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Functional imaging using scintigraphy plays a major role in the diagnosis and monitoring of many diseases, particularly thanks to its ability to perform whole-body examinations with high contrast. The indications and use of scintigraphy have increased in recent years, particularly in connection with the development of internal vectorized radiotherapy. This therapeutic approach is based on the administration of radiotracers that enable targeted irradiation of tumor cells, whose biodistribution throughout the body can be analyzed and quantified using scintigraphy, particularly with iodine-131 and lutetium-177.
The recent boom in scintigraphy is also linked to the development of new 360° geometry CZT-SPECT cameras, which enable rapid tomographic acquisitions of the entire body with significantly improved image quality compared to conventional cameras. These systems use mobile CZT semiconductor detectors that dynamically scan the anatomical regions of interest.
CZT detectors are combined with a collimation system consisting of tungsten septa, which are essential for the directional filtering of gamma photons. Unlike conventional scintigraphic cameras, where collimators can be changed or adjusted according to the energy of the detected photons, CZT-SPECT 360° cameras generally rely on fixed collimation, which cannot be changed.
Functional imaging using scintigraphy plays a major role in the diagnosis and monitoring of many diseases, particularly thanks to its ability to perform whole-body examinations with high contrast. The indications and use of scintigraphy have increased in recent years, particularly in connection with the development of internal vectorized radiotherapy. This therapeutic approach is based on the administration of radiotracers that enable targeted irradiation of tumor cells, whose biodistribution throughout the body can be analyzed and quantified using scintigraphy, particularly with iodine-131 and lutetium-177.
The recent boom in scintigraphy is also linked to the development of new 360° geometry CZT-SPECT cameras, which enable rapid tomographic acquisitions of the entire body with significantly improved image quality compared to conventional cameras. These systems use mobile CZT semiconductor detectors that dynamically scan the anatomical regions of interest.
CZT detectors are combined with a collimation system consisting of tungsten septa, which are essential for the directional filtering of gamma photons. Unlike conventional scintigraphic cameras, where collimators can be changed or adjusted according to the energy of the detected photons, CZT-SPECT 360° cameras generally rely on fixed collimation, which cannot be changed.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| VERITON-CT New | Experimental | Optimized collimators for the CZT detectors of the VERITON™ 400 wide-field camera (Spectrum Dynamics Medical) enabling better selection of incident photons |
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| Référence | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Scintigraphy VERITON | Device | Full-body 3D recording on the VERITON™ 400 camera |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Feasability of whole-body SPECT/CT imaging with iodine-131 using the optimized collimator | Data analysis obtained with optimized collimator and with conventional collimator | 1 month |
| Perform quantitative analysis of technetium-99m and lutetium-177 with feasability results | Image sharpness improvment | 1 month |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Overall quality of whole-body CZT acquisitions with iodine-131 | For iodine-131, the overall quality of images acquired using the CZT-SPECT camera with the new collimator will be described based on an ordinal score for stellar artifacts (absent, present but not interfering, present and interfering), assessed independently by two experienced readers. The frequency and severity of artifacts will be reported, as well as their association with the interpretable or non-interpretable nature of the examinations defined in the primary endpoint. Inter-reader agreement will also be described. |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Anne-Sophie Hue Project Manager, MSc | Contact | +33.3.83.15.34.75 | a.hue@chru-nancy.fr |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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| Scintigraphy VERITON with new collimator |
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- Whole-body 3D recording on the VERITON™ 400 camera equipped with conventional collimators for technetium-99m and lutetium-177. |
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| Scintigraphy SYMBIA | Device | Whole-body 2D and cervicothoracic 3D recordings using an Anger camera (SYMBIA camera, Siemens Healthineers) for iodine-131 images. |
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| Quantify the detectability and contrast of lesions visualized on whole-body CZT imaging with iodine-131. | Sharpness, defined as the maximum slope of the intensity profile at the edge of the lesions and the contrast-to-noise ratio | 1 month |