Title :
A Simulation Study of a Method to Reduce Positron Annihilation Spread Distributions Using a Strong Magnetic Field in Positron Emission Tomography
Author :
Iida, H. ; Kanno, I. ; Miura, S. ; Murakami, M. ; Takahashi, K. ; Uemura, K.
Author_Institution :
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels 6-10 Senshu-Kubota-machi, Akita, 010, Japan
Abstract :
The positron trajectories have been three-dimensionally simulated using a Monte-Carlo method under various strength of the magnetic field. More than 5 tesla of the field confined the positrons effectively, resulting in increase of the probability of the annihilation within a limited small region, hence the higher spatial resolution in positron emission tomography.
Keywords :
Magnetic confinement; Magnetic fields; Medical simulation; Nuclear medicine; Positron emission tomography; Radioactive decay; Radiology; Scattering; Spatial resolution; Wave functions;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1986.4337173
