The purpose of this study is to investigate the optimal reference geometry for gamma camera calibration. Yet another question of interest was to assess the influence of the number of 3D Ordered Subsets Expectation Maximization (3D-OSEM) updates on activity quantification for SPECT imaging with 177Lu. The accuracy of 177Lu activity quantification was assessed both in small and in large objects. ...

OBJECTIVE We developed a modification of the acquisition zoom technique, referred to as differential magnification (DM), to improve the pixel resolution with fanbeam collimators. This study evaluated the effects of DM on brain SPECT image quality. METHODS SPECT imaging was performed using a triple-head camera with and without DM for a line source in air, Jaszczak and Hoffman phantoms, and 15 ...

introduction quality control is an important phenomenon in nuclear medicine imaging. a jaszczak spect phantom provides consistent performance information for any spect or pet system. this article describes the simulation of a jaszczak phantom and creating an executable phantom file for comparing assessment of spect cameras using simind monte carlo simulation program which is well-established fo...

Introduction Quality control is an important phenomenon in nuclear medicine imaging. A Jaszczak SPECT Phantom provides consistent performance information for any SPECT or PET system. This article describes the simulation of a Jaszczak phantom and creating an executable phantom file for comparing assessment of SPECT cameras using SIMIND Monte Carlo simulation program which is well-established fo...

introduction: poor sensitivity and poor signal to noise ratio because of low injected thallium dose and presence of scattered photons are the main problems in using thallium in scintigraphic imaging of the heart. scattered photons are the main cause of degrading the contrast and resolution in spect imaging that result in error in quantification. thallium decay is very complicated and photons ar...

UNLABELLED The accuracy of clinical SPECT is highly dependent on the acquisition and processing parameters, which are selected according to the clinical task. These parameters are usually set within protocols in order to allow for standardization from one study to another and to speed up the clinical routine. METHODS In the first part of this work, tomographic images of a Jaszczak phantom wer...

The motion of the beating heart is complex and creates artifacts in SPECT and x-ray CT images. Phantoms such as the Jaszczak Dynamic Cardiac Phantom are used to simulate cardiac motion for evaluation of acquisition and data processing protocols used for cardiac imaging. Two concentric elastic membranes filled with water are connected to tubing and pump apparatus for creating fluid flow in and o...

Purpose. – The aim of the present study was to quantitatively assess the performance of a block matching-based automatic registration algorithm integrated within the commercial treatment planning system designated ISOgrayTM from Dosisoft. The accuracy of the process was evaluated by a phantom study on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) image...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to explore the influence of various time-of-flight (TOF) and non-TOF reconstruction algorithms on positron emission tomography/computer tomography (PET/CT) image quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS Measurements were performed with a triple line source phantom, consisting of capillaries with internal diameter of ∼ 1 mm and standard Jaszczak phantom. Each of the d...

BACKGROUND Full Monte Carlo (MC)-based SPECT reconstructions have a strong potential for correcting for image degrading factors, but the reconstruction times are long. The objective of this study was to develop a highly parallel Monte Carlo code for fast, ordered subset expectation maximum (OSEM) reconstructions of SPECT/CT images. The MC code was written in the Compute Unified Device Architect...