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Blume, M.; Martinez-Moller, A.; Keil, A.; Navab, N.; Rafecas, M. |
| Title |
Joint Reconstruction of Image and Motion in Gated Positron Emission Tomography |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2010 |
Publication |
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging |
Abbreviated Journal |
IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging |
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29 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
1892-1906 |
| Keywords |
Gating; motion compensation; positron emission tomography (PET); reconstruction |
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We present a novel intrinsic method for joint reconstruction of both image and motion in positron emission tomography (PET). Intrinsic motion compensation methods exclusively work on the measured data, without any external motion measurements. Most of these methods separate image from motion estimation: They use deformable image registration/optical flow techniques in order to estimate the motion from individually reconstructed gates. Then, the image is estimated based on this motion information. With these methods, a main problem lies in the motion estimation step, which is based on the noisy gated frames. The more noise is present, the more inaccurate the image registration becomes. As we show both visually and quantitatively, joint reconstruction using a simple deformation field motion model can compete with state-of-the-art image registration methods which use robust multilevel B-spline motion models. |
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[Blume, Moritz; Rafecas, Magdalena] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: moritz.blume@cs.tum.edu |
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Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc |
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0278-0062 |
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ISI:000283941800007 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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340 |
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Bruhnke, M.; Herrmann, B.; Porod, W. |
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Signatures of bosonic squark decays in non-minimally flavour-violating supersymmetry |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2010 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
09 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
006 - 35pp |
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Supersymmetry Phenomenology |
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We investigate couplings of squarks to gauge and Higgs-bosons within the framework of non-minimal flavour violation in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. Introducing non-diagonal elements in the mass matrices of squarks, we first study their impact on the self-energies and physical mass eigenvalues of squarks. We then present an extensive analysis of bosonic squark decays for variations of the flavour-violating parameters around the two benchmark scenarios SPS1a' and SPS1b. Signatures, that would be characteristic for a non-minimal flavour structure in the squark sector, can be found in wide regions of the parameter space. |
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[Bruhnke, Matthias; Herrmann, Bjoern; Porod, Werner] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany, Email: mbruhnke@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de |
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Springer |
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1126-6708 |
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ISI:000282370900051 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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342 |
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Carbone, C.; Mena, O.; Verde, L. |
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Cosmological parameters degeneracies and non-Gaussian halo bias |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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020 - 17pp |
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power spectrum; redshift surveys; galaxy clusters; cosmological parameters from LSS |
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We study the impact of the cosmological parameters uncertainties on the measurements of primordial non-Gaussianity through the large-scale non-Gaussian halo bias effect. While this is not expected to be an issue for the standard Lambda CDM model, it may not be the case for more general models that modify the large-scale shape of the power spectrum. We consider the so-called local non-Gaussianity model, parametrized by the f(NL) non-Gaussianity parameter which is zero for a Gaussian case, and make forecasts on f(NL) from planned surveys, alone and combined with a Planck CMB prior. In particular, we consider EUCLID- and LSST-like surveys and forecast the correlations among f(NL) and the running of the spectral index alpha(s), the dark energy equation of state w, the effective sound speed of dark energy perturbations c(s)(2), the total mass of massive neutrinos M-nu = Sigma m(nu), and the number of extra relativistic degrees of freedom N-nu(rel). Neglecting CMB information on f(NL) and scales k > 0.03h/Mpc, we find that, if N-nu(rel) is assumed to be known, the uncertainty on cosmological parameters increases the error on f(NL) by 10 to 30% depending on the survey. Thus the f(NL) constraint is remarkable robust to cosmological model uncertainties. On the other hand, if N-nu(rel) is simultaneously constrained from the data, the f(NL) error increases by similar to 80%. Finally, future surveys which provide a large sample of galaxies or galaxy clusters over a volume comparable to the Hubble volume can measure primordial non-Gaussianity of the local form with a marginalized 1-sigma error of the order Delta f(NL) similar to 2 – 5, after combination with CMB priors for the remaining cosmological parameters. These results are competitive with CMB bispectrum constraints achievable with an ideal CMB experiment. |
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[Carbone, Carmelita] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Astron, I-40127 Bologna, Italy, Email: carmelita.carbone@unibo.it |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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ISI:000283573200010 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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347 |
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Baron, R.; Boucaud, P.; Dimopoulos, P.; Frezzotti, R.; Palao, D.; Rossi, G.; Farchioni, F.; Munster, G.; Sudmann, T.; Gimenez, V.; Herdoiza, G.; Jansen, K.; Lubicz, V.; Simula, S.; Michael, C.; Scorzato, L.; Shindler, A.; Urbach, C.; Wenger, U. |
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Light meson physics from maximally twisted mass lattice QCD |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
08 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
097 - 41pp |
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Lattice QCD; Quark Masses and SM Parameters; QCD |
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We present a comprehensive investigation of light meson physics using maximally twisted mass fermions for N-f = 2 mass-degenerate quark flavours. By employing four values of the lattice spacing, spatial lattice extents ranging from 2.0 fm to 2.5 fm and pseudo scalar masses in the range 280 less than or similar to m(PS) less than or similar to 650MeV we control the major systematic effects of our calculation. This enables us to confront our N-f = 2 data with SU(2) chiral perturbation theory and extract low energy constants of the effective chiral Lagrangian and derived quantities, such as the light quark mass. |
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[Baron, Remi; Boucaud, Phillip] Univ Paris 11, Phys Theor Lab, Ctr Orsay, F-91405 Orsay, France, Email: remi.baron@centraliens.net |
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1126-6708 |
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ISI:000282367800036 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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348 |
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Edelhauser, L.; Porod, W.; Singh, R.K. |
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Spin discrimination in three-body decays |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2010 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
08 |
Issue |
8 |
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053 - 31pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Supersymmetric Standard Model |
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The identification of the correct model for physics beyond the Standard Model requires the determination of the spin of new particles. We investigate to which extent the spin of a new particle X can be identified in scenarios where it decays dominantly in three-body decays X -> f (f) over barY. Here we assume that Y is a candidate for dark matter and escapes direct detection at a high energy collider such as the LHC. We show that in the case that all intermediate particles are heavy, one can get information on the spins of X and Y at the LHC by exploiting the invariant mass distribution of the two standard model fermions. We develop a model-independent strategy to determine the spins without prior knowledge of the unknown couplings and test it in a series of Monte Carlo studies. |
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[Edelhaeuser, Lisa; Porod, Werner; Singh, Ritesh K.] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany, Email: ledelhaeuser@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de |
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1126-6708 |
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ISI:000282368500014 |
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International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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