A simulation study of certain performance characteristics of the CTI-931 PET tomograph

Author

Pavlopoulos, S. ; Tzanakos, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1992

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

86

Abstract

The authors have used their positron emission tomography (PET) design algorithm to evaluate certain performance characteristics of the CTI-931 PET tomograph. The simulation model takes into account the characteristics of the source, the interplane collimators, the scintillation crystals, the photomultiplier tubes, and the coincidence detection schemes. The results of the simulation are compared with experimental measurements from the CTI-931 tomograph, and are found to be in good agreement. The authors studied true and random coincidence rates, and noise effective count rates as a function of activity concentration of the phantom.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; computerised tomography; digital simulation; radioisotope scanning and imaging; CTI-931 PET tomograph; activity concentration; coincidence detection schemes; coincidence rates; design algorithm; interplane collimators; noise effective count rates; performance characteristics; phantom; photomultiplier tubes; positron emission tomography; scintillation crystals; simulation study; source; Biomedical measurements; Collimators; Electromagnetic scattering; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Positron emission tomography; Solid scintillation detectors; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1992., Proceedings of the 1992 Eighteenth IEEE Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Kingston, RI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0902-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1992.285966

Filename

285966