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Accurate Monte Carlo modelling of the back compartments of SPECT cameras.

Abstract：

:Today, new single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) reconstruction techniques rely on accurate Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to optimize reconstructed images. However, existing MC scintillation camera models which usually include an accurate description of the collimator and crystal, lack correct implementation of the gamma camera's back compartments. In the case of dual isotope simultaneous acquisition (DISA), where backscattered photons from the highest energy isotope are detected in the imaging energy window of the second isotope, this approximation may induce simulation errors. Here, we investigate the influence of backscatter compartment modelling on the simulation accuracy of high-energy isotopes. Three models of a scintillation camera were simulated: a simple model (SM), composed only of a collimator and a NaI(Tl) crystal; an intermediate model (IM), adding a simplified description of the backscatter compartments to the previous model and a complete model (CM), accurately simulating the materials and geometries of the camera. The camera models were evaluated with point sources ((67)Ga, (99m)Tc, (111)In, (123)I, (131)I and (18)F) in air without a collimator, in air with a collimator and in water with a collimator. In the latter case, sensitivities and point-spread functions (PSFs) simulated in the photopeak window with the IM and CM are close to the measured values (error below 10.5%). In the backscatter energy window, however, the IM and CM overestimate the FWHM of the detected PSF by 52% and 23%, respectively, while the SM underestimates it by 34%. The backscatter peak fluence is also overestimated by 20% and 10% with the IM and CM, respectively, whereas it is underestimated by 60% with the SM. The results show that an accurate description of the backscatter compartments is required for SPECT simulations of high-energy isotopes (above 300 keV) when the backscatter energy window is of interest.

journal_name

Phys Med Biol

journal_title

Physics in medicine and biology

authors

Rault E,Staelens S,Van Holen R,De Beenhouwer J,Vandenberghe S

doi

10.1088/0031-9155/56/1/006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-01-07 00:00:00

pages

87-104

issue

eissn

0031-9155

issn

1361-6560

pii

S0031-9155(11)61133-5

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Accurate Monte Carlo modelling of the back compartments of SPECT cameras.