PET/CT 검사에서 열소 주변 인공물 감소를 위한 DFOV 위치 변화 재구성 방법의 유용성 평가

• 영문명: The Effectiveness Evaluation of Reconstruction Method Using DFOV Position Changes for Reduction of Artifact Around Hotspot in PET/CT Images
• 발행기관: 대한핵의학기술학회
• 저자명: 한동찬(Dong Chan Han) 홍건철(Gun Chul Hong) 최춘기(Choon ki Choi) 이혁(Hyeok Lee) 최성욱(Seong Wook Choi)
• 간행물 정보: 『핵의학기술』Vol.17 No.2, 90~94쪽, 전체 5쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 방사선과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.11.30

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Purpose: In the PET/CT images, various artifacts cause degradation of the quantitative assessment. Most hotspot generated by radiopharmaceutical injection errors cause an artifact and degrade the quality of the images as well as the accuracy of the quantitative evaluation. The purpose of this study is to assess effectiveness of the elimination of the hotspot at the injection sites using shifting the center of DFOV (Display Field of View, DFOV) method and evaluate the quantitative evaluation of result. Materials and Methods: GE Discovery STE 16 (GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, USA) and 1994 NEMA phantom were used for imaging acquisition. Phantom was filled with 0.005 MBq/mL of ¹⁸F-FDG. A hotspot was artificially placed on the outside of the phantom. The ratio of hotspot area activity to background area activity was regulated as 200:1. After image acquisition with routine protocol, all of the images were reconstructed using the shifting the center of DFOV method that wasn't overlapped with hotspot. Those images obtained before and after applying the shifting reconstruction method were compared. ROIs (Region Of Interests) were set in the hotspot areas, meanSUVs and standard deviations were calculated. Percentage differences were calculated with those meanSUVs and standard deviations. The evaluation on the effects of the shifting reconstruction method was done by comparison of the meanSUVs and the standard deviations, which were calculated for background areas unaffected by hotspot. Results: In the areas of unaffected by hotspot, meanSUVs before and after applying the shifting of center of DFOV method were 0.67±0.06 g/mL and 0.65±0.06 g/mL, respectively. In the artifact areas affected by hotspot, meanSUVs before and after applying the shifting of center of DFOV method were 0.32±0.08 g/mL and 0.56±0.12 g/mL, respectively. The percentage differences of the area adjacent to the hotspot and the area distant from the hotspot were 65.3% and 97.4%, respectively. Conclusion: In the PET/CT images, meanSUV was improved by 32.1% when the effect of artifact was removed with application of the shifting the center of DFOV methode. In other areas unaffected by artifacts, meanSUVs were not significantly different after applying DFOV center shift method. As shown in the result, adverse effects of hotspot made by swelling in the injection site can be reduced by applying DFOV center shift method. Therefore, DFOV center shift method can be applied for the more precise quantitative evaluation, and contribute to the increase of the diagnostic value of the images.

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