2019
Body motion detection and correction in cardiac PET: Phantom and human studies
Sun T, Petibon Y, Han P, Ma C, Kim S, Alpert N, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Body motion detection and correction in cardiac PET: Phantom and human studies. Medical Physics 2019, 46: 4898-4906. PMID: 31508827, PMCID: PMC6842053, DOI: 10.1002/mp.13815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsList-mode dataMotion-compensated image reconstructionMotion correctionCenter of massPET list-mode dataMotion correction methodMotion detectionMotion estimationImage reconstructionPatient body motionDegrade image qualityNonrigid registrationImage qualityMotion transformationCoincident distributionBody motion detectionCardiac positron emission tomographyBack-projection techniqueCovariance matrixImage volumesBody motionPositron emission tomographyBack-projectionReference framePhantomMR-based cardiac and respiratory motion correction of PET: application to static and dynamic cardiac 18F-FDG imaging
Petibon Y, Sun T, Han P, Ma C, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. MR-based cardiac and respiratory motion correction of PET: application to static and dynamic cardiac 18F-FDG imaging. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2019, 64: 195009. PMID: 31394518, PMCID: PMC7007962, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab39c2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMR-based motion correctionRespiratory motion correctionMotion correctionImproved spatial resolutionReconstructed activity concentrationCardiac PET dataSpatial resolutionCoincidence eventsMR-basedPET imagingContrast-to-noise ratioCardiac PET imagingRespiratory phasesMC dataImprove image qualityMR acquisitionQuantitative accuracyCardiac PETPET dataActivity concentrationsMyocardium wallF-FDG PETDynamics studiesImage qualityMotion artifactsFree-Breathing Three-Dimensional T1 Mapping of the Heart Using Subspace-Based Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction
Han P, Horng D, Marin T, Petibon Y, Ouyang J, Fakhri G, Ma C. Free-Breathing Three-Dimensional T1 Mapping of the Heart Using Subspace-Based Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2019, 00: 4008-4011. PMID: 31946750, DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8856511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory motionRespiratory gatingLongitudinal relaxation timeSubspace-based methodsLow-rank tensorMagnetic resonance imagingRelaxation timeT1 mappingT)-spaceSubspace-basedSparsity constraintDynamic MR imagingReconstructed mapsSpatiotemporal correlationThree-dimensionalCardiac MRHealthy subjectsIn vivo dataMagnetizationResonance imagingImage functionMR imagingData acquisitionClinical applicationTensor
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
Effect of time‐of‐flight and point spread function modeling on detectability of myocardial defects in PET
Schaefferkoetter J, Ouyang J, Rakvongthai Y, Nappi C, El Fakhri G. Effect of time‐of‐flight and point spread function modeling on detectability of myocardial defects in PET. Medical Physics 2014, 41: 062502. PMID: 24877836, PMCID: PMC4032408, DOI: 10.1118/1.4875725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal-to-noise ratioDetection signal-to-noise ratioPoint spread functionObserver signal-to-noise ratioEffects of time-of-flightMyocardial defectsHuman observer performanceDefect detectionSlow convergenceTime-of-flight (TOFNon-PSFPostreconstruction smoothingFDG-PET dataTime-of-flightPSF reconstructionCombination of TOFNon-TOFIterationObserver performanceClinical practiceSpread functionReconstruction parametersReconstruction protocolsIterative methodDetection
2013
Direct reconstruction of cardiac PET kinetic parametric images using a preconditioned conjugate gradient approach
Rakvongthai Y, Ouyang J, Guerin B, Li Q, Alpert N, Fakhri G. Direct reconstruction of cardiac PET kinetic parametric images using a preconditioned conjugate gradient approach. Medical Physics 2013, 40: 102501. PMID: 24089922, PMCID: PMC3779266, DOI: 10.1118/1.4819821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac 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
2009
Quantitative simultaneous cardiac SPECT using MC‐JOSEM
Ouyang J, Zhu X, Trott C, Fakhri G. Quantitative simultaneous cardiac SPECT using MC‐JOSEM. Medical Physics 2009, 36: 602-611. PMID: 19292000, PMCID: PMC2673670, DOI: 10.1118/1.3063544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMC-JOSEMEnergy windowWater-filled torso phantomScatter correctionPhotopeak energy windowStandard OSEMCardiac SPECT imagingActivity concentration ratioIterative reconstruction algorithmReconstruction algorithmMyocardium wallTorso phantomActivity estimationDetector responseEmission energyBackground compartmentPhantom dataCardiac SPECTActivity distributionRest/stress imagingScatteringCases of patientsOSEMChest painCardiac protocols