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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2025

Impact of deep learning denoising on kinetic modelling for low-dose dynamic PET: application to single- and dual-tracer imaging protocols.

Florence M Muller, Elizabeth J Li, Margaret E Daube-Witherspoon, Austin R Pantel, Corinde E Wiers, Jacob G Dubroff, Christian Vanhove, Stefaan Vandenberghe, Joel S Karp

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Florence M MullerMedical Image and Signal Processing, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. florencemarie.muller@ugent.be.ORCID 0000-0001-5287-7355
Elizabeth J LiPhysics and Instrumentation, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.ORCID 0000-0003-2365-0594
Margaret E Daube-WitherspoonPhysics and Instrumentation, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.ORCID 0000-0002-6318-2054
Austin R PantelDivision of Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Therapy, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.ORCID 0000-0001-8649-9970
Corinde E WiersCenter for Studies of Addiction, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.ORCID 0000-0002-2934-8794
Jacob G DubroffDivision of Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Therapy, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.ORCID 0000-0002-0732-2374
Christian VanhoveMedical Image and Signal Processing, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3988-5980
Stefaan VandenbergheMedical Image and Signal Processing, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2377-3968
Joel S KarpPhysics and Instrumentation, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.ORCID 0000-0002-6154-8585

Funding

Time-of-Flight PET for Improved Whole-Body ImagingR01CA113941 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JOEL S KARP, Suleman Surti · 2006 to 2026
$9.8M
PennPET Explorer Scanner With Scalable Axial Length for Total Body PET ImagingR01CA225874 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KARP, JOEL S · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Area B: Multi-Tracer Volumetric PET (MTV-PET) to Measure Tumor Glutamine and Glucose Metabolic Rates in a Single Imaging SessionR33CA225310 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KARP, JOEL S, MANKOFF, DAVID A. · 2017 to 2017
$1.4M
Belgian American Educational Foundation Belgian American Educational FoundationFulbright U.S. Student Program Fulbright U.S. Student ProgramNCI NIH HHS R01 CA113941NCI NIH HHS R01 CA225874NCI NIH HHS R33 CA225310NIH HHS R01 CA-113941NIH HHS R01 CA-225874NIH HHS R33 CA-225310Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) 11P0E24NUPenn's Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Pilot Grant 21740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLong-axial field-of-view PET scanners capture multi-organ tracer distribution with high sensitivity, enabling lower dose dynamic protocols and dual-tracer imaging for comprehensive disease characterization. However, reducing dose may compromise data quality and time-activity curve (TAC) fitting, leading to higher bias in kinetic parameters. Parametric imaging poses further challenges due to noise amplification in voxel-based modelling. We explore the potential of deep learning denoising (DL-DN) to improve quantification for low-dose dynamic PET.

methodsUsing 16 [

resultsDL-DN consistently improved image quality across all dynamic frames, systematically enhancing TAC consistency and reducing tissue-dependent bias and variability in K

conclusionThis study demonstrates that applying DL-DN trained on static [

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Deep LearningImage Processing, Computer-AssistedPositron-Emission TomographyRadiation DosageSignal-To-Noise RatioFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansKineticsRadioactive TracersRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radioactive TracersRadiopharmaceuticalsDeep learning denoisingDual-tracer protocolsDynamic LAFOV PETLow-dose imaging

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PMID40069458
PMCPMC12222255

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