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    • Collimator performance is critical for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image quality.
    • Evaluating collimators using a task-based approach with an ideal observer is essential for clinical applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To assess the impact of septal scatter and penetration on collimator performance for detecting neuroendocrine tumor metastases in liver SPECT.
    • To compare task performance using the area under the localization receiver operating characteristic curve (ALROC) metric.

    Main Methods:

    • Simulated evaluation of five parallel-hole collimators with varying septal effects.
    • Applied an ideal observer to raw SPECT data for a detection and localization task.
    • Analyzed collimators with similar geometric sensitivity and resolution but different septal scatter and penetration.

    Main Results:

    • Collimator performance was evaluated based on the area under the localization receiver operating characteristic curve (ALROC).
    • A collimator allowing moderate septal scatter and penetration demonstrated the best task performance.
    • Findings address whether controlled septal effects can enhance imaging task performance.

    Conclusions:

    • Optimizing collimator design by allowing moderate septal scatter and penetration can improve SPECT imaging task performance.
    • This task-based evaluation provides a novel approach to collimator assessment in nuclear medicine.