2024
High-resolution brain phantom data, with flexible contrast: Validation on the NeuroExplorer (NX)
Gravel P, Toyonaga T, Gallezot J, Fontaine K, Martins S, Mulnix T, Carson R. High-resolution brain phantom data, with flexible contrast: Validation on the NeuroExplorer (NX). 2024, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10656366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuantitative accuracyPhantom dataSpatial resolutionIterative reconstruction algorithmListmode dataAttenuation correctionPhantom studyPhantomResolution measurementsAttenuation propertiesReconstructed imagesReconstruction algorithmPET imagingCorrection accuracyResolutionScatteringAxial directionAttenuationContrastCorrection
2018
Respiratory Motion Compensation for PET/CT with Motion Information Derived from Matched Attenuation-Corrected Gated PET Data
Lu Y, Fontaine K, Mulnix T, Onofrey JA, Ren S, Panin V, Jones J, Casey ME, Barnett R, Kench P, Fulton R, Carson RE, Liu C. Respiratory Motion Compensation for PET/CT with Motion Information Derived from Matched Attenuation-Corrected Gated PET Data. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2018, 59: 1480-1486. PMID: 29439015, PMCID: PMC6126443, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.117.203000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion correction frameworkMotion informationReference gatePET reconstructionMotion estimation accuracyGated PET dataMotion compensation approachMotion correctionMotion compensation methodMotion estimationRespiratory motion compensationAttenuation correction artifactsLung cancer datasetMotion compensationCT imagesNAC approachReconstruction algorithmPET dataPET imagesNew frameworkInaccurate localizationCancer datasetsBreathing variationsAttenuation correction mapsHuman datasets
2017
Investigation of Sub-Centimeter Lung Nodule Quantification for Low-Dose PET
Lu Y, Fontaine K, Germino M, Mulnix T, Casey M, Carson R, Liu C. Investigation of Sub-Centimeter Lung Nodule Quantification for Low-Dose PET. IEEE Transactions On Radiation And Plasma Medical Sciences 2017, 2: 41-50. DOI: 10.1109/trpms.2017.2778008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotion amplitudeLarge motion amplitudesVoxel sizeRespiratory motion correctionComprehensive simulationsReconstruction voxel sizeSimulationsMotion correctionPhantom studyFlight positron emission tomographyResolution recovery reconstructionMore accurate quantificationReconstruction algorithmAccurate quantificationHigh-resolution timeDifferent upsampling methodsUpsampling methodPositron emission tomographyAmplitudeSizeAdditional reduction