TY - GEN
T1 - Implementation of a fully 3D iterative reconstruction of combined parallel- And cone-beam collimator SPECT
AU - Ye, Hongwei
AU - Krol, Andrzej
AU - Lipson, Edward D.
AU - Feiglin, David H.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - To improve contrast-to-noise ratio in a small volume of interest, a combination of parallel- and cone-beam collimator SPECT acquisition and fully 3D iterative reconstruction with a volumetric system model has been developed. The Monte Carlo package SimSET along with a numerical chest phantom with half-ring defect were used to simulate static cardiac SPECT scans. Parallel-beam only, cone-beam only, Jaszczak approach, and our proposed parallel-cone approach were applied in reconstruction. The visual quality of the Jaszczak method and the proposed parallel-cone reconstruction is much better than cone-only reconstruction, and is free of truncation artifacts. Contrast-to-noise ratio, noise, and bias in a small volume-of-interest encompassing the heart have been improved in the proposed parallel- and cone-beam approach, as compared to the other three methods.
AB - To improve contrast-to-noise ratio in a small volume of interest, a combination of parallel- and cone-beam collimator SPECT acquisition and fully 3D iterative reconstruction with a volumetric system model has been developed. The Monte Carlo package SimSET along with a numerical chest phantom with half-ring defect were used to simulate static cardiac SPECT scans. Parallel-beam only, cone-beam only, Jaszczak approach, and our proposed parallel-cone approach were applied in reconstruction. The visual quality of the Jaszczak method and the proposed parallel-cone reconstruction is much better than cone-only reconstruction, and is free of truncation artifacts. Contrast-to-noise ratio, noise, and bias in a small volume-of-interest encompassing the heart have been improved in the proposed parallel- and cone-beam approach, as compared to the other three methods.
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U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436884
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436884
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48349100635
SN - 1424409233
SN - 9781424409235
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 3501
EP - 3504
BT - 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
T2 - 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
Y2 - 27 October 2007 through 3 November 2007
ER -