2024
DIANA - Detectability Investgations using Artificial Nodal Additions
Bayerlein R, Xia M, Xie H, Spencer B, Ouyang J, Fakhri G, Nardo L, Liu C, Badawi R. DIANA - Detectability Investgations using Artificial Nodal Additions. 2024, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10657528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContrast recovery coefficientContrast-to-noise ratioLesion-to-background ratioList-mode dataTotal-body PET/CT scannerPositron emission tomographyContrast recoveryOSEM algorithmPatient motionPET/CT scannerArtificial lesionsImage quality metricsLesion detectionQuantitative accuracyPositron emission tomography scanRecovery coefficientCount densityImage contrastBody mass indexImage noisePositron emission tomography imaging techniquesFrame lengthImage smoothingActivity concentrationsAccuracy of lesion detectionDuDoCFNet: Dual-Domain Coarse-to-Fine Progressive Network for Simultaneous Denoising, Limited-View Reconstruction, and Attenuation Correction of Cardiac SPECT
Chen X, Zhou B, Guo X, Xie H, Liu Q, Duncan J, Sinusas A, Liu C. DuDoCFNet: Dual-Domain Coarse-to-Fine Progressive Network for Simultaneous Denoising, Limited-View Reconstruction, and Attenuation Correction of Cardiac SPECT. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2024, 43: 3110-3125. PMID: 38578853, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2024.3385650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMulti-task learning methodCross-domainLimited-viewLearning methodsCoarse-to-fine estimationProgressive networkDual domainCross-modal feature fusionDual-domain networkProgressive learning strategyCross-modal informationSimultaneous denoisingFeature fusionSingle-photon emission computed tomographyImage domainCardiac single-photon emission computed tomographyReconstruction accuracyDenoisingHardware expenseFusion mechanismAccelerated scansImage noiseM-mapSuperior accuracyNetwork
2023
Unified Noise-Aware Network for Low-Count PET Denoising With Varying Count Levels
Xie H, Liu Q, Zhou B, Chen X, Guo X, Wang H, Li B, Rominger A, Shi K, Liu C. Unified Noise-Aware Network for Low-Count PET Denoising With Varying Count Levels. IEEE Transactions On Radiation And Plasma Medical Sciences 2023, 8: 366-378. PMID: 39391291, PMCID: PMC11463975, DOI: 10.1109/trpms.2023.3334105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLarge-scale dataDeep learningDynamic PET imagesLow-count dataNeural networkMultiple networksSpecific noise levelDifferent vendorsDifferent noise levelsDenoised resultsNoisy counterpartDynamic frameInput noise levelNetworkData availabilityHigher image noiseImage qualityImage noiseSuperior performanceImportant topicAdditional challengesNoise levelPET imagesLimited data availabilityVendorsDual-Domain Iterative Network with Adaptive Data Consistency for Joint Denoising and Few-Angle Reconstruction of Low-Dose Cardiac SPECT
Chen X, Zhou B, Xie H, Guo X, Liu Q, Sinusas A, Liu C. Dual-Domain Iterative Network with Adaptive Data Consistency for Joint Denoising and Few-Angle Reconstruction of Low-Dose Cardiac SPECT. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2023, 14307: 49-59. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44917-8_5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIterative networkAuxiliary modulesJoint denoisingLow reconstruction accuracySource codeData consistencyNetwork performanceAblation studiesReconstruction accuracyCardiac SPECTConsistency moduleHardware expensePrediction accuracyAngle reconstructionNetworkDenoisingImage noiseAngle projectionsModuleADC moduleAccuracyReconstructionImagesMPI dataCode
2022
An Adaptive Patch Sampling Scheme for Deep Learning Based PET Image Denoising
Wu J, Tan H, Liu H, Liu C, Onofrey J. An Adaptive Patch Sampling Scheme for Deep Learning Based PET Image Denoising. 2022, 00: 1-3. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic44845.2022.10399313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOver-smoothing effectSignal-to-noise ratioU-NetImage denoisingDeep learning-based approachPET image denoisingL1 loss functionPatch-based strategyLearning-based approachSampling schemeMean square errorHigh signal-to-noise ratioDenoising performanceLow-dose PET imagesNetwork trainingWeight mapData augmentationDenoisingLoss functionNetworkImage noiseSquare errorPatch samplesSampling rateScheme
2019
Direct List Mode Parametric Reconstruction for Dynamic Cardiac SPECT
Shi L, Lu Y, Wu J, Gallezot JD, Boutagy N, Thorn S, Sinusas AJ, Carson RE, Liu C. Direct List Mode Parametric Reconstruction for Dynamic Cardiac SPECT. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2019, 39: 119-128. PMID: 31180845, PMCID: PMC7030971, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2019.2921969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAppropriate kinetic modelConventional indirect methodImage reconstruction algorithmKinetic modelHigh noise levelsLow count levelsVivo canine studyIndirect methodImage noiseNoise levelParametric reconstructionNoiseReconstruction algorithmFrame imagePatient radiation dose reductionMethodDirect methodLower image noise
2010
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 ResearchConceptsDisplacement 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