PETAL-3D: Progressive Elimination of Noise Towards Accurate Ultra Low-Count PET Images Using 3D U-Nets

Ezzat Elmoujarkach; Fabian Schmidt; Eduardo Calderón; Wenhong Lan; Pia M. Linder; Lena S. Kiefer; Christian la Fougère; Magdalena Rafecas

doi:10.1109/TRPMS.2025.3638644

PETAL-3D: Progressive Elimination of Noise Towards Accurate Ultra Low-Count PET Images Using 3D U-Nets

Ezzat Elmoujarkach
, Fabian Schmidt
, Eduardo Calderón
, Wenhong Lan
, Pia M. Linder
, Lena S. Kiefer
, Christian la Fougère
, Magdalena Rafecas^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Medical Engineering

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging, University Hospital Tuebingen
Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Werner Siemens Imaging Center, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen

Original language	English
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences
ISSN	2469-7311
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TRPMS.2025.3638644
Publication status	Published - 2025

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Research Areas and Centers

Centers: Center of Imaging Sciences (CIS)
Academic Focus: Biomedical Engineering

DFG Research Classification Scheme

2.22-32 Medical Physics, Biomedical Technology

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