SPADnet network modeling, simulation and emulation

A complete simulation environment, designed to aid the SPADnet network design and to perform scalability studies, is presented in this work. Two simulators, namely a coincidence network simulator and a data transfer simulator, designed to simulate two network channels, were optimized for speed and memory. Furthermore, these simulators were coupled with GATE in order to emulate a real PET system network. Finally, they were modified so as to incorporate measurements from the network prototype model being implemented within the SPADnet project to ensure realistic scenarios.