• DocumentCode
    1225726
  • Title

    Analysis of optimum diameter of orbit of transmission line source in positron emission tomograph

  • Author

    Yamamoto, S. ; Iida, Hiroyuki ; Amano, M. ; Miura, S. ; Hirose, Y. ; Kanno, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. of Brain & Blood Vessels Akita, Japan
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1017
  • Lastpage
    1019
  • Abstract
    The relationship between the ring diameter of the transmission line source in a positron emission tomograph and the signal-to-noise ratio of the transmission data is estimated. It is confirmed that a smaller diameter improves the signal-to-noise ratio of both transmission and emission images. This signal-to-noise ratio improvement is clearly shown as an improved count density of true events. It is shown that the count density is inversely proportional to the diameter
  • Keywords
    computerised tomography; radioisotope scanning and imaging; PET; count density; emission images; positron emission tomograph; ring diameter; signal-to-noise ratio; transmission data; transmission line source; true events; Attenuation; Detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Positron emission tomography; Radioactive decay; Rotation measurement; Signal to noise ratio; Transmission lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.34596
  • Filename
    34596