Noise equivalent count measurements in a neuro-PET scanner with retractable septa

Author

Bailey, D.L. ; Jones, T. ; Spinks, T.J. ; Gilardi, M.-C. ; Townsend, D.W.

Author_Institution

Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Volume

10

Issue

3

fYear

1991

fDate

9/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

256

Lastpage

260

Abstract

The noise-equivalent count-rate (NEC) performance of a neuro-positron emission tomography (PET) scanner has been determined with and without interplane septa on uniform cylindrical phantoms of differing radii and in human studies to assess the optimum count rate conditions that realize the maximum gain. In the brain, the effective gain in NEC performance for three-dimensions (3-D) ranges from >5 at low count rates to ≈3.3 at 200 kcps (equivalent to 37 kcps in 2-D). The gains of the 3-D method assessed by this analysis are significant, and are shown to be highly dependent on count rate and object dimensions

Keywords

biomedical equipment; brain; computerised tomography; noise; radioisotope scanning and imaging; brain; human studies; interplane septa; medical diagnostic imaging; neuro-PET scanner; noise equivalent count measurements; nuclear medicine; object dimensions; optimum count rate conditions; positron emission tomography; retractable septa; uniform cylindrical phantoms; Cyclotrons; Detectors; Event detection; Hospitals; Imaging phantoms; National electric code; Noise measurement; Performance gain; Positron emission tomography; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0062

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/42.97573

Filename

97573