Bias and Precision of SPECT-based Lu Activity-concentration Estimation Using a Ring-configured Solid-state Versus a Dual-headed Anger System

Overview

Journal EJNMMI Phys

Specialty Radiology

Date 2024 Nov 3

PMID 39489825

Authors

Anna Stenvall

Irma Ceric Andelius

Elias Nilsson

Albin Lindvall

Erik Larsson

Johan Gustafsson

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Abstract

Background: The aim was to compare bias and precision for Lu-SPECT activity-concentration estimation using a dual-headed Anger SPECT system and a ring-configured CZT SPECT system. This was investigated for imaging at 208 keV and 113 keV, respectively.

Methods: Phantom experiments were performed on a GE Discovery 670 system with 5/8'' NaI(Tl) crystal (dual-headed Anger system) and a GE StarGuide (ring-configured CZT system). Six spheres (1.2 mL to 113 mL) in a NEMA PET body phantom were filled with Tc and Lu, separately. Mean relative errors and coefficients of variation (CV) in estimated sphere activity concentration were studied over six timeframes of 10 min each for the two systems. For Lu, similar acquisitions were also performed for an anthropomorphic phantom with two spheres (10 mL and 25 mL) in a liver with non-radioactive background and a sphere-to-background ratio of 15:1. Tomographic reconstruction was performed using OS-EM with 10 subsets with compensation for attenuation, scatter, and distance-dependent spatial resolution. For the Anger system, up to 40 iterations were used and for the ring-configured CZT system up to 30 iterations were used.

Results: The two systems showed similar mean relative errors and CVs for Lu when using an energy window around 208 keV, while the ring-configured system demonstrated a lower bias for a similar CV compared to the Anger system for Tc and for Lu when using an energy window around 113 keV. However, total activity in the phantom tended to be overestimated in both systems for these cases.

Conclusions: The ring-configured CZT system is a viable alternative to the dual-headed Anger system equipped with medium-energy collimators for Lu-SPECT and shows a potential advantage for activity-concentration estimation when operated at 113 keV. However, further consideration of the preservation of total activity is warranted.

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