ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2017
Implementation of absolute quantification in small-animal SPECT imaging: Phantom and animal studies.
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- Quantitative Preclinical Imaging as a Metrological Framework: Reproducibility, Validation, and Translational Maturity.Journal of imaging · 2026Review
- Pre-clinical SPECT and SPECT-CT in Oncology.Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer · 2026Review
- Preclinical PET and SPECT Imaging in Small Animals: Technologies, Challenges and Translational Impact.Cells · 2025Review
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Abstract
purposePresence of photon attenuation severely challenges quantitative accuracy in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. Subsequently, various attenuation correction methods have been developed to compensate for this degradation. The present study aims to implement an attenuation correction method and then to evaluate quantification accuracy of attenuation correction in small-animal SPECT imaging.
methodsImages were reconstructed using an iterative reconstruction method based on the maximum-likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) algorithm including resolution recovery. This was implemented in our designed dedicated small-animal SPECT (HiReSPECT) system. For accurate quantification, the voxel values were converted to activity concentration via a calculated calibration factor. An attenuation correction algorithm was developed based on the first-order Chang's method. Both phantom study and experimental measurements with four rats were used in order to validate the proposed method.
resultsThe phantom experiments showed that the error of -15.5% in the estimation of activity concentration in a uniform region was reduced to +5.1% when attenuation correction was applied. For in vivo studies, the average quantitative error of -22.8 ± 6.3% (ranging from -31.2% to -14.8%) in the uncorrected images was reduced to +3.5 ± 6.7% (ranging from -6.7 to +9.8%) after applying attenuation correction.
conclusionThe results indicate that the proposed attenuation correction algorithm based on the first-order Chang's method, as implemented in our dedicated small-animal SPECT system, significantly improves accuracy of the quantitative analysis as well as the absolute quantification.
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