Reconstruction of 4-D dynamic SPECT images from inconsistent projections using a Spline initialized FADS algorithm (SIFADS)

IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2015 Jan;34(1):216-28. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2014.2352033. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Abstract

In this paper, we propose and validate an algorithm of extracting voxel-by-voxel time activity curves directly from inconsistent projections applied in dynamic cardiac SPECT. The algorithm was derived based on factor analysis of dynamic structures (FADS) approach and imposes prior information by applying several regularization functions with adaptively changing relative weighting. The anatomical information of the imaged subject was used to apply the proposed regularization functions adaptively in the spatial domain. The algorithm performance is validated by reconstructing dynamic datasets simulated using the NCAT phantom with a range of different input tissue time-activity curves. The results are compared to the spline-based and FADS methods. The validated algorithm is then applied to reconstruct pre-clinical cardiac SPECT data from canine and murine subjects. Images, generated from both simulated and experimentally acquired data confirm the ability of the new algorithm to solve the inverse problem of dynamic SPECT with slow gantry rotation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Animals
  • Blood Physiological Phenomena
  • Dogs
  • Heart / physiology
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Liver / physiology
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Rats
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*