2019
Free-Breathing Three-Dimensional T1 Mapping of the Heart Using Subspace-Based Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction
Han P, Horng D, Marin T, Petibon Y, Ouyang J, Fakhri G, Ma C. Free-Breathing Three-Dimensional T1 Mapping of the Heart Using Subspace-Based Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2019, 00: 4008-4011. PMID: 31946750, DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8856511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory motionRespiratory gatingLongitudinal relaxation timeSubspace-based methodsLow-rank tensorMagnetic resonance imagingRelaxation timeT1 mappingT)-spaceSubspace-basedSparsity constraintDynamic MR imagingReconstructed mapsSpatiotemporal correlationThree-dimensionalCardiac MRHealthy subjectsIn vivo dataMagnetizationResonance imagingImage functionMR imagingData acquisitionClinical applicationTensor
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
2012
MRI-Based Nonrigid Motion Correction in Simultaneous PET/MRI
Chun Y, Reese T, Ouyang J, Guerin B, Catana C, Zhu X, Alpert N, Fakhri G. MRI-Based Nonrigid Motion Correction in Simultaneous PET/MRI. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2012, 53: 1284-1291. PMID: 22743250, PMCID: PMC4077320, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.092353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChannelized Hotelling observerMotion correctionDetection signal-to-noise ratioSignal-to-noise ratioMRI-based motion correctionRespiratory motion correctionMotion-corrected reconstructionOrdered-subsets expectation maximization algorithmNonrigid motion correctionChannelized Hotelling observer studyPET image qualityNonrigid image registration methodCoincidence dataDeformable phantomRespiratory gatingReduce radiation doseDynamic phantomImage registration methodReduced signal-to-noise ratioSimultaneous PET/MRICost of increased noiseHotelling observerPhantomAttenuation measurementsRabbit studies