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High-resolution absolute SPECT quantitation for I-131 distributions used in the treatment of lymphoma: A phantom study

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Gonzaݩlez Trotter, DE; Jaszczak, RJ; Bowsher, JE; Akabani, G; Greer, KL
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
January 1, 2001

Clinical lymphoma I-131 radioimmunotherapy (RIT) studies are underway at our institution. The effectiveness of treatment can be evaluated through accurate time-dependent three-dimensional (3-D) dosimetry calculations based on SPECT images. We compared the absolute quantitative SPECT performance of a high-resolution rotating parallel-hole collimator (RPHC) designed to minimize septal penetration with that of a traditional medium-energy parallel-hole collimator (MEPHC). We scanned a phantom consisting of four spheres having inner diameters of 2.2 and 2.8 cm and whose activity concentration ratios with respect to the surrounding medium were between 5:1 and 17:1. Images were reconstructed using the OSEM algorithm (10 subsets, 20 iterations) with spatial resolution modeling. Quantitation of the MEPHC SPECT images yielded a large over-estimation of the surrounding activity concentration (50%) due to septal penetration. Quantitation of the RPHC SPECT image yielded a surrounding medium activity concentration within 8% of the expected value, and the activity within the spheres was estimated to within 20% of their absolute expected values for the RPHC. We also investigated the effect of out of field-of-view (FOV) uncollimated gamma rays on SPECT quantitation. We conclude that for the present quantitation application, the benefits of septal penetration suppression by the RPHC outweigh the increased image noise due to low count rate. These results point to the feasibility of using a large-FOV collimator based on the imaging principles of the RPHC for accurate clinical SPECT quantitation of I-131 RIT.

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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

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ISSN

0018-9499

Publication Date

January 1, 2001

Volume

48

Issue

3

Start / End Page

707 / 714

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Gonzaݩlez Trotter, D. E., Jaszczak, R. J., Bowsher, J. E., Akabani, G., & Greer, K. L. (2001). High-resolution absolute SPECT quantitation for I-131 distributions used in the treatment of lymphoma: A phantom study. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 48(3), 707–714. https://doi.org/10.1109/23.940151
Gonzaݩlez Trotter, D. E., R. J. Jaszczak, J. E. Bowsher, G. Akabani, and K. L. Greer. “High-resolution absolute SPECT quantitation for I-131 distributions used in the treatment of lymphoma: A phantom study.” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 48, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 707–14. https://doi.org/10.1109/23.940151.
Gonzaݩlez Trotter DE, Jaszczak RJ, Bowsher JE, Akabani G, Greer KL. High-resolution absolute SPECT quantitation for I-131 distributions used in the treatment of lymphoma: A phantom study. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2001 Jan 1;48(3):707–14.
Gonzaݩlez Trotter, D. E., et al. “High-resolution absolute SPECT quantitation for I-131 distributions used in the treatment of lymphoma: A phantom study.” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 48, no. 3, Jan. 2001, pp. 707–14. Scopus, doi:10.1109/23.940151.
Gonzaݩlez Trotter DE, Jaszczak RJ, Bowsher JE, Akabani G, Greer KL. High-resolution absolute SPECT quantitation for I-131 distributions used in the treatment of lymphoma: A phantom study. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2001 Jan 1;48(3):707–714.

Published In

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

DOI

ISSN

0018-9499

Publication Date

January 1, 2001

Volume

48

Issue

3

Start / End Page

707 / 714

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics