2014
MR‐based motion correction for PET imaging using wired active MR microcoils in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom study
Huang C, Ackerman J, Petibon Y, Brady T, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. MR‐based motion correction for PET imaging using wired active MR microcoils in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom study. Medical Physics 2014, 41: 041910. PMID: 24694141, PMCID: PMC3978416, DOI: 10.1118/1.4868457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion correctionMR-based motion correctionStatic phantom dataPET quantitative accuracyPET-MRPET-MR scannersSimultaneous PET-MRHoffman phantomList-modePositron emission tomography imagingPET reconstructionBrain positron emission tomographyIterative PET reconstructionPhantom dataPhantomQuantitative accuracyIndependent noise realizationsImage contrastNoise realizationsHead motionPET dataPositron emission tomographyStatic referenceBrain PET scansMotion artifacts
2011
Monitoring proton radiation therapy with in-room PET imaging
Zhu X, España S, Daartz J, Liebsch N, Ouyang J, Paganetti H, Bortfeld T, Fakhri G. Monitoring proton radiation therapy with in-room PET imaging. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2011, 56: 4041-4057. PMID: 21677366, PMCID: PMC3141290, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/13/019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIn-room positron emission tomographyIn-roomProton therapy treatment roomPositron emission tomography systemProton range verificationSoft tissue-equivalent materialMonte Carlo predictionsTissue-equivalent materialsPositron emission tomography acquisition timesProton radiation therapyPositron emission tomographyBiological washoutRange verificationProton therapyList-modeActivity distribution patternsPhantom studyTreatment roomPET acquisitionSoft tissue regionsIn vivo verificationDeep-siteOff-line modalityPositron emission tomography dataAdenoid cystic carcinoma