Title :
Statistical parametric analysis of activation foci detection in brain SPECT imaging
Author :
Lahorte, P. ; Vandenberghe, S. ; D´Asseler, Y. ; Koole, M. ; Audenaert, K. ; Dierckx, R. ; Lemahieu, I.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Nucl. Med., Univ. Hospital Gent, Belgium
fDate :
29 Oct-1 Nov 1998
Abstract :
A simulation has been performed to investigate the influence of study size and activation focus characteristics in SPECT neuroactivation studies on the detection of the foci in the brain following statistical analysis. The cornerstones of the authors´ study are the Hoffman software brain phantom, sinogram simulation software and the Statistical Parametric Mapping package. They present results on the minimal activation levels required for focus detection
Keywords :
brain; digital simulation; medical image processing; single photon emission computed tomography; software packages; statistical analysis; Hoffman software brain phantom; SPECT neuroactivation studies; Statistical Parametric Mapping package; activation foci detection; brain SPECT imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; minimal activation levels; nuclear medicine; sinogram simulation software; statistical parametric analysis; study size; Brain modeling; Design for experiments; Focusing; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Scanning probe microscopy; Statistical analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5164-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1998.745542
