MicroPET R4 스캐너에서 획득한 고양이 뇌 PET 영상의 감쇠 및 산란보정 효과 (Effects of Attenuation and Scatter Corrections in Cat Brain PET Images Using microPET R4 Scanner) |
Author |
김진수1,2,이재성1,2,이종진1,이병일1,박민현3,이효정3,오승하3,김경민4,천기정5,임상무5,정준기1,2,이명철1,2,이동수1,2, |
Jin Su Kim, M.S.1,2, Jae Sung Lee, Ph.D.1,2, Jong Jin Lee, M.D.1, Byeong Il Lee, Ph.D.1,Min-Hyun Park, M.D.3, Hyo Jeong Lee, M.D.3, Seung-Ha Oh, M.D.3, Kyeong Min Kim, Ph.D.4,Gi Jeong Cheon, M.D.5, Sang Moo Lim, M.D.5, June-Key Chung, M.D.1,2, Myung Chul |
Affiliation |
서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실1, 방사선응용생명과학 협동과정2, 이비인후과학교실3, 원자력의학원 방사선 의학연구센터 핵의학연구실4, 핵의학과5 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, 2Interdisciplinary Programs in Radiation Applied Life Science Major, 3Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 4Research Institute of Nuclear Medicine |
Abstract |
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of attenuation correction (AC) and scatter correction
(SC) on the quantification of PET count rates. Materials and Methods: To assess the effects of AC and SC,
18F-FDG PET images of phantom and cat brain were acquired using microPET R4 scanner. Thirty-minute
transmission images using 68Ge source and emission images after injection of FDG were acquired. PET images were
reconstructed using 2D OSEM. AC and SC were applied. Regional count rates were measured using ROIs drawn
on cerebral cortex including frontal, parietal, and latral temporal lobes and deep gray matter including head of
caudate nucleus, putamen and thalamus for pre- and post-AC and SC images. The count rates were then
normalized with the injected dose per body weight. To assess the effects of AC, count ratio of "deep gray
matter/cerebral cortex" was calculated. To assess the effects of SC, ROIs were also drawn on the gray matter
(GM) and white matter (WM), and contrast between them ((GM-WM)/GM) was measured. Results: After the AC,
count ratio of "deep gray matter/cerebral cortex" was increased by 17¡¾7%. After the SC, contrast was also
increased by 12¡¾3%. Conclusion: Relative count of deep gray matter and contrast between gray and white
matters were increased after AC and SC, suggesting that the AC would be critical for the quantitative analysis of
cat brain PET data. (Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2006;40(1):40-47) |
Keyword |
Attenuation correction, Scatter correction, animal PET |
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