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Effect of ME Collimator Characteristic, Energy Window Width, and Reconstruction Algorithm Selection on Imaging
Payvand Taherparvar1, Nazila Shahmari1
1Faculty of Science-Physics Department, University of Guilan, Namjoo Avenue, Rasht, Guilan 4193833697 Iran.
Purpose:
The treatment efficiency of 90Y and providing reliable estimates of activity are evaluated by SPECT imaging of bremsstrahlung radiation released during beta therapy. In this technique, the resulting spectrum from 90Y is very complex and continuous, which creates difficulties on the imaging protocol. Moreover, collimator geometry has an impressive effect on the spatial resolution, system sensitivity, image contrast, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which should be optimized.
Methods:
We evaluated the effect of energy window width, reconstruction algorithms, and different geometries of a medium-energy (ME) parallel-hole collimator on the image contrast and SNR of 90Y SPECT images. The Siemens E.Cam gamma camera equipped with a ME collimator and a digital Jaszczak phantom were simulated by SIMIND Monte Carlo program to generate the 90Y bremsstrahlung SPECT images.
Results:
Our results showed that optimal image quality can be acquired by the reconstruction algorithm of OS-EM in the energy window width of 60 to 400 keV for 90Y bremsstrahlung SPECT imaging. Furthermore, the optimal values of the hole diameter and hole length of a ME collimator were obtained 0.235 and 4.4 cm, respectively.
Conclusions:
The acquired optimal ME collimator and energy window along with using a suitable reconstruction algorithm lead to improved contrast and SNR of 90Y bremsstrahlung images of hot spheres of the digital Jaszczak phantom. This can improve the accuracy and precision of the 90Y activity distribution estimation after radioembolization in targeted radionuclide therapy.
