Reducing scan time using time-of-flight protocol in clinical [۱۸F]FDG-PET/CT imaging: A feasibility study
- سال انتشار: 1402
- محل انتشار: مجله پزشکی هسته ای ایران، دوره: 31، شماره: 1
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_IRJNM-31-1_001
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 274
نویسندگان
Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Functional Imaging, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
Departments of Radiology and Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
چکیده
Introduction: This study evaluates scan time reduction using time-of-flight (TOF) PET, when quantitative parameters including volumetric measures are considered.Methods: ۳۲ patients were included in the study. The reconstruction parameters for TOF were ۲ iterations, ۱۸ and ۲۴ subsets, and for non-TOF was ۳ iterations and ۱۸ subsets. A post smoothing filter with FWHM of ۵.۴ mm and ۶.۴ mm were used for TOF and ۶.۴ mm for non-TOF. TOF reconstruction was performed with ۲, ۲.۵ and ۳ min/bed position, and ۳ min/bed position scan time was applied in non-TOF. Quantitative parameters such as coefficient of variation (COV), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), lesion-to-background ratio (LBR), metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) were utilized. Standard uptake value (SUV) was also measured. Different segmentation thresholds were studied.Results: Improvement in SNR for TOF relative to non-TOF was observed when utilizing ۱۸ subsets, ۵.۴ mm filter size with ۳ min scan time/bed position (P-value< ۰.۰۰۰۱), and for ۱۸ subsets, ۶.۴ mm filter size when ۲.۵- and ۳-min scan time/bed positions was applied (P-value≤۰.۰۲). Scan time reduction did not illustrate significant variation for the SUVs and lesion size. In all TOF protocols for both TLG and MTV, the measured values decreased with increasing segmentation thresholds, as expected, with significantly more impact for higher thresholds (۷۰%, ۷۵%). Meanwhile, higher values were observed for higher post smoothing filter in each specified threshold. With increasing of the threshold, ΔTLG was increased with more impact for higher post smoothing filter. ΔMTV were -۱۰.۱۰±۱۱.۰۹ (-۱.۳۵±۸.۵۹) and ۰.۶۸±۱۷.۵۱ (۱۲.۴۲±۱۸.۹۰) in ۲ min/bed position with ۵.۴ (۶.۴ mm post smoothing filter) for threshold of ۴۵% and ۷۵% respectively.Conclusion: Scan time reduction from ۳ to ۲ min can be obtained with TOF in comparison with non-TOF, especially when higher segmentation threshold values with higher subset number (۲۴) and ۶.۴ mm filters are utilized.کلیدواژه ها
[۱۸F]FDG PET/CT, Scan time, Time-of-Flight, Metabolic tumor volume, Total lesion glycolysisاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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