A simulation study of the LETI TTV03 TOF PET scanner

Author

Tzanakos, George ; Pavlopoulos, Sotiris

fYear

1993

fDate

18-19 Mar 1993

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

181

Abstract

The authors use a recently developed PET scanner model to simulate certain characteristics of the TTV03 CEA-LETL time-of-flight (TOF) PET scanner. It is found that the TOF resolution for a pair of detectors is 400 ps (FWHM), as compared to 750 ps measured with the TTV03 LETI scanner. The authors calculate the true, random, and noise effective count rates as functions of the lower energy threshold and find good agreement with experimental measurements

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; biomedical equipment; coincidence circuits; gamma-ray detection; medical diagnostic computing; modelling; positron emission tomography; solid scintillation detectors; timing; BaF₂; LETI TTV03 TOF PET scanner; Monte Carlo program; TOF resolution; count rates; lower energy threshold; noise effective; positron emission tomography scanner; random count rates; scanner model; simulation; timing resolution; true count rates; Biomedical measurements; Circuit simulation; Energy resolution; Event detection; Photonic crystals; Positron emission tomography; Predictive models; Production; Solid scintillation detectors; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nineteenth Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Newark, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0925-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1993.404364

Filename

404364