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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352940
