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Background:

Bone SPECT/CT imaging quality is limited by poor spatial resolution.
Image reconstruction using CT anatomical information can improve SPECT quality.
Ordered subsets expectation maximization (OSEM) is the standard reconstruction method.

Purpose of the Study:

Compare two novel anatomically guided SPECT reconstruction methods (AMAP, KEM) against OSEM.
Evaluate performance based on lesion quantitation and lesion detectability.
Assess the impact of CT-lesion matching on reconstruction accuracy.

Main Methods:

Implemented Anatomically guided Bayesian reconstruction (AMAP) and kernelized ordered subset expectation maximization (KEM).
Compared AMAP and KEM against OSEM using simulated bone SPECT/CT lesions.
Assessed quantitative accuracy via standardized uptake value (SUV) error and lesion detectability using ROC analysis.

Main Results:

AMAP and KEM demonstrated significantly higher quantitative accuracy than OSEM across all contrast levels.
Lesion detectability was markedly improved with AMAP and KEM compared to OSEM.
Reconstructions utilizing matched CT lesions yielded the best results for both accuracy and detectability.

Conclusions:

Anatomically guided reconstruction substantially enhances lesion quantitation and detectability in bone SPECT/CT.
AMAP and KEM offer significant improvements over OSEM, with minor differences between them.
CT-lesion matching is crucial for optimizing anatomically guided SPECT reconstruction outcomes.