Title :
Implementation and Evaluation of a 3D PET Single Scatter Simulation with TOF Modeling
Author :
Werner, Matthew E. ; Surti, Suleman ; Karp, Joel S.
Author_Institution :
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Abstract :
Accurate quantification in TOF listmode PET reconstruction requires proper modeling of the TOF dependence of scatter. We have extended our non-TOF single scatter simulation to provide this information. We have observed excellent agreement with experimental data and an improvement in the uniformity of scatter correction over scaled non-TOF scatter correction. The method is practical in a clinical setting with existing computational resources. It can also provide simplifications to the reconstruction processing pipeline.
Keywords :
image reconstruction; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; time of flight spectra; 3D PET single scatter simulation; TOF listmode PET reconstruction; TOF scatter correction; positron emission tomography; reconstruction processing pipeline; time-of-flight scatter correction; Detectors; Electromagnetic scattering; Event detection; Image reconstruction; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Positron emission tomography; Radiology; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0560-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354238
