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- Starck, Sven-Åke, et al.
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An evaluation of reconstruction techniques and scatter correction in bone SPECT of the spine
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Ingår i: Nuclear medicine communications. - 0143-3636 .- 1473-5628. ; 24:5, s. 565-570
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A selection of commonly used reconstruction and filter techniques in the processing of 99mTc oxidronate (i.e., 99mTc hydroxymethane diphosphonate) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the spine was compared. The possible additional value of scatter correction on image contrast was also evaluated. Twenty-eight bone SPECT examinations of consecutive patients were studied retrospectively. The reconstruction techniques used were filtered back-projection and iterative reconstruction with the use of ordered subsets estimation maximization. Three-dimensional post-filtering with a Metz filter and a Butterworth filter was used. Each combination was evaluated with or without scatter correction. Each study was also processed with the department's standard technique of two-dimensional pre-filtering with a Metz filter followed by filtered back-projection (without scatter correction). Five observers evaluated the image quality of reconstructed coronal and sagittal slices, with special reference to the resolution of vertebrae, vertebral processes, the spinal canal and suspected abnormal uptakes. A grading scale from -2 to +2 was used with the standard technique as the reference. The best image quality was found with iterative reconstruction in combination with a contrast enhancing Metz filter or a noise reducing Butterworth filter. Scatter correction did not improve image quality.
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- Starck, Sven-Åke, et al.
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Digital filtering of bone scans : an ROC study
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Ingår i: Nuclear medicine communications. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0143-3636 .- 1473-5628. ; 18:2, s. 98-104
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aims of this study were to investigate if digital filtering can increase the sensitivity and specificity of bone scans, and to find the type of filter most suitable for bone images at various count levels. We also wished to examine if filtering allows the administered activity or the examination time to be reduced, and if it is easier to detect low-contrast uptake using a digital filter. Images containing a total of 100, 350 and 1000 kcounts were acquired in a 256 x 256 matrix using a transmission phantom simulating the thoracolumbar region. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis demonstrated that digital filtering increases the sensitivity and specificity of bone scintigraphy. A low-pass filter for images with low statistics (100 kcounts), which contain 2-5 counts per pixel in the ribs and vertebrae respectively, and a Metz filter for images with normal (5-19 counts per pixel) to good (20-54 counts per pixel) statistics, increase the area under the ROC curve significantly (99% confidence level) compared to unfiltered images. Filtering also increases the detectability of low-contrast objects compared with unfiltered images. Digital filtering might be an alternative to raising the number of counts in the image. An alternative is to reduce the administered activity and hence the effective dose to the patient, or to reduce the examination time-which is an advantage when treating elderly patients or patients with pain.
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