2024
Accelerated 3D metabolite T1 mapping of the brain using variable‐flip‐angle SPICE
Zhao Y, Li Y, Guo R, Jin W, Sutton B, Ma C, Fakhri G, Li Y, Luo J, Liang Z. Accelerated 3D metabolite T1 mapping of the brain using variable‐flip‐angle SPICE. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2024, 92: 1310-1322. PMID: 38923032, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-rank tensor modelGeneralized series modelMetabolite TExperimental resultsBrain metabolitesClinically acceptable scan timeEfficient encodingPhantom experimental resultsAcceptable scan timeNoisy dataSparse samplingImaging problemsData processingHealthy subject dataVariable flip angleFlip angleTensor modelSaturation effectsQuantitative metabolic imagingMRSI techniquePhantomScan timeData acquisitionMetabolic imagingT1 mapping
2020
MR‐based PET attenuation correction using a combined ultrashort echo time/multi‐echo Dixon acquisition
Han P, Horng D, Gong K, Petibon Y, Kim K, Li Q, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J, Ma C. MR‐based PET attenuation correction using a combined ultrashort echo time/multi‐echo Dixon acquisition. Medical Physics 2020, 47: 3064-3077. PMID: 32279317, PMCID: PMC7375929, DOI: 10.1002/mp.14180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinear attenuation coefficientPositron emission tomography attenuation correctionPhysical compartmental modelAttenuation correctionShort T<sub>2</sub> componentPET attenuation correctionRadial k-space trajectoryMagnetic resonance (MR)-based methodK-space trajectoriesRadial trajectoryK-spaceAttenuation coefficientDixon acquisitionsPositron emission tomographyWhole white matterMuting methodImage reconstructionImaging speedMR signalMRAC methodPositron emission tomography imagingCorrectionGray matter regionsPhantomMatter regions
2019
Body motion detection and correction in cardiac PET: Phantom and human studies
Sun T, Petibon Y, Han P, Ma C, Kim S, Alpert N, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Body motion detection and correction in cardiac PET: Phantom and human studies. Medical Physics 2019, 46: 4898-4906. PMID: 31508827, PMCID: PMC6842053, DOI: 10.1002/mp.13815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsList-mode dataMotion-compensated image reconstructionMotion correctionCenter of massPET list-mode dataMotion correction methodMotion detectionMotion estimationImage reconstructionPatient body motionDegrade image qualityNonrigid registrationImage qualityMotion transformationCoincident distributionBody motion detectionCardiac positron emission tomographyBack-projection techniqueCovariance matrixImage volumesBody motionPositron emission tomographyBack-projectionReference framePhantom
2012
Reduced field‐of‐view excitation using second‐order gradients and spatial‐spectral radiofrequency pulses
Ma C, Xu D, King K, Liang Z. Reduced field‐of‐view excitation using second‐order gradients and spatial‐spectral radiofrequency pulses. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2012, 69: 503-508. PMID: 22489022, PMCID: PMC3406253, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRF pulsesRF pulse lengthSpatially selective radiofrequencyReduced field-of-view imagingBloch equation simulationsField-of-view imagingPulse lengthRadiofrequency pulsesPhantom experimentsSelective radiofrequencyEquation simulationsPulseSecond-order gradientsNonlinear gradientsExcitation accuracyRegion-of-interestSpatial selectivityBlochSpatial dependencePhantom