2023
Arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging with balanced steady-state free precession readout and radial sampling
Han P, Marin T, Zhuo Y, Ouyang J, El Fakhri G, Ma C. Arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging with balanced steady-state free precession readout and radial sampling. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2023, 102: 126-132. PMID: 37187264, PMCID: PMC10524790, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2023.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOff-resonance effectsBalanced steady-state free precessionPhase-cycling techniqueTemporal SNRBalanced steady-state free precession acquisitionRadial sampling schemeSpoiled gradient-recalled acquisitionRadial samplingCartesian sampling schemeBalanced steady-state free precession readoutK-space dataSampling schemeSpin labelingSteady-state free precessionK-spaceImage readoutBanding artifactsMotion-related artifactsReadoutFree precessionArterial spin labelingImage reconstructionParallel imagingImaging timePerfusion-weighted imaging
2022
Free-running Simultaneous 3D Cardiac T1 Mapping and Cine Imaging Using a Linear Tangent Space Alignment Model
Djebra Y, Marin T, Han P, Bloch I, Fakhri G, Ma C. Free-running Simultaneous 3D Cardiac T1 Mapping and Cine Imaging Using a Linear Tangent Space Alignment Model. Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine ... Scientific Meeting And Exhibition. 2022 DOI: 10.58530/2022/4440.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2013
Cardiac motion compensation and resolution modeling in simultaneous PET-MR: a cardiac lesion detection study
Petibon Y, Ouyang J, Zhu X, Huang C, Reese T, Chun S, Li Q, Fakhri G. Cardiac motion compensation and resolution modeling in simultaneous PET-MR: a cardiac lesion detection study. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2013, 58: 2085-2102. PMID: 23470288, PMCID: PMC3657754, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/7/2085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContrast recoveryDetector point spread functionPartial volume effectsK-spaceMotion compensationB-spline registrationLesion-detection studiesCardiac motion compensationPET-MR scannersSimultaneous PET-MRPET contrastIterative reconstruction frameworkPoint spread functionMotion correctionPET countsNon-rigid B-spline registrationCardiac phantomPSF modelPET-MRMotion deblurringReconstruction frameworkSystem matrixCardiac PETSpread functionDefect detection