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
2013
Spatially varying regularization for motion compensated PET reconstruction
Dutta J, Fakhri G, Lin Y, Huang C, Petibon Y, Reese T, Leahy R, Li Q. Spatially varying regularization for motion compensated PET reconstruction. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2013, 2156-2160. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2012.6551493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSimulated lung lesionsRegularization schemeSpatially varying regularizationUngated reconstructionTorso phantomImage reconstruction problemContrast recoverySacrificing signal-to-noise ratioPET reconstructionSignal-to-noise ratioAnalytical approximationReconstruction frameworkQuadratic penaltyDiagonal elementsReconstruction problemLocal impulse responseCardiac motionRegularization approachReconstructed imagesFisher information matrixAutomated fashionPET imagingImpulse responseDegree of smoothnessInformation matrix