Investigation of the performance of the General Electric ADVANCE positron emission tomograph in 3D mode

Author

Lewellen, T.K. ; Kohlmyer, S.G. ; Miyaoka, R.S. ; Kaplan, M.S. ; Stearns, C.W. ; Schubert, S.F.

Author_Institution

Washington Univ., WA, USA

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2199

Lastpage

2206

Abstract

Performance measurements of the General Electric ADVANCE Positron Emission Tomograph operating with the septa retracted (3D mode) were made. All reconstructions were performed with the GE ADVANCE 3D package. Performance tests were carried out with: the NEMA phantoms; a 3D Hoffman phantom; a Data Spectrum torso phantom with lung and cardiac inserts; and the “Utah” 3D evaluation phantom. Data collected included: transaxial and axial resolution, uniformity, recovery coefficients, count rate performance, dead time accuracy, and effect of scatter correction

Keywords

biomedical equipment; positron emission tomography; 3D Hoffman phantom; 3D mode PET; Data Spectrum torso phantom; General Electric ADVANCE positron emission tomograph; NEMA phantoms; Utah 3D evaluation phantom; axial resolution; cardiac inserts; count rate performance; dead time accuracy; lung inserts; medical diagnostic imaging; medical instrumentation; nuclear medicine; recovery coefficients; scatter correction effect; transaxial resolution; uniformity; Collimators; Detectors; Hardware; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Measurement; Performance evaluation; Radioactive decay; Scattering; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.531882

Filename

531882