2018
Penalized PET Reconstruction Using Deep Learning Prior and Local Linear Fitting
Kim K, Wu D, Gong K, Dutta J, Kim J, Son Y, Kim H, Fakhri G, Li Q. Penalized PET Reconstruction Using Deep Learning Prior and Local Linear Fitting. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2018, 37: 1478-1487. PMID: 29870375, PMCID: PMC6375088, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2018.2832613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeep learningDenoising convolutional neural networkConvolutional neural networkDeep learning-basedPerformance of iterative reconstructionPotential of deep learningDeep networksNoise levelLearning-basedReconstruction frameworkDegradation of performanceNeural networkDnCNNMedical imagesDownsampled dataFitness functionPoisson thinningFull-dose imagesLow dose imagesNoise conditionsNetworkImage qualityPET reconstructionDose imagesDeep
2017
Low‐dose CT reconstruction using spatially encoded nonlocal penalty
Kim K, Fakhri G, Li Q. Low‐dose CT reconstruction using spatially encoded nonlocal penalty. Medical Physics 2017, 44: e376-e390. PMID: 29027240, PMCID: PMC5927365, DOI: 10.1002/mp.12523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow Dose CT Grand ChallengeDose imagesDose dataFlying focal spotQuadratic surrogatesLow-dose CT reconstructionCT reconstruction methodImage qualityRadiation doseCT phantomFBP imagesRaw projectionsRebinning methodFocal spotLog-likelihoodReconstructed test imagesEfficient memory usageNesterov's momentum methodPoisson log-likelihoodGrand ChallengeComputed tomographyLow radiation doseCT reconstructionAccurate diagnostic featuresTest images