We have developed a method that needs only the computed tomography (CT) indicator box to coregister positron emission tomography (PET) images and integrates this information with magnetic resonance imaging. The study was performed using a PET/CT scanner. A standard CT bed adapter was attached to the scanner couch. Then, the patient, with the Leksell G frame fixed, was positioned into the scanner with the CT indicator box. PET images were acquired using either [ 18F]fluorodeoxyglucose or [ 11C]choline as radioisotopes. After acquisition, CT and PET images were exported in DICOM 3 standard and transferred to a dedicated workstation via data link. Homemade software was implemented for multimodal image fusion. PET images were overwritten to their corresponding CT point values using a threshold algorithm, maintaining the stereotactic CT markers. The use of a CT indicator simplifies the procedure, because there is no need for a radioactive solution filling the indicator box. This method was tested first using a phantom and then in patients. The localization accuracy of the PET images is limited only by the slice thickness.

Picozzi, P., Rizzo, G., Landoni, C., Attuati, L., Franzin, A., Messa, M., et al. (2006). A simplified method to integrate metabolic images in stereotactic procedures using a PET/CT scanner. STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY, 83(5-6), 208-212 [10.1159/000091951].

A simplified method to integrate metabolic images in stereotactic procedures using a PET/CT scanner

LANDONI, CLAUDIO;MESSA, MARIA CRISTINA;FAZIO, FERRUCCIO
2006

Abstract

We have developed a method that needs only the computed tomography (CT) indicator box to coregister positron emission tomography (PET) images and integrates this information with magnetic resonance imaging. The study was performed using a PET/CT scanner. A standard CT bed adapter was attached to the scanner couch. Then, the patient, with the Leksell G frame fixed, was positioned into the scanner with the CT indicator box. PET images were acquired using either [ 18F]fluorodeoxyglucose or [ 11C]choline as radioisotopes. After acquisition, CT and PET images were exported in DICOM 3 standard and transferred to a dedicated workstation via data link. Homemade software was implemented for multimodal image fusion. PET images were overwritten to their corresponding CT point values using a threshold algorithm, maintaining the stereotactic CT markers. The use of a CT indicator simplifies the procedure, because there is no need for a radioactive solution filling the indicator box. This method was tested first using a phantom and then in patients. The localization accuracy of the PET images is limited only by the slice thickness.
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Computed tomography/positron emission tomography; Gamma Knife radiosurgery; GammaPlan software; Multimodal image processing;
English
2006
83
5-6
208
212
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Picozzi, P., Rizzo, G., Landoni, C., Attuati, L., Franzin, A., Messa, M., et al. (2006). A simplified method to integrate metabolic images in stereotactic procedures using a PET/CT scanner. STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY, 83(5-6), 208-212 [10.1159/000091951].
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