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PURPOSE:Several new technologies for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) instrumentation with parallel-hole collimation have been proposed to improve detector sensitivity and signal collection efficiency. Benefits from improved signal efficiency include shorter acquisition times and lower dose requirements. In this paper, the authors show a possibility of over an order of magnitude enhancement in photon detection efficiency (from 7.6 × 10(-5) to 1.6 × 10(-3)) for dopamine transporter (DaT) imaging of the striatum over the conventional SPECT parallel-hole collimators by use of custom-designed 20 multipinhole (20-MPH) collimators with apertures of 0.75 cm diameter. METHODS:Quantifying specific binding ratio (SBR) of (123)I-ioflupane or (123)I-iometopane's signal at the striatal region is a common brain imaging method to confirm the diagnosis of the Parkinson's disease. The authors performed imaging of a striatal phantom filled with aqueous solution of I-123 and compared camera recovery ratios of SBR acquired between low-energy high-resolution (LEHR) parallel-hole collimators and 20-MPH collimators. RESULTS:With only two-thirds of total acquisition time (20 min against 30 min), a comparable camera recovery ratio of SBR was achieved using 20-MPH collimators in comparison to that from the LEHR collimator study. CONCLUSIONS:Their systematic analyses showed that the 20-MPH collimator could be a promising alternative for the DaT SPECT imaging for brain over the traditional LEHR collimator, which could give both shorter scan time and improved diagnostic accuracy.
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Med Physjournal_title
Medical physicsauthors
Lee TC,Ellin JR,Huang Q,Shrestha U,Gullberg GT,Seo Ydoi
10.1118/1.4897567subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-11-01 00:00:00pages
112501issue
11eissn
0094-2405issn
2473-4209journal_volume
41pub_type
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