NDLI: Towards Quantitative Image Reconstruction Using Monte-Carlo Simulations in Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber-Based Small Animal PET

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Author	Gottschlag, H. Kosters, T. Vernekohl, D. Reygers, K. Schafers, K.P. Wubbeling, F. Wessels, J.P.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	The quadHIDAC is a dedicated high resolution small animal PET scanner based on multi-wire proportional chamber detectors. It provides very high spatial resolution, good sensitivity, and a large field-of-view allowing the examination of more than one animal in a single scan or a whole body scan of larger species in a single bed position. Excellent image quality has been obtained through list-mode-based EM reconstruction using resolution recovery. However, quantitative results on local uptake are still missing due to both (1) lack of energy discrimination and (2) inaccurate characterization of random events recorded by the scanner. In this work we describe how quantification can be achieved through the use of an appropriate Monte Carlo simulation of the quadHIDAC. The complex structure of the quadHIDAC has been completely implemented in a Geant4 simulation. Point sources, line sources, cylindrical phantoms, and voxelized image data have been successfully simulated and compared to real measurements. The magnitude and spatial distribution of scattered and random events could be quantitatively characterized for the different phantom geometries. The simulation provides access to information on single hit distributions resulting in appropriate randoms corrections in image reconstruction. Both randoms and scatter correction is demonstrated to improve quantification. Their accuracy and performance was tested on simulated and measured data. Using simulation-based correction techniques for quantitative image reconstruction, multi-wire proportional chamber-based PET technology may be attractive for future high resolution PET scanners.
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	3343
Ending Page	3354
Page Count	12
File Size	1622256
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	60
Issue Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Detectors Image reconstruction Positron emission tomography Photonics Monte Carlo methods Computational modeling Positrons trues Chamber Geant4 HIDAC multi-wire MWPC PET proportional quadHIDAC quantitative randoms scatter simulation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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