2016
Impact of motion and partial volume effects correction on PET myocardial perfusion imaging using simultaneous PET-MR
Petibon Y, Guehl N, Reese T, Ebrahimi B, Normandin M, Shoup T, Alpert N, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Impact of motion and partial volume effects correction on PET myocardial perfusion imaging using simultaneous PET-MR. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2016, 62: 326-343. PMID: 27997375, PMCID: PMC5241952, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa5087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSimultaneous PET-MRPET myocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion imagingPoint spread functionPoint-spread function correctionUngated dataMotion correctionPET-MRPartial volume effectsApparent wall thicknessMyocardial blood flowPartial volume effect correctionMR-based motion correctionMotion fieldPET-MR scannersPoint spread function modelPET dataPerfusion imagingImage qualityImpact of motionDynamic myocardial perfusion imagingAttenuation mapNon-rigid registrationAbsolute myocardial blood flowUngated images
2015
Accelerated acquisition of tagged MRI for cardiac motion correction in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom and patient studies
Huang C, Petibon Y, Ouyang J, Reese T, Ahlman M, Bluemke D, El Fakhri G. Accelerated acquisition of tagged MRI for cardiac motion correction in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom and patient studies. Medical Physics 2015, 42: 1087-1097. PMID: 25652521, PMCID: PMC4312342, DOI: 10.1118/1.4906247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPET motion correctionMotion correctionSimultaneous PET-MRTMR dataPET list-mode dataPET-MRList-mode dataCardiac motion correctionPET-MR scannersImage qualityParallel imagingAcquisition timePET imagingRespiratory motionCompressive sensingMotion fieldAttenuation correctionDefect contrastModerate acceleration factorsDegradation of image qualityTagged MRCardiac phantomLong acquisition timesPhantomAccurate motion field
2014
Relative role of motion and PSF compensation in whole‐body oncologic PET‐MR imaging
Petibon Y, Huang C, Ouyang J, Reese T, Li Q, Syrkina A, Chen Y, Fakhri G. Relative role of motion and PSF compensation in whole‐body oncologic PET‐MR imaging. Medical Physics 2014, 41: 042503. PMID: 24694156, PMCID: PMC3971824, DOI: 10.1118/1.4868458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoint spread function modelRespiratory motionPoint spread functionPET-MR scannersPencil-beam navigator echoesPET-MRMeasurement of respiratory motionPSF modelRespiratory motion correctionDetector blur effectsModel respiratory motionLung-liver interfacePatient studiesLesion contrastSimultaneous PET-MRSource of image degradationWhole-body PET imagingPET reconstruction algorithmMoving lesionsPhantom experiment resultsPET eventsContrast recoveryNavigator echoesIterative reconstruction processMotion correctionMR‐based motion correction for PET imaging using wired active MR microcoils in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom study
Huang C, Ackerman J, Petibon Y, Brady T, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. MR‐based motion correction for PET imaging using wired active MR microcoils in simultaneous PET‐MR: Phantom study. Medical Physics 2014, 41: 041910. PMID: 24694141, PMCID: PMC3978416, DOI: 10.1118/1.4868457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion correctionMR-based motion correctionStatic phantom dataPET quantitative accuracyPET-MRPET-MR scannersSimultaneous PET-MRHoffman phantomList-modePositron emission tomography imagingPET reconstructionBrain positron emission tomographyIterative PET reconstructionPhantom dataPhantomQuantitative accuracyIndependent noise realizationsImage contrastNoise realizationsHead motionPET dataPositron emission tomographyStatic referenceBrain PET scansMotion artifacts
2013
Bias Atlases for Segmentation-Based PET Attenuation Correction Using PET-CT and MR
Ouyang J, Chun Y, Petibon Y, Bonab A, Alpert N, Fakhri G. Bias Atlases for Segmentation-Based PET Attenuation Correction Using PET-CT and MR. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2013, 60: 3373-3382. PMID: 24966415, PMCID: PMC4067048, DOI: 10.1109/tns.2013.2278624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttenuation correctionBias imagesLung density variationsPET attenuation correctionPET-MR scannersAttenuation mapFat identificationOriginal CTPET reconstructionOverall standard deviationPET-MRMR imagingVariation of biasDensity variationsCT-based studyPET accuracyPET-CTStandard deviation of biasCorrectionFat segmentationTissue classesPatientsSoft tissueAttenuationLungCardiac 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