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Table 3 Summary of imaging systems, choice of collimator, energy-window settings and reconstructions used in studies of quantitative 90Y bremsstrahlung SPECT

From: EANM dosimetry committee series on standard operational procedures: a unified methodology for 99mTc-MAA pre- and 90Y peri-therapy dosimetry in liver radioembolization with 90Y microspheres

Study

Imaging system

Collimator

Energy window (keV)

Reconstruction settings

Ito et al. [110]

Picker PRISM-2000XP

Medium energy

Various.

57–232 concluded for clinical imaging

OS-EM (& FBP).

Att.Corr: Chang method

Scat.Corr: not included

CRF not included

Minarik et al. [111, 112]

GE SPECT/CT Discovery VH

High energy

105–195

OS-EM

Att.Corr: CT-based, mean mass-attenuation coefficient (abundance-weighted mean energy)

Scat.Corr: Effective Scatter Source Estimation (ESSE)

CRF included

Elschot et al. [113]

Siemens Symbia T16 SPECT/CT

High energy

50–250

OS-EM

Att.Corr: CT-based, Monte-Carlo calculation embedded in reconstruction, including modelling of attenuation and scatter.

CRF included

Rong et al. [114, 115]

Philips Precedence SPECT/CT

High energy

100–500

OS-EM

Att.Corr: CT-based with energy-dependent effective attenuation coefficient

Scat.Corr: ESSE

CRF included

Various.

80–180 found optimal

Dewaraja et al. [116]

Siemens Symbia T6 SPECT/CT

High energy

105–195

OS-EM

Att.Corr: CT-based with mass attenuation coefficient for 150 keV

Scat.Corr: Monte Carlo calculation embedded in reconstruction

CRF included

  1. CRF collimator response function