Title :
Adaptive segmented attenuation correction for whole-body PET imaging
Author :
Xu, M. ; Cutler, P.D. ; Luk, W.K.
Author_Institution :
Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiol., St Louis, MO, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-5 Nov 1994
Abstract :
Adaptive segmented attenuation correction using the local thresholding technique (adaptive LTS) has been developed for whole body PET imaging using short (2-3 minutes), post-injection transmission scans. Optimal threshold is derived at every scan position to provide appropriate segmentation on the transmission images, which are forward-projected into the attenuation sinograms. The entire computation of the new attenuation sinograms of a single bed position (47 slices) on ECAT EXACT takes as little as 6 minutes. So far, the technique has found been very successful in 30 18FDG whole-body oncologic studies without user interaction. The resulting emission data quantitatively matches and qualitatively surpasses those using the standard method. This method can increase scanner throughput without sacrificing the quality and accuracy of whole-body imaging
Keywords :
adaptive signal processing; image segmentation; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; 2 to 3 min; 6 min; 18FDG whole-body oncologic studies; ECAT EXACT; F; adaptive segmented attenuation correction; attenuation sinograms; local thresholding technique; medical diagnostic imaging; nuclear medicine; optimal threshold; scan position; scanner throughput increase; short post-injection transmission scans; whole-body PET imaging; Attenuation measurement; Biological tissues; Image segmentation; Lungs; Noise reduction; Position measurement; Positron emission tomography; Radiology; Throughput; Whole-body PET;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Norfolk, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2544-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474717