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Comparison of Algorithms for Generating Parametric Image of Cerebral Blood Flow Using ${H_2}^{15}O$ PET Positron Emission Tomography  

Lee, Jae-Sung (Department of Nuclear Medicinel, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Lee, Dong-Soo (Department of Nuclear Medicinel, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Park, Kwang-Suk (Department of Nuclear Medicinel, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Chung, June-Key (Department of Nuclear Medicinel, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Lee, Myung-Chul (Department of Nuclear Medicinel, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
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The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine / v.37, no.5, 2003 , pp. 288-300 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: To obtain regional blood flow and tissue-blood partition coefficient with time-activity curves from ${H_2}^{15}O$ PET, fitting of some parameters in the Kety model is conventionally accomplished by nonlinear least squares (NLS) analysis. However, NLS requires considerable compuation time then is impractical for pixel-by-pixel analysis to generate parametric images of these parameters. In this study, we investigated several fast parameter estimation methods for the parametric image generation and compared their statistical reliability and computational efficiency. Materials and Methods: These methods included linear least squres (LLS), linear weighted least squares (LWLS), linear generalized least squares (GLS), linear generalized weighted least squares (GWLS), weighted Integration (WI), and model-based clustering method (CAKS). ${H_2}^{15}O$ dynamic brain PET with Poisson noise component was simulated using numerical Zubal brain phantom. Error and bias in the estimation of rCBF and partition coefficient, and computation time in various noise environments was estimated and compared. In audition, parametric images from ${H_2}^{15}O$ dynamic brain PET data peformed on 16 healthy volunteers under various physiological conditions was compared to examine the utility of these methods for real human data. Results: These fast algorithms produced parametric images with similar image qualify and statistical reliability. When CAKS and LLS methods were used combinedly, computation time was significantly reduced and less than 30 seconds for $128{\times}128{\times}46$ images on Pentium III processor. Conclusion: Parametric images of rCBF and partition coefficient with good statistical properties can be generated with short computation time which is acceptable in clinical situation.
Keywords
${H_2}^{15}O$ PET; Cerebral blood flow; Parametric image; Tracer kinetic modeling;
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