2019
Time of flight PET reconstruction using nonuniform update for regional recovery uniformity
Kim K, Kim D, Yang J, Fakhri G, Seo Y, Fessler J, Li Q. Time of flight PET reconstruction using nonuniform update for regional recovery uniformity. Medical Physics 2019, 46: 649-664. PMID: 30508255, PMCID: PMC6501218, DOI: 10.1002/mp.13321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal-to-noise ratio regionVariant step sizeSignal-to-noise ratioNesterov momentumOS-SQSUniform recoveryOS-EMStep sizeNon-TOF PETOrdered subsetsQuad-core CPUEarly stopping criterionGraphics processing unitsTime-of-flight PET reconstructionReconstruction methodPET reconstruction methodsNesterov's momentum methodImage qualityPET reconstructionTOF-PETOverall signal-to-noise ratioActive regionLow activity regionsComputer simulationsRecovery ratio
2007
Fast Analytical Modeling of Compton Scatter Using Point Clouds and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Sitek A, Fakhri G, Ouyang J, Maltz J. Fast Analytical Modeling of Compton Scatter Using Point Clouds and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). 2007, 6: 4546-4548. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2007.4437122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGraphics processing unitsComputation timeProcessing unitPoint cloudsNVIDIA Quadro FXCalculation speedEfficient geometric modelingScattered point cloudExorbitant computation timeComputing architectureImage samplesImaging modelResolution levelsComputational frameworkComputerGraphicsComputer simulationsArchitectureRepresentationCloudImage volumesNatural advantagesComputational modelCompton scatteringAccurate model