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PET/MRI: Advances in Instrumentation and Quantitative Procedures, An Issue of PET Clinics, E-Book

PET/MRI: Advances in Instrumentation and Quantitative Procedures, An Issue of PET Clinics, E-Book

Habib Zaidi

(2016)

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Abstract

This issue of PET Clinics focuses on PET/MRI: Advances in Instrumentation and Quantitative Procedures. Articles will include: Advances in clinical PET/MRI instrumentation; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided attenuation correction of positron emission tomography data in PET/MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided partial volume correction of positron emission tomography data in PET/MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided derivation of the input function for PET kinetic modeling; Innovations in small-animal PET/MRI instrumentation; Dual-modal PET/MRI molecular imaging probes; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided motion compensation of positron emission tomography data in PET/MRI; Attenuation correction for MR coils in combined PET/MR imaging; and more!

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
PET/MRI: Advances inInstrumentation and Quantitative Procedures\r i
Copyright\r ii
Contributors iii
CONSULTING EDITOR iii
EDITOR iii
AUTHORS iii
Contents vii
Preface: PET/MR Imaging: Advances in Instrumentation and Quantitative Procedures\r vii
Advances in Clinical PET/MRI Instrumentation\r vii
Innovations in Small-Animal PET/MR Imaging Instrumentation\r vii
The Use of Contrast Agents in Clinical and Preclinical PET-MR Imaging\r vii
MR Imaging–Guided Attenuation Correction of PET Data in PET/MR Imaging\r vii
Attenuation Correction for Magnetic Resonance Coils in Combined PET/MR Imaging: A Review\r viii
MR Imaging–Guided Partial Volume Correction of PET Data in PET/MR Imaging\r viii
MR-Based Cardiac and Respiratory Motion-Compensation Techniques for PET-MR Imaging\r viii
MRI-Guided Derivation of the Input Function for PET Kinetic Modeling\r viii
PET CLINICS\r x
FORTHCOMING ISSUES x
July 2016 x
October 2016 x
January 2017 x
RECENT ISSUES x
January 2016 x
October 2015 x
July 2015 x
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE xi
TARGET AUDIENCE xi
LEARNING OBJECTIVES xi
ACCREDITATION xi
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST xi
UNAPPROVED/OFF-LABEL USE DISCLOSURE xi
TO ENROLL xi
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION xi
CME INQUIRIES/SPECIAL NEEDS xii
Preface: PET/MR Imaging: Advances in Instrumentation and Quantitative Procedures \r xiii
REFERENCES xiv
Advances in Clinical PET/MRI Instrumentation 95
Key points 95
INTRODUCTION 95
THE PRIMARY PROBLEMS IN COMBINING PET AND MRI AND THEIR SOLUTIONS 96
CLINICAL PET/MRI INSTRUMENTATION 96
Sequential PET/MRI 96
Avalanche Photodiodes–Based PET/MRI 97
Silicon Photomultipliers–Based PET/MRI 98
A NEW PATH TO ATTENUATION CORRECTED PET IMAGES IN PET/MRI 100
PERSPECTIVES 101
SUMMARY 101
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 101
REFERENCES 101
Innovations in Small-Animal PET/MR Imaging Instrumentation 105
Key points 105
INTRODUCTION: HARDWARE CHALLENGES 105
Small-animal Imaging Systems 106
Commercial Systems 107
Dedicated Clinical Systems 109
Ongoing Hardware Developments 109
SOFTWARE CHALLENGES 110
Magnetic Resonance-based Motion Estimation 111
Motion Compensated Image Reconstruction 112
Attenuation and Scatter Correction 112
Positron Range Effects 113
Partial Volume Effect 113
Anatomic priors 114
Low-dose imaging 114
Arterial Input Function and Joint Kinetic Modeling 114
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 114
REFERENCES 114
The Use of Contrast Agents in Clinical and Preclinical PET-MR Imaging 119
Key points 119
INTRODUCTION 119
Contrast Agents in MR imaging 119
Contrast Agents in PET 120
CONTRAST AGENTS IN PET-MR IMAGING STUDIES (CLINICAL AND PRECLINICAL) 120
Unimodal Approach 121
Bimodal Approach 123
SUMMARY 126
REFERENCES 126
MR Imaging–Guided Attenuation Correction of PET Data in PET/MR Imaging 129
Key points 129
INTRODUCTION 129
MAGNETIC RESONANCE–ATTENUATION CORRECTION: ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHODS FOR PET/MR IMAGING 130
Segmentation-Based Methods 131
Rationale 131
Challenges, pros, and cons 131
First steps 132
State of the art 132
Ultrashort echo time–based 132
Non-ultrashort echo time–based 133
Take home comparative results 133
Atlas-Based Methods 133
Rationale 133
Challenges, pros, and cons 134
First steps 134
State of the art 135
Template based 135
Probabilistic based 136
Mixed based 137
Take home comparative results 137
PET–Attenuation Correction 137
Rationale 137
Challenges, pros, and cons 137
First steps 138
State of the art 139
Emission based 139
Joint estimation based 139
Tx based 139
Take home comparative results 139
MAGNETIC RESONANCE–ATTENUATION CORRECTION: SOURCES OF ARTIFACTS AND OTHER CHALLENGES 139
Body-Truncation Correction 141
Foreign Object Correction 142
Hardware Correction 142
CURRENT STATUS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE–ATTENUATION CORRECTION FOR CLINICAL PET/MR IMAGING STUDIES 142
Clinical Studies Evaluating Magnetic Resonance–Attenuation Correction Methods 142
Clinical Studies Highlighting the Importance of Accurate Attenuation Correction 144
SUMMARY AND FUTURE OF ATTENUATION CORRECTION FOR PET/MR IMAGING 144
REFERENCES 144
Attenuation Correction for Magnetic Resonance Coils in Combined PET/MR Imaging 151
Key points 151
INTRODUCTION 151
PET/MAGNETIC RESONANCE COILS 152
ATTENUATION CORRECTION FOR MR IMAGING COILS 153
Attenuation Map Generation for Magnetic Resonance Coils 154
Transmission-based attenuation maps 154
Computed tomography-based attenuation maps 154
Computer-aided design–based attenuation maps 156
Localization of the Coils in the PET Field of View 156
Markers-based localization 156
Ultrashort echo time–based localization 157
SCATTER CORRECTION FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE COILS 158
DATA ANALYSIS 158
FUTURE APPROACHES 158
SUMMARY 158
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 159
REFERENCES 159
MR Imaging–Guided Partial Volume Correction of PET Data in PET/MR Imaging 161
Key points 161
INTRODUCTION 161
PARTIAL VOLUME CORRECTION METHODS 162
Postreconstruction Methods 163
Regional simultaneous estimation methods (A) 163
Voxel-based additive and multiplicative methods (B) 165
Purely multiplicative methods (C) 165
Wavelet-transform methods (D) 165
Deconvolution methods (E) 165
Segmentation-free methods (F) 165
Reconstruction-Based Methods 166
Spatial prior methods (G) 166
Intensity prior methods (H) 167
Diffusion prior methods (I) 167
A level set method (J) 167
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF PARTIAL VOLUME CORRECTION 167
Cardiology 167
Oncology 168
Neurology 169
Vascular 171
DISCUSSION 172
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 173
REFERENCES 173
MR-Based Cardiac and Respiratory Motion-Compensation Techniques for PET-MR Imaging 179
Key points 179
INTRODUCTION 179
MR-BASED MOTION ESTIMATION 181
Cardiac Motion 181
Respiratory Motion 182
PET MOTION CORRECTION 185
Postreconstruction Registration 185
Motion-Corrected Image Reconstruction 186
Comparison Between Motion-Compensated Image Reconstruction and Postreconstruction Registration 187
RELATIVE IMPACT OF MOTION CORRECTION 189
AREAS OF FUTURE RESEARCH 189
SUMMARY 189
REFERENCES 190
MRI-Guided Derivation of the Input Function for PET Kinetic Modeling 193
Key points 193
INTRODUCTION 193
METHODOLOGY 194
MRI-BASED SEGMENTATION 194
Registration 194
Segmentation Methods 195
MRI-BASED PARTIAL VOLUME CORRECTION 195
MRI–BASED PET MOTION CORRECTION 196
Rigid Body Motion Correction 197
Nonrigid Body Motion Correction 197
MR Active Markers 198
Computational Aspect of Motion Correction 198
PET–MRI ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION CONVERSION 199
CAVEATS 199
SUMMARY 200
REFERENCES 200