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An overview of a camera‐based SPECT system
Author(s) -
Greer Kim L.,
Jaszczak Ronald J.,
Coleman R. Edward
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595110
Subject(s) - single photon emission computed tomography , spect imaging , modality (human–computer interaction) , medical physics , computer science , computer vision , emission computed tomography , nuclear medicine , medical imaging , instrumentation (computer programming) , artificial intelligence , iterative reconstruction , computer graphics (images) , positron emission tomography , medicine , operating system
Camera‐based single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) provides increased information about the organ scanned by eliminating superpositioned radionuclidic activity in the reconstructed images. Current literature contains little detail regarding the potential of and the technical aspects involved in using this emerging imaging modality. A description of the instrumentation supplements a general, but practical, background for nuclear medicine personnel. Some of the considerations for successfully utilizing a SPECT system are described, along with a discussion of the basis for these procedures. Pitfalls are mentioned and clinical images from our SPECT imaging system are included.