2018
A novel depth-of-interaction rebinning strategy for ultrahigh resolution PET
Kim K, Dutta J, Groll A, Fakhri G, Meng L, Li Q. A novel depth-of-interaction rebinning strategy for ultrahigh resolution PET. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2018, 63: 165011. PMID: 30040073, PMCID: PMC6375090, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aad58c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepth of interactionReconstructed imagesAlternating direction methodReconstructed image qualityPoisson log-likelihoodImage qualitySub-sampling methodPositron emission tomography systemReduce noise effectsDOI layersReconstruction frameworkDetector pixel sizePoint source experimentsQuadratic surrogatesCdZnTe detectorsAnimal positron emission tomographyLog-likelihoodDirection methodSmall animal positron emission tomographySource ExperimentPhoton countingRebinning methodSystem matrixNoise effectsSinogram
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
2016
Direct Parametric Imaging of Reversible Tracers Using Partial Dynamic Data
Kim K, Fakhri G, Li Q. Direct Parametric Imaging of Reversible Tracers Using Partial Dynamic Data. 2016, 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2016.8069385.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Sparse-View Spectral CT Reconstruction Using Spectral Patch-Based Low-Rank Penalty
Kim K, Ye J, Worstell W, Ouyang J, Rakvongthai Y, Fakhri G, Li Q. Sparse-View Spectral CT Reconstruction Using Spectral Patch-Based Low-Rank Penalty. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2014, 34: 748-760. PMID: 25532170, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2014.2380993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-rank penaltySelf-similarity of patchesLog-likelihoodPoisson log-likelihoodCost functionSpectral CT reconstructionOriginal cost functionGPU implementationAlternating minimizationSensitive to intensity changesConventional algorithmsSpectral imagingEdge directionComputational costProcedure algorithmComputational advantagesAlgorithmX-ray transmissionComputer simulationsOptimization methodSpectral computed tomographySelf-similarityCT reconstructionX-rayGPU