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OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between dopaminergic denervation and motor impairment in two de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) cohorts.

Brain metastases (BM), along with primary central nervous system lymphomas and glioblastomas, represent the majority of malignant brain tumors encountered in clinical neuro-oncology, driving a need for advanced imaging techniques and post-processing methods to improve their characterization and treatment monitoring. In particular, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), a cornerstone treatment for BM, delivers high-dose, focused radiation (>20 Gy) to target lesions with minimal impact on surrounding...

Quantifying the volume of distribution (V(T)) in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is widely considered the gold standard for assessing tracer binding. However, this process requires an accurate estimation of the tracer's input function (IF) obtained through arterial sampling and metabolite correction-procedures that are both invasive and technically demanding. To overcome these limitations, we introduce a neural network-based framework for estimating the IF directly from [^(11)C]PBR28 dynamic...

The creation of synthetic medical data that truly captures the statistical distribution of real-world patient information, while simultaneously protecting individual privacy, remains a formidable challenge for the clinical and scientific community. This challenge is especially pronounced in nuclear medicine research, where rigorous data sharing is hindered by tight regulations and ethical considerations. In this study, we introduce a multimodal deep learning model designed to reconstruct (and...

INTRODUCTION: Neuroinflammation, a pathophysiological process involved in numerous disorders, is typically imaged using [^(11)C]PBR28 (or TSPO) PET. However, this technique is limited by high costs and ionizing radiation, restricting its widespread clinical use. MRI, a more accessible alternative, is commonly used for structural or functional imaging, but when used using traditional approaches has limited sensitivity to specific molecular processes. This study aims to develop a deep learning...