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Artifacts in camera based single photon emission tomography due to time activity variation.

B D Bok1, A N Bice, M Clausen

  • 1Service de Médecine Nucléaire et Biophysique, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
|January 1, 1987
PubMed
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Slow single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging can cause artifacts due to tracer changes. Multiple rapid rotations improve SPECT image quality by reducing these distortions.

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Area of Science:

  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Medical Imaging Physics

Background:

  • Image quality in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is influenced by tracer kinetics.
  • Slow acquisition times relative to tracer turnover can lead to artifacts in reconstructed SPECT images.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the properties of artifacts caused by time-varying tracer activity during SPECT acquisition.
  • To evaluate methods for mitigating these artifacts and improving image quality.

Main Methods:

  • Computer simulations were used to model artifacts.
  • Projection data from point sources, cylindrical phantoms, and a brain phantom were manipulated with time-varying weights.
  • Simulated data were analyzed to correlate image distortion with tracer activity variation and camera rotation time.

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Main Results:

  • Image distortion in SPECT is related to the ratio of object activity variation to camera rotation time.
  • Little distortion was observed if tracer concentration changed less than twofold during rotation, though resolution degraded.
  • Significant distortion necessitates strategies like multiple rapid rotations to enhance image quality.

Conclusions:

  • Artifacts in SPECT imaging are directly linked to the dynamic changes in tracer concentration during acquisition.
  • Performing multiple rapid camera rotations, rather than a single slow one, can effectively reduce artifacts and improve diagnostic image quality.
  • This optimized SPECT acquisition strategy, while computationally intensive, yields superior transaxial images.