Evaluation of Simultaneous Dual-radioisotope SPECT Imaging Using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose and 99mTc-tetrofosmin

Authors

  • Atsuko Kawakami Department of Ragiological Technology, Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
  • Hiroyuki Yamaji Department of Ragiological Technology, National Kyusyu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Keiko Koyama Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Japan
  • Mizuki Mochiki Department of Ragiological Technology, Gunma Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Japan
  • Toshihiko Ino Department of Ragiological Technology, Gunma Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Japan
  • Yasuyuki Takahashi Department of Radiology, Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Maebashi, Japan
Abstract:

Objective(s): Use of a positron emission tomography (PET)/single-photonemission computed tomography (SPECT) system facilitates the simultaneousacquisition of images with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) andtechnetium (99mTc)-tetrofosmin. However, 18F has a short half-life, and 511keV Compton-scattered photons are detected in the 99mTc energy window.Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the consequences of thesefacts.Methods: The crosstalk correction for images in the 99mTc energy windowinvolved the dual energy window (DEW) subtraction method. In phantomstudies, changes in the count of uniform parts in a phantom (due to attenuationfrom decay), signal detectability in the hot-rod part of the phantom, and thedefect contrast ratio in a cardiac phantom were examined.Results: For 18F-FDG in the step-and-shoot mode, nearly a 9% difference wasobserved in the count of projection data between the start and end positionsof acquisition in the uniform part of the phantom. Based on the findings,the detectability of 12 mm hot rods was relatively poor. In the continuousacquisition mode, the count difference was corrected, and detectability of thehot rods was improved. The crosstalk from 18F to the 99mTc energy windowwas approximately 13%. In the cardiac phantom, the defect contrast in 99mTcimages from simultaneous dual-radionuclide acquisition was improved byapproximately 9% after DEW correction; the contrast after correction wassimilar to acquisition with 99mTc alone.Conclusion: Based on the findings, the continuous mode is useful for 18F-FDGacquisition, and DEW crosstalk correction is necessary for 99mTc-tetrofosminimaging.

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volume 4  issue 2

pages  66- 71

publication date 2016-07-01

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