{"id":877,"date":"2020-06-11T10:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T07:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/inverse\/?page_id=877"},"modified":"2023-08-22T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:28:56","slug":"multimodality-medical-imaging","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/inverse\/research-areas\/multimodality-medical-imaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimodality medical imaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multimodality medical imaging<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Multimodality medical imaging combines two imaging techniques into a single instrument, which provides 3D images of anatomical and functional parameters in co-registered form. Compared to conventional medical imaging, multimodality imaging can produce significantly more rich diagnostic information, and they are emerging as the state-of-the-art of imaging in many areas of medicine. Our objective is to advance multimodality imaging by developing joint inversion methods, which utilize prior models for the structural correlation between the anatomical and functional images in the image reconstruction problem. The methods are studied together with our collaborators at the UEF Biomedical imaging unit and Kuopio University Hospital. Case studies include functional MRI, hyperpolarized 13-C labeled spectroscopic MRI, cone beam CT in image-guided radiation therapy, PET\/CT and PET\/MRI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/inverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/06\/MultimodalityMedicalImaging_ctex.png\" alt=\"TV regularized reconstructions of a head phantom from limited angle CT data using an integrated CT scanner on a radiotherapy accelerator. Scanning angle (left to right): 200, 160 and 120 degrees.\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/inverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/06\/MultimodalityMedicalImaging_ctex.png 1200w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/inverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/06\/MultimodalityMedicalImaging_ctex-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/inverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/06\/MultimodalityMedicalImaging_ctex-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/inverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/06\/MultimodalityMedicalImaging_ctex-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure: TV regularized reconstructions of a head phantom from limited angle CT data using an integrated CT scanner on a radiotherapy accelerator. Scanning angle (left to right): 200, 160 and 120 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/ville.kolehmainen\/\">Ville Kolehmainen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past and present collaborators<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professor Samuli Siltanen, University of Helsinki<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professor Matti Lassas, University of Helsinki<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professor Simon Arridge, University College London<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Matthias Ehrhardt, University of Cambridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multimodality medical imaging Multimodality medical imaging combines two imaging techniques into a single instrument, which provides 3D images of anatomical and functional parameters in co-registered form. 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