2024
Quantitative Accuracy Assessment of the NeuroEXPLORER for Diverse Imaging Applications: Moving Beyond Standard Evaluations.
Omidvari N, Shanina E, Leung E, Sun X, Li Y, Mulnix T, Gravel P, Henry S, Matuskey D, Volpi T, Jones T, Badawi R, Li H, Carson R, Qi J, Cherry S. Quantitative Accuracy Assessment of the NeuroEXPLORER for Diverse Imaging Applications: Moving Beyond Standard Evaluations. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, jnumed.124.268309. PMID: 39638433, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.268309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContrast recovery coefficientHoffman phantomUniform phantomIQ phantomRecovery coefficientBrain PET systemHoffman brain phantomBrain uptakeSpatial resolutionDiverse imaging applicationsCylindrical phantomPET systemBrain phantomNeuroimaging studiesImage qualityImaging conditionsPhantomReconstruction parametersImaging time pointsTime pointsImage-derived input functionHigher spatial resolutionQuantitative accuracyDelayed time pointsBrain disorders
2020
Assessment of population-based input functions for Patlak imaging of whole body dynamic 18F-FDG PET
Naganawa M, Gallezot JD, Shah V, Mulnix T, Young C, Dias M, Chen MK, Smith AM, Carson RE. Assessment of population-based input functions for Patlak imaging of whole body dynamic 18F-FDG PET. EJNMMI Physics 2020, 7: 67. PMID: 33226522, PMCID: PMC7683759, DOI: 10.1186/s40658-020-00330-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPopulation-based input functionImage-derived input functionInitial distribution volumeArterial input functionInjected doseBlood samplingWhole bodyStandard arterial input functionInitial plasma concentrationsArterial blood samplingOncological patientsPlasma concentrationsGold standard methodDistribution volumePET studiesPET imagingSubject heightInput functionAUCAUC valuesTest-retest dataClinical environmentLater time windowKi valuesImaging