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  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Medical Imaging
  • Computational Science

Background:

  • Accurate quantification in Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) relies on effective attenuation and scatter compensation (ASC).
  • Current ASC methods may not fully leverage all available spectral and list-mode data, potentially limiting quantification precision.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel SPECT reconstruction method for ASC that incorporates data from both photopeak and scatter energy windows.
  • To assess the performance of this method using list-mode data and compare it against conventional approaches.

Main Methods:

  • A GPU-accelerated Ordered Subsets Expectation Maximization (OSEM) algorithm was developed for SPECT reconstruction.
  • The method utilizes the complete SPECT emission data, including photon energy attributes from both photopeak and scatter windows in list-mode format.
  • Realistic simulation studies were conducted, focusing on estimating striatal uptake in 2-D dopamine transporter (DaT)-scan SPECT imaging.

Main Results:

  • The developed method, incorporating scatter window data and list-mode processing, demonstrated superior quantification accuracy compared to methods using only photopeak window data.
  • Using binned data resulted in less accurate quantification than using list-mode data.
  • The inclusion of scatter window data significantly improved the estimation of striatal uptake.

Conclusions:

  • List-mode based ASC methods that integrate scatter window data offer improved SPECT quantification.
  • This approach enhances the reliability of quantitative SPECT imaging, particularly for tasks like DaT-scans.
  • Further development of these advanced ASC techniques is warranted for clinical applications.