Sensitivity assessment of wide Axial Field of View PET systems via Monte Carlo simulations of NEMA-like measurements

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 580, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 485-488

  Couceiro, M ^a,b   Ferreira, N C ^c   Fonte, P ^a,b  

^a LIP Coimbra   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Pet; Sensitivity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SCATTER FRACTIONS; WIDE AXIAL FIELDS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548228573     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.145     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Badawi R.D., et al. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-47 (2000) 1228
2. Watanabe M., et al. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-51 (2004) 796
3. L. Erikson, in: Imaging 2006-International Conference on Imaging Techniques in Subatomic Physics, Astrophysics, Medicine, Biology and Industry, Stockholm, Sweden, 27-30 June, 2006.
4. D.B. Crosetto, in: 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Portland, USA, 19-25 October, Conf. Rec. 4 (2004) 2415.
5. Blanco A., et al. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. Phys. Res. A 508 (2003) 88
6. P. Fonte, in: Imaging 2006-International Conference on Imaging Techniques in Subatomic Physics, Astrophysics, Medicine, Biology and Industry, Stockholm, Sweden, 27-30 June, 2006.
7. NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association), NEMA Standards Publication NU-2, (1994).
8. Schmidtlein C.R., et al. Med. Phys. 33 (2006) 198
9. Lewellen T.K., et al. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-42 (1995) 1051