Bone equivalent liquid solution to assess accuracy of transmission measurements in SPECT and PET

Author

De Dreuille, Olivier ; Strijckmans, Véronique ; Almeida, Pedro ; Loc´h, Christian ; Bendriem, Bernard

Author_Institution

Service Hospitalier Frederic Joliot, Orsay, France

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

2-9 Nov 1996

Firstpage

1444

Abstract

Quantitation in emission tomography (PET and SPECT) assumes that several physical factors are corrected. Attenuation can be corrected using transmission tomography which can be performed on SPECT and PET devices. Quantitative comparison of the relative performances of transmission scans in SPECT and PET has been investigated using a calibrated liquid solution with a linear attenuation coefficient (μ) nearly equivalent to that of skeleton cranium bone for radiation with an energy ranging from 50 to 600 keV

Keywords

bone; positron emission tomography; potassium compounds; single photon emission computed tomography; solutions; 50 to 600 keV; K₂HPO₄; PET; SPECT; attenuation coefficient; bone equivalent liquid solution; calibrated liquid solution; cranium bone; emission tomography; quantitation; transmission tomography; Attenuation measurement; Bones; Cameras; Cranium; Energy resolution; Filling; Head; Imaging phantoms; Positron emission tomography; Skeleton;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1996. Conference Record., 1996 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3534-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1996.591719

Filename

591719