Generating Dynamic System Matrices for Dynamic SPECT
The purpose of the computer program is to generate system matrices that model data acquisition process in dynamic single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The application is for the reconstruction of dynamic data from projection measurements that provide the time evolution of activity uptake and wash out in an organ of interest. The measurement of the time activity in the blood and organ tissue provide time-activity curves (TACs) that are used to estimate kinetic parameters. The program provides a correct model of the in vivo spatial and temporal distribution of radioactive in organs. The model accounts for the attenuation of the internal emitting radioactivity, it accounts for the vary point response of the collimators, and correctly models the time variation of the activity in the organs. One important application where the software is being used in a measuring the arterial input function (AIF) in a dynamic SPECT study where the data are acquired from a slow camera rotation. Measurement of the arterial input function (AIF) is essential to deriving quantitative estimates of regional myocardial blood flow using kinetic models. A study was performed to evaluate whether a slowly rotating SPECT system could provide accurate AIF's for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). Methods: Dynamic cardiac SPECT was first performed in human subjects at rest using a Phillips Precedence SPECT/CT scanner. Dynamic measurements of Tc-99m-tetrofosmin in the myocardium were obtained using an infusion time of 2 minutes. Blood input, myocardium tissue and liver TACs were estimated using spatiotemporal splines. These were fit to a one-compartment perfusion model to obtain wash-in rate parameters K1. Results: The spatiotemporal 4D ML-EM reconstructions gave more accurate reconstructions that did standard frame-by-frame 3D ML-EM reconstructions. From additional computer simulations and phantom studies, it was determined that a 1 minute infusion with a SPECT system rotation speed providing 180 degrees of projection data every 54s can produce measurements of blood pool and myocardial TACs. This has important application in the circulation of coronary flow reserve using rest/stress dynamic cardiac SPECT. They system matrices are used in maximum likelihood and maximum a posterior formulations in estimation theory where through iterative algorithms (conjugate gradient, expectation maximization, or maximum a posteriori probability algorithms) the solution is determined that maximizes a likelihood or a posteriori probability function.
- Short Name / Acronym:
- DYNAMIC SYS MATRICES; 003024MLTPL00
- Site Accession Number:
- CR-3010
- Version:
- 00
- Programming Language(s):
- Medium: X; OS: none; Compatibility: Multiplatform
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Contributing Organization:
- Brian W. Reutter, Rostyslav Boutchko, Yuval Zelnik, Grant T. Gullberg
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1356580
- Country of Origin:
- United States
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