Pulmonary imaging using respiratory motion compensated simultaneous PET/MR
Dutta J, Huang C, Li Q, Fakhri G. Pulmonary imaging using respiratory motion compensated simultaneous PET/MR. Medical Physics 2015, 42: 4227-4240. PMID: 26133621, PMCID: PMC4474958, DOI: 10.1118/1.4921616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory motionContrast-to-noise ratioClinical patient studiesPulse sequenceHigh-intensity featuresXCAT studyLow proton densityXCAT simulationPatient studiesXCAT phantomAttenuation mapBiograph mMRComplete data acquisitionSimultaneous PET/MRNonrigid registrationPET/MR scannersPET/magnetic resonanceMagnetic susceptibilityProton densityQuantitative accuracyRelaxation timePulmonary imagingLung lesionsBlurring artifactsDeformation field