2019
MR-based cardiac and respiratory motion correction of PET: application to static and dynamic cardiac 18F-FDG imaging
Petibon Y, Sun T, Han P, Ma C, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. MR-based cardiac and respiratory motion correction of PET: application to static and dynamic cardiac 18F-FDG imaging. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2019, 64: 195009. PMID: 31394518, PMCID: PMC7007962, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab39c2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMR-based motion correctionRespiratory motion correctionMotion correctionImproved spatial resolutionReconstructed activity concentrationCardiac PET dataSpatial resolutionCoincidence eventsMR-basedPET imagingContrast-to-noise ratioCardiac PET imagingRespiratory phasesMC dataImprove image qualityMR acquisitionQuantitative accuracyCardiac PETPET dataActivity concentrationsMyocardium wallF-FDG PETDynamics studiesImage qualityMotion artifacts
2009
Quantitative simultaneous cardiac SPECT using MC‐JOSEM
Ouyang J, Zhu X, Trott C, Fakhri G. Quantitative simultaneous cardiac SPECT using MC‐JOSEM. Medical Physics 2009, 36: 602-611. PMID: 19292000, PMCID: PMC2673670, DOI: 10.1118/1.3063544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMC-JOSEMEnergy windowWater-filled torso phantomScatter correctionPhotopeak energy windowStandard OSEMCardiac SPECT imagingActivity concentration ratioIterative reconstruction algorithmReconstruction algorithmMyocardium wallTorso phantomActivity estimationDetector responseEmission energyBackground compartmentPhantom dataCardiac SPECTActivity distributionRest/stress imagingScatteringCases of patientsOSEMChest painCardiac protocols