Practical SPECT/CT in Nuclear Medicine

This practical guide is intended to give nuclear medicine personnel (e.g. technologists, radiographers, radiologists, physicians and physicists) the background knowledge necessary to inform the purchase and clinical implementation of a SPECT-CT scanner, whether low resolution or diagnostic quality. Matters addressed to achieve this will include: - Factors involved with the purchase of a SPECT-CT system - Imaging room design and layout - Practical and Regulatory radiation protection requirements - Implementation issues associated with the CT scanner (e.g. image optimization acquisition parameter optimization, radiation dose optimization) - Quality assurance (SPECT; CT; SPECT-CT) - Technical aspects of operating the CT and SPECT-CT system for clinical usage