Advances in micro-CT imaging of small animals

DP Clark, CT Badea - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Micron-scale computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging is a ubiquitous, cost-
effective, and non-invasive three-dimensional imaging modality. We review recent …

Motion estimation and correction in SPECT, PET and CT

AZ Kyme, RR Fulton - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Patient motion impacts single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron
emission tomography (PET) and x-ray computed tomography (CT) by giving rise to …

Motion compensation in extremity cone-beam CT using a penalized image sharpness criterion

A Sisniega, JW Stayman, J Yorkston… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Cone-beam CT (CBCT) for musculoskeletal imaging would benefit from a method to reduce
the effects of involuntary patient motion. In particular, the continuing improvement in spatial …

Approaches to evaluate lung inflammation in translational research

DK Meyerholz, JC Sieren, AP Beck… - Veterinary …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Inflammation is a common feature in several types of lung disease and is a frequent end
point to validate lung disease models, evaluate genetic or environmental impact on disease …

Data‐driven respiratory motion compensation for four‐dimensional cone‐beam computed tomography (4D‐CBCT) using groupwise deformable registration

MJ Riblett, GE Christensen, E Weiss… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To demonstrate the feasibility of using a purely data‐driven, a posteriori respiratory
motion modeling and reconstruction compensation method to improve 4D‐CBCT image …

A new variational model for joint image reconstruction and motion estimation in spatiotemporal imaging

C Chen, B Gris, O Oktem - SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 2019 - SIAM
We propose a new variational model for joint image reconstruction and motion estimation
applicable to spatiotemporal imaging, which is investigated along a general framework that …

Photon-counting cine-cardiac CT in the mouse

DP Clark, M Holbrook, CL Lee, CT Badea - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The maturation of photon-counting detector (PCD) technology promises to enhance routine
CT imaging applications with high-fidelity spectral information. In this paper, we demonstrate …

From mouse to man and back: closing the correlation gap between imaging and histopathology for lung diseases

B Tielemans, K Dekoster, SE Verleden, S Sawall… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lung diseases such as fibrosis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, infection and cancer are life-
threatening conditions that slowly deteriorate quality of life and for which our diagnostic …

A Thrombin-Responsive Nanoprobe for In Vivo Visualization of Thrombus Formation through Three-Dimensional Optical/Computed Tomography Hybrid Imaging

Y Wang, M Xu, N Yang, S Gao, S Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Early spontaneous detection of thrombin activation benefits precise theranostics for
thrombotic vascular disease. Herein, a thrombin-responsive nanoprobe conjugated by a …

Consistency‐based respiratory motion estimation in rotational angiography

M Unberath, A Aichert, S Achenbach… - Medical physics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Rotational coronary angiography enables 3D reconstruction but suffers from intra‐
scan cardiac and respiratory motion. While gating handles cardiac motion, respiratory …