2016
Penalized MLAA with Spatially-Encoded Anatomic Prior in TOF PET/MR
Kim K, Yang J, Fakhri G, Seo Y, Li Q. Penalized MLAA with Spatially-Encoded Anatomic Prior in TOF PET/MR. 2016, 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2016.8069514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSynthetic CT imagesAlternating direction methodAttenuation correctionImage qualityMR-based attenuation correctionTOF-PET dataPET emission dataPET image qualityTime-of-flight (TOFDirection methodCost functionCT imagesPET/MR scannersNoise componentsConsistency conditionsAnatomical MRIterative processComputer simulationsPET dataMLAAPET/MR scansImagesBone signalEmission dataTOF
2015
Penalized Direct Estimation of Parametric Images in PET
Kim K, Fakhri G, Li Q. Penalized Direct Estimation of Parametric Images in PET. 2015, 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2015.7582182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlternating direction methodDirection methodHigh noise varianceIterative reconstruction processKinetic parameter imagesTV regularizationNoise varianceDirect reconstructionPhysiological kinetic parametersDirection estimationReconstruction processNeighboring voxelsCost functionRidge regressionRaw measurementsConventional direct methodComputer simulationsDynamic imagingSplitting methodKinetic parametersImagesBrain phantomAccurate parametric imagesPoisson likelihoodPotential imagesPET Point Spread Function Modeling and Image Deblurring Using a PET/MRI Joint Entropy Prior
Dutta J, Fakhri G, Zhu X, Li Q. PET Point Spread Function Modeling and Image Deblurring Using a PET/MRI Joint Entropy Prior. 2015, 1423-1426. DOI: 10.1109/isbi.2015.7164143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchJoint entropyDe-blurring techniqueImage deblurringBrain WebQuantitative accuracy of PETImage spaceEfficient frameworkDeconvolution problemDeblurringCost functionPoint spread function modelPenalty functionHuman datasetsSpatial resolution capabilitiesPET scannerAmplifier noisePET imagingImagesConsistent with MRIQuantitative accuracyPartial volume effectsPhantomDatasetEntropyFunction model
2014
Sparse-View Spectral CT Reconstruction Using Spectral Patch-Based Low-Rank Penalty
Kim K, Ye J, Worstell W, Ouyang J, Rakvongthai Y, Fakhri G, Li Q. Sparse-View Spectral CT Reconstruction Using Spectral Patch-Based Low-Rank Penalty. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2014, 34: 748-760. PMID: 25532170, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2014.2380993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-rank penaltySelf-similarity of patchesLog-likelihoodPoisson log-likelihoodCost functionSpectral CT reconstructionOriginal cost functionGPU implementationAlternating minimizationSensitive to intensity changesConventional algorithmsSpectral imagingEdge directionComputational costProcedure algorithmComputational advantagesAlgorithmX-ray transmissionComputer simulationsOptimization methodSpectral computed tomographySelf-similarityCT reconstructionX-rayGPU