Title :
Assessment of scatter components in multispectral PET imaging
Author :
Bentourkia, M. ; Msaki, P. ; Cadorette, J. ; Lecomte, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nucl. Med. & Radiobiol., Sherbrooke Univ., Que., Canada
fDate :
31 Oct-6 Nov 1993
Abstract :
High resolution images in PET based on small individual detectors are obtained at the cost of poor sensitivity and significant scatter in the detectors. These drawbacks can be partially overcome by acquiring low-energy events and by using more efficient energy-dependent scatter correction methods. The feasibility of multispectral scatter correction was assessed by analyzing projection response functions measured in several energy windows to extract scatter components. While the fraction of well-positioned events drops from 90% in the photopeak region to less than 20% in the lower windows, the detector scatter fraction increases from 5% to 60% in the same range. By independent restoration of the latter component in every energy window, nearly 90% of all detected events can be recovered. Multispectral acquisition, therefore, is a promising approach for recovering sensitivity without loss of resolution in high resolution PET
Keywords :
gamma-ray scattering; positron emission tomography; energy windows; energy-dependent scatter correction; high resolution images; image sensitivity recovery; low-energy events; medical diagnostic imaging; multispectral PET imaging; multispectral scatter correction; photopeak region; projection response functions; scatter components assessment; small individual detectors; well-positioned events; Costs; Detectors; Energy measurement; Energy resolution; Event detection; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Independent component analysis; Positron emission tomography; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1993., 1993 IEEE Conference Record.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1487-5
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1993.373541