[HTML][HTML] Current trends in medical image registration and fusion

FEZA El-Gamal, M Elmogy, A Atwan - Egyptian Informatics Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently, medical image registration and fusion processes are considered as a valuable
assistant for the medical experts. The role of these processes arises from their ability to help …

[HTML][HTML] Long Axial Field of View PET/CT: Technical Aspects in Cardiovascular Diseases

TS Martinez-Lucio, OI Mendoza-Ibañez, W Liu… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) plays a pivotal role in the
assessment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), particularly in the context of ischemic heart …

Spatial coefficient of variation in pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling cerebral blood flow images as a hemodynamic measure for cerebrovascular steno-occlusive …

M Ibaraki, K Nakamura, H Toyoshima… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) is a completely non-invasive method of
cerebral perfusion measurement. However, cerebral blood flow (CBF) quantification is …

A systematic performance evaluation of head motion correction techniques for 3 commercial PET scanners using a reproducible experimental acquisition protocol

T Inomata, S Watanuki, H Odagiri, T Nambu… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2019 - Springer
Purposes Subject's motion during brain PET scan degrades spatial resolution and
quantification of PET images. To suppress these effects, rigid-body motion correction …

Prediction of an oxygen extraction fraction map by convolutional neural network: validation of input data among MR and PET images

K Matsubara, M Ibaraki, Y Shinohara… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) is a biomarker for the viability of brain tissue in
ischemic stroke. However, acquisition of the OEF map using positron emission tomography …

Evaluating different methods of MR-based motion correction in simultaneous PET/MR using a head phantom moved by a robotic system

E Einspänner, TH Jochimsen, J Harries, A Melzer… - EJNMMI physics, 2022 - Springer
Background Due to comparatively long measurement times in simultaneous positron
emission tomography and magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging, patient movement during …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of hematocrit on cerebral blood flow measured by pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling MRI: A comparative study with 15O-water positron emission …

M Ibaraki, K Nakamura, K Matsubara… - Magnetic Resonance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction In cerebral blood flow (CBF) quantification with pseudo-continuous arterial spin
labeling (pCASL) MRI, arterial blood T1 (T1a) is usually fixed to a typical value (eg, 1650 …

Validation of a simplified scatter correction method for 3D brain PET with 15O

M Ibaraki, K Matsubara, K Sato, T Mizuta… - Annals of nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
Objective Positron emission tomography (PET) enables quantitative measurements of
various biological functions. Accuracy in data acquisition and processing schemes is a …