Research Article

Utility of Quantitative 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT for 90yttrium-Labelled Microsphere Treatment Planning: Calculating Vascularized Hepatic Volume and Dosimetric Approach

Table 2

Opertor 2 results.

Phantom configurationTrue sphere/
background ratio
SPECT aloneSPECT-CT
Isocontour (%)Measured volume (cm3)Error (%)Isocontour (%)Measured volume (cm3)Error (%)

18,5 MBq/sphereCylinder 11%70875,522%6521−2,90
Sphere 12.831%207276,3648%57,24,00
Sphere 27.613%104,5397,6228%24,416,19
Sphere 39.619%27,471,2529%16,95,62
Sphere 419.68%29,2265,0019%10,936,25

37 MBq/sphereCylinder 12%6180−7,981%6700−0,24
Sphere 167%169,7208,5534%53,56−2,62
Sphere 2173%113,7441,4323%24,3415,90
Sphere 323.43%119,78648,6327%14,9−6,88
Sphere 443.84%53,48568,5033%9,822,50

55,5 MBq/sphereCylinder 11%67370,311%67370,31
Sphere 19.910%159,3189,6435%55,71,27
Sphere 229.64%85304,7625%22,78,10
Sphere 338.67%51,5221,8836%15,5−3,13
Sphere 473.16%44,1451,2536%1250,00

74 MBq/sphereCylinder 11%6565−2,1016565−2,10
Sphere 11615%99,580,9132%561,82
Sphere 2456%54,1157,6223%23,712,86
Sphere 3575%42,8167,5025%17,48,75
Sphere 41142%35,8347,5020%8,78,75

55 MBqCylinder 217%88714,6027%8013,49
116 MBqCylinder 219%85510,4729%7750,13
72 MBqCylinder 321%5209,9427%4811,69