The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Improved Scatter Correction for SPECT Images : A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

SPECT 영상 산란보정 개선: 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션 연구

  • Bong, Jung-Kyun (Division of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hee-Joung (Division of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Son, Hye-Kyung (Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Doo (Division of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Hae-Jo (Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University)
  • 봉정균 (연세대학교 핵의학과) ;
  • 김희중 (연세대학교 핵의학과) ;
  • 손혜경 (연세대학교 진단방사선과 방사선의과학 연구소) ;
  • 이종두 (연세대학교 핵의학과) ;
  • 정해조 (연세대학교 진단방사선과 방사선의과학 연구소)
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: Abutted scatter energy windows used for a triple energy window (TEW) method may provide wrong estimation of scatter. This study is to propose an extended TEW (ETEW) method, which doesn't require abutted scatter energy windows and overcomes the shortcomings of TEW method. Materials & Methods: The ETEW is a modification of the TEW which corrects for scatter by using abutted scatter rejection windows, which can overestimate or underestimate scatter. The ETEW is compared to the TEW using Monte Carlo simulated data for point sources as well as hot and cold spheres in a cylindrical water phantom. Various main energy window widths (10 %, 15 % and 20 %) were simulated. Both TEW and ETEW improved image contrast, % recovery coefficients and normalized standard deviation. Results: Both of TEW and ETEW improved image contrast and % recovery coefficients. Estimated scatter components by the TEW were not proportional to the true scatter components over the main energy windows when ones of 10 %, 15 %, and 20 % were simulated. The ETEW linearly estimated scatter components over the width of the main energy windows. Conclusion: We extended the TEW method into the method which could linearly estimate scatter components over the main energy windows.

목적: 삼중에너지창 산란보정 방법(triple energy window method, TEW)을 위해 사용하는 인접된 산란에너지창은 산란을 부적당하게 평가할 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 인접된 산란에너치창을 사용하지 않고, TEW의 단점을 보완하는 개선된 삼중에너지창 방법(extended triple energy window method, ETEW)으로 확장하는 것이다. 대상 및 방법: TEW에서 사용하는 인접된 산란에너지창은 주에너지창의 설정에 따라 산란성분을 과소평가하거나 과대평가할 수 있다. 이에 비해 ETEW는 주에너지창에 인접되지 않는 산란에너지창을 사용하여 TEW를 광범위하게 사용할 수 있도록 확장한 방법이다. 본 연구에서는 cold sphere들 또는 hot sphere들을 가진 원통형 물팬텀과 점선원들에 대한 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션을 실행하여 ETEW와 TEW를 비교 평가하였다. 또한 다양한 주에너지창 너비들(10%, 15%, 그리고 20%)을 이용하여 시뮬레이션을 실행하였다. 데이터 분석을 위해서 영상대조도, %회복계수, 정규화된 표준편차를 계산하였다. 결과: TEW와 ETEW 모두 산란보정전보다 영상대조도와 %회복계수를 개선시켰다. 그러나, TEW에 의해 추정된 산란성분들은 10%, 15%, 그리고 20%의 주에너지창 너비들에 대해 시뮬레이션이 된 산란성분들의 참값에 비례하지 않았으나, ETEW는 참값에 직접으로 비례하는 산란성분들을 추정하였다. 결론: 본 연구는 기존의 TEW 산란보정 방법이 가지고 있던 단점을 보완하여 ETEW 방법으로 확장하였다.

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