10-fold reduction of scan time with deep learning reconstruction of Coronary PET images

ML Lassen, F Commandeur, J Kwiecinski, D Dey… - 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
244 Introduction: Coronary plaque 18 F-Sodium Fluoride (18 F-NaF) images need to be
acquired over long time (up to 30 minutes) to obtain diagnostic image quality due to low …

Low-dose PET reconstruction using deep learning: application to cardiac imaged with FDG

C Ladefoged, P Hasbak, J Hansen, A KjÃ, F Andersen - 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
573 Objectives: 18 F-FDG-PET is widely used for viability testing in patients with chronic
ischemic heart disease. Guidelines recommend injection of 300 MBq 18 F-FDG, but …

Injection-to-scan delay correction improves scan-rescan reproducibility sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) coronary plaque imaging.

ML Lassen, J Kwiecinski, D Dey, S Cadet, G Germano… - 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
451 Objectives: High test-retest reproducibility is required for the translation of coronary 18 F-
NaF PET imaging into clinical practice. In this study we investigate the feasibility of …

Optimization of reconstruction and quantification of motion-corrected coronary PET-CT

MK Doris, Y Otaki, SK Krishnan, J Kwiecinski… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Springer
Background Coronary PET shows promise in the detection of high-risk atherosclerosis, but
there remains a need to optimize imaging and reconstruction techniques. We investigated …

Three-hour delayed imaging improves assessment of coronary 18F-sodium fluoride PET

J Kwiecinski, DS Berman, SE Lee, D Dey… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Coronary 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) PET identifies ruptured plaques in patients with
recent myocardial infarction and localizes to atherosclerotic lesions with active calcification …

Deep learning based generation of high-count preclinical [18F]-FDG PET images from low-count [18F]-FDG PET images

K Dutta, T Whitehead, R Laforest, A Jha, K Shoghi - 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
3222 Introduction: Preclinical PET imaging is widely used to quantify in-vivo biological and
metabolic process at molecular level in small animal imaging. In preclinical PET, low count …

Coronary 18F-NaF PET assessment with the utilization of previously acquired CT angiography

J Kwiecinski, P Adamson, ML Lassen, M Doris, A Moss… - 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
300 Objectives: 18F-NaF PET imaging holds promise in distinguishing high-risk plaques in
patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The current imaging protocol requires the …

Triple-gated motion and blood pool clearance corrections improve reproducibility of coronary 18F-NaF PET

ML Lassen, J Kwiecinski, D Dey, S Cadet… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To improve the test–retest reproducibility of coronary plaque 18 F-sodium fluoride
(18 F-NaF) positron emission tomography (PET) uptake measurements. Methods We …

Impact of motion compensation and partial volume correction for 18F-NaF PET/CT imaging of coronary plaque

J Cal-González, C Tsoumpas, ML Lassen… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent studies have suggested that 18 F-NaF-PET enables visualization and quantification
of plaque micro-calcification in the coronary tree. However, PET imaging of plaque …

Classification of Myocardial 18F-FDG PET Uptake Patterns Using Deep Learning

N Josselyn, MT MacLean, C Jean, B Fuchs… - Radiology: Artificial …, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To perform automated myocardial segmentation and uptake classification from
whole-body fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET. Materials and Methods In this …