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A joint image reconstruction and segmentation approach based on disentangled representation learning was trained to enable cardiac cine MR imaging in real-time and under free-breathing. An exploratory feasibility study tested the proposed…

Modern photon-counting sensors are increasingly dominated by Poisson noise, yet conventional feature-specific imaging (FSI), based on principal component analysis (PCA), is optimized for additive Gaussian noise and variance preservation…

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The generation of synthetic CT (sCT) images from cone-beam CT (CBCT) data using deep learning methodologies represents a significant advancement in radiation oncology. This systematic review, following PRISMA guidelines and using the PICO…

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Multi-scale 3D characterization is widely used by materials scientists to further their understanding of the relationships between microscopic structure and macroscopic function. Scientific computed tomography (CT) instruments are one of…

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Anatomical segmentation of organs in ultrasound images is essential to many clinical applications, particularly for diagnosis and monitoring. Existing deep neural networks require a large amount of labeled data for training in order to…

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We present the design and characterization of a large-area Cryogenic PhotoDetector (CPD) designed for active particle identification in rare event searches, such as neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter experiments. The detector…

Magnetic Resonance cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI) and cardiac intravoxel incoherent motion imaging enables probing of in vivo myofiber architecture and myocardial perfusion surrogates. To study the impact of experimental parameters…

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Detection of non-calcified plaques in the coronary tree is a challenging problem due to the nature of comprising substances. Hard plaques are easily discernible in CTA data cloud due to apparent bright behaviour, therefore many approaches…

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A crucial limitation of current high-resolution 3D photoacoustic tomography (PAT) devices that employ sequential scanning is their long acquisition time. In previous work, we demonstrated how to use compressed sensing techniques to improve…

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Food x-ray inspection systems are designed to detect unwanted physical contaminants in packaged food to maintain a high level of food safety for consumers. Modern day x-ray inspection systems often utilize line scan sensors to detect these…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-05-18 Joanna Nguyen , Devon Richtsmeier , Kris Iniewski , Magdalena Bazalova-Carter

Resolving arterial flows is essential for understanding cardiovascular pathologies, improving diagnosis, and monitoring patient condition. Ultrasound contrast imaging uses microbubbles to enhance the scattering of the blood pool, allowing…