DocumentCode
1835697
Title
Monte Carlo simulations verifying sampling schemes in multislice mode PET
Author
Grondin, Y. ; Desbat, L.
Author_Institution
Inst. d´Ing. de l´lnformation de Sante (In3S), La Tronche
fYear
2007
fDate
22-26 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
2920
Lastpage
2923
Abstract
GATE Monte Carlo simulations are performed to verify sampling schemes in multislice mode PET. Two types of scanner were simulated. The effect of attenuation and scatter were investigated by simulating a realistic phantom. The results are in accordance with the theoretical expectations.
Keywords
Monte Carlo methods; phantoms; positron emission tomography; transport processes; GATE Monte Carlo simulations; PET sampling scheme verificatrion; PET scanner simulation; attenuation effects; multislice mode PET; phantom; scatter effects; Attenuation; Biological system modeling; Bones; Concatenated codes; Detectors; Fourier transforms; Humans; Imaging phantoms; Positron emission tomography; Sampling methods; Monte Carlo Method; Positron-Emission Tomography;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lyon
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0787-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352940
Filename
4352940
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