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
MR‐based PET attenuation correction using a combined ultrashort echo time/multi‐echo Dixon acquisition
Han P, Horng D, Gong K, Petibon Y, Kim K, Li Q, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J, Ma C. MR‐based PET attenuation correction using a combined ultrashort echo time/multi‐echo Dixon acquisition. Medical Physics 2020, 47: 3064-3077. PMID: 32279317, PMCID: PMC7375929, DOI: 10.1002/mp.14180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinear attenuation coefficientPositron emission tomography attenuation correctionPhysical compartmental modelAttenuation correctionShort T<sub>2</sub> componentPET attenuation correctionRadial k-space trajectoryMagnetic resonance (MR)-based methodK-space trajectoriesRadial trajectoryK-spaceAttenuation coefficientDixon acquisitionsPositron emission tomographyWhole white matterMuting methodImage reconstructionImaging speedMR signalMRAC methodPositron emission tomography imagingCorrectionGray matter regionsPhantomMatter regions
2015
National Electrical Manufacturers Association and Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Brain PET/CT Scanner
Grogg K, Toole T, Ouyang J, Zhu X, Normandin M, Li Q, Johnson K, Alpert N, Fakhri G. National Electrical Manufacturers Association and Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Brain PET/CT Scanner. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2015, 57: 646-652. PMID: 26697961, PMCID: PMC4818715, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.159723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoise-equivalent count rateCount rateLoose cutsMaximum noise-equivalent counting rateSpatial resolutionDetector ringSilicon photomultipliersBrain phantomContrast recoveryAttenuation correctionPET/CT systemCrystal blockPET/CT scannerImage qualityRadial offsetNational Electrical Manufacturers AssociationActivity distributionUnique mobility capabilitiesAxial extentTransverse resolutionPhantomAxial resolutionActivity concentrationsHuman scansLayer 1 cmContinuous MR bone density measurement using water- and fat-suppressed projection imaging (WASPI) for PET attenuation correction in PET-MR
Huang C, Ouyang J, Reese T, Wu Y, Fakhri G, Ackerman J. Continuous MR bone density measurement using water- and fat-suppressed projection imaging (WASPI) for PET attenuation correction in PET-MR. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2015, 60: n369-n381. PMID: 26405761, PMCID: PMC4607313, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/20/n369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttenuation correctionUltrashort echo timeMR-based attenuation correctionProjection imagesPET attenuation correctionMR attenuation correctionPET-MRPulse sequenceEcho timeDensity variationsPET imagingCorrectionBone density variationWASPIDensity measurementsAttenuation variationsPhantomMR sequencesLack of signalPulseAttenuationAccelerated acquisition of tagged MRI for cardiac motion correction in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom and patient studies
Huang C, Petibon Y, Ouyang J, Reese T, Ahlman M, Bluemke D, El Fakhri G. Accelerated acquisition of tagged MRI for cardiac motion correction in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom and patient studies. Medical Physics 2015, 42: 1087-1097. PMID: 25652521, PMCID: PMC4312342, DOI: 10.1118/1.4906247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPET motion correctionMotion correctionSimultaneous PET-MRTMR dataPET list-mode dataPET-MRList-mode dataCardiac motion correctionPET-MR scannersImage qualityParallel imagingAcquisition timePET imagingRespiratory motionCompressive sensingMotion fieldAttenuation correctionDefect contrastModerate acceleration factorsDegradation of image qualityTagged MRCardiac phantomLong acquisition timesPhantomAccurate motion field
2014
Quantitative simultaneous positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
Ouyang J, Petibon Y, Huang C, Reese T, Kolnick A, Fakhri G. Quantitative simultaneous positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Journal Of Medical Imaging 2014, 1: 033502-033502. PMID: 26158055, PMCID: PMC4306197, DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.1.3.033502.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Bias Atlases for Segmentation-Based PET Attenuation Correction Using PET-CT and MR
Ouyang J, Chun Y, Petibon Y, Bonab A, Alpert N, Fakhri G. Bias Atlases for Segmentation-Based PET Attenuation Correction Using PET-CT and MR. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2013, 60: 3373-3382. PMID: 24966415, PMCID: PMC4067048, DOI: 10.1109/tns.2013.2278624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttenuation correctionBias imagesLung density variationsPET attenuation correctionPET-MR scannersAttenuation mapFat identificationOriginal CTPET reconstructionOverall standard deviationPET-MRMR imagingVariation of biasDensity variationsCT-based studyPET accuracyPET-CTStandard deviation of biasCorrectionFat segmentationTissue classesPatientsSoft tissueAttenuationLung