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Usefulness of CT based SPECT Fusion Image in the lung Disease : Preliminary Study  

Park, Hoon-Hee (Department of Radiological Technology, Shingu University)
Kim, Tae-Hyung (Department of Radiological Science, Kangwon National University)
Shin, Ji-Yun (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cheongju National University)
Lee, Tae-Soo (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cheongju National University)
Lyu, Kwang-Yeul (Department of Radiological Technology, Shingu University)
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Journal of radiological science and technology / v.35, no.1, 2012 , pp. 59-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, SPECT/CT system has been applied to many diseases, however, the application is not extensively applied at pulmonary disease. Especially, in case that, the pulmonary embolisms suspect at the CT images, SPECT is performed. For the accurate diagnosis, SPECT/CT tests are subsequently undergoing.However, without SPECT/CT, there are some limitations to apply these procedures. With SPECT/CT, although, most of the examination performed after CT. Moreover, such a test procedures generate unnecessary dual irradiation problem to the patient. In this study, we evaluated the amount of unnecessary irradiation, and the usefulness of fusion images of pulmonary disease, which independently acquired from SPECT and CT. Using NEMA PhantomTM (NU2-2001), SPECT and CT scan were performed for fusion images. From June 2011 to September 2010, 10 patients who didn't have other personal history, except lung disease were selected (male: 7, female: 3, mean age: $65.3{\pm}12.7$). In both clinical patient and phantom data, the fusion images scored higher than SPECT and CT images. The fusion images, which is combined with pulmonary vessel images from CT and functional images from SPECT, can increase the detection possibility in detecting pulmonary embolism in the resin of lung parenchyma. It is sure that performing SPECT and CT in integral SPECT/CT system were better. However, we believe this protocol can give more informative data to have more accurate diagnosis in the hospital without integral SPECT/CT system.
Keywords
Pulmonary embolus; SPECT; CT; Fusion Image;
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