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Accurate alignment of small-animal PET/CT scanners is crucial for high-resolution imaging. This study introduces a novel phantom and calibration methods, achieving an average alignment accuracy of 0.39 mm for reliable molecular and anatomical imaging.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Nuclear Medicine

Background:

  • Small-animal PET/CT scanners offer combined anatomical and molecular imaging.
  • High resolution in small-animal imaging necessitates precise alignment calibration.
  • Existing calibration methods may lack reliability and repeatability for hybrid scanners.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a cost-effective alignment phantom for small-animal PET/CT scanners.
  • To propose and validate two novel calibration methods for PET-CT subsystem alignment.
  • To ensure reliable and repeatable spatial geometrical alignment measurements.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a non-coplanar triangular phantom using laboratory materials with three capillaries filled with a positron-emitter solution.
  • Developed two calibration methods based on automatic line detection to estimate spatial transformation between PET and CT subsystems.
  • Evaluated the rigid spatial transformation aligning both imaging modalities within the scanner's field of view.

Main Results:

  • The developed phantom allows for the estimation of rigid spatial transformation between PET and CT subsystems.
  • Both proposed calibration methods demonstrated reliable and repeatable alignment measurements.
  • An average accuracy of 0.39 mm for spatial alignment estimation was achieved across the entire field of view.

Conclusions:

  • The presented alignment phantom and calibration methods provide a reliable solution for small-animal PET/CT scanners.
  • Accurate alignment is essential for joint visualization and analysis of molecular and anatomical data in small-animal research.
  • This work contributes to improving the quality and accuracy of small-animal hybrid imaging.