[HTML][HTML] Low-count whole-body PET with deep learning in a multicenter and externally validated study

AS Chaudhari, E Mittra, GA Davidzon, P Gulaka… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
More widespread use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is limited by its high
cost and radiation dose. Reductions in PET scan time or radiotracer dosage typically …

Image quality and lesion detectability in low-dose pediatric 18F-FDG scans using total-body PET/CT

YM Zhao, YH Li, T Chen, WG Zhang, LH Wang… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the effects of dose reduction on image quality and lesion
detectability of oncological 18 F-FDG total-body PET/CT in pediatric oncological patients …

MR-guided kernel EM reconstruction for reduced dose PET imaging

J Bland, A Mehranian, MA Belzunce… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction is highly susceptible to the
impact of Poisson noise, and if shorter acquisition times or reduced injected doses are used …

[HTML][HTML] Head-to-head comparison between digital and analog PET of human and phantom images when optimized for maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio from small …

J Salvadori, F Odille, A Verger, P Olivier, G Karcher… - EJNMMI physics, 2020 - Springer
Background Routine PET exams are increasingly performed with reduced injected activities,
leading to the use of different image reconstruction parameters than the NEMA parameters …

Investigating low-dose image quality in whole-body pediatric 18F-FDG scans using time-of-flight PET/MRI

JP Schmall, S Surti, HJ Otero, S Servaes… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
In this study, we investigated the diagnostic performance of whole-body 18F-FDG imaging
using a PET/MRI scanner with time-of-flight capability for low-dose clinical imaging of …

Simulated reduced-count whole-body FDG PET: evaluation in children and young adults imaged on a digital PET scanner

VPV Alves, S Brady, NA Ata, Y Li… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
BACKGROUND. Digital PET scanners with increased sensitivity may allow shorter scan
acquisition times or reductions in administered radiopharmaceutical activities. OBJECTIVE …

Quantitative and Qualitative Improvement of Low-Count [68Ga]Citrate and [90Y]Microspheres PET Image Reconstructions Using Block Sequential Regularized …

Y Seo, MM Khalighi, KA Wangerin, TW Deller… - Molecular imaging and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose There are several important positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
scenarios that require imaging with very low photon statistics, for which both quantitative …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging quality of an artificial intelligence denoising algorithm: validation in 68Ga PSMA-11 PET for patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer

C Margail, C Merlin, T Billoux, M Wallaert, H Otman… - EJNMMI research, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background 68 Ga-PSMA PET is the leading prostate cancer imaging technique,
but the image quality remains noisy and could be further improved using an artificial …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for staging melanoma patients in direct comparison to computed tomography (CT): results from a prospective …

CP Reinert, C Liang, M Weissinger, J Vogel… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Purpose: The consideration of radiation exposure is becoming more important in metastatic
melanoma due to improved prognoses. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate …

Quantitative analysis of image metrics for reduced and standard dose pediatric 18F-FDG PET/MRI examinations

P Zucchetta, M Branchini, A Zorz… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The study performs a comprehensive analysis of image metrics to objectively
support the reduction of injected activity in pediatric oncology 18F-FDG PET/MR (18F …