Basic performance of the pet scanner, exact hr+, with adjustable data-acquisition parameters

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 652-658

  Hasegawa, T ^a   Wada, Y ^b   Murayama, H ^c   Nakajima, T ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADJUSTABLE DATA ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; SCANNER;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033329491     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775594     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. G.Brix, J.Zaers, L.Adam et al., "Performance evaluation of a whole-body PET scanner using the NEMA protocol", J Nud. Med., vol. 38(10), 1997 pp. 1614-1623.
2. B.Bendriem, M.Casey, M.Dahlbom, R.Trebossen, K.Blohm, R.Nutt and A.Syrota, "Evaluation of the ECAT EXACT HR+ : a new positron camera with 2D/3D acquisition capabilities and nearly isotropic spatial resolution", J. Nticl. Med., vol. 37(5), 1996 pp. 170P.
3. K.Wienhard. L.Eriksson, S.Grootoonk, M.Casey, U.Pietrzyk and W.Heiss, "Performance evaluation of the positron scanner ECAT EXACT", J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr., vol. 16, 1992 pp. 804-813.
4. K.Wienhard, M.Dahlbom, L.Eriksson, C.Michel, T.Bruckbauer, U.Pietrzyk and W.Heiss, "The ECAT EXACT HR: Performance of a new high resolution positron scanner",J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr., vol. 18, 1994pp. 110-118.
5. T.R.DeGrado, T.G.Turkington, J.J.Williams, C.W.Stearns, J.M.Hoffman and R.E.Coleman, "Performance characteristics of a whole-body PET scanner", J. Nud. Med., vol. 35, 1994 pp. 1398-1406.
6. T.Fujiwara, S.Watanuki, S.Yamamoto, M.Miyaké, S.Seo, M.Itoh, K.Ishii, H.Orihara, II.Fukuda, T.Satoh, K.Kitarnura, K.Tanaka and S.Takahashi, "Performance evaluation of large axial field-of-view PET scanner: SET-2400W", Ann. Nncl Med., vol. 11(4), 1997pp. 307-313.
7. L.Adam, J.Zaers, H.Ostertag, H.Trojan, M.E.Bellemann, and G.Brix, "Performance Evaluation of the Whole-Body PET Scanner ECAT EXACT HR+ Following the IEC Standard", IEEE Trans. Nud. Sei., vol. 44(3), 1997 pp. 1172-1179.
8. J.J.Moreno-Cantu, C.J.Thompson, and R.J.Zatorre, "Evaluation of the ECAT EXACT HR+ 3-D PET Scanner in H215C3 Brain Activation Studies: Dose Fractionation Strategies for rCBF and Signal Enhancing Protocols", IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol. 17(6), 1998 pp. 979-985.
9. National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), "Performance measurements of positron emission tomographs", NEMA Standards Publication NU2-1994.
10. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), "Radionuclide imaging devices - Characteristics and test conditions - Part 1: Positron emission tomographs.", IEC-61675-1, 1998 pp. 3-36.
11. Japan Radioisotope Association, "Guideline for performance evaluation of positron emission tomographs", Radioisotopes, vol. 43(9), 1994 pp. 115-135.
12. W.F.Jones, W.M.Digby, W.K.Luk, M.E.Casey and L.G.Byars. "Optimizing rod window width in positron emission tomography", IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol. 14(2), 1995 pp. 266 270.
13. M.Défrise, D.Townscnd, D.Bailey, A.Geissbuhler, C.Michel and T.Jones, "A normalization technique for 3D PET data", Phys. Med. Bioi, vol. 36(7), 1991 pp. 939-952.
14. M.Défrise, A.Geissbuhler and D.W.Townsend, "A performance study of 3D reconstruction algorithms for positron emission tomography", Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 39, 1994 pp. 305-320.
15. M.E.Daube-Witherspoon and G.Muehllehner, "Treatment of axial data in three-dimensional PET", J. Nucl. Med., vol. 28(11), 1987 pp. 1717-1724.
16. C.J.Thompson, "The effects of detector materials and structure on PET spatial resolution and efficiency", IEEE Nucl. Set. vol. NS-37, 1990 pp. 718-724.
17. C.J.Thompson, J.Moreno-Cantu arid Y.Picard, "PETSIM: Monte Carlo simulation of all sensitivity and resolution parameters of cylindrical positron imaging systems", Phys. Med. Biol, vol. 37(3), 1992 pp. 731-749.
18. T.Hasegawa, H.Murayama and Y.Wada, "Monte Carlo simulation of PET performance measurements forEXACT47at NIRS", Jpn. J. Med. Phys., vol. 17(2), 1997 pp. 83-93.
19. M.E.Daube-Witherspoon, R.E.Carson, "Axial slice width in 3D PET: characterization and potential improvement with axial interleaving", Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 43, 1998 pp. 921-928.
20. M.Défrise, P.Kinahan and D.Townsend, "A new rebinning algorithm for 3D PET", Proceedings of 1995 International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 1995 pp. 235-239.
21. W.Xia, R.M.Lewitt and P.R.Edholm, "Fourier correction for spatially variant collimator blurring in SPECT", IEEE Trans. Nucl Sei., vol. 14, 1995 pp. 100-115.