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ArticleMolecular imaging and biology2016

Image quality of Zr-89 PET imaging in the Siemens microPET Focus 220 preclinical scanner.

Tyler J Bradshaw, Martin J Voorbach, David R Reuter, Anthony M Giamis, Sarah R Mudd, John D Beaver

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Article in Molecular imaging and biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Tyler J BradshawDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1111 Highland Ave Rm 1005, Madison, WI, 53705, USA. tbradshaw@wisc.edu.
Martin J VoorbachTranslational Sciences, AbbVie Inc., Bldg. AP4, 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA.
David R ReuterTranslational Sciences, AbbVie Inc., Bldg. AP4, 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA.
Anthony M GiamisTranslational Sciences, AbbVie Inc., Bldg. AP4, 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA.
Sarah R MuddTranslational Sciences, AbbVie Inc., Bldg. AP4, 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA.
John D BeaverTranslational Sciences, AbbVie Inc., Bldg. AP4, 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA.

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Abstract

purposeZr-89 positron emission tomography (PET) is a valuable tool for understanding the biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of antibody-based therapeutics. We compared the image quality of Zr-89 PET and F-18 PET in the Siemens microPET Focus 220 preclinical scanner using different reconstruction methods. PROCEDURES: Image quality metrics were measured in various Zr-89 and F-18 PET phantoms, including the NEMA NU 4-2008 image quality phantom. Images were reconstructed using various algorithms.

resultsZr-89 PET had greater image noise, inferior spatial resolution, and greater spillover than F-18 PET, but comparable recovery coefficients for cylinders of various diameters. Of the reconstruction methods, OSEM3D resulted in the lowest noise, highest recovery coefficients, best spatial resolution, but also the greatest spillover. Scatter correction results were found to be sensitive to varying object sizes.

conclusionsZr-89 PET image quality was inferior to that of F-18, and no single reconstruction method was superior in all aspects of image quality.

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AlgorithmsAnimalsFemaleImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMacaca fascicularisPhantoms, ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyRadioisotopesZirconiumRadioisotopesZirconiumFocus 220PETReconstructionZr-89

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