Title :
The Application of GATE and NCAT to Respiratory Motion Simulation in Allegro PET
Author :
He, Jianfeng ; O´Keefe, Graeme J. ; Jones, Gareth ; Saunder, Tim ; Gong, Sylvia J. ; Geso, Moshi ; Scott, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
PET Centre, Austin Hosp., Heidelberg, Vic.
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Abstract :
Respiratory motion artifacts can be a significant factor that limits the PET image quality. To compensate respiratory motion, simulation using software packages may provide a valuable tool for the assessment of respiratory motion detection and correction. In this study, we investigate respiratory motion by simulation using GATE (GEANT4 Application Tomographic Emission) [Jan, et al., 2005] and NCAT (NURBs(Non Uniform Rational B-Splines) Cardiac Torso) [Segars, et al., 2001] software packages.
Keywords :
medical computing; positron emission tomography; software packages; Allegro PET; GATE; GEANT4 application tomographic emission; NCAT; PET image quality; nonuniform rational B-splines cardiac torso; respiratory motion artifact; respiratory motion detection; respiratory motion simulation; software packages; Australia; Discrete event simulation; Hospitals; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Medical simulation; Positron emission tomography; Software packages; Solid modeling; 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.2006.354437
