European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Dec 2, 2024
PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to generate reliable K parametric images from a shortened [F]FDG total-body PET for clinical applications using a self-supervised neural network algorithm.
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Nov 27, 2024
PURPOSE: Deep convolutional neural networks (CNN) hold promise for assisting the interpretation of dopamine transporter (DAT)-SPECT. For improved communication of uncertainty to the user it is crucial to reliably discriminate certain from inconclusiv...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Nov 25, 2024
PURPOSE: Recent development in positron emission tomography (PET) dramatically increased the effective sensitivity by increasing the geometric coverage leading to total-body PET imaging. This encouraging breakthrough brings the hope of ultra-low dose...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Oct 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This study aimed to test whether the coronary artery calcium (CAC) burden on attenuation correction computed tomography (CTac), measured using artificial intelligence (AI-CACac), correlates with coronary flow capacity (CFC) and prognosis.
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Sep 23, 2024
PURPOSE: Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a frequent concomitant condition in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), yet it often remains undetected. This study aims to comprehensively evaluate artificial intelligence-based model...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Aug 13, 2024
PURPOSE: Respiratory motion (RM) significantly impacts image quality in thoracoabdominal PET/CT imaging. This study introduces a unified data-driven respiratory motion correction (uRMC) method, utilizing deep learning neural networks, to solve all th...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Jul 26, 2024
PURPOSE: Generating polar map (PM) from [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI-04 PET images is challenging and inaccurate using existing automatic methods that rely on the myocardial anatomical integrity in PET images. This study aims to enhance the accuracy of PM genera...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Jul 9, 2024
BACKGROUND: Overall Survival (OS) and Progression-Free Survival (PFS) analyses are crucial metrics for evaluating the efficacy and impact of treatment. This study evaluated the role of clinical biomarkers and dosimetry parameters on survival outcomes...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Jun 21, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a serious complication of prosthetic valve implantation, with an estimated yearly incidence of at least 0.4-1.0%. The Duke criteria and subsequent modifications have been developed as a diagnostic ...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Jun 11, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques is a significant hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), detectable via amyloid-PET imaging. The Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose ([F]FDG) PET scan tracks cerebral glucose metabolism, correlated with synaptic dysfunct...