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ArticleRadiological physics and technology2024

Evaluation of attenuation correction method for head holder in brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography.

Masahiro Nakashima, Yuta Yamazaki

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Masahiro NakashimaDivision of Radiological Technology, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. nakas-m@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp.
Yuta YamazakiCanon Medical Systems Corporation, 1385 Shimoishigami, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, 324-8550, Japan.

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Head holder attenuation affects brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) image quality. Here, we proposed a head holder-attenuation correction (AC) method using attenuation coefficient maps calculated by Chang's method from CT images. Then, we evaluated the effectiveness of the head holder-AC method by numerical phantom and clinical cerebral perfusion SPECT studies. In the numerical phantom, the posterior counts were 10.7% lower than the anterior counts without head holder-AC method. However, by performing head holder-AC, the posterior count recovered by approximately 6.8%, approaching the true value. In the clinical study, the normalized count ratio was significantly increased by performing the head holder-AC method in the posterior-middle cerebral artery, posterior cerebral artery and cerebellum regions. There were no significant increases in other regions. The head holder-AC method can correct the counts attenuated by the head holder.

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BrainTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonImage Processing, Computer-AssistedPerfusionPhantoms, ImagingAttenuation correctionBrain perfusionHead holderSingle-photon emission computed tomography

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