2015
Continuous MR bone density measurement using water- and fat-suppressed projection imaging (WASPI) for PET attenuation correction in PET-MR
Huang C, Ouyang J, Reese T, Wu Y, Fakhri G, Ackerman J. Continuous MR bone density measurement using water- and fat-suppressed projection imaging (WASPI) for PET attenuation correction in PET-MR. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2015, 60: n369-n381. PMID: 26405761, PMCID: PMC4607313, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/20/n369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttenuation correctionUltrashort echo timeMR-based attenuation correctionProjection imagesPET attenuation correctionMR attenuation correctionPET-MRPulse sequenceEcho timeDensity variationsPET imagingCorrectionBone density variationWASPIDensity measurementsAttenuation variationsPhantomMR sequencesLack of signalPulseAttenuationPulmonary imaging using respiratory motion compensated simultaneous PET/MR
Dutta J, Huang C, Li Q, El Fakhri G. Pulmonary imaging using respiratory motion compensated simultaneous PET/MR. Medical Physics 2015, 42: 4227-4240. PMID: 26133621, PMCID: PMC4474958, DOI: 10.1118/1.4921616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory motionContrast-to-noise ratioClinical patient studiesPulse sequenceHigh-intensity featuresXCAT studyLow proton densityXCAT simulationPatient studiesXCAT phantomAttenuation mapBiograph mMRComplete data acquisitionSimultaneous PET/MRNonrigid registrationPET/MR scannersPET/magnetic resonanceMagnetic susceptibilityProton densityQuantitative accuracyRelaxation timePulmonary imagingLung lesionsBlurring artifactsDeformation field
2013
RESPIRATORY MOTION COMPENSATION IN SIMULTANEOUS PET/MR USING A MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI APPROACH
Dutta J, Fakhri G, Huang C, Petibon Y, Reese T, Li Q. RESPIRATORY MOTION COMPENSATION IN SIMULTANEOUS PET/MR USING A MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI APPROACH. 2013, 800-803. DOI: 10.1109/isbi.2013.6556596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGated MR imagesSimultaneous PET/MRRespiratory motion compensationPulse sequencePET image reconstructionBiograph mMR scannerEstimation of deformation fieldsReference gateRespiratory motionAttenuation mapTime binsPET reconstructionWhole-body PET/MR imagingAnatomical MR imagesMotion artifactsPET/MR dataNon-rigid registrationFLASH pulse sequenceSacrificing image qualityPET/MR imagingImage reconstructionGateSimultaneous acquisitionMaximum-a-posteriori approachDeformation field