A new method for crosstalk correction in simultaneous dual-isotope myocardial imaging with Tl-201 and I-123

Ann Nucl Med. 1999 Oct;13(5):317-23. doi: 10.1007/BF03164870.

Abstract

We have developed a new method of crosstalk correction in simultaneous dual-isotope imaging with Tl-201 and I-123 by using crosstalk ratios and a blurring filter. Single isotope myocardial studies (10 for Tl-201 and 7 for I-123) were performed with a dual energy window acquisition mode and two low energy general-purpose collimators. Then two planar images acquired with dual energy windows for a Tl-201 line source and an I-123 line source were obtained to measure line spread functions (LSFs) and crosstalk ratios for each image. The line source experiments showed that the LSFs for the Tl-201 imaging window from the single Tl-201 source were very similar to those for the I-123 imaging window from the single Tl-201 source, but the LSFs for the Tl-201 imaging window from the single I-123 source had broad shapes which differed from those for the I-123 imaging window from the single I-123. To obtain accurate I-123 crosstalk images in the Tl-201 imaging window from the I-123 images in the I-123 imaging window, we designed a low-pass blurring filter. In 7 clinical I-123 MIBG studies, I-123 window images processed with this filter became very similar to the Tl-201 window image from the single I-123 source. The method proposed in this study can accurately correct the crosstalk in dual isotope studies with Tl-201 and I-123 and is easily applicable to conventional gamma camera systems with any dual energy window acquisition mode.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Gamma Cameras
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Thallium*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • Thallium