2024
Free‐breathing 3D cardiac extracellular volume (ECV) mapping using a linear tangent space alignment (LTSA) model
Lee W, Han P, Marin T, Mounime I, Eslahi S, Djebra Y, Chi D, Bijari F, Normandin M, Fakhri G, Ma C. Free‐breathing 3D cardiac extracellular volume (ECV) mapping using a linear tangent space alignment (LTSA) model. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2024 PMID: 39402014, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExtracellular volume mappingContrast agent injectionExtracellular volumeGradient echo readoutECV mapsAgent injectionWhole heartEcho readoutExtracellular volume valuesVoxel-by-voxelInversion recovery sequenceSpatial resolutionScan timeImaging timeIn vivo studiesHealthy volunteersModel-based methodsRecovery sequenceInjectionReadoutAccelerated 3D metabolite T1 mapping of the brain using variable‐flip‐angle SPICE
Zhao Y, Li Y, Guo R, Jin W, Sutton B, Ma C, Fakhri G, Li Y, Luo J, Liang Z. Accelerated 3D metabolite T1 mapping of the brain using variable‐flip‐angle SPICE. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2024, 92: 1310-1322. PMID: 38923032, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-rank tensor modelGeneralized series modelMetabolite TExperimental resultsBrain metabolitesClinically acceptable scan timeEfficient encodingPhantom experimental resultsAcceptable scan timeNoisy dataSparse samplingImaging problemsData processingHealthy subject dataVariable flip angleFlip angleTensor modelSaturation effectsQuantitative metabolic imagingMRSI techniquePhantomScan timeData acquisitionMetabolic imagingT1 mappingRadiosynthesis automation, non-human primate biodistribution and dosimetry of K+ channel tracer [11C]3MeO4AP
Zhou Y, Wilks M, Dhaynaut M, Guehl N, Vesper D, Moon S, Rice P, El Fakhri G, Normandin M, Brugarolas P. Radiosynthesis automation, non-human primate biodistribution and dosimetry of K+ channel tracer [11C]3MeO4AP. EJNMMI Research 2024, 14: 43. PMID: 38683467, PMCID: PMC11058135, DOI: 10.1186/s13550-024-01092-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRadiation dosimetryAverage effective doseWhole-body biodistributionTotal scan timeNon-decayEffective doseNon-human primatesSymptomatic treatment of multiple sclerosisIn vivo binding affinityBed positionTreatment of multiple sclerosisHigh-resolution CTDynamic acquisition protocolDosimetryPET dataAdult rhesus macaquesScan timeImaging demyelinationOLINDA softwareRadiationAcquisition protocolsPreclinical studiesNo significant changesHigh dosesPET imaging
2013
Clinical Application of In-Room Positron Emission Tomography for In Vivo Treatment Monitoring in Proton Radiation Therapy
Min C, Zhu X, Winey B, Grogg K, Testa M, Fakhri G, Bortfeld T, Paganetti H, Shih H. Clinical Application of In-Room Positron Emission Tomography for In Vivo Treatment Monitoring in Proton Radiation Therapy. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2013, 86: 183-189. PMID: 23391817, PMCID: PMC3640852, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIn-room positron emission tomographyProton therapyIn-roomPositron emission tomography scanIn-room PET scannerPassive scattering proton therapyShapes of target volumesPositron emission tomographyMC predictionBeam range uncertaintiesMeasured PET imagesMonte CarloProton radiation therapyLocal elemental compositionBiological washoutScan timeTreatment headTreatment verificationRange uncertaintiesTarget volumePET scan timePET scannerPET systemComputed tomographyMC results
2011
Impact of Time-of-Flight PET on Whole-Body Oncologic Studies: A Human Observer Lesion Detection and Localization Study
Surti S, Scheuermann J, Fakhri G, Daube-Witherspoon M, Lim R, Abi-Hatem N, Moussallem E, Benard F, Mankoff D, Karp J. Impact of Time-of-Flight PET on Whole-Body Oncologic Studies: A Human Observer Lesion Detection and Localization Study. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2011, 52: 712-719. PMID: 21498523, PMCID: PMC3104282, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.086678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocalization receiver operating characteristicsTime-of-flight PETLong scan timesArea under the LROC curveScan timeFunction of scan timePatient sizeTime-of-flight (TOFLROC curveLow-uptake lesionsTOF imagesTOF kernelLesion detection taskTOF-PETWhole-body oncologyLesion detection performanceScanner fieldPhantom studyPatient body mass indexProbability of correct localizationLesion detectionSphere dataBody mass indexLarger patientsReceiver operating characteristicImprovement in Lesion Detection with Whole-Body Oncologic Time-of-Flight PET
Fakhri G, Surti S, Trott C, Scheuermann J, Karp J. Improvement in Lesion Detection with Whole-Body Oncologic Time-of-Flight PET. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2011, 52: 347-353. PMID: 21321265, PMCID: PMC3088884, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.080382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTime-of-flight PETTime-of-flightTOF-PETTime-of-flight reconstructionBody mass indexList-mode dataNon-TOF PETObserver signal-to-noise ratioOrdered-subset expectation maximizationMass indexNon-TOFLesion detectionLesion detection performanceSpherical lesionsFunction of body mass indexSignal-to-noise ratioScan timePatient studiesLesion visibilityArtificial lesionsLiver lesionsPatientsLesionsLesion locationLow lesions
2006
Optimizing Acquisition Parameters in TOF PET Scanners
Surti S, El-Fakhri G, Karp J. Optimizing Acquisition Parameters in TOF PET Scanners. 2006, 4: 2354-2359. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2006.354386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNoise equivalent countCho SNRNon-TOF scannerScan timePET image qualityPatient dosageTime-of-flightSingles ratesOptimal acquisition parametersPET scannerTOF scannerDiameter cylinderIncreasing scan timeImage qualityReduce scan timeMeasure of signal-to-noise ratioSignal-to-noise ratioSpatial resolutionSNRAcquisition parametersLesion detectionLesionsTOFCylinderIncreased activity