Standard SPECT myocardial perfusion estimation from half-time acquisitions using deep convolutional residual neural networks.

Journal: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this work was to assess the feasibility of acquisition time reduction in MPI-SPECT imaging using deep leering techniques through two main approaches, namely reduction of the acquisition time per projection and reduction of the number of angular projections.

Authors

  • Isaac Shiri
    Biomedical and Health Informatics, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Kiarash AmirMozafari Sabet
    School of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • Hossein Arabi
    Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
  • Mozhgan Pourkeshavarz
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
  • Behnoosh Teimourian
    Research Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mohammad Reza Ay
    Research Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging (RCMCI), Advanced Medical Technologies and Equipment Institute (AMTEI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
  • Habib Zaidi
    Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland. habib.zaidi@hcuge.ch.