2023
Super-resolution in brain positron emission tomography using a real-time motion capture system
Chemli Y, Tétrault M, Marin T, Normandin M, Bloch I, El Fakhri G, Ouyang J, Petibon Y. Super-resolution in brain positron emission tomography using a real-time motion capture system. NeuroImage 2023, 272: 120056. PMID: 36977452, PMCID: PMC10122782, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain positron emission tomographySuper-resolutionEvent-by-event basisReal-time motion capture systemSR reconstruction methodTracking cameraVisualization of small structuresPET reconstruction algorithmMoving phantomMeasure target motionLine profilesPET/CT scannerMeasured shiftsImprove image resolutionMotion capture systemMotion tracking devicePositron emission tomographyReconstruction algorithmSpatial resolutionMeasured linesPhantomReal-timeEstimation frameworkIncreased spatial resolutionReconstruction method
2014
Relative role of motion and PSF compensation in whole‐body oncologic PET‐MR imaging
Petibon Y, Huang C, Ouyang J, Reese T, Li Q, Syrkina A, Chen Y, Fakhri G. Relative role of motion and PSF compensation in whole‐body oncologic PET‐MR imaging. Medical Physics 2014, 41: 042503. PMID: 24694156, PMCID: PMC3971824, DOI: 10.1118/1.4868458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoint spread function modelRespiratory motionPoint spread functionPET-MR scannersPencil-beam navigator echoesPET-MRMeasurement of respiratory motionPSF modelRespiratory motion correctionDetector blur effectsModel respiratory motionLung-liver interfacePatient studiesLesion contrastSimultaneous PET-MRSource of image degradationWhole-body PET imagingPET reconstruction algorithmMoving lesionsPhantom experiment resultsPET eventsContrast recoveryNavigator echoesIterative reconstruction processMotion correction
2011
Nonrigid PET motion compensation in the lower abdomen using simultaneous tagged‐MRI and PET imaging
Guérin B, Cho S, Chun S, Zhu X, Alpert N, Fakhri G, Reese T, Catana C. Nonrigid PET motion compensation in the lower abdomen using simultaneous tagged‐MRI and PET imaging. Medical Physics 2011, 38: 3025-3038. PMID: 21815376, PMCID: PMC3125080, DOI: 10.1118/1.3589136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPET-MRI acquisitionsMotion correctionPET motion compensationPET motion correctionRespiratory motion correctionMotion-corrected reconstructionMotion correction strategiesWhole-body PET studiesSignal-to-noise ratioPET reconstruction algorithmDeformable phantomNCAT phantomEffects of motionAttenuation mapDetected coincidencesPET-MRIGated framesBrain scannerSimulations of tumorsSignal-to-noisePhantomSusceptibility artifactsReconstruction algorithmPhase domainsNonrigid deformation