Masamune: a tool for automatic dynamic PET data processing, image reconstruction and integrated PET/MRI data analysis

نویسندگان

  • Daniel B Chonde
  • David Izquierdo-Garcia
  • Kevin Chen
  • Spencer L Bowen
  • Ciprian Catana
چکیده

Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA , USA We describe a novel semi-automated pipeline which integrates advanced data analysis tools for MR and PET with advanced PET reconstruction correction methods (partial volume effect correction [PVC], motion correction [MC], attenuation correction [AC]) in a user-friendly Matlab graphical user interface (GUI). The reconstruction and analysis GUI is written in Matlab. Computationally intensive tasks in the pipeline are automatically transferred to a high-performance computing cluster and retrieved. Descriptions of the commercial packages used can be found in their corresponding references. SPM8 [1] is used in MC and AC processing. Comkat [2] and PMOD [3] are used for kinetic modeling. FSL [4] and SPM8 are used for group analysis. Freesurfer [5] is used for regions-of-interest (ROI) definition and smoothing. Data preprocessing: Head-motion is derived from a number of sources: echo-planar MR images, MR-based motion navigators, and directly from the PET data when MR data is unavailable (e.g. during shimming). Subsequently, the ME-MPRAGE is reoriented to the reference position. Cortical and subcortical ROIs are labeled using FreeSurfer; similarly, the MPRAGE is registered to MNI-space for generating subjectspecific atlases. Image reconstruction: An OP-OSEM algorithm is used for PET reconstruction [6]. MC [7] and PVC [8] can be performed using the results from data preprocessing. AC can be imported directly from CT, using MR-images [9], or through atlas-based methods. Automated Bolus Arrival Time (BAT) & Image-Derived Input Function: The singles count rate is recorded during PET acquisition. The BAT is determined by fitting a trilinear piecewise function and used as the reference time. Time-of-Flight MR can then be used to segment the arteries of the head and an image-derived input function can be determined using short frames. We presented a novel pipeline which interfaces with a number of different commercial software to provide improved PET data quantification. Chonde et al. EJNMMI Physics 2014, 1(Suppl 1):A57 http://www.ejnmmiphys.com/content/1/S1/A57

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تاریخ انتشار 2014