ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2019
Ultrafast bone scintigraphy scan for detecting bone metastasis using a CZT whole-body gamma camera.
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- An artificial intelligence-driven image quality assessment system for whole-body [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023Trial
- The Image Clarity Paradox: Higher CZT SPECT Contrast Does Not Always Translate to Diagnostic Accuracy for Alzheimer's Disease.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2025Article
- Letter to the Editor: EANM position paper on challenges and opportunities of full-ring 360° CZT bone imaging: it's time to let go of planar whole-body bone imaging.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025Article
- Improving the image quality of short-time bone SPECT using cadmium-zinc-telluride detectors with SwiftScan.Asia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology · 2025Article
- New Generation SPECT Cameras Based on Cadmium-Zinc Telluriide Technology.Annals of nuclear cardiology · 2024Review
- Dynamic cardiac SPECT with flow measurement using 3D-ring CZT: when SPECT is inspired by PET.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023Article
- Satisfied quantitative value can be acquired by short-time bone SPECT/CT using a whole-body cadmium-zinc-telluride gamma camera.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- High-quality brain perfusion SPECT images may be achieved with a high-speed recording using 360° CZT camera.EJNMMI physics · 2020Article
- Augmented planar bone scintigraphy obtained from a whole-body SPECT recording of less than 20 min with a high-sensitivity 360° CZT camera.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the feasibility of short whole-body bone scan acquisition times using a novel gamma camera with cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) semiconductor detectors.
methodsWe retrospectively enrolled 78 consecutive patients with prostate cancer who underwent bone scintigraphy using a whole-body gamma camera with CZT detectors. After acquisition of list-mode data with 180 s per bed position, anterior and posterior whole-body images were reconstructed using the first 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the list-mode data. Two experienced nuclear medicine physicians interpreted the images, and interrater agreement and the diagnostic value of the images were determined. Quantitative artificial neural network (ANN) values, bone scan indexes (BSI) and hotspot numbers (HsN) were also calculated by automated diagnostic software.
resultsExcellent interrater reliabilities of the visual assessments were obtained for the 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25% images (κ = 0.88, 0.88, 0.88 and 0.88, respectively). The 5% images also showed high diagnostic value (sensitivity 0.94, specificity 0.84 and accuracy 0.86). Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) between the 100% images and the reduced acquisition time images were evaluated in quantitative analyses, and excellent correlations were observed for ANN value in the 75% images (ICC 0.77), for BSI in all the reduced acquisition time images (75%, 50%, 25%, 10% and 5%; ICC 0.99, 0.99, 0.99, 0.96 and 0.75, respectively), and for HsN in the 75%, 50%, 25% and 10% images (ICC 0.99, 0.99, 0.98 and 0.90, respectively).
conclusionWhole-body gamma cameras with CZT detectors have the potential to reduce image acquisition times and the dose of radioisotope injected for bone scans.
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