PET/CT detectability and classification of simulated pulmonary lesions using an SUV correction scheme

Andrew N. Morrow; Kenneth L. Matthews II; Steven Bujenovic M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.772364

6 March 2008 PET/CT detectability and classification of simulated pulmonary lesions using an SUV correction scheme

Andrew N. Morrow, Kenneth L. Matthews II, Steven Bujenovic M.D.

Proceedings Volume 6917, Medical Imaging 2008: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment; 691707 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772364
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) together are a powerful diagnostic tool, but imperfect image quality allows false positive and false negative diagnoses to be made by any observer despite experience and training. This work investigates PET acquisition mode, reconstruction method and a standard uptake value (SUV) correction scheme on the classification of lesions as benign or malignant in PET/CT images, in an anthropomorphic phantom. The scheme accounts for partial volume effect (PVE) and PET resolution. The observer draws a region of interest (ROI) around the lesion using the CT dataset. A simulated homogenous PET lesion of the same shape as the drawn ROI is blurred with the point spread function (PSF) of the PET scanner to estimate the PVE, providing a scaling factor to produce a corrected SUV. Computer simulations showed that the accuracy of the corrected PET values depends on variations in the CT-drawn boundary and the position of the lesion with respect to the PET image matrix, especially for smaller lesions. Correction accuracy was affected slightly by mismatch of the simulation PSF and the actual scanner PSF. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) study resulted in several observations. Using observer drawn ROIs, scaled tumor-background ratios (TBRs) more accurately represented actual TBRs than unscaled TBRs. For the PET images, 3D OSEM outperformed 2D OSEM, 3D OSEM outperformed 3D FBP, and 2D OSEM outperformed 2D FBP. The correction scheme significantly increased sensitivity and slightly increased accuracy for all acquisition and reconstruction modes at the cost of a small decrease in specificity.

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Andrew N. Morrow, Kenneth L. Matthews II, and Steven Bujenovic M.D. "PET/CT detectability and classification of simulated pulmonary lesions using an SUV correction scheme", Proc. SPIE 6917, Medical Imaging 2008: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, 691707 (6 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772364

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Positron emission tomography

Point spread functions

3D acquisition

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