Heterogeneity of SPECT Bull's-eyes in Normal Dogs: Comparison of Attenuation Compensation Algorithms

E. V.R. DiBella, R. L. Eisner, L. S. Schmarkey, A. B. Barclay, R. E. Patterson, D. J. Nowak, D. S. Lalush, B. M.W. Tsui

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Abstract

In normal dogs, SPECT 99mTc Sestamibi (MIBI) and 201Tl myocardial perfusion images reconstructed with filtered backprojection (FBP) show a large decrease of counts in the septal wall (S) compared to the lateral wall (L). We evaluated the iterative method of Chang at 0 and 1 iterations (Chang0 and Chang1), and the Maximum Likelihood-Expectation Maximization with attenuation compensation (ML-EM-ATN) algorithm on data acquired from 5 normal dogs and from simulated projection data using a homogeneous count-density model of a normal canine myocardium in the attenuation field measured in one dog. Mean counts in the S and L regions were calculated from maximum-count circumferential profile arrays. The table shows mean ± s.d. S/L count ratios. Our results demonstrate that ML-EM-ATN and Chang1 result in improved uniformity, as measured by the S/L ratio.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1290-1296
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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