Algorithm enabled TOF-PET imaging with reduced scan time

Zheng Zhang; Sean Rose; Jinghan Ye; Amy E. Perkins; Buxin Chen; Emil Y. Sidky; Chien-Min Kao; Chi-Hua Tung; Xiaochuan Pan

doi:10.1117/12.2294045

9 March 2018 Algorithm enabled TOF-PET imaging with reduced scan time

Zheng Zhang, Sean Rose, Jinghan Ye, Amy E. Perkins, Buxin Chen, Emil Y. Sidky, Chien-Min Kao, Chi-Hua Tung, Xiaochuan Pan

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Proceedings Volume 10573, Medical Imaging 2018: Physics of Medical Imaging; 105733T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294045
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2018, Houston, Texas, United States

Abstract

Time-of-flight (TOF) positron emission tomography (PET) has gained remarkable development recently due to the advances in scintillator, silicon photomultipliers (SiPM), and fast electronics. However, current clinical reconstruction algorithms in TOF-PET are still based on ordered-subset-expectation-maximization (OSEM) and its variants, which may face challenges in non-conventional imaging applications, such as fast imaging within short scan time. In this work, we propose an image-TV constrained optimization problem, and tailor a primal- dual algorithm for solving the problem and reconstructing images. We collect list-mode data of a Jaszczak phantom with a prototype digital TOF-PET scanner. We focus on investigating image reconstruction from data collected within reduced scan time, and thus of lower count levels. Results of the study indicate that our proposed algorithm can 1) yield image reconstruction with suppressed noise, extended axial volume coverage, and improved spatial resolution over that obtained in conventional reconstructions, and 2) yield reconstructions with potential clinical utility from data collected within shorter scan time.

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Zheng Zhang, Sean Rose, Jinghan Ye, Amy E. Perkins, Buxin Chen, Emil Y. Sidky, Chien-Min Kao, Chi-Hua Tung, and Xiaochuan Pan "Algorithm enabled TOF-PET imaging with reduced scan time", Proc. SPIE 10573, Medical Imaging 2018: Physics of Medical Imaging, 105733T (9 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294045

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