期刊
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE
卷 51, 期 6, 页码 921-928出版社
SOC NUCLEAR MEDICINE INC
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.071571
关键词
quantitative SPECT; SPECT/CT; OSEM-3D; system calibration
We present a calibration method of a clinical SPECT/CT device for quantitative Tc-99m SPECT. We use a commercially available reconstruction package including ordered-subset expectation maximization (OSEM) with depth-dependent 3-dimensional resolution recovery (OSEM-3D), CT-based attenuation correction, and scatter correction. We validated the method in phantom studies and applied it to images from patients injected with Tc-99m-diphosponate. Methods: The following 3 steps were performed to derive absolute quantitative values from SPECT reconstructed images. In step 1, we used simulations to characterize the SPECT/CT system and derive emission recovery values for various imaging parameter settings. We simulated spheres of varying diameters and focused on the dependencies of activity estimation errors on structure size and position, pixel size, count density, and reconstruction parameters. In step 2, we cross-calibrated our clinical SPECT/CT system with the well counter using a large cylinder phantom. This step provided the mapping from image counts to kBq/mL. And in step 3, correction factors from steps 1 and 2 were applied to reconstructed images. We used a cylinder phantom with variable-sized spheres for verification of the method. For in vivo validation, SPECT/CT datasets from 16 patients undergoing 99mTc-diphosponate SPECT/CT examinations of the pelvis including the bladder were acquired. The radioactivity concentration in the patients' urine served as the gold standard. Mean quantitative accuracy and SEs were calculated. Results: In the phantom experiments, the mean accuracy in quantifying radioactivity concentration in absolute terms was within 3.6% (SE, 8.0%), with a 95% confidence interval between -19.4% and + 12.2%. In the patient studies, the mean accuracy was within 1.1% (SE, 8.4%), with a 95% confidence interval between -15.4% and + 17.5%. Conclusion: Current commercially available SPECT/CT technology using OSEM-3D reconstruction, scatter correction, and CT-based attenuation correction allows quantification of Tc-99m radioactivity concentration in absolute terms within 3.6% in phantoms and 1.1% in patients with a focus on the bladder. This opens up the opportunity of SPECT quantitation entering the routine clinical arena. Still, the imprecision caused by unavoidable measurement errors is a dominant factor for absolute quantitation in a clinical setup.
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