Program Information
Nuclear Medicine & PET
S Kappadath1*, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Presentations
MO-B-BRA-0 (Monday, March 7, 2016) 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Room: Grand Ballroom A
Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) together with computed tomography (CT), commonly referred to as SPECT/CT, is rapidly becoming a mainstream Nuclear Medicine imaging modality. SPECT/CT scanners sequentially acquire both anatomic and functional information that is complementary in a single examination. Another important feature of SPECT/CT imaging is the ability to model the physics of the detector system and correct the nuclear emission images for attenuation and photon scatter to obtain more accurate image data. This lecture will review the physics principles underlying SPECT and SPECT/CT imaging, discuss quality assurance of SPECT/CT systems, and present several examples of the clinical application of SPECT/CT.
Learning Objectives:
1. Review the physics principles underlying SPECT/CT image acquisition and reconstruction;
2. Understand the quality assurance procedures specific to SPECT/CT systems; and
3. Become familiar with clinical applications of SPECT/CT imaging.
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