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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Impact of the Noise Penalty Factor on Quantification in Bayesian Penalized Likelihood (Q.Clear) Reconstructions of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Scans
Contributor:
Rijnsdorp, Sjoerd;
Roef, Mark;
Arends, Albert
Published:
MDPI AG, 2021
Published in:
Diagnostics, 11 (2021) 5, Seite 847
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3390/diagnostics11050847
ISSN:
2075-4418
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>Functional imaging with 68Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and positron emission tomography (PET) can fulfill an important role in treatment selection and adjustment in prostate cancer. This article focusses on quantitative assessment of 68Ga-PSMA-PET. The effect of various parameters on standardized uptake values (SUVs) is explored, and an optimal Bayesian penalized likelihood (BPL) reconstruction is suggested. PET acquisitions of two phantoms consisting of a background compartment and spheres with diameter 4 mm to 37 mm, both filled with solutions of 68Ga in water, were performed with a GE Discovery 710 PET/CT scanner. Recovery coefficients (RCs) in multiple reconstructions with varying noise penalty factors and acquisition times were determined and analyzed. Apparent recovery coefficients of spheres with a diameter smaller than 17 mm were significantly lower than those of spheres with a diameter of 17 mm and bigger (p < 0.001) for a tumor-to-background (T/B) ratio of 10:1 and a scan time of 10 min per bed position. With a T/B ratio of 10:1, the four largest spheres exhibit significantly higher RCs than those with a T/B ratio of 20:1 (p < 0.0001). For spheres with a diameter of 8 mm and less, alignment with the voxel grid potentially affects the RC. Evaluation of PET/CT scans using (semi-)quantitative measures such as SUVs should be performed with great caution, as SUVs are influenced by scanning and reconstruction parameters. Based on the evaluation of multiple reconstructions with different β of phantom scans, an intermediate β (600) is suggested as the optimal value for the reconstruction of clinical 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT scans, considering that both detectability and reproducibility are relevant.</jats:p>