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ArticlePhysical and engineering sciences in medicine2022

A moving liver phantom in an anthropomorphic thorax for SPECT MP imaging.

S Panagi, Α Hadjiconstanti, G Charitou, D Kaolis, I Petrou, C Kyriacou, Y Parpottas

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S PanagiFrederick Research Center, Nicosia, Cyprus. st009570@stud.fit.ac.cy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5033-5907
Α HadjiconstantiFrederick Research Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.
G CharitouFrederick Research Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.
D KaolisDepartment of Medical Physics, Nicosia General Hospital, State Health Services Organisation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
I PetrouDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, State Health Services Organisation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
C KyriacouDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Informatics, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Y ParpottasFrederick Research Center, Nicosia, Cyprus. yparpottas@frederick.ac.cy.

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European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation EXCELLENCE/1216/0085
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Abstract

Cranio-caudal respiratory motion and liver activity cause a variety of complex myocardial perfusion (MP) artifacts, especially in the inferior myocardial wall, that may also mask cardiac defects. To assess and characterise such artifacts, an anthropomorphic thorax with moving thoracic phantoms can be utilised in SPECT MP imaging. In this study, a liver phantom was developed and anatomically added into an anthropomorphic phantom that also encloses an ECG beating cardiac phantom and breathing lungs' phantom. A cranio-caudal respiratory motion was also developed for the liver phantom and it was synchronised with the corresponding ones of the other thoracic phantoms. This continuous motion was further divided into isochronous dynamic respiratory phases, from end-exhalation to end-inspiration, to perform SPECT acquisitions in different respiratory phases. The new motions' parameters and settings were measured by mechanical means and also validated in a clinical environment by acquiring CT images and by using two imaging software packages. To demonstrate the new imaging capabilities of the phantom assembly, SPECT/CT MP acquisitions were performed and compared to previous phantom and patients studies. All thoracic phantoms can precisely perform physiological motions within the anthropomorphic thorax. The new capabilities of the phantom assembly allow to perform SPECT/CT MP acquisitions for different cardiac-liver activity ratios and cardiac-liver proximities in supine and, for first time, in prone position. Thus, MP artifacts can be characterised and motion correction can be performed due to these new capabilities. The impact of artifacts and motion correction on defect detection can be also investigated.

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Myocardial Perfusion ImagingHumansLiverPhantoms, ImagingThoraxTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonCranio-caudal respiratory motionLiver activityLiver phantomMP artifactsSPECT/CT MPISupine and prone imaging

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PMID34973119
PMCPMC8901477

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