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Radionuclide Computed Tomography of the Body Using Routine Radiopharmaceuticals. I. System Characterization

Baylor College of Medicine, St. Luke's Episcopal-Texas Children's Hospitals, Houston, Texas

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Paul H. Murphy, Ph.D., Nuclear Medicine Section, Dept. of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030

ABSTRACT

A whole-body computed tomography system for single-photon emitters was evaluated from the standpoint of spatial resolution, sensitivity, and thresholds for count densities with reference to standard doses of currently used radiopharmaceuticals in patients. In air and tissue equivalents, spatial resolution was relatively constant throughout the field of view and attentuation correction algorithms returned uniformity of response to within 10%. In a phantom of the human abdomen 1.5-cm spherical "cold" lesions and 1-cm "hot" lesions could be resolved. Aspects of the partial-volume effect were observed and investigated. To detect 1.5 cm-cold lesions in an abdominal phantom, five million events were required.