Study on the PET image quality according to various scintillation detectors based on the Monte Carlo simulation

• 발행기관: 대한핵의학기술학회
• 저자명: Eunsoo Kim Chanrok Park
• 간행물 정보: 『핵의학기술』Vol.27 No.2, 129~132쪽, 전체 4쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 방사선과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2023.11.30

국문 초록

Purpose: Positron emisson tomography (PET) is a crucial medical imaging scanner for the detection of cancer lesions. In order to maintain the improved image quality, it is crucial to apply detectors of superior performance. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare PET image quality using Monte Carlo simulation based on the detector materials of BGO, LSO, and LuAP. Materials and Methods: The Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE) was used to design the PET detector. Scintillations with BGO, LSO and LuAP were modelled, with a size of 3.95 × 5.3 mm2 (width × height) and 25.0 mm (thickness). The PET detector consisted of 34 blocks per ring and a total of 4 rings. A line source of 1 MBq was modelled and acquired with a radius of 1 mm and length of 20 mm for 20 seconds. The acquired image was reconstructed maximum likelihood expectation maximization with 2 iteration and 10 subsets. The count comparison was carried out. Results and Discussion: The highest true, random, and scatter counts were obtained from the BGO scintillation detector compared to LSO and LuAP. Conclusion: The BGO scintillation detector material indicated excellent performance in terms of detection of gamma rays from emitted PET phantom.

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GATE simulation Positron emission tomography scintillation detector Nuclear medicine Quantitative analysis