K P Schäfers1, R Raupach, T Beyer. 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Münster, Germany. schafkl@uni-muenster.de
Abstract
UNLABELLED: PET/CT imaging is particularly promising for head/neck malignancies, but dental implants lead to biased CT attenuation and PET activity values following CT-based attenuation correction (CT-AC). OBJECTIVE: Here, we implement a metal artifact correction procedure (MAR) as part of the CT-AC for PET/CT imaging. RESULTS: Phantom studies indicate a maximum quantitative bias in CT and PET of 1000 HU and 30 %, which is reduced to 230 HU and 6 %, respectively following MAR. These results were verified in selected patients. CONCLUSION: Artifacts and biases from dental implants can be reduced in PET/CT imaging by applying a simple MAR as part of the CT-AC.
UNLABELLED: PET/CT imaging is particularly promising for head/neck malignancies, but dental implants lead to biased CT attenuation and PET activity values following CT-based attenuation correction (CT-AC). OBJECTIVE: Here, we implement a metal artifact correction procedure (MAR) as part of the CT-AC for PET/CT imaging. RESULTS: Phantom studies indicate a maximum quantitative bias in CT and PET of 1000 HU and 30 %, which is reduced to 230 HU and 6 %, respectively following MAR. These results were verified in selected patients. CONCLUSION: Artifacts and biases from dental implants can be reduced in PET/CT imaging by applying a simple MAR as part of the CT-AC.
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