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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.10.4418

Effect of Gamma Energy of Positron Emission Radionuclide on X-Ray CT Image  

Kim, Gha-Jung (Department of Radiological Science, Far East University)
Bae, Seok-Hwan (Department of Radiological Science, Konyang University)
Kim, Ki-Jin (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Konyang University Hospital)
Oh, Hye-Kyong (Department of Radiological Technology, Daejeon Health Sciences College)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.10, 2011 , pp. 4418-4424 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is aimed to assess the effect of the gamma ray of 511keV energy which is emitted from phantom where the positron emission radionuclide was injected on X-ray CT image. As a scanning method, the CT number and pixel value of the reference image where water was injected(0 mCi), and those acquired by changing the capacity of 18F(Fluorine), positron emission radionuclide, into 1 mCi, 2 mCi, 5 mCi, and 10 mCi were measured. As a result of measuring the CT number(HU) of the phantom image where the positron emission radionuclide($^{18}F$) was injected, there were reference water ($-7.58{\pm}0.66$ HU), 1 mCi($-9.85{\pm}0.50$ HU), 2 mCi($-10.27{\pm}0.21$ HU), 5 mCi($-11.31{\pm}0.66$ HU), and 10 mCi($-13.47{\pm}0.38$ HU). Compared with the image where it was filled with water, there was a reduction of 5.89 Hu in 10 mCi, 3.73 in 5 mCi, 2.69 HU in 2 mCi, and 2 HU in 1 mCi. As for the pixel value of the phantom image, there were reference water ($-2.70{\pm}0.75$), 1 mCi($-4.72{\pm}0.58$), 2 mCi($-6.01{\pm}0.78$), 5 mCi($-6.10{\pm}0.84$), and 10 mCi($-8.20{\pm}0.60$). Compared with the reference image, there was a reduction of 5.50 in 10 mCi, 3.40 in 5 mCi, 3.10 in 2 mCi, and 2.02 in 1 mCi. Through this experiment, it was indicated that, with the increase in the dose of the positron emission radionuclide($^{18}F$), the CT number and the pixel value of the image reduced proportionally, and the width of reduction showed a similar value, too. Accordingly, according to the degree of change in X-ray CT image due to the positron emission radionuclide in the quality control item of PET/CT, the proper standard should be established and it should be periodically managed.
Keywords
Positron Emission Radionuclide; PET/CT; CT Number(Hounsfield Units);
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