2019
Time of flight PET reconstruction using nonuniform update for regional recovery uniformity
Kim K, Kim D, Yang J, Fakhri G, Seo Y, Fessler J, Li Q. Time of flight PET reconstruction using nonuniform update for regional recovery uniformity. Medical Physics 2019, 46: 649-664. PMID: 30508255, PMCID: PMC6501218, DOI: 10.1002/mp.13321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal-to-noise ratio regionVariant step sizeSignal-to-noise ratioNesterov momentumOS-SQSUniform recoveryOS-EMStep sizeNon-TOF PETOrdered subsetsQuad-core CPUEarly stopping criterionGraphics processing unitsTime-of-flight PET reconstructionReconstruction methodPET reconstruction methodsNesterov's momentum methodImage qualityPET reconstructionTOF-PETOverall signal-to-noise ratioActive regionLow activity regionsComputer simulationsRecovery ratio
2018
Strain map of the tongue in normal and ALS speech patterns from tagged and diffusion MRI
Xing F, Prince J, Stone M, Reese T, Atassi N, Wedeen V, El Fakhri G, Woo J. Strain map of the tongue in normal and ALS speech patterns from tagged and diffusion MRI. Proceedings Of SPIE--the International Society For Optical Engineering 2018, 10574: 1057411. PMID: 29706684, PMCID: PMC5922778, DOI: 10.1117/12.2293028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiffusion tensor imagingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis subjectsAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisNormal subjectsMagnetic resonance (MR) techniquesAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis patientsTagged magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingMR imaging techniquesMotion sequencesDeath of neuronsMotion fieldDiffusion tensor imaging dataSwallowing functionLines of actionTongue tissueResonance imagingFiber directionTongue musclesTongue motionSpeech patternsMotion atlasActive regionTensor imaging