NDLI: GATE Simulations of Human and Small Animal PET for Determination of Scatter Fraction as a Function of Object Size

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Author	Konik, A. Madsen, M.T. Sunderland, J.J.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	In 2D-mode positron emission tomography (PET), scatter is either compensated by approximate methods based on the existing emission data or ignored altogether as the magnitude of the scatter fraction (SF) is on the order of 10%-20%. In clinical PET studies, however, attenuation and sophisticated scatter correction methods are required along with CT or radionuclide transmission scans. With the growing interest in small animal imaging, these correction methods are being translated to small animal scanners, but there is little scientific information about the requirements associated with smaller size objects and scatter geometries. In this study, we focused on the magnitude of the scatter through a series of scatter fraction simulations. To determine the scatter as a function of object size, we performed Monte Carlo simulations using GATE (Geant4 application for emission tomography). Models of the ECAT HR+ PET scanner (included in the GATE package) and the Siemens Inveon small animal scanner (generated by the first author) were used. Simulations were performed for several digital phantoms including the NEMA, XCAT and MOBY phantoms over a wide range of sizes. Small animal NEMA-like phantoms indicated that for cylindrical objects less than 5 cm diameters (encompassing small rats and all mice), the scatter fraction was lower than 17.5% for the 350-650 keV and 20% for the 250-750 keV windows. Similar values were obtained for the MOBY phantoms for the respective sizes. On the other hand, the scatter fraction was more than 35% for even the smallest size human NEMA-like and XCAT phantoms. These results suggest that sophisticated scatter correction methods may not be required for the indicated sizes of mice and rats.
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	2558
Ending Page	2563
Page Count	6
File Size	665319
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ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	57
Issue Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-10-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Phantoms Positron emission tomography Mice Humans Logic gates Attenuation scatter fraction Monte Carlo simulation PET/CT positron emission tomography (PET)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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