NDLI: MCNP-4c simulations to investigate shielding of scintillation cameras for conjugate imaging of I-123 labeled brain agents

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Author	Jangha, D.N. Mintzer, R.A. Valentine, J.D. Aarsvold, J.N.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: George W. Woodruff Sch. of Mech. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA (Jangha, D.N.)
Abstract	Monte Carlo simulations were performed to characterize various shielding configurations for an iodine-123 (I-123) imaging system. The system comprises two small (10/spl times/10 cm) field-of-view (FOV) gamma cameras to be used for conjugate imaging of I-123 labeled brain agents. 83% of I-123 decays result in 159 keV gamma emissions, which can be readily imaged; while 3% result in emissions with energies from 248 to 783 keV. If the cameras have inadequate shielding, a large amount of activity outside the FOV of the cameras can produce significant image noise due to penetration and scatter of the high energy emissions. A 10 mCi injection of an I-123 labeled neuroreceptor ligand generally results in sub-mCi levels of uptake in the brain-/spl mu/Ci levels of uptake in basal ganglia, while most of any injected dose accumulates in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Therefore, sufficient shielding is required if accurate quantification is desired. Various prototype camera designs with wall thicknesses ranging from 1/4 to 3/4 inch were tested via Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport code, version 4c (MCNP-4c) simulation of an idealized primate and a small FOV camera. The primate consisted of water-filled shapes for the head, neck, and trunk. High-energy photons were emitted from a uniform distribution in a spherical GI tract region. The camera consisted of tungsten, lead, and aluminum walls; lead distributed uniformly at 22% density representing a typical high-resolution collimator; photomultiplier tube material; a quartz lightguide; and a 0.8/spl times/10/spl times/10 cm NaI(Tl) scintillation crystal. For each camera configuration, the total energy deposited in the crystal per high-energy source photon was tallied to produce spectra and windowed counts. If a typical high-resolution collimator were to be used in the imaging of a primate head, 10 /spl mu/Ci of focal uptake would result in approximately 12.5 cps in a 159 keV 20% window. For the shielding configurations tested, 10 mCi of GI tract activity would produce, within a 5 cm/sup 2/ region of interest (ROI) encompassing the focal uptake, a 3 to 30% (for 3/4 to 1/4 inch shielding) increase over the base rate of 12.5 cps.
Starting Page	1309
Ending Page	1312
File Size	445538
Page Count	4
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ISBN	0780373243
ISSN	10823654
DOI	10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1008578
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-11-04
Publisher Place	USA
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Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Brain modeling Cameras Optical imaging Gastrointestinal tract Photonic crystals Testing Head Light scattering Particle scattering Basal ganglia
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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