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A generalized 4D image registration scheme for targeted radionuclide therapy dosimetry.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17627425     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An iterative, generalized four-dimensional (4D) method is presented in this paper that allows simultaneous registration of a series of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans acquired in the course of a radionuclide therapy or pretherapy tracer study. The method combines temporal information with voxel-based similarity criteria to carry out simultaneous registration of the SPECT scans. A polynomial function was fitted to the maximum counts of each tumor site over the 4D study. Each tumor site was normalized to its maximum on the reference scan, and a template 4D dataset was generated, employing the polynomial fitting and the normalization map. Then, each 3D scan was registered to the corresponding simulated scan, using a 3D similarity criterion. The correlation coefficient (CC), the mutual information (MI), and the sum-of-absolute differences (SAD) similarity criteria were employed. Simulated data, based on a head-neck (131)I-MIBG study, were used to compare the proposed method for 4D registration with sequential 3D registration. Sequential 3D registration resulted in residual registration errors of 3.5 +/- 2.5, 3.2 +/- 2.0, and 7.0 +/- 3.5 mm for the CC, MI, and SAD criteria respectively, whereas the corresponding 4D method gave errors of 2.4 +/- 1.6, 1.9 +/- 1.1, and 5.3 +/- 2.9 mm for the CC, MI, and SAD criteria, respectively. The 4D method was applied to (186)Re HEDP SPECT patient studies and registration was verified by a dual-cursor display tool.
Authors:
Periklis Papavasileiou; Antigoni Divoli; Kostas Hatziioannou; Glenn D Flux
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cancer biotherapy & radiopharmaceuticals     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1084-9785     ISO Abbreviation:  Cancer Biother. Radiopharm.     Publication Date:  2007 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-07-13     Completed Date:  2007-08-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9605408     Medline TA:  Cancer Biother Radiopharm     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  160-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Physics, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. ppapavasileiou@yahoo.gr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Computer Simulation
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes / administration & dosage*,  therapeutic use*
Neoplasms / radionuclide imaging,  radiotherapy*
Radiometry / methods
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Iodine Radioisotopes

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