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Phased versus midventilation attenuation-corrected respiration-correlated PET for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
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PMID:  19914979     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Respiration-correlated PET (RCPET) can reduce motion artifacts, but image quality generally decreases. The use of phase-by-phase attenuation correction (PAC) for RCPET using respiration-correlated CT (RCCT) requires large computational resources, and tumor positions will not always match correctly because of different binning methods for CT and PET. In this study, we investigated whether PAC for RCPET can be replaced by midventilation attenuation correction (MidV-AC) for a group of lung cancer patients. METHODS: RCPET/CT scans of 19 non-small cell lung cancer patients were performed. List-mode PET and CT data were binned and reconstructed into 8 phases. Two AC methods for RCPET were applied. First, the corresponding 8 RCCT phases were used for PAC. Then MidV-AC was used. Analyses were performed in terms of standardized uptake values (SUVs), volume recovery, contrast, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). RESULTS: Average differences between PAC and MidV-AC for mean and maximum SUV were 1.0% and 0.9% (P = 0.007 and P = 0.002), respectively, whereas SNR, contrast, and volume did not differ significantly (P >or= 0.2). Large motion amplitudes and irregular breathing revealed larger differences between phase 1 and MidV-AC values. CONCLUSION: Differences in SUV, volume, SNR, and contrast between PAC as available in currently used clinical software and MidV-AC for RCPET are small. MidV-AC provides an excellent surrogate for PAC for most lung cancer patients encountered in clinical practice.
Authors:
Tezontl Rosario; Michel C Ollers; Geert Bosmans; Dirk De Ruysscher; Philippe Lambin; Andre Dekker
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-11-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of nuclear medicine technology     Volume:  37     ISSN:  1535-5675     ISO Abbreviation:  J Nucl Med Technol     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0430303     Medline TA:  J Nucl Med Technol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  208-14     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiotherapy Physics, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. tezontl.rosario@cze.nl
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