Produce Myocardial SPECT Attenuation Maps without a CT

If you have a SPECT-only camera and wish you could generate attenuation maps as good as those done with CT, your wish may soon be granted. Using a deep learning technique to generate attenuation maps, researchers from Yale University recently published their findings in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Biology. They reported this new technique produced attenuation images consistent with ground-truth CT based attenuation maps. If applied to existing SPECT-only cameras for attenuation map generation, this new technique could eliminate or at least delay the acquisition of a hybrid SPECT/CT device saving badly needed capital and time. Learn more.