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Atlas of SPECT Quality Control and Examples of Artifacts

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Selected Atlases of Bone Scintigraphy

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Numerous articles have documented the advantages of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) in a wide variety of clinical studies.1–4 The production of high quality diagnostic studies demands the highest performance from the camera and computer and careful attention to detail by the technologist conducting the study. Scintillation cameras with minor nonuniformities may give satisfactory planar images but if used for SPECT imaging may produce images that provide less diagnostic information or even create false positives.5,6 The purpose of this chapter is to describe a quality control (QC) program, to recommend the appropriate frequencies for performing quality control tests, and to provide examples of common problems. The following topics will be discussed: X and Y axes calibration, center-of-rotation, field uniformity correction, and phantoms.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Womack Army Community Hospital, Fort Bragg, NC, 28307, USA

    Sue H. Abreu MD (Chief, Assistant Professor of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine) (Chief, Assistant Professor of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine)

  2. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20314, USA

    Sue H. Abreu MD (Chief, Assistant Professor of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine) (Chief, Assistant Professor of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine)

  3. Nuclear Medicine Department, Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 21239, USA

    Douglas Van Nostrand MD, FACP (Director, Clinical Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine) (Director, Clinical Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine)

  4. Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Douglas Van Nostrand MD, FACP (Director, Clinical Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine) (Director, Clinical Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine)

  5. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., 20007, USA

    Harvey A. Ziessman MD (Professor of Radiology, Director) (Professor of Radiology, Director)

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Graham, L.S., Lake, R.R., Cohen, M.B. (1992). Atlas of SPECT Quality Control and Examples of Artifacts. In: Abreu, S.H., Van Nostrand, D., Ziessman, H.A. (eds) Selected Atlases of Bone Scintigraphy. Atlases of Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2926-1_3

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