Impact of SPECT and integrated low-dose CT after radioiodine therapy on the management of patients with thyroid carcinoma

Abstract

The changed interpretation of 15/39 (38%) foci would have been relevant for therapy in the focus based analysis. In the patient based analysis the information was still therapeutically relevant in 6/24 (25%) patients. Furthermore, plausibility control is also crucial in SPECT/CT image fusion in order to rule out artifacts.