This study investigates changes in resting-state networks (RSNs) associated with tobacco addiction (TA) and whether these changes reflect alterations in neurotransmitter systems. A total of 90 patients with TA and 46 healthy controls (HCs) matched fo...
Journal of computer assisted tomography
May 13, 2025
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the utility of deep learning enhancement (DLE) to achieve diagnostic quality low-dose positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
Journal of X-ray science and technology
May 1, 2025
BackgroundThe primary challenges in PET/MR imaging include prolonged scan durations for both PET and MR components and radiation exposure associated with the PET modality. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based techniques offer a promising approach to ov...
This review examines diagnostic methods for prostate cancer, focusing on the role of digital rectal examination (DRE) alongside modern advancements like prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, Prostate Health Index (PHI), magnetic resonance imaging ...
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Feb 1, 2025
INTRODUCTION: Tau positron emission tomography (PET) is a reliable neuroimaging technique for assessing regional load of tau pathology in the brain, but its routine clinical use is limited by cost and accessibility barriers.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2024
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a medical imaging modality relying on numerical methods that integrate the statistical properties of the measurements and prior assumptions about the images. In order to maximize the computed image quality, PET r...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2024
The myocardial flow reserve (MFR) index proves to be a highly effective means of assessing the severity of myocardial ischemic disease. An MFR value below two commonly indicates impaired coronary artery perfusion function. Nevertheless, the measureme...
Background Visual assessment of amyloid PET scans relies on the availability of radiologist expertise, whereas quantification of amyloid burden typically involves MRI for processing and analysis, which can be computationally expensive. Purpose To dev...
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
May 2, 2024
Brain energy budgets specify metabolic costs emerging from underlying mechanisms of cellular and synaptic activities. While current bottom-up energy budgets use prototypical values of cellular density and synaptic density, predicting metabolism from ...
PURPOSE: The deep learning time-of-flight (DL-ToF) aims to replicate the ToF effects through post-processing, applying deep learning-based enhancement to PET images. This study evaluates the effectiveness of DL-ToF using a chest-abdomen phantom that ...
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