2024
Motion correction quality control of markerless head motion tracking for ultrahigh performance brain PET
Zeng T, Zhang J, Volpi T, Gallezot J, Fontaine K, Khattar N, Jiang W, Yang Z, Wan Q, Wang S, Li T, Zhang X, Hu L, Carson R. Motion correction quality control of markerless head motion tracking for ultrahigh performance brain PET. 2024, 00: 1-2. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10658040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain PET studiesMotion correctionMotion-free imagesImpact of motionPET systemCombined metricImage qualityResolution degradationBrain PETGating methodPET dataFacial expression experimentsSpatial resolutionDetect facial expressionsNon-rigid movementEnhanced image qualityHuman scansGateMotion blurPET studiesMotion tracking systemPlanned motionTracking failureMotionNeuroimaging studies
2018
Respiratory Motion Compensation for PET/CT with Motion Information Derived from Matched Attenuation-Corrected Gated PET Data
Lu Y, Fontaine K, Mulnix T, Onofrey JA, Ren S, Panin V, Jones J, Casey ME, Barnett R, Kench P, Fulton R, Carson RE, Liu C. Respiratory Motion Compensation for PET/CT with Motion Information Derived from Matched Attenuation-Corrected Gated PET Data. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2018, 59: 1480-1486. PMID: 29439015, PMCID: PMC6126443, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.117.203000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion correction frameworkMotion informationReference gatePET reconstructionMotion estimation accuracyGated PET dataMotion compensation approachMotion correctionMotion compensation methodMotion estimationRespiratory motion compensationAttenuation correction artifactsLung cancer datasetMotion compensationCT imagesNAC approachReconstruction algorithmPET dataPET imagesNew frameworkInaccurate localizationCancer datasetsBreathing variationsAttenuation correction mapsHuman datasets
2000
The Suitability of [11C]-α-Methyl-L-tryptophan as a Tracer for Serotonin Synthesis: Studies With Dual Administration of [11C] and [14C] Labeled Tracer
Shoaf S, Carson R, Hommer D, Williams W, Higley J, Schmall B, Herscovitch P, Eckelman W, Linnoila M. The Suitability of [11C]-α-Methyl-L-tryptophan as a Tracer for Serotonin Synthesis: Studies With Dual Administration of [11C] and [14C] Labeled Tracer. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2000, 20: 244-252. PMID: 10698060, DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200002000-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographySerotonin synthesisOverdose of phenobarbitalBrain serotonin synthesis rateIsoflurane-anesthetized rhesus monkeysSerotonin synthesis rateBrain concentrationsSecond doseBrain samplesEmission tomographyRhesus monkeysDual administrationTryptophan uptakePatlak plotSerotoninMinimal conversionAdministrationMonkeysSynthesis rateL-tryptophanPET imagesPET dataTotal countOverdoseExternal quantification
1995
A system for the 3D reconstruction of retracted-septa PET data using the EM algorithm
Johnson C, Yan Y, Carson R, Martino R, Daube-Witherspoon M. A system for the 3D reconstruction of retracted-septa PET data using the EM algorithm. 1995, 3: 1325-1329 vol.3. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.1994.474573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntel iPSC/860 parallel computerData compression schemeImage indexingCompute nodesCompression schemeParallel algorithmParallel computersEM reconstruction algorithmStorage costComputational performanceGE Advance scannerAsynchronous readReconstruction softwareReconstruction algorithmAlgorithmLookup tableProjection dataSoftwareEM algorithmPET dataIndexingProcessorsComputerExtensive useScanner