A review of partial volume correction techniques for emission tomography and their applications in neurology, cardiology and oncology

K Erlandsson, I Buvat, PH Pretorius… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate quantification in PET and SPECT requires correction for a number of physical
factors, such as photon attenuation, Compton scattering and random coincidences (in PET) …

PET quantification: strategies for partial volume correction

V Bettinardi, I Castiglioni, E De Bernardi… - Clinical and Translational …, 2014 - Springer
Despite the continuous evolution of positron emission tomography (PET) technology, the
spatial resolution (SR) of PET images remains poor (4–6 mm) compared with that of …

[18F]FDG PET/CT features for the molecular characterization of primary breast tumors

L Antunovic, F Gallivanone, M Sollini, A Sagona… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of imaging features derived from [18
F] FDG-PET/CT to provide in vivo characterization of breast cancer (BC). Methods Images …

Prospective comparison of MR with diffusion-weighted imaging, endoscopic ultrasound, MDCT and positron emission tomography-CT in the pre-operative staging of …

F Giganti, A Ambrosi, MC Petrone… - The British journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To compare the diagnostic performance of MR and diffusion-weighted imaging
(DWI), multidetector CT, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and 18F-FDG (fluorine-18 …

Quantitative measurement of 18F-FDG PET/CT uptake reflects the expansion of circulating plasmablasts in IgG4-related disease

A Berti, E Della-Torre, F Gallivanone, C Canevari… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objective [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT is increasingly used to
assess organ involvement and response to treatment in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), but …

AI-based applications in hybrid imaging: how to build smart and truly multi-parametric decision models for radiomics

I Castiglioni, F Gallivanone, P Soda, M Avanzo… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction The quantitative imaging features (radiomics) that can be obtained from the
different modalities of current-generation hybrid imaging can give complementary …

A fully automatic approach for multimodal PET and MR image segmentation in gamma knife treatment planning

L Rundo, A Stefano, C Militello, G Russo… - Computer Methods and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and objectives: Nowadays, clinical practice in Gamma Knife treatments is
generally based on MRI anatomical information alone. However, the joint use of MRI and …

Parameters influencing PET imaging features: a phantom study with irregular and heterogeneous synthetic lesions

F Gallivanone, M Interlenghi… - Contrast media & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim. To evaluate reproducibility and stability of radiomic features as effects of the use of
different volume segmentation methods and reconstruction settings. The potential of …

A method for model-free partial volume correction in oncological PET

F Hofheinz, J Langner, J Petr, B Beuthien-Baumann… - EJNMMI research, 2012 - Springer
Background As is well known, limited spatial resolution leads to partial volume effects (PVE)
and consequently to limited signal recovery. Determination of the mean activity …

MR imaging–guided partial volume correction of PET data in PET/MR imaging

K Erlandsson, J Dickson, S Arridge, D Atkinson… - PET clinics, 2016 - pet.theclinics.com
Partial volume effects (PVEs) are caused by the limited spatial resolution of the PET system,
which results in a blurry appearance of the reconstructed PET images and, as a …