2022
Co-attention spatial transformer network for unsupervised motion tracking and cardiac strain analysis in 3D echocardiography
Ahn S, Ta K, Thorn S, Onofrey J, Melvinsdottir I, Lee S, Langdon J, Sinusas A, Duncan J. Co-attention spatial transformer network for unsupervised motion tracking and cardiac strain analysis in 3D echocardiography. Medical Image Analysis 2022, 84: 102711. PMID: 36525845, PMCID: PMC9812938, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial transformer networkMotion trackingNoisy displacement fieldReliable motion estimationMotion tracking methodCardiac strain analysisTransformer networkDisplacement fieldDisplacement pathsMotion fieldTracking methodMotion estimationExperimental resultsStrain analysisSuperior performanceTemporal constraintsCardiac motionTrackingRegularization functionDependent featuresEchocardiography imagesNetworkPrior assumptionsField
2017
Non-Rigid Event-by-Event Continuous Respiratory Motion Compensated List-Mode Reconstruction for PET
Chan C, Onofrey J, Jian Y, Germino M, Papademetris X, Carson RE, Liu C. Non-Rigid Event-by-Event Continuous Respiratory Motion Compensated List-Mode Reconstruction for PET. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2017, 37: 504-515. PMID: 29028189, PMCID: PMC7304524, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2017.2761756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion-compensated image reconstructionMotion fieldImage reconstructionReconstruction algorithmRespiratory motionNon-rigid motionNon-rigid motion correctionSignificant image blurringSystem matrixMotion correctionSystem matrix calculationMotionImage blurringSuperior image qualityTracer concentrationRigid motionReference locationMatrix calculationList-mode reconstruction algorithmMotion correlationDynamics studyImage quality