2024
Anatomically and Metabolically Informed Deep Learning Low-Count PET Image Denoising
Xia M, Xie H, Liu Q, Guo L, Ouyang J, Bayerlein R, Spencer B, Badawi R, Li Q, Fakhri G, Liu C. Anatomically and Metabolically Informed Deep Learning Low-Count PET Image Denoising. 2024, 00: 1-2. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10657099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeep learningOver-smoothed imagesDL training processesHigh-count imagesImage denoisingDenoised imageLow-count dataSemantic informationSemantic classesSegmentation guidanceTraining processPET/CT systemHistogram distributionImage qualitySegmentation toolPositron emission tomographyImagesDenoisingDatasetHistogramPriorsRadiation exposureSubject-aware PET Denoising with Contrastive Adversarial Domain Generalization
Liu X, Marin T, Eslahi S, Tiss A, Chemli Y, Johson K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Subject-aware PET Denoising with Contrastive Adversarial Domain Generalization. 2024, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10656150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDomain generalizationDenoising performanceDenoising moduleDeep learningSubject-independent mannerSubject-invariant featuresSuperior denoising performanceAdversarial learning frameworkSubject-related informationConventional UNetBottleneck featuresTrustworthy systemsLearning frameworkDL modelsDL model performanceDenoisingNoise realizationsNegative samplesList-mode dataImage volumesModel performancePerformancePerformance of positron emission tomographyUNetFraction of eventsCross noise level PET denoising with continuous adversarial domain generalization
Liu X, Eslahi S, Marin T, Tiss A, Chemli Y, Huang Y, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Cross noise level PET denoising with continuous adversarial domain generalization. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2024, 69: 085001. PMID: 38484401, PMCID: PMC11195012, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad341a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDomain generalization techniqueDomain generalizationDenoising performanceSuperior denoising performanceLatent feature representationGeneral techniqueDistribution shiftsAdversarial trainingDenoised imageFeature representationDomain labelsDistribution divergenceNoise levelDeep learningImage spaceDenoisingPerformance degradationCore ideaNoise realizationsCD methodNoiseImage volumesPerformanceImagesPSNR
2022
Posterior estimation using deep learning: a simulation study of compartmental modeling in dynamic positron emission tomography
Liu X, Marin T, Amal T, Woo J, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Posterior estimation using deep learning: a simulation study of compartmental modeling in dynamic positron emission tomography. Medical Physics 2022, 50: 1539-1548. PMID: 36331429, PMCID: PMC10087283, DOI: 10.1002/mp.16078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConditional variational auto-encoderDeep learning approachNeural networkDeep learningMarkov chain Monte CarloVariational Bayesian inference frameworkLearning approachDeep learning-based approachVariational auto-encoderDeep neural networksLearning-based approachDynamic brain PET imagingPosterior distributionEstimate posterior distributionsBayesian inference frameworkAuto-encoderMedical imagesInference frameworkNetworkSimulation studyBrain PET imagingLearningPosterior estimatesInferior performanceImages
2021
Detecting lumbar lesions in 99mTc‐MDP SPECT by deep learning: Comparison with physicians
Petibon Y, Fahey F, Cao X, Levin Z, Sexton‐Stallone B, Falone A, Zukotynski K, Kwatra N, Lim R, Bar‐Sever Z, Chemli Y, Treves S, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Detecting lumbar lesions in 99mTc‐MDP SPECT by deep learning: Comparison with physicians. Medical Physics 2021, 48: 4249-4261. PMID: 34101855, DOI: 10.1002/mp.15033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-photon emission computed tomographyLow back painLumbar lesionsPediatric patientsTc-MDPEvaluate low back painCause of low back painTc-MDP scanLesion-presentEmission computed tomographyConvolutional neural networkClinical likelihoodBack painInterreader variabilityDeep convolutional neural networkLumbar locationLesionsStress lesionsFocal lesionsDeep learningPatientsLumbar stressPhysiciansDL systemsLROC studies