title: Quantitative SPECT imaging: a review and recommendations by the Focus Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Computer and Instrumentation Council.
abstract: This article is a review of the physics principles, instrumentation and reconstruction methods behind SPECT imaging. Particular attention is paid to the mechanisms that can significantly affect the accuracy of a SPECT image. We describe instrumentation advances and reconstruction methods used to correct images to improve image quality and produce quantitative images. The clinical importance of improved image quality and quantitation are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cullom
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yester
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011849:Radioactive Tracers; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011849:Radioactive Tracers