Partial volume (imaging)

The partial volume effect can be defined as the loss of apparent activity in small objects or regions because of the limited resolution of the imaging system. It occurs in medical imaging and more generally in biological imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). If the object or region to be imaged is less than twice the full width at half maximum (FWHM) resolution in x-, y- and z-dimension of the imaging system, the resultant activity in the object or region is underestimated.[1] A higher resolution decreases this effect, as it better resolves the tissue.[citation needed]

Partial volume loss alone occurs only when the surrounding activity of the object or region is zero,[2] or less or more than the object. And the loss of activity in the object generally involves an increase in activity in adjacent regions, which are considered outside the object (i.e., spillover). For a small object (e.g., a voxel) or an object of size comparable to the spatial resolution of the imaging system, the observed activity is the sum of activity due to partial volume loss plus spillover from adjacent regions. The method to correct for the partial volume effect is referred to as partial volume correction (see [3][4][5][6]).

See also

References

  1. ^ E. J. Hoffman; S.-C. Huang; M. E. Phelps (1979). "Quantitation in positron emission computed tomography: 1. Effect of object size". J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 3 (3): 299–308. doi:10.1097/00004728-197906000-00001. PMID 438372. S2CID 39770868.
  2. ^ R. M. Kessler; J. R. Ellis, Jr.; M. Eden (1984). "Analysis of emission tomographic scan data: limitations imposed by resolution and background". J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 8 (3): 514–522. doi:10.1097/00004728-198406000-00028. PMID 6609942.
  3. ^ C. C. Meltzer; J. P. Leal; H. S. Mayberg; H. J. Wagner; J. J. Frost (1990). "Correction of PET data for partial-volume effects in human cerebral cortex by MR imaging". J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 14 (4): 561–570. doi:10.1097/00004728-199007000-00011. PMID 2370355. S2CID 27765336.
  4. ^ H. W. Müller-Gärtner; J. M. Links; J. L. Prince; R. N. Bryan; E. McVeigh; J. P. Leal; C. Davatzikos; J. J. Frost (1992). "Measurement of radiotracer concentration in brain gray matter using positron emission tomography: MRI-based correction for partial volume effects". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 12 (4): 571–583. doi:10.1038/jcbfm.1992.81. PMID 1618936.
  5. ^ Olivier G. Rousset, Yilong Ma, Alan C. Evans (1998). "Correction for Partial Volume Effects in PET: Principle and Validation". The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 39 (5): 904–911. PMID 9591599.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Carolyn Cidis Meltzer; Paul E. Kinahan; Phil J. Greer; Thomas E. Nichols; Claude Comtat; Michael N. Cantwell; Michael P. Lin; Julie C. Price (1999). "Comparative Evaluation of MR-Based Partial-Volume Correction Schemes for PET". The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 40 (12): 2053–2065. PMID 10616886.


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