2024
Flat Panel TOF-PET Detectors: a Simulation Study
Orehar M, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Gascón D, Gola A, Korpar S, Križan P, Razdevšek G, Marin T, Chemli Y, Žontar D, Pestotnik R. Flat Panel TOF-PET Detectors: a Simulation Study. 2024, 00: 1-2. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10658250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime resolutionAngular coverageFlat-panel detectorScintillation materialsGATE softwareAxial coverageBiograph VisionPanel detectorTotal-body coverageClinical scannerImage reconstructionDetectorReconstructed imagesHomogeneous contrastCylindrical scannerImage qualityState-of-the-artScintillationHigh-performance computingScannerPhantomResolutionCore hoursPositron emission tomographyGateDesign Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study
Orehar M, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Korpar S, Križan P, Razdevšek G, Marin T, Žontar D, Pestotnik R. Design Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study. Diagnostics 2024, 14: 1976. PMID: 39272760, PMCID: PMC11487429, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14171976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime-of-flight positron emission tomographyTOF-PET scannerNEMA NU 2Evaluate spatial resolutionPET detectorsNU 2Scintillation materialsBiograph VisionRing scannerLimited-angleScanner designReadout levelsPoint sourcesFlat panel geometryClinical scannerSpatial resolutionReadout strategySingle-crystalImage qualityScintillationScannerFlat panelDesign parametersDetectorDesign optimisation
2023
Impact of motion correction on [18F]-MK6240 tau PET imaging
Tiss A, Marin T, Chemli Y, Spangler-Bickell M, Gong K, Lois C, Petibon Y, Landes V, Grogg K, Normandin M, Becker A, Thibault E, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Impact of motion correction on [18F]-MK6240 tau PET imaging. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2023, 68: 105015. PMID: 37116511, PMCID: PMC10278956, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acd161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion correctionPET quantitationImpact of motion correctionList-mode reconstructionMotion correction methodList-mode dataMotion-corrected imagesEffect of motion correctionVoxel displacementsPhantom experimentsOptical tracking dataLong acquisitionBrain PET scansSlow motionImage qualityPET imagingPositron emission tomographyCorrectionMotionCorrection methodRates of tau accumulationHead motionMotion metricsPhantomPositron
2020
Motion correction for PET data using subspace-based real-time MR imaging in simultaneous PET/MR
Marin T, Djebra Y, Han P, Chemli Y, Bloch I, Fakhri G, Ouyang J, Petibon Y, Ma C. Motion correction for PET data using subspace-based real-time MR imaging in simultaneous PET/MR. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2020, 65: 235022. PMID: 33263317, PMCID: PMC7985095, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abb31d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomography reconstructionMotion-corrected PET reconstructionsPET reconstructionMotion-corrected PET imagesIrregular respiratory motionMotion fieldMotion correction methodMotion correction approachIrregular motion patternsUndersampled k-space dataImage quality of positron emission tomographyQuality of positron emission tomographyMotion patternsLow-rank characteristicsRespiratory motionContrast-to-noise ratioEstimated motion fieldSurrogate signalsMotion correctionK-space dataImage qualityReal-time MR imagingSimultaneous PET/MRMotion artifact reductionPET/MR scanners
2010
Numerical observer for cardiac motion assessment using a linear discriminant
Marin T, Pretorius P, Yang Y, Wernick M, Brankov J. Numerical observer for cardiac motion assessment using a linear discriminant. 2010, 2352-2355. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2010.5874205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeformable mesh modelMesh modelDefect detection taskMotion estimation techniquesImage quality assessmentHuman visual systemHuman detection performanceHuman observersImage qualityMotion defectsHuman observer performanceChannelized Hotelling observerChannel modelMotion informationDetection performanceLinear discriminantDetection taskDiagnostic tasksHuman performanceProposed methodsSingle photon emission computed tomographyHotelling observerVisual systemEvaluate image qualityDiscriminant modelDeformable left‐ventricle mesh model for motion‐compensated filtering in cardiac gated SPECT
Marin T, Brankov J. Deformable left‐ventricle mesh model for motion‐compensated filtering in cardiac gated SPECT. Medical Physics 2010, 37: 5471-5481. PMID: 21089783, PMCID: PMC2962663, DOI: 10.1118/1.3483098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac gated SPECTMesh modelNoise reductionMotion-compensated filteringCardiac gated SPECT imagingDeformable mesh modelTested clinical dataSignal-to-noise ratioMotion estimationMotion blurring artifactsEstimated motionImage-reconstruction methodsProcessing algorithmsSpatiotemporal filtering methodSpatiotemporal filteringMotion trajectoryFiltering approachMyocardium motionFiltering methodReduce noiseImage qualityTemporal correlationProcessing techniquesNoisePhoton data