Dynamic PET simulator via tomographic emission projection for kinetic modeling and parametric image studies Journal Article
| Authors: | Haeggstroem, I.; Beattie, B. J.; Schmidtlein, C. R. |
| Article Title: | Dynamic PET simulator via tomographic emission projection for kinetic modeling and parametric image studies |
| Abstract: | Purpose: To develop and evaluate a fast and simple tool called dPETSTEP (Dynamic PET Simulator of Tracers via Emission Projection), for dynamic PET simulations as an alternative to Monte Carlo (MC), useful for educational purposes and evaluation of the effects of the clinical environment, postprocessing choices, etc., on dynamic and parametric images. Methods: The tool was developed in dPETSTEP using both new and previously reported modules of PETSTEP (PET Simulator of Tracers via Emission Projection). Time activity curves are generated for each voxel of the input parametric image, whereby effects of imaging system blurring, counting noise, scatters, randoms, and attenuation are simulated for each frame. Each frame is then reconstructed into images according to the user specified method, settings, and corrections. Reconstructed images were compared to MC data, and simple Gaussian noised time activity curves (GAUSS). Results: dPETSTEP was 8000 times faster than MC. Dynamic images from dPETSTEP had a root mean square error that was within 4% on average of that of MC images, whereas the GAUSS images were within 11%. The average bias in dPETSTEP and MC images was the same, while GAUSS differed by 3% points. Noise profiles in dPETSTEP images conformed well to MC images, confirmed visually by scatter plot histograms, and statistically by tumor region of interest histogram comparisons that showed no significant differences (p < 0.01). Compared to GAUSS, dPETSTEP images and noise properties agreed better with MC. Conclusions: The authors have developed a fast and easy one-stop solution for simulations of dynamic PET and parametric images, and demonstrated that it generates both images and subsequent parametric images with very similar noise properties to those of MC images, in a fraction of the time. They believe dPETSTEP to be very useful for generating fast, simple, and realistic results, however since it uses simple scatter and random models it may not be suitable for studies investigating these phenomena. © 2016 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. |
| Keywords: | simulation; monte carlo; dynamic pet; compartment modeling; parametric imaging; petstep |
| Journal Title: | Medical Physics |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0094-2405 |
| Publisher: | American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| Date Published: | 2016-06-01 |
| Start Page: | 3104 |
| End Page: | 3116 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1118/1.4950883 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC4884183 |
| PUBMED: | 27277057 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 1 July 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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