2022
Cardiac PET/MR Basics
Petibon Y, Ma C, Ouyang J, El Fakhri G. Cardiac PET/MR Basics. 2022, 21-35. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09807-9_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeasuring organ motionPET motion correctionFront-end electronicsScintillation detectorOrgan motionMotion correctionAttenuation correctionPET/MR scannersAbility of MRISimultaneous imaging modalityPET/MR technologyAttenuation propertiesHybrid PET/MR scannerPET/MRPre-clinicalImaging modalitiesClinical applicationMRIOrgan systemsCardiac applicationsImaging opportunitiesCorrectionDetectorSpatiotemporal resolutionElectron
2020
Motion correction for PET data using subspace-based real-time MR imaging in simultaneous PET/MR
Marin T, Djebra Y, Han P, Chemli Y, Bloch I, Fakhri G, Ouyang J, Petibon Y, Ma C. Motion correction for PET data using subspace-based real-time MR imaging in simultaneous PET/MR. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2020, 65: 235022. PMID: 33263317, PMCID: PMC7985095, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abb31d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomography reconstructionMotion-corrected PET reconstructionsPET reconstructionMotion-corrected PET imagesIrregular respiratory motionMotion fieldMotion correction methodMotion correction approachIrregular motion patternsUndersampled k-space dataImage quality of positron emission tomographyQuality of positron emission tomographyMotion patternsLow-rank characteristicsRespiratory motionContrast-to-noise ratioEstimated motion fieldSurrogate signalsMotion correctionK-space dataImage qualityReal-time MR imagingSimultaneous PET/MRMotion artifact reductionPET/MR scanners
2017
Monte Carlo simulation of PET/MR scanner and assessment of motion correction strategies
şın A, Ozsahin D, Dutta J, Haddani S, El-Fakhri G. Monte Carlo simulation of PET/MR scanner and assessment of motion correction strategies. Journal Of Instrumentation 2017, 12: c03089-c03089. DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/c03089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotion correction strategiesGATE simulationsMonte Carlo simulationsImage qualityPET/MR scannersPositron emission tomographyPET acquisitionImage reconstruction methodMotion compensation methodEmission tomographyImaging modalitiesAcquisition timeExtraction algorithmReference imageRespiratory movementsTumor detectionGateReconstruction methodPatient movement
2016
Penalized MLAA with Spatially-Encoded Anatomic Prior in TOF PET/MR
Kim K, Yang J, Fakhri G, Seo Y, Li Q. Penalized MLAA with Spatially-Encoded Anatomic Prior in TOF PET/MR. 2016, 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2016.8069514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSynthetic CT imagesAlternating direction methodAttenuation correctionImage qualityMR-based attenuation correctionTOF-PET dataPET emission dataPET image qualityTime-of-flight (TOFDirection methodCost functionCT imagesPET/MR scannersNoise componentsConsistency conditionsAnatomical MRIterative processComputer simulationsPET dataMLAAPET/MR scansImagesBone signalEmission dataTOF
2015
Pulmonary imaging using respiratory motion compensated simultaneous PET/MR
Dutta J, Huang C, Li Q, El 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