Title of article :
Performance analysis of a low-cost small animal PET/SPECT scanner
Author/Authors :
Guerra، نويسنده , , Pedro and Rubio، نويسنده , , Jose L. and Ortuٌo، نويسنده , , Juan E. and Kontaxakis، نويسنده , , Georgios and Ledesma، نويسنده , , Maria J. and Santos-Silva، نويسنده , , Andres، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Abstract :
In this work the performance of novel small animal positron/single-photon emission (PET/SPECT) scanner is estimated via Monte Carlo simulation, considering a YAP/LSO phoswich detector. To overcome the differences between PET and SPECT and in order to simplify the design, the system implements most signal processing digitally with programmable devices. The estimated performance of the described setup, expressed in terms of spatial image resolution and sensitivity, is 1.4 mm/0.6% for PET and 2.5 mm/0.025% for SPECT, figures that are comparable with state of the art dedicated scanners.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo simulation , Small animal PET , Small animal SPECT
Journal title :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Journal title :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
