2024
Cross 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
2018
MR-based motion correction for cardiac PET parametric imaging: a simulation study
Guo R, Petibon Y, Ma Y, El Fakhri G, Ying K, Ouyang J. MR-based motion correction for cardiac PET parametric imaging: a simulation study. EJNMMI Physics 2018, 5: 3. PMID: 29388075, PMCID: PMC5792384, DOI: 10.1186/s40658-017-0200-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-motion-correctedPositron emission tomography-magnetic resonanceMR-based motion correctionRespiratory motionMotion correctionActivity distributionMotion correction methodRespiratory gatingPET sinogramsNoise levelCardiac gatingMRI simulationOne-tissue compartment modelNoise realizationsMC methodPET dataCardiac motionReduce motion blurParametric imagesIncreased noise levelConclusionsThis simulation studyArterial input functionPET imagingGateMyocardial regions
2014
Myocardial Defect Detection Using PET-CT: Phantom Studies
Mananga E, Fakhri G, Schaefferkoetter J, Bonab A, Ouyang J. Myocardial Defect Detection Using PET-CT: Phantom Studies. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e88200. PMID: 24505429, PMCID: PMC3914931, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial defect detectionFiltered back projectionChannelized Hotelling observerPhantom studyActivity distributionSubset expectation maximizationDefect detectionCardiac PET studiesMyocardial defectsHotelling observerNoise levelBack-projectionPET-CTPhantomExpectation maximizationOP-OSEMReconstruction schemePET studiesOSEMDefectsNoise