2012
MRI-Based Nonrigid Motion Correction in Simultaneous PET/MRI
Chun Y, Reese T, Ouyang J, Guerin B, Catana C, Zhu X, Alpert N, Fakhri G. MRI-Based Nonrigid Motion Correction in Simultaneous PET/MRI. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2012, 53: 1284-1291. PMID: 22743250, PMCID: PMC4077320, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.092353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChannelized Hotelling observerMotion correctionDetection signal-to-noise ratioSignal-to-noise ratioMRI-based motion correctionRespiratory motion correctionMotion-corrected reconstructionOrdered-subsets expectation maximization algorithmNonrigid motion correctionChannelized Hotelling observer studyPET image qualityNonrigid image registration methodCoincidence dataDeformable phantomRespiratory gatingReduce radiation doseDynamic phantomImage registration methodReduced signal-to-noise ratioSimultaneous PET/MRICost of increased noiseHotelling observerPhantomAttenuation measurementsRabbit studies
2011
Nonrigid PET motion compensation in the lower abdomen using simultaneous tagged‐MRI and PET imaging
Guérin B, Cho S, Chun S, Zhu X, Alpert N, Fakhri G, Reese T, Catana C. Nonrigid PET motion compensation in the lower abdomen using simultaneous tagged‐MRI and PET imaging. Medical Physics 2011, 38: 3025-3038. PMID: 21815376, PMCID: PMC3125080, DOI: 10.1118/1.3589136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPET-MRI acquisitionsMotion correctionPET motion compensationPET motion correctionRespiratory motion correctionMotion-corrected reconstructionMotion correction strategiesWhole-body PET studiesSignal-to-noise ratioPET reconstruction algorithmDeformable phantomNCAT phantomEffects of motionAttenuation mapDetected coincidencesPET-MRIGated framesBrain scannerSimulations of tumorsSignal-to-noisePhantomSusceptibility artifactsReconstruction algorithmPhase domainsNonrigid deformation