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Design and construction of a quality control phantom for SPECT and PET imaging

2009; Wiley; Volume: 36; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1118/1.3250855

2473-4209

Dylan Hunt, Harry Easton, Curtis B. Caldwell,

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

In this article, the authors present a method for quickly and easily constructing test phantoms for PET and SPECT quality assurance. As a demonstration, they constructed a complex prototype test phantom, showing the strengths of the construction method. Images taken using a PET/CT and a SPECT scanner are presented, along with a qualitative evaluation of PET/CT using the test phantom. The construction technique provides a quick, easy, and cost effective means of constructing a phantom for use in nuclear medicine imaging.