2014
Motion compensation for brain PET imaging using wireless MR active markers in simultaneous PET–MR: Phantom and non-human primate studies
Huang C, Ackerman J, Petibon Y, Normandin M, Brady T, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Motion compensation for brain PET imaging using wireless MR active markers in simultaneous PET–MR: Phantom and non-human primate studies. NeuroImage 2014, 91: 129-137. PMID: 24418501, PMCID: PMC3965607, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion correctionWireless markersList-mode reconstructionReconstructed PET imagesMotion correction techniqueObserver signal-to-noise ratioSimultaneous PET-MRMotion artifactsPET phantomPET contrastPET reconstructionBrain PET imagingPET imagingPhantomBrain PETPET-MRIndependent noise realizationsAccurate quantitative valuesHead motionNoise realizationsPET dataSignal-to-noise ratioStatic referenceBrain PET scansActivation markers
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