Development and task-based evaluation of a scatter-window projection and deep learning-based transmission-less attenuation compensation method for myocardial perfusion SPECT

Zitong Yu; Md Ashequr Rahman; Craig K. Abbey; Barry A. Siegel; Abhinav K. Jha

doi:10.1117/12.2654500

7 April 2023 Development and task-based evaluation of a scatter-window projection and deep learning-based transmission-less attenuation compensation method for myocardial perfusion SPECT

Zitong Yu, Md Ashequr Rahman, Craig K. Abbey, Barry A. Siegel, Abhinav K. Jha

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Proceedings Volume 12463, Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging; 124631E (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2654500
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Attenuation compensation (AC) is beneficial for visual interpretation tasks in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). However, traditional AC methods require the availability of a transmission scan, most often a CT scan. This approach has the disadvantage of increased radiation dose, increased scanner costs, and the possibility of inaccurate diagnosis in cases of misregistration between the SPECT and CT images. Further, many SPECT systems do not include a CT component. To address these issues, we developed a Scatter-window projection and deep Learning-based AC (SLAC) method to perform AC without a separate transmission scan. To investigate the clinical efficacy of this method, we then objectively evaluated the performance of this method on the clinical task of detecting perfusion defects on MPI in a retrospective study with anonymized clinical SPECT/CT stress MPI images. The proposed method was compared with CT-based AC (CTAC) and no-AC (NAC) methods. Our results showed that the SLAC method yielded an almost overlapping receiver operating characteristic (ROC) plot and a similar area under the ROC (AUC) to the CTAC method on this task. These results demonstrate the capability of the SLAC method for transmission-less AC in SPECT and motivate further clinical evaluation.

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Zitong Yu, Md Ashequr Rahman, Craig K. Abbey, Barry A. Siegel, and Abhinav K. Jha "Development and task-based evaluation of a scatter-window projection and deep learning-based transmission-less attenuation compensation method for myocardial perfusion SPECT", Proc. SPIE 12463, Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging, 124631E (7 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2654500

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