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Title: | Performance characteristics of the whole-body discovery IQ PET/CT system |
Author: | Reynés-Llompart, Gabriel Gámez, Cristina Romero-Zayas, Immaculada Rodríguez-Bel, Laura Vercher Conejero, José Luís Martí-Climent, Josep M. |
Keywords: | Tumors Diagnòstic per la imatge Tomografia per emissió de positrons Imatge corporal Tumors Diagnostic imaging Positron emission tomography Body image |
Issue Date: | Jul-2017 |
Publisher: | The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
Abstract: | The aim of this study was to assess the physical performance of a new PET/CT system, the Discovery IQ with 5-ring detector blocks. Methods: Performance was measured using the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NU2-2012 methodology. Image quality was extended by accounting for different acquisition parameters (lesion-to-background ratios [8:1, 4:1, and 2:1] and acquisition times) and reconstruction algorithms (VUE-point HD [VPHD], VPHD with point-spread-function modeling [VPHD-S], and Q.Clear). Tomographic reconstruction was also assessed using a Jaszczak phantom. Additionally, 30 patient lesions were analyzed to account for differences in lesion volume and SUV quantification between reconstruction algorithms. Results: Spatial resolution ranged from 4.2 mm at 1 cm to 8.5 mm at 20 cm. Sensitivity measured at the center and at 10 cm was 22.8 and 20.4 kps/kBq, respectively. The noise-equivalent counting rate peak was 124 kcps at 9.1 kBq/cm3 The scatter fraction was 36.2%. The accuracy of correction for count losses and randoms was 3.9%. In the image quality test, contrast recovery for VPHD, VPHD-S, and Q.Clear ranged from 18%, 18%, and 13%, respectively (hot contrast; 10-mm sphere diameter; ratio, 2:1), to 68%, 67%, and 81%, respectively (cold contrast; 37-mm sphere diameter; ratio, 8:1). Background variability ranged from 3.4%, 3.0%, and 2.1%, respectively (ratio, 2:1), to 5.5%, 4.8%, and 3.7%, respectively (ratio, 8:1). On Q.Clear reconstruction, the decrease in the penalty term (β) increased the contrast recovery coefficients and background variability. With the Jaszczak phantom, image quality increased overall when a reconstruction algorithm modeling the point-spread function was used, and use of Q.Clear increased the signal-to-noise ratio. Lesions analyzed using VPHD-S and Q.Clear had an SUVmean of 6.5 ± 3 and 7 ± 3, respectively (P < 0.01), and an SUVmax of 11 ± 4.8 and 12 ± 4, respectively (P < 0.01). No significant difference in mean lesion volume was found between algorithms. Conclusion: Among the various Discovery bismuth germanium oxide-based PET/CT scanners, the IQ with 5-ring detector blocks has the highest overall performance, with improved sensitivity and counting rate performance. Q.Clear reconstruction improves the PET image quality, with higher recovery coefficients and lower background variability. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.116.185561 |
It is part of: | Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2017, vol. 58, num. 7, p. 1155-1161 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/132887 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.116.185561 |
ISSN: | 0161-5505 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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