MRI-based attenuation correction for hybrid PET/MRI systems: a 4-class tissue segmentation technique using a combined ultrashort-echo-time/Dixon MRI sequence

Y Berker, J Franke, A Salomon… - Journal of nuclear …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
Accurate γ-photon attenuation correction (AC) is essential for quantitative PET/MRI as there
is no simple relation between MR image intensity and attenuation coefficients. Attenuation …

Simultaneous reconstruction of activity and attenuation for PET/MR

A Salomon, A Goedicke, B Schweizer… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medical investigations targeting a quantitative analysis of the position emission tomography
(PET) images require the incorporation of additional knowledge about the photon …

PET performance evaluation of the small-animal Hyperion IID PET/MRI insert based on the NEMA NU-4 standard

…, B Weissler, P Gebhardt, A Salomon… - Biomedical physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The Hyperion II D PET insert is the first scanner using fully digital silicon photomultipliers for
simultaneous PET/MR imaging of small animals up to rabbit size. In this work, we evaluate …

A digital preclinical PET/MRI insert and initial results

…, CW Lerche, B Goldschmidt, A Salomon… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Combining Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
results in a promising hybrid molecular imaging modality as it unifies the high sensitivity of …

Software-based real-time acquisition and processing of PET detector raw data

…, D Schug, CW Lerche, A Salomon… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In modern positron emission tomography (PET) readout architectures, the position and
energy estimation of scintillation events (singles) and the detection of coincident events (…

A self-normalization reconstruction technique for PET scans using the positron emission data

A Salomon, B Goldschmidt, R Botnar… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) image quality in both clinical and preclinical environments
highly depends on an accurate knowledge of the detector hardware to correct for image …

Initial PET performance evaluation of a preclinical insert for PET/MRI with digital SiPM technology

…, PM Dueppenbecker, A Salomon… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Hyperion-II D is a positron emission tomography (PET) insert which allows simultaneous
operation in a clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. To read out the scintillation …

Towards software-based real-time singles and coincidence processing of digital PET detector raw data

…, CW Lerche, T Solf, A Salomon… - … on Nuclear Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a software-based singles and coincidence processing (SCP) architecture
for a digital PET/MR system that is based on SiPM detectors with local digitization coupled …

Performance evaluation of a prototype positron emission tomography scanner using digital photon counters (DPC)

…, R Dorscheid, A Thon, A Salomon… - 2012 IEEE Nuclear …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We show performance results of a prototype Positron Emission Tomography scanner based
on digital SiPMs, or Digital Photon Counters (DPC), developed by the Philips Digital Photon …

Design concept of world's first preclinical PET/MR insert with fully digital silicon photomultiplier technology

…, B Goldschmidt, A Salomon… - 2012 IEEE Nuclear …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of a highly integrated and MRI-compatible PET detector remains as one
of the main challenges towards a truly simultaneous PET/MR scanner. Here we present the …