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We aimed to identify the most effective method for enhancing image quality through postprocessing techniques and altering the image reconstruction process.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Methods\u2003Two data sets were utilized in this study. First, National Electrical Manufacturers Association body phantom was filled with [99mTc]Tc-pertechnetate and prepared with and without any activity in the background of the body. Second, the images of 50 patients who underwent single-photon emission computed tomography\/computed tomography imaging received [99mTc]Tc-phytate were collected. Discovery 670 GE gamma camera was used for imaging. Preprocessing of all images was performed by Xeleris and 3DSlicer 5.2.2 software was used for quantification. The effect of image reconstruction parameters such as resolution recovery (RR) algorithm, iteration, subsets, cutoff, and power in Butterworth filter, and full width at half maximum (FWHM) of Gaussian filter was assessed. The image quality index was determined based on contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), contrast, and coefficient of variation.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003The utilization of the RR algorithm showed notable improvements equal to 74, 35, and 38% of CNR, contrast, and noise reduction, respectively. Significant differences were observed in subiteration of 40 to 112 (p-value\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). The alteration of effective parameters in both smoothing filters yielded statistically significant results, leading to enhanced detectability, reduced noise, and improved contrast simultaneously. Optimum results in terms of noise reduction and CNR were achieved with subiteration (i\u2009\u00d7\u2009s) 4\u2009\u00d7\u200912 using a Gaussian filter with FWHM of 4 or Butterworth filter with power of 10 and cutoff of 1. The highest contrast was observed at subiteration 40 using the Butterworth filter with cutoff of 0.5 and power of 5 or Gaussian filter with 2\u2009mm FWHM. Qualitative analysis by two nuclear medicine specialists validated the quantified image quality.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003The reconstruction setting involving subiteration 48 with the Butterworth filter using cutoff of 1 and power of 10 or 4\u2009mm FWHM of Gaussian filter produced the highest quality images.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0044-1790570","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,26]],"date-time":"2024-09-26T23:00:47Z","timestamp":1727391647000},"page":"020-030","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Optimization of Image Quality in Pelvis Lymphoscintigraphy SPECT\/CT Using Discovery NM\/CT 670"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Maryam","family":"Ghaneh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shahrokh","family":"Nasseri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1666-5440","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ramin","family":"Sadeghi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8276-2134","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seyed Rasoul","family":"Zakavi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Habibeh","family":"Vosoughi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center for Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mehdi","family":"Mommennezhad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran"},{"name":"Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"08","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3069","DOI":"10.1039\/D1BM00088H","article-title":"Sequential SPECT and NIR-II imaging of tumor and sentinel lymph node metastasis for diagnosis and image-guided surgery","volume":"9","author":"X Zhang","year":"2021","journal-title":"Biomater Sci"},{"issue":"04","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"242","DOI":"10.1002\/jso.21199","article-title":"Lymph node assessment in cervical cancer: prognostic and therapeutic implications","volume":"99","author":"L T Gien","year":"2009","journal-title":"J Surg Oncol"},{"issue":"01","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"22","DOI":"10.1016\/j.radonc.2008.11.007","article-title":"Anatomical bases for the radiological delineation of lymph node areas. 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