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Generation of Whole-Body FDG Parametric Ki Images From Static PET Images Using Deep Learning


Abstract:

F-fluorodeoxyglucose parametric K_{\mathrm{ i}} images show a great advantage over static standard uptake value (SUV) images, due to the higher contrast and better ac...Show More

Abstract:

F-fluorodeoxyglucose parametric K_{\mathrm{ i}} images show a great advantage over static standard uptake value (SUV) images, due to the higher contrast and better accuracy in tracer uptake rate estimation. In this study, we explored the feasibility of generating synthetic K_{\mathrm{ i}} images from static SUV ratio (SUVR) images using three configurations of U-Nets with different sets of input and output image patches, which were the U-Nets with single input and single output (SISO), multiple inputs and single output (MISO), and single input and multiple outputs (SIMO). SUVR images were generated by averaging three 5-min dynamic SUV frames starting at 60-min post-injection, and then normalized by the mean SUV values in the blood pool. The corresponding ground-truth K_{\mathrm{ i}} images were derived using Patlak graphical analysis with input functions from the measurement of arterial blood samples. Even though the synthetic K_{\mathrm{ i}} values were not quantitatively accurate compared with ground truth, the linear regression analysis of joint histograms in the voxels of body regions showed that the mean R^{2} values were higher between U-Net prediction and ground truth (0.596, 0.580, and 0.576 in SISO, MISO, and SIMO), than that between SUVR and ground truth K_{\mathrm{ i}} (0.571). In terms of similarity metrics, the synthetic K_{\mathrm{ i}} images were closer to the ground-truth K_{\mathrm{ i}} images (mean SSIM = 0.729, 0.704, and 0.704 in SISO, MISO, and MISO) than the input SUVR images (mean SSIM = 0.691). Therefore, it is feasible to use deep learning networks to estimate the surrogate map of parametric K_{\mathrm{ i}} images from static SUVR images.
Page(s): 465 - 472
Date of Publication: 22 February 2023

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PubMed ID: 37997577

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