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 directionAttenuationContrastCorrectionImage-Derived Input Functions on an Ultra-High Performance Brain PET Scanner: Minimizing the Carotid Partial Volume Effect
Volpi T, Zeng T, Khattar N, Toyonaga T, Martins S, Mulnix T, Fontaine K, Gallezot J, Carson R. Image-Derived Input Functions on an Ultra-High Performance Brain PET Scanner: Minimizing the Carotid Partial Volume Effect. 2024, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10658264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotion correction quality control of markerless head motion tracking for ultrahigh performance brain PET
Zeng T, Zhang J, Volpi T, Gallezot J, Fontaine K, Khattar N, Jiang W, Yang Z, Wan Q, Wang S, Li T, Zhang X, Hu L, Carson R. Motion correction quality control of markerless head motion tracking for ultrahigh performance brain PET. 2024, 00: 1-2. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10658040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain PET studiesMotion correctionMotion-free imagesImpact of motionPET systemCombined metricImage qualityResolution degradationBrain PETGating methodPET dataFacial expression experimentsSpatial resolutionDetect facial expressionsNon-rigid movementEnhanced image qualityHuman scansGateMotion blurPET studiesMotion tracking systemPlanned motionTracking failureMotionNeuroimaging studies
2023
Markerless head motion tracking and event-by-event correction in brain PET
Zeng T, Lu Y, Jiang W, Zheng J, Zhang J, Gravel P, Wan Q, Fontaine K, Mulnix T, Jiang Y, Yang Z, Revilla E, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Henry S, Zhang X, Cao T, Hu L, Carson R. Markerless head motion tracking and event-by-event correction in brain PET. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2023, 68: 245019. PMID: 37983915, PMCID: PMC10713921, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad0e37.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoint source studyHead motion correctionSmaller residual displacementMotion correctionIterative closest point (ICP) registration algorithmHead motion trackingSpatial resolutionResidual displacementData-driven evaluation methodHigh spatial resolutionLow noiseMotion trackingStereovision cameraMotion tracking deviceStructured lightEvent correctionBrain positron emission tomography (PET) imagingTracking deviceReconstruction resultsHMT methodPoint cloudsNegative biasReference cloudUMTEvaluation method
2013
List-mode reconstruction for the FOCUS-220 with motion correction and spatially-variant probability density functions: Application to awake monkey imaging
Jin X, Jian Y, Mulnix T, Sandiego C, Yao R, Carson R. List-mode reconstruction for the FOCUS-220 with motion correction and spatially-variant probability density functions: Application to awake monkey imaging. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2013, 2985-2990. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2012.6551682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvent motion correctionIntra-frame motionMotion correctionMotion correction methodRadial offsetLarge motionEntire FOVFrame methodSpatial resolutionRadial resolutionProbability density functionCorrection methodTangential resolutionPoint sourcesMotionResolution kernelsHigh-quality imagesReconstruction algorithmList-mode reconstruction algorithmDensity functionList-mode reconstructionFOV