2011
Nonrigid PET motion compensation in the lower abdomen using simultaneous tagged‐MRI and PET imaging
Guérin B, Cho S, Chun S, Zhu X, Alpert N, Fakhri G, Reese T, Catana C. Nonrigid PET motion compensation in the lower abdomen using simultaneous tagged‐MRI and PET imaging. Medical Physics 2011, 38: 3025-3038. PMID: 21815376, PMCID: PMC3125080, DOI: 10.1118/1.3589136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPET-MRI acquisitionsMotion correctionPET motion compensationPET motion correctionRespiratory motion correctionMotion-corrected reconstructionMotion correction strategiesWhole-body PET studiesSignal-to-noise ratioPET reconstruction algorithmDeformable phantomNCAT phantomEffects of motionAttenuation mapDetected coincidencesPET-MRIGated framesBrain scannerSimulations of tumorsSignal-to-noisePhantomSusceptibility artifactsReconstruction algorithmPhase domainsNonrigid deformation
2003
A Multi-Scanner Evaluation of PET Image Quality Using Phantom Studies
Surti S, Badawi R, Holdsworth C, Fakhri G, Kinahan P, Karp J. A Multi-Scanner Evaluation of PET Image Quality Using Phantom Studies. 2003, 4: 2425-2427. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSignal-to-noise ratioImage signal-to-noisePET image qualityImage signal-to-noise ratioDiameter phantomImage qualityPhantom diameterPET scannerNEC ratesPhantom studyMeasures of image qualitySignal-to-noisePhantomAcquisition modeFilter observerSpecific tasksAccurate measurementRate dropsSinogramScannerPreliminary resultsECAT