Automated quantitative analysis of American College of Radiology PET phantom images

FP DiFilippo, M Patel, S Patel - Journal of Nuclear Medicine …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Evaluation of PET image quality is central to annual physics surveys, quality assurance, and
laboratory accreditation. A common method is to image the American College of Radiology …

Accuracy of dose calibrators for 68Ga PET imaging: unexpected findings in a multicenter clinical pretrial assessment

DL Bailey, MS Hofman, NJ Forwood… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
We report the discovery of a systematic miscalibration during the work-up process for site
validation of a multicenter clinical PET imaging trial using 68Ga, which manifested as a …

Tutorial for optimal utilization of SNMMI fully automated cloud-based PET phantom analysis tool for PET/CT quality control

J Sunderland, B Clarke - 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
1195 Objectives: Recently, the SNMMI launched a fully-automated cloud-based phantom
analysis tool (PAT) at http://www. snmmi. org/PAT, available freely to dues-paying members …

The importance of quality control for clinical PET imaging

JD Schaefferkoetter, M Osman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
Molecular imaging is uniquely positioned to address the challenges presented by precision
medicine, not only in accurately staging disease but also in assessing targeted therapies …

A post-hoc methodology for harmonizing PET image reconstruction protocols

D Byrd, J Sunderland, J Scheuermann, J Karp… - 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
372 Objectives PET SUV measures are inaccurate due to bias from finite resolution and
variance from quantum noise. Reconstruction algorithms that control the tradeoff between …

Errors in serial PET SUV measurements

R Doot, K Allberg, P Kinahan - 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
126 Objectives The goal of this study is to provide estimates of the errors in longitudinal PET
studies that are due to instrumentation variability. Improved estimation and reduction of …

Qualification of PET scanners for use in multicenter cancer clinical trials: the American College of Radiology Imaging Network experience

JS Scheuermann, JR Saffer, JS Karp… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
The PET Core Laboratory of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN)
qualifies sites to participate in multicenter research trials by quantitatively reviewing …

rod phantom analysis for comparison of PET detector sampling and reconstruction methods

SD Wollenweber, BJ Kemp - Medical physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This investigation aimed to develop a scanner quantification performance
methodology and compare multiple metrics between two scanners under different imaging …

An FDG-PET/CT digital reference object for testing ROI and SUV calculations

P Kinahan, L Pierce, B Elston, D Clunie, D Nelson - 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
607 Objectives There is a need for an objective verification of the calculation of PET image
standardized uptake values (SUVs) from region of interest (ROI) analysis tools provided by …

Assessment of PET and SPECT phantom image quality through automated binary classification of cold rod arrays

FP DiFilippo - Medical Physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Evaluation of positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) performance often involves qualitative assessment of …