Joint reconstruction of Ictal/inter‐ictal SPECT data for improved epileptic foci localization
Rakvongthai Y, Fahey F, Borvorntanajanya K, Tepmongkol S, Vutrapongwatana U, Zukotynski K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Joint reconstruction of Ictal/inter‐ictal SPECT data for improved epileptic foci localization. Medical Physics 2017, 44: 1437-1444. PMID: 28211105, PMCID: PMC5462456, DOI: 10.1002/mp.12167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSPECT reconstruction methodDifferential imagingLow-noise datasetConventional subtraction methodLesion contrastSPECT projection dataEpileptic focus localizationHoffman phantomPatient studiesReconstruction methodJoint methodSPECT projectionsHead phantomPhantom locationsSubtraction methodPhantom studyNuclear medicine physiciansAttenuation backgroundPhantomConventional subtraction approachFocus localizationConventional subtractionReceiver operating characteristicLow noiseProjection data