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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the statistical noise of motion-frozen (MF) image generated by gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging using IQ · SPECT and to determine the optimal acquisition and reconstruction parameters for MF image using IQ · SPECT.
Methods: A movement cardiac phantom and static cardiac phantom were used to acquire the MF images. The acquisition times used were different in 8 and 16 frames per R-R interval, and varying reconstruction parameters (subset and iteration) were used. We determined the %CV value, contrast, and normalized mean square error (NMSE) to evaluate the image quality.
Results: The %CV value for a MF image with IQ · SPECT was lower than that for a conventional non-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) image with low energy high resolution (LEHR). With regard to the acquisition parameters, the contrast did not change when the acquisition time was increased in 8 and 16 frames per R-R interval. NMSE converged in 56 beats/view in 8 frames per R-R interval. With regard to the reconstruction parameters, the contrast and the %CV value of the anterior and septal wall converged in update 40. The minimum NMSE in subsets 1, 2, and 3 were almost similar.
Conclusions: Uniformity in the MF image with IQ · SPECT was higher than that in the conventional image. The results of this MF image with IQ · SPECT study suggest that the optimal acquisition parameter should be 56 beats/view in 8 frames per R-R interval, and the optimal reconstruction parameters should be subset 3 and iteration 14.
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