Statistical parametric analysis of activation foci detection in brain SPECT imaging

Author

Lahorte, P. ; Vandenberghe, S. ; D´Asseler, Y. ; Koole, M. ; Audenaert, K. ; Dierckx, R. ; Lemahieu, I.

Author_Institution

Div. of Nucl. Med., Univ. Hospital Gent, Belgium

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Oct-1 Nov 1998

Firstpage

771

Abstract

A simulation has been performed to investigate the influence of study size and activation focus characteristics in SPECT neuroactivation studies on the detection of the foci in the brain following statistical analysis. The cornerstones of the authors´ study are the Hoffman software brain phantom, sinogram simulation software and the Statistical Parametric Mapping package. They present results on the minimal activation levels required for focus detection

Keywords

brain; digital simulation; medical image processing; single photon emission computed tomography; software packages; statistical analysis; Hoffman software brain phantom; SPECT neuroactivation studies; Statistical Parametric Mapping package; activation foci detection; brain SPECT imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; minimal activation levels; nuclear medicine; sinogram simulation software; statistical parametric analysis; study size; Brain modeling; Design for experiments; Focusing; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Scanning probe microscopy; Statistical analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5164-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1998.745542

Filename

745542