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Continuous time dynamic PET imaging using list mode data

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Nichols, Thomas E., Qi, Jinyi and Leahy, Richard M. (1999) Continuous time dynamic PET imaging using list mode data. In: IPMI '99 : 16th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Visegrad, Hungary, June 28 - July 2, 1999. Published in: IPMI '99 Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging pp. 98-111.

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We describe a method for computing a continuous time estimate of dynamic changes in tracer density using list mode PET data. The tracer density in each voxel is modeled as an inhomogeneous Poisson process whose rate function can be represented using a cubic B-spline basis. An estimate of these rate functions is obtained by maximizing the likelihood of the arrival times of each detected photon pair over the control vertices of the spline. By resorting the list mode data into a standard sinogram plus a "timogram" that retains the arrival times of each of the events, we are able to perform efficient computation that exploits the symmetry inherent in the ordered sinogram. The maximum likelihood estimator uses quadratic temporal and spatial smoothness penalties and an additional penalty term to enforce non-negativity. Corrections for scatter and randoms are described and the results of studies using simulated and human data are included.

Item Type: Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Statistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Tomography, Emission -- Mathematical models
Journal or Publication Title: IPMI '99 Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Date: 1999
Page Range: pp. 98-111
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Conference Paper Type: Paper
Title of Event: IPMI '99 : 16th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging
Type of Event: Conference
Location of Event: Visegrad, Hungary
Date(s) of Event: June 28 - July 2, 1999
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URI: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/38481

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