Iterative deconvolution and denoising
N. Boussion, C. Cheze Le Rest, M. Hatt, D. Visvikis, Incorporation of wavelet based denoising in iterative deconvolution for partial volume correction in whole body PET imaging, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2008;36(7):1064-75.
A. Le Pogam, P. Descourt, M. Hatt, N. Boussion, D. Visvikis, A combined 3-D wavelet and curvelet approach for edge preserving denoising in emission tomography, Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2009;50(S2):533.
Automatic delineation (Fuzzy Locally Adaptive Bayesian)
M. Hatt, A. Turzo, C. Roux, D. Visvikis, A fuzzy locally adaptive Bayesian segmentation approach for volume determination in PET, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2009;28(6):881-893.
M. Hatt, C. Cheze le Rest, P. Descourt, A. Dekker, D. De Ruysscher, M. Oellers, P. Lambin, O. Pradier, D. Visvikis, Accurate automatic delineation of heterogeneous functional volumes in positron emission tomography for oncology applications, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2010;77(1):301-308.
M. Hatt, C. Cheze le Rest, N. M. Albarghach, O. Pradier, D. Visvikis, Robustness and repeatability of image segmentation approaches dedicated to PET tumor uptake volume delineation, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2011;38(4):663-672.
Clinical investigations using these methodologies
M. Hatt, C. Cheze-Le Rest, E. O. Aboagye, L. M. Kenny, L. Rosso, F. E. Turkheimer, N. M. Albarghach, O. Pradier, D. Visvikis, Reproducibility of 18F-FDG and 3'-Deoxy-3'-18F-Fluorothymidine PET Tumor Volume Measurements, Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2010;51(9):1368-1376.
F. Tixier, C. Cheze Le Rest, M. Hatt, N. M. Albarghach, O. Pradier, J-P. Metges, L. Corcos, D. Visvikis, Intra-tumor heterogeneity characterized by textural features on baseline 18F-FDG PET images predicts response to concomitant radio-chemotherapy in esophageal cancer, Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2011;52(3):369-378.
M. Hatt, D. Visvikis, N. M. Albarghach, F. Tixier, O. Pradier, C. Cheze-le Rest, Prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET image-based parameters in oesophageal cancer and impact of tumour delineation methodology, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2011; online 2nd of march.
M. Hatt, D. Visvikis, O. Pradier, C. Cheze-le Rest, Baseline 18F-FDG PET image derived parameters for therapy response prediction in esophageal cancer, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2011; online 11th of may.
N. Withofs, C. Bernard, C. van der Rest, P. Martinive, M. Hatt, D. Visvikis, P. Coucke, R. Hustinx, FDG PET/CT for radiotherapy treatment planning. Comparison of functional volume delineation algorithms, Society of nuclear medicine annual meeting, 2011
L. Ghouti, M. Hatt, F. Courbon, J. Selves, M. Poirot, R. Guimbaud, B. Pradère, Optimisation des méthodes d'évaluation des volumes tumoraux en TEP 18FDG et IRM. Corrélation à l'histo-imagerie quantitative. Application aux cancers du rectum post-radiochimiothérapie, Journées francophones d’hépato-gastroentérologie et d’oncologie digestive, 2011.
M. Lei, J. Crawshaw, J. Scuffham, D. Rickard, M. Hatt, J. Hall, J. Sellinger, T. Jordan, S. Whitaker, D. Visvikis, A. Nisbet, T. Guerrero Urbano, Biological gross tumour volume definition in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) radiotherapy planning: Comparison of automated segmentation tools, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine – uses of PET in radiotherapy, 2010.