Objective task-based evaluation of artificial intelligence-based medical imaging methods: framework, strategies, and role of the physician

AK Jha, KJ Myers, NA Obuchowski, Z Liu… - PET clinics, 2021 - pet.theclinics.com
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods for medical imaging, and more specifically PET,
hold exciting promise in multiple stages of the imaging–technology–development lifecycle …

Nuclear medicine and artificial intelligence: best practices for evaluation (the RELAINCE guidelines)

AK Jha, TJ Bradshaw, I Buvat, M Hatt… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
An important need exists for strategies to perform rigorous objective clinical-task-based
evaluation of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for nuclear medicine. To address this need …

System models for PET statistical iterative reconstruction: A review

A Iriarte, R Marabini, S Matej, COS Sorzano… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging modality that provides in vivo
quantitative measurements of the spatial and temporal distribution of compounds labeled …

DigiPET: sub-millimeter spatial resolution small-animal PET imaging using thin monolithic scintillators

S España, R Marcinkowski, V Keereman… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A new preclinical PET system based on dSiPMs, called DigiPET, is presented. The system is
based on thin monolithic scintillation crystals and exhibits superior spatial resolution at low …

Monte Carlo reference data sets for imaging research: Executive summary of the report of AAPM Research Committee Task Group 195

I Sechopoulos, ESM Ali, A Badal, A Badano… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The use of Monte Carlo simulations in diagnostic medical imaging research is widespread
due to its flexibility and ability to estimate quantities that are challenging to measure …

A feasibility study of ortho-positronium decays measurement with the J-PET scanner based on plastic scintillators

D Kamińska, A Gajos, E Czerwiński, D Alfs… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
We present a study of the application of the Jagiellonian positron emission tomograph (J-
PET) for the registration of gamma quanta from decays of ortho-positronium (o-Ps). The J …

Positron range estimations with PeneloPET

J Cal-González, JL Herraiz, S España… - Physics in Medicine …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Technical advances towards high resolution PET imaging try to overcome the inherent
physical limitations to spatial resolution. Positrons travel in tissue until they annihilate into …

Monte Carlo methods for device simulations in radiation therapy

H Park, H Paganetti, J Schuemann… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations play an important role in radiotherapy, especially as a method
to evaluate physical properties that are either impossible or difficult to measure. For …

Fast generation of 4D PET-MR data from real dynamic MR acquisitions

C Tsoumpas, C Buerger, AP King… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We have implemented and evaluated a framework for simulating simultaneous dynamic PET-
MR data using the anatomic and dynamic information from real MR acquisitions. PET …

SimPET—An open online platform for the Monte Carlo simulation of realistic brain PET data. Validation for 18F‐FDG scans

J Paredes‐Pacheco, FJ López‐González… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose SimPET (www. sim‐pet. org) is a free cloud‐based platform for the generation of
realistic brain positron emission tomography (PET) data. In this work, we introduce the key …