Posterior estimation using deep learning: a simulation study of compartmental modeling in dynamic positron emission tomography.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In medical imaging, images are usually treated as deterministic, while their uncertainties are largely underexplored.

Authors

  • Xiaofeng Liu
    Changzhou Key Laboratory of Robots & Intelligent Technology, Hohai University, China.
  • Thibault Marin
    Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
  • Tiss Amal
    Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Radiology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Jonghye Woo
    Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
  • Georges El Fakhri
    Gordon Center of Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Jinsong Ouyang
    Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States of America.