NDLI: Analytical calculation of photon distributions in SPECT projections

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Author	Wells, R.G. Celler, A. Harrop, R.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	In this paper the authors present a method for analytically calculating the distribution of photons detected in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) projections. The technique is applicable to sources in homogeneous and nonhomogeneous media. The photon distribution (primary, first-, and second-order Compton scatter) is computed using a precalculated camera-dependent look-up table in conjunction with an attenuation map of the scattering object and a map of the activity distribution. The speed and accuracy of this technique is compared to that of Monte Carlo simulations. The cases considered are a point source in a homogeneous and also in a nonhomogeneous scattering medium, an extended source in a nonhomogeneous medium, and a homogeneous cylinder filled uniformly with activity. The method is quantitatively accurate and faithfully reproduces the spatial distribution of the unscattered and scattered photons. For comparable statistical precision in the peak of the calculated distribution, their approach can result in a gain in calculation time over Monte Carlo simulators. For point sources, the computation times are improved by a factor of 20-150. However, this gain depends on the source configuration, and calculation times become comparable for an 800 voxel source and are five times slower for a 55000 voxel source. The method also offers an increase in the speed of computation of higher order Compton scatter events over a similar analytical technique.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. APS College of William and Mary Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility NASA Defence Nuclear Agency Sandia National Laboratories Jet Propulsion Laboratory Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab IEEE/NPPS Radiat. Effects Committee Defence Nuclear Agency/DoD Sandia National Laboratories/DOE Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Phillips Lab./DoD
Starting Page	3202
Ending Page	3214
Page Count	13
File Size	333365
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	45
Issue Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-12-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Single photon emission computed tomography Electromagnetic scattering Particle scattering Nonhomogeneous media Distributed computing Optical computing Table lookup Attenuation Monte Carlo methods Computational modeling
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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