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Quantitative effects of contrast enhanced CT attenuation correction on PET SUV measurements.

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Bunyaviroch, T; Turkington, TG; Wong, TZ; Wilson, JW; Colsher, JG; Coleman, RE
Published in: Mol Imaging Biol
2008

PURPOSE: The presence of contrast materials on computed tomography (CT) images can cause problems in the attenuation correction of positron emission tomography (PET) images. These are because of errors converting the CT attenuation of contrast to 511-keV attenuation and by the change in tissue enhancement over the duration of the PET emission scan. Newer CT-based attenuation correction (CTAC) algorithms have been developed to reduce these errors. METHODS: To evaluate the effectiveness of the modified CTAC technique, we performed a retrospective analysis on 20 patients, comparing PET images using unenhanced and contrast-enhanced CT scans for attenuation correction. A phantom study was performed to simulate the effects of contrast on radiotracer concentration measurements. RESULTS: There was a maximum difference in calculated radiotracer concentrations of 5.9% within the retrospective data and 7% within the phantom data. CONCLUSION: Using a CTAC algorithm that de-emphasizes high-density areas, contrast-enhanced CT can be used for attenuation mapping without significant errors in quantitation.

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Published In

Mol Imaging Biol

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ISSN

1536-1632

Publication Date

2008

Volume

10

Issue

2

Start / End Page

107 / 113

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Humans
  • Contrast Media
  • Algorithms
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
  • 0606 Physiology
 

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Bunyaviroch, T., Turkington, T. G., Wong, T. Z., Wilson, J. W., Colsher, J. G., & Coleman, R. E. (2008). Quantitative effects of contrast enhanced CT attenuation correction on PET SUV measurements. Mol Imaging Biol, 10(2), 107–113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-007-0126-z
Bunyaviroch, Tira, Timothy G. Turkington, Terence Z. Wong, John W. Wilson, James G. Colsher, and R Edward Coleman. “Quantitative effects of contrast enhanced CT attenuation correction on PET SUV measurements.Mol Imaging Biol 10, no. 2 (2008): 107–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-007-0126-z.
Bunyaviroch T, Turkington TG, Wong TZ, Wilson JW, Colsher JG, Coleman RE. Quantitative effects of contrast enhanced CT attenuation correction on PET SUV measurements. Mol Imaging Biol. 2008;10(2):107–13.
Bunyaviroch, Tira, et al. “Quantitative effects of contrast enhanced CT attenuation correction on PET SUV measurements.Mol Imaging Biol, vol. 10, no. 2, 2008, pp. 107–13. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11307-007-0126-z.
Bunyaviroch T, Turkington TG, Wong TZ, Wilson JW, Colsher JG, Coleman RE. Quantitative effects of contrast enhanced CT attenuation correction on PET SUV measurements. Mol Imaging Biol. 2008;10(2):107–113.
Journal cover image

Published In

Mol Imaging Biol

DOI

ISSN

1536-1632

Publication Date

2008

Volume

10

Issue

2

Start / End Page

107 / 113

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Humans
  • Contrast Media
  • Algorithms
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
  • 0606 Physiology