2024
DIANA - Detectability Investgations using Artificial Nodal Additions
Bayerlein R, Xia M, Xie H, Spencer B, Ouyang J, Fakhri G, Nardo L, Liu C, Badawi R. DIANA - Detectability Investgations using Artificial Nodal Additions. 2024, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10657528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContrast recovery coefficientContrast-to-noise ratioLesion-to-background ratioList-mode dataTotal-body PET/CT scannerPositron emission tomographyContrast recoveryOSEM algorithmPatient motionPET/CT scannerArtificial lesionsImage quality metricsLesion detectionQuantitative accuracyPositron emission tomography scanRecovery coefficientCount densityImage contrastBody mass indexImage noisePositron emission tomography imaging techniquesFrame lengthImage smoothingActivity concentrationsAccuracy of lesion detection
2023
Fast-MC-PET: A Novel Deep Learning-Aided Motion Correction and Reconstruction Framework for Accelerated PET
Zhou B, Tsai Y, Zhang J, Guo X, Xie H, Chen X, Miao T, Lu Y, Duncan J, Liu C. Fast-MC-PET: A Novel Deep Learning-Aided Motion Correction and Reconstruction Framework for Accelerated PET. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2023, 13939: 523-535. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34048-2_40.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReconstruction frameworkMotion correctionMotion-compensated reconstructionHigh-quality imagesHigh-quality reconstruction imagesReconstruction moduleFrame reconstructionReconstruction outputMotion correction methodMotion modelingReconstructed imagesReconstruction methodImage qualityMotion typesImagesPatient motionExperimental resultsMotion-induced artifactsAcquisition dataReconstruction imagesLong acquisition timesFrameworkMultiple typesLow SNRPET acquisition
2022
MCP-Net: Inter-frame Motion Correction with Patlak Regularization for Whole-body Dynamic PET
Guo X, Zhou B, Chen X, Liu C, Dvornek N. MCP-Net: Inter-frame Motion Correction with Patlak Regularization for Whole-body Dynamic PET. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2022, 13434: 163-172. PMID: 38464686, PMCID: PMC10923180, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16440-8_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConvolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM) layersLong short-term memory layersMotion estimation moduleShort-term memory layersDeep learning benchmarksEnhanced network performanceImage registration problemMotion correction frameworkMotion correctionU-NetNetwork performanceLearning benchmarksSimilarity measurementEstimation moduleRegistration problemGradient lossMemory layerLoss functionDynamic frameDynamic positron emission tomographyFitting errorSpatial alignmentSpatial misalignmentPatient motionModule
2021
Automatic Inter-Frame Patient Motion Correction for Dynamic Cardiac PET Using Deep Learning
Shi L, Lu Y, Dvornek N, Weyman CA, Miller EJ, Sinusas AJ, Liu C. Automatic Inter-Frame Patient Motion Correction for Dynamic Cardiac PET Using Deep Learning. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2021, 40: 3293-3304. PMID: 34018932, PMCID: PMC8670362, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2021.3082578.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConvolutional neural networkRegistration-based methodMotion correctionDynamic frameTracer distribution changeDynamic image dataPatient motion correctionPatient scansDeep learningPatient motionMotion estimationImage dataLSTM networkNeural networkRealistic patient motionTemporal informationMotion correction methodMotion detectionCardiac PETClinical workflowRigid translational motionFlow estimationNetworkPatient datasetsSuperior performance