대한핵의학회지 (1967년~2009년)
Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2008;42(1)061~069
원저 : 삼중헤드 SPECT에서 기하학적 보정 기법의 개발
(Development of Geometric Calibration Method for Triple Head Pinhole SPECT System)
Author 김중현1,2,3, 이재성1,2,3, 이원우1, 박소연1, 손지연1, 김유경1, 김상은1,3, 이동수1,2,3,
Joong Hyun Kim, M.S.1,2,3, Jae Sung Lee, Ph.D.1,2,3, Won Woo Lee, M.D.1, So Yeon Park, M.S.1, Ji Yeon Son, B.S.1, Yu Kyeong Kim, M.D.1, Sang Eun Kim, M.D.1,3, and Dong Soo Lee, M.D.1,2,3
Affiliation 서울대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실1, 방사선응용생명과학 협동과정2, 의학연구원 방사선의학연구소3
1Department of Nuclear Medicine and 2Interdisciplinary Program in Radiation Applied Life Science Major, College of Medicine and 3Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Abstract

Purpose: Micro-pinhole SPECT system with conventional multiple-head gamma cameras has the advantage of high magnification factor for imaging of rodents. However, several geometric factors should be calibrated to obtain the SPECT image with good image quality. We developed a simplified geometric calibration method for rotating triple-head pinhole SPECT system and assessed the effects of the calibration using several phantom and rodent imaging studies. Materials and Methods: Trionix Triad XLT9 triple-head SPECT scanner with 1.0 mm pinhole apertures were used for the experiments. Approximately centered point source was scanned to track the angle-dependent positioning errors. The centroid of point source was determined by the center of mass calculation. Axially departed two point sources were scanned to calibrate radius of rotation from pinhole to center of rotation. To verify the improvements by the geometric calibration, we compared the spatial resolution of the reconstructed image of Tc-99m point source with and without the calibration. SPECT image of micro performance phantom with hot rod inserts was acquired and several animal imaging studies were performed. Results: Exact sphere shape of the point source was obtained by applying the calibration and axial resolution was improved. Lesion detectibility and image quality was also much improved by the calibration in the phantom and animal studies. Conclusion: Serious degradation of micro-pinhole SPECT images due to the geometric errors could be corrected using a simplified calibration method using only one or two point sources. (Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2008;42(1):61-69)

Keyword geometric calibration, pinhole SPECT, center of rotation error
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