phantomReconstruction frameworkPET acquisitionReconstructed image qualityCardiac PETMotion estimation algorithmPatient datasetsImage qualityMyocardial perfusion imagingCorrectionMotion monitoringTemporal resolutionSiPMMotionPhotomultiplierMotion estimationMotion vectorsPhantomCorrection algorithmDeep-learning-based methods of attenuation correction for SPECT and PET
Chen X, Liu C. Deep-learning-based methods of attenuation correction for SPECT and PET. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2022, 30: 1859-1878. PMID: 35680755, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-022-03007-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh computational complexityAC strategyNeural networkRaw emission dataComputational complexityLearning methodsCT imagesΜ-mapsPET imagesLow accuracySuperior performanceImagesAttenuation correctionPromising resultsMR imagesAttenuation mapPET/CT scannerHigh noise levelsArtifactsNetworkCT artifactsPET/MRI scannerIntermediate stepComplexityScanner