Observer studies of image quality of denoising reduced-count cardiac single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging by three-dimensional Gaussian post-reconstruction filtering and deep learning.

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

BACKGROUND: The aim of this research was to asses perfusion-defect detection-accuracy by human observers as a function of reduced-counts for 3D Gaussian post-reconstruction filtering vs deep learning (DL) denoising to determine if there was improved performance with DL.

Authors

  • P Hendrik Pretorius
  • Junchi Liu
    Medical Imaging Research Center & Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA.
  • Kesava S Kalluri
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
  • Yulei Jiang
    From the Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC2026, Chicago, IL 60637.
  • Jeffery A Leppo
    University of Massachusetts System, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Seth T Dahlberg
    Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
  • Janusz Kikut
    University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA.
  • Matthew W Parker
    Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
  • Friederike K Keating
    University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.
  • Robert Licho
    UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, Worcester, MA, USA.
  • Benjamin Auer
    Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Radiology, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Clifford Lindsay
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
  • Arda Konik
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Yongyi Yang
    Medical Imaging Research Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3440 S. Dearborn St., Suite 100, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA.
  • Miles N Wernick
    ADM Diagnostics, Northbrook, IL, USA.
  • Michael A King