Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2017 Dec;51(4):331-337. 10.1007/s13139-017-0474-9.

Evaluation of Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride Detector-based Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography for Nuclear Cardiology: a Comparison with Conventional Anger Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

• Niimi T
• Nanasato M
• Sugimoto M
• Maeda H

• KMID: 2403506
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-017-0474-9

Abstract

PURPOSE
The differences in performance between the cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) camera or collimation systems and conventional Anger single-photon emission computed tomography (A-SPECT) remain insufficient from the viewpoint of the user. We evaluated the performance of the D-SPECT (Spectrum Dynamics, Israel) system to provide more information to the cardiologist or radiological technologist about its use in the clinical field.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This study evaluated the performance of the D-SPECTsystem in terms of energy resolution, detector sensitivity, spatial resolution, modulation transfer function (MTF), and collimator resolution in comparison with that of A-SPECT (Bright-View, Philips, Japan). Energy resolution and detector sensitivity were measured for Tc-99m, I-123, and Tl-201. The SPECT images produced by both systems were evaluated visually using the anthropomorphic torso phantom.
RESULTS
The energy resolution of D-SPECT with Tc-99m and I-123 was approximately two times higher than that of ASPECT. The detector sensitivity of D-SPECT was higher than that of A-SPECT (Tc-99m: 4.2 times, I-123: 2.2 times, and Tl-201: 5.9 times). The mean spatial resolution of D-SPECTwas two times higher than that of A-SPECT. The MTF of D-SPECT was superior to that of the A-SPECT system for all frequencies. The collimator resolution of D-SPECT was lower than that of A-SPECT; however, the D-SPECT images clearly indicated better spatial resolution than the A-SPECT images.
CONCLUSION
The energy resolution, detector sensitivity, spatial resolution, and MTF of D-SPECT were superior to those of A-SPECT. Although the collimator resolution was lower than that of A-SPECT, the D-SPECT images were clearly of better quality.

Keyword

Anger SPECT; Collimation system; CZT camera; D-SPECT; Nuclear cardiology

MeSH Terms

Anger*
Cardiology*
Tomography, Emission-Computed*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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