Quiescent period respiratory gating for PET/CT
Liu C, Alessio A, Pierce L, Thielemans K, Wollenweber S, Ganin A, Kinahan P. Quiescent period respiratory gating for PET/CT. Medical Physics 2010, 37: 5037-5043. PMID: 20964223, PMCID: PMC2945743, DOI: 10.1118/1.3480508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedHumansMiddle AgedPositron-Emission TomographyRespirationRespiratory-Gated Imaging TechniquesRestRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsDisplacement signalQuiescent period gatingGating methodRespiratory motion compensationFraction of countsMotion compensationImproved signalSimulation dataNoise propertiesSignal histogramImage noiseMotion blurringImproved compromiseNoise increasesPET framesMaximum amplitudeComputer simulationsMotion artifactsReduced motionNoiseGatePhase gatingPatient respiratory tracesImage quality