Tomography reconstruction algorithm is one of the key components of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners,most PET scanners use statistical iterative reconstruction algorithms from data in sinograms currently. H...Tomography reconstruction algorithm is one of the key components of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners,most PET scanners use statistical iterative reconstruction algorithms from data in sinograms currently. However tomography reconstruction using list-mode data has many unique advantages,in recent years great attention has been paid to it,being in the process of rapid development and improvement.In this paper,using experimental data of small animal PET scanner Eplus-166,exploiting ordinary subsetized list-mode EM(S-LMEM) algorithm and orthogonal distance-based ray-tracer(OD-RT),we eventually achieve list-mode tomography reconstruction.System response matrix(SRM),which establishes mapping relationship between the image and the projection space,is one key problem in iterative reconstruction algorithm.OD-RT is based on an optimization Siddon's algorithm to calculate the SRM,generating line-of-response(LOR) which is approximately Gaussian-shaped,achieving better modeling of detector response function(DRF).The results demonstrate that image resolution recovery achieves the inherent properties of the scanner and that on-the-fly ray-tracer for real-time calculation of system response matrix is feasible for dynamic reconstruction.Meanwhile,the optimal parameters for calculating SRM are found by experiments.展开更多
Background Diffusion tensor imaging can evaluate white matter function in human brain.Fractional anisotropy is the most important parameter.This study aimed to find regional reduction of fractional anisotropy （FA） w...Background Diffusion tensor imaging can evaluate white matter function in human brain.Fractional anisotropy is the most important parameter.This study aimed to find regional reduction of fractional anisotropy （FA） with aging in the whole brain and the changing rules of anisotropy with aging.Methods Fifty volunteers from 20 to 75 years old were divided into five consecutive age groups; a young group and four senior groups.FA values were calculated with diffusion tensor imaging （DTI） studio software.The difference of FA between the young group and the four senior groups were analyzed by analysis of voxel-level height threshold in Statistic Parametric Mapping （SPM）,and the regions with decreased FA were obtained.The FA values of these regions were then extracted using an in-house developed program,and a multiple linear regression model was built to assess the influence of age and sex on the FA values of these regions.Results Eight regions,including frontal lobe,postcentral gyrus,optic radiation,hippocampus,cerebella hemisphere,corona radiate,corpus callosum and internal capsule,were found to have decreased FA.There was a strong negative correlation between age and the FA in the frontal lobe,postcentral gyrus,optic radiation,hippocampus,and cerebella hemisphere,while a weaker negative correlation in the corona radiate,corpus callosum,and internal capsule was found.The FA reduction in the frontal lobe,postcentral gyrus,optic radiation,hippocampus and cerebella hemisphere were found earlier than in the corona radiate,corpus callosum and internal capsule.There was no correlation between sex and FA in these regions.Conclusions The FA in the subcortical white matter area reduces earlier than that in deep white matter.The areas with decreased FA continuously enlarge with aqing.The FAs in these regions have a strong negative correlation with age.展开更多
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文摘Tomography reconstruction algorithm is one of the key components of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners,most PET scanners use statistical iterative reconstruction algorithms from data in sinograms currently. However tomography reconstruction using list-mode data has many unique advantages,in recent years great attention has been paid to it,being in the process of rapid development and improvement.In this paper,using experimental data of small animal PET scanner Eplus-166,exploiting ordinary subsetized list-mode EM(S-LMEM) algorithm and orthogonal distance-based ray-tracer(OD-RT),we eventually achieve list-mode tomography reconstruction.System response matrix(SRM),which establishes mapping relationship between the image and the projection space,is one key problem in iterative reconstruction algorithm.OD-RT is based on an optimization Siddon's algorithm to calculate the SRM,generating line-of-response(LOR) which is approximately Gaussian-shaped,achieving better modeling of detector response function(DRF).The results demonstrate that image resolution recovery achieves the inherent properties of the scanner and that on-the-fly ray-tracer for real-time calculation of system response matrix is feasible for dynamic reconstruction.Meanwhile,the optimal parameters for calculating SRM are found by experiments.
文摘Background Diffusion tensor imaging can evaluate white matter function in human brain.Fractional anisotropy is the most important parameter.This study aimed to find regional reduction of fractional anisotropy （FA） with aging in the whole brain and the changing rules of anisotropy with aging.Methods Fifty volunteers from 20 to 75 years old were divided into five consecutive age groups; a young group and four senior groups.FA values were calculated with diffusion tensor imaging （DTI） studio software.The difference of FA between the young group and the four senior groups were analyzed by analysis of voxel-level height threshold in Statistic Parametric Mapping （SPM）,and the regions with decreased FA were obtained.The FA values of these regions were then extracted using an in-house developed program,and a multiple linear regression model was built to assess the influence of age and sex on the FA values of these regions.Results Eight regions,including frontal lobe,postcentral gyrus,optic radiation,hippocampus,cerebella hemisphere,corona radiate,corpus callosum and internal capsule,were found to have decreased FA.There was a strong negative correlation between age and the FA in the frontal lobe,postcentral gyrus,optic radiation,hippocampus,and cerebella hemisphere,while a weaker negative correlation in the corona radiate,corpus callosum,and internal capsule was found.The FA reduction in the frontal lobe,postcentral gyrus,optic radiation,hippocampus and cerebella hemisphere were found earlier than in the corona radiate,corpus callosum and internal capsule.There was no correlation between sex and FA in these regions.Conclusions The FA in the subcortical white matter area reduces earlier than that in deep white matter.The areas with decreased FA continuously enlarge with aqing.The FAs in these regions have a strong negative correlation with age.
