{"title":"A study on energy window-based scatter correction methods in <sup>99m</sup>Tc and <sup>123</sup>I imaging","authors":"M. Can, Ö. Karadeniz, G. Çapa Kaya, T. Ertay","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/18/10/p10009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Tc-99m and I-123 are radionuclides commonly used for diagnostic examination in nuclear medicine. Detection of the scattered photons by the Compton interactions in the photopeak energy window is a factor affecting the image quality. DEW and TEW scatter correction methods are used to improve the image quality degrade by Compton scattered photons. In the study, planar and SPECT images of sphere, rod and cardiac phantom containing different activities were acquired with a gamma camera system. DEW/TEW corrected and uncorrected images for Tc-99m/I-123 were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. Both for planar and SPECT images, the DEW and TEW scatter correction methods were found to improve the image quality at varying rates.","PeriodicalId":16184,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":"156 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Instrumentation","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/18/10/p10009","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Tc-99m and I-123 are radionuclides commonly used for diagnostic examination in nuclear medicine. Detection of the scattered photons by the Compton interactions in the photopeak energy window is a factor affecting the image quality. DEW and TEW scatter correction methods are used to improve the image quality degrade by Compton scattered photons. In the study, planar and SPECT images of sphere, rod and cardiac phantom containing different activities were acquired with a gamma camera system. DEW/TEW corrected and uncorrected images for Tc-99m/I-123 were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. Both for planar and SPECT images, the DEW and TEW scatter correction methods were found to improve the image quality at varying rates.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Instrumentation (JINST) covers major areas related to concepts and instrumentation in detector physics, accelerator science and associated experimental methods and techniques, theory, modelling and simulations. The main subject areas include.
-Accelerators: concepts, modelling, simulations and sources-
Instrumentation and hardware for accelerators: particles, synchrotron radiation, neutrons-
Detector physics: concepts, processes, methods, modelling and simulations-
Detectors, apparatus and methods for particle, astroparticle, nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics-
Instrumentation and methods for plasma research-
Methods and apparatus for astronomy and astrophysics-
Detectors, methods and apparatus for biomedical applications, life sciences and material research-
Instrumentation and techniques for medical imaging, diagnostics and therapy-
Instrumentation and techniques for dosimetry, monitoring and radiation damage-
Detectors, instrumentation and methods for non-destructive tests (NDT)-
Detector readout concepts, electronics and data acquisition methods-
Algorithms, software and data reduction methods-
Materials and associated technologies, etc.-
Engineering and technical issues.
JINST also includes a section dedicated to technical reports and instrumentation theses.