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ArticlePloS one2020

Impact of respiratory motion correction on lesion visibility and quantification in thoracic PET/MR imaging.

Marcel Gratz, Verena Ruhlmann, Lale Umutlu, Matthias Fenchel, Inki Hong, Harald H Quick

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Synergistic motion compensation strategies for positron emission tomography when acquired simultaneously with magnetic resonance imaging.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marcel GratzErwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University of Duisburg Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9723-5233
Verena RuhlmannDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Lale UmutluDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Matthias FenchelSiemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.
Inki HongSiemens Medical Solutions Inc, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America.
Harald H QuickErwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University of Duisburg Essen, Essen, Germany.
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging · DEEssen University Hospital · DESiemens Healthineers (Germany) · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of a method for MR-based respiratory motion correction of PET data on lesion visibility and quantification in patients with oncologic findings in the lung was evaluated. Twenty patients with one or more lesions in the lung were included. Hybrid imaging was performed on an integrated PET/MR system using 18F-FDG as radiotracer. The standard thoracic imaging protocol was extended by a free-breathing self-gated acquisition of MR data for motion modelling. PET data was acquired simultaneously in list-mode for 5-10 mins. One experienced radiologist and one experienced nuclear medicine specialist evaluated and compared the post-processed data in consensus regarding lesion visibility (scores 1-4, 4 being best), image noise levels (scores 1-3, 3 being lowest noise), SUVmean and SUVmax. Motion-corrected (MoCo) images were additionally compared with gated images. Non-motion-corrected free-breathing data served as standard of reference in this study. Motion correction generally improved lesion visibility (3.19 ± 0.63) and noise ratings (2.95 ± 0.22) compared to uncorrected (2.81 ± 0.66 and 2.95 ± 0.22, respectively) or gated PET data (2.47 ± 0.93 and 1.30 ± 0.47, respectively). Furthermore, SUVs (mean and max) were compared for all methods to estimate their respective impact on the quantification. Deviations of SUVmax were smallest between the uncorrected and the MoCo lesion data (average increase of 9.1% of MoCo SUVs), while SUVmean agreed best for gated and MoCo reconstructions (MoCo SUVs increased by 1.2%). The studied method for MR-based respiratory motion correction of PET data combines increased lesion sharpness and improved lesion activity quantification with high signal-to-noise ratio in a clinical setting. In particular, the detection of small lesions in moving organs such as the lung and liver may thus be facilitated. These advantages justify the extension of the PET/MR imaging protocol by 5-10 minutes for motion correction.

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ArtifactsMotionRespiratory MechanicsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFluorine RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansImage EnhancementImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLungLung NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedFluorine-18Fluorine RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

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PMID32497135
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