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New SPM8-based MRAC method for simultaneous PET/MR brain images: comparison with state-of-the-art non-rigid registration methods

Authors: David Izquierdo-Garcia, Kevin T Chen, Adam E Hansen, Stefan Förster, Didier Benoit, Sylvia Schachoff, Sebastian Fürst, Daniel B Chonde and Ciprian Catana

Modelling the impact of injection time on the bolus shapes in PET-MRI AIF Conversion

Authors: Hasan Sari, Kjell Erlandsson, Anna Barnes, David Atkinson, Simon Arridge, Sebastien Ourselin and Brian Hutton

Attenuation correction synthesis for hybrid PET-MR scanners: validation for brain study applications

Authors: Ninon Burgos, M Jorge Cardoso, Kris Thielemans, John S Duncan, David Atkinson, Simon R Arridge, Brian F Hutton and Sébastien Ourselin

Updates from the SPADnet project (fully digital, scalable and networked photonic component for Time-of-Flight PET applications)

Authors: Edoardo Charbon, Claudio Bruschini, Chockalingam Veerappan, Leo HC Braga, Nicola Massari, Matteo Perenzoni, Leonardo Gasparini, David Stoppa, Richard Walker, Ahmed Erdogan, Robert K Henderson, Steve East, Lindsay Grant, Balázs Jatekos, Ferenc Ujhelyi, Gábor Erdei…

Image reconstruction of mMR PET data using the open source software STIR

Authors: Pawel Markiewicz, Kris Thielemans, Ninon Burgos, Richard Manber, Jieqing Jiao, Anna Barnes, David Atkinson, Simon R Arridge, Brian F Hutton and Sébastien Ourselin

Initial evaluation of a practical PET respiratory motion correction method in clinical simultaneous PET/MRI

Authors: Richard Manber, Kris Thielemans, Brian Hutton, Anna Barnes, Sebastien Ourselin, Simon Arridge, Celia O'Meara and David Atkinson

GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo based scatter correction in brain PET/MR

Authors: Michaela Gaens, Julien Bert, Uwe Pietrzyk, A Autret, N Jon Shah and Dimitris Visvikis

Multimodal imaging brain connectivity analysis (MIBCA) toolbox: preliminary application to Alzheimer’s disease

Authors: Andre Santos Ribeiro, Luís Miguel Lacerda, Nuno André da Silva and Hugo Alexandre Ferreira

Masamune: a tool for automatic dynamic PET data processing, image reconstruction and integrated PET/MRI data analysis

Authors: Daniel B Chonde, David Izquierdo-Garcia, Kevin Chen, Spencer L Bowen and Ciprian Catana

Combining MRI with PET for partial volume correction improves image-derived input functions in mice

Authors: Eleanor Evans, Guido Buonincontri, David Izquierdo, Carmen Methner, Rob C Hawkes, Richard E Ansorge, Thomas Kreig, T Adrian Carpenter and Stephen J Sawiak

Highly accelerated Point-Spread Function mapping based on Finite Rate of Innovation for EPI distortion correction

Authors: Rita G Nunes and Joseph V Hajnal

Incorporation of MRI-AIF information for improved kinetic modelling of dynamic PET data

Authors: Hasan Sari, Kjell Erlandsson, Kris Thielemans, David Atkinson, Simon Arridge, Sebastien Ourselin and Brian Hutton

Innovative multimodal DOTA/NODA nanoparticles for MRI and PET imaging for tumor detection

Authors: Charles Truillet, Penelope Bouziotis, Charalambos Tsoukalas, Lucie Sancey, Franck Denat, Frédéric Boschetti, Dimitris Stellas, Constantinos D Anagnostopoulos, Vassilis Koutoulidis, Lia A Moulopoulos, François Lux, P Perriat and Olivier Tillement

Preliminary evaluation of image quality in a new clinical ToF-PET/MR scanner

Authors: Gaspar Delso, Mehdi Khalighi, Marlena Hofbauer, Miguel Porto, Patrick Veit-Haibach and Gustav von Schulthess

A 3D MR-acquisition scheme for non-rigid bulk motion correction in simultaneous PET-MR

Authors: Christoph Kolbitsch, Claudia Prieto, Charalampos Tsoumpas and Tobias Schaeffter

In-line high resolution PET and 3T MRI hybrid device for preclinical multimodal imaging

Authors: Juan J Vaquero, Paula Montesinos, Lorena Cussó, Veronica García-Vazquez and Manuel Desco

Generation of pseudo-CT from a single MRI for PET/MR attenuation correction purposes

Authors: Florian Monnier, Hadi Fayad, Julian Bert, Jerome Lapuyade-Lahorgue, Mathieu Hatt, Patrick Veit-Haibach, Gaspar Delso and Dimitris Visvikis

MR-based attenuation correction in brain PET based on UTE sequences

Authors: Jorge Cabello, Stephan G Nekolla and Sibylle I Ziegler

RF-Penetrable PET insert for simultaneous PET/MR imaging

Authors: Brian J Lee, Alexander M Grant, Chen-Ming Chang and Craig S Levin

Performance of a high sensitivity time-of-flight PET ring operating simultaneously within a 3T MR system

Authors: Craig S Levin, Floris Jansen, Tim Deller, Sri Harsha Maramraju, Alex Grant and Andrei Iagaru

Identification and characterization of human brown adipose tissue (BAT) content and metabolism in adults using [¹⁸F]-FDG PET/MR – a pilot study

Authors: Helle H Johannesen, Johan Löfgren, Ida Donkin, Adam E Hansen, Annika Loft, Liselotte Højgaard and Andreas Kjær

On transcending the impasse of respiratory motion correction applications in routine clinical imaging - a consideration of a fully automated data driven motion control framework

Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly used for the detection, characterization, and follow-up of tumors located in the thorax. However, patient respiratory motion presents a unique limitation that...

Authors: Adam L Kesner, Paul J Schleyer, Florian Büther, Martin A Walter, Klaus P Schäfers and Phillip J Koo

Cluster-based segmentation of dual-echo ultra-short echo time images for PET/MR bone localization

Magnetic resonance (MR)-based attenuation correction is a critical component of integrated positron emission tomography (PET)/MR scanners. It is generally achieved by segmenting MR images into tissue classes w...

Authors: Gaspar Delso, Konstantinos Zeimpekis, Michael Carl, Florian Wiesinger, Martin Hüllner and Patrick Veit-Haibach

The dynamics of physics in PET

From a technical perspective, there are fundamentally two forces driving the evolution of instrumentation in positron emission tomography (PET) and nuclear medicine generally: clinical needs and technical inno...

Authors: Charles C Watson

Thirty years from now: future physics contributions in nuclear medicine

This paper is the first in a series of invited perspectives by pioneers of nuclear medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a nuclear medicine physician each take a backward and a forward look at ...

Authors: Dale L Bailey

The contribution of Medical Physics to Nuclear Medicine: looking back - a physicist’s perspective

This paper is the first in a series of invited perspectives by four pioneers of Nuclear Medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a Nuclear Medicine clinical specialist each take a backward look an...

Authors: Brian F Hutton

The contribution of physics to Nuclear Medicine: physicians’ perspective on future directions

Advances in Nuclear Medicine physics enabled the specialty of Nuclear Medicine and directed research in other aspects of radiotracer imaging, ultimately leading to Nuclear Medicine’s emergence as an important ...

Authors: David A Mankoff and Daniel A Pryma

The contribution of medical physics to nuclear medicine: a physician's perspective

This paper is the second in a series of invited perspectives by four pioneers of nuclear medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a nuclear medicine clinical specialist each take a backward look a...

Authors: Peter J Ell

EJNMMI Physics - an editor's perspective

Authors: Thomas Beyer and Igansi Carrio