Schäfers K P, Raupach R, Beyer T
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Nuklearmedizin. 2006;45(5):219-22.
PET/CT imaging is particularly promising for head/neck malignancies, but dental implants lead to biased CT attenuation and PET activity values following CT-based attenuation correction (CT-AC).
Here, we implement a metal artifact correction procedure (MAR) as part of the CT-AC for PET/CT imaging.
Phantom studies indicate a maximum quantitative bias in CT and PET of 1000 HU and 30 %, which is reduced to 230 HU and 6 %, respectively following MAR. These results were verified in selected patients.
Artifacts and biases from dental implants can be reduced in PET/CT imaging by applying a simple MAR as part of the CT-AC.
PET/CT成像对头颈部恶性肿瘤特别有前景,但牙科植入物会导致基于CT的衰减校正(CT-AC)后CT衰减和PET活性值出现偏差。
在此,我们实施一种金属伪影校正程序(MAR)作为PET/CT成像CT-AC的一部分。
体模研究表明,CT和PET中的最大定量偏差分别为1000 HU和30%,MAR后分别降至230 HU和6%。这些结果在选定患者中得到验证。
通过应用简单的MAR作为CT-AC的一部分,可减少PET/CT成像中牙科植入物产生的伪影和偏差。