13N-ammonia 심장 PET 검사에서 ECG gated scan의 유용성 평가

Evaluation about a Usefulness of ECG-Gated Scan on 13N-ammonia PET

  • 김재일 (서울대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 이홍재 (서울대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김진의 (서울대학교병원 핵의학과)
  • Kim, Jae-Il (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Hong-Jae (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Eui (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
  • 투고 : 2016.03.18
  • 심사 : 2016.04.15
  • 발행 : 2016.05.21

초록

심장 질환에 의한 사망률의 점차적으로 증가하므로 heart PET 검사가 많이 활용되고 있다. 하지만 static mode의 경우 심장 움직임으로 인해 흐림이 많이 발생하므로 심전도와 동기화 검사를 통해 보다 공간 분해능을 향상 시킬 수 있을 겁니다. 5명의 내원 환자에 대해 10 mCi의 $^{13}N-ammonia$를 주입하면서 ECG와 gate 한 list mode 획득하고, non-gate영상과 gated 영상을 재구성 후, 비교 평가하였다. 반치폭은 23.34% 증가하였고, 두 영상간의 감쇠 영상은 많은 차이가 남을 알 수 있었으며, 눈가림 실험에서도 8명 모두가 gated PET 영상이 우수함을 말해 주었다. 심전도와 동기화를 통해 심장 PET 영상의 공간 분해능이 우수해졌으며, EF value, wall motion, QPS, QGS와 같이 다양한 정량적 평가에 시행할 수 있어서, 보다 많은 정보를 환자에 제공해줌을 알 수 있었다.

Purpose Because of heart movement, PET image of heart is very blur. So, PET scan gated with ECG is necessary to improve a spatial resolution of heart PET image. In this study, we will evaluate a image quality of both gated $^{13}N-ammonia$ PET scan and non-gated one. Materials and Methods Before start a heart PET, we attached a ECG electrode on patients (n = 5, $aged=54{\pm}17$). And we started a list mode PET scan that used by a mCT40 PET/CT (siemens, germany) during 10 minute, injected $^{13}N-ammonia$ ($378{\pm}50MBq$) to a patients at same time. By using this list mode data, we reconstructed both gated PET image and non-gated PET image. Then we analysed a profiles of those images, performed a blind test, and subtracted a gated image on non-gated image. Results FWHM of a gated image is improved about 23% and there is a differency count distribution at a subtracted image from non-gated image to a gated image. But in case of blind test, everybody select the gated image as a better quality among each images. Conclusion As a result, we can find that image quality will improve by using gated PET scan. In additional, we can calculate a EF valve, apply QGS, QPS of PET. Therefore, the gated PET scan help improving an accuracy, applying a more information for a diagnosis.

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