2024
Image-Derived Input Functions on an Ultra-High Performance Brain PET Scanner: Minimizing the Carotid Partial Volume Effect
Volpi T, Zeng T, Khattar N, Toyonaga T, Martins S, Mulnix T, Fontaine K, Gallezot J, Carson R. Image-Derived Input Functions on an Ultra-High Performance Brain PET Scanner: Minimizing the Carotid Partial Volume Effect. 2024, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10658264.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Device‐dependent activity estimation and decay correction of radionuclide mixtures with application to Tc‐94m PET studies
Smith M, Daube‐Witherspoon M, Plascjak P, Szajek L, Carson R, Everett J, Green S, Territo P, Balaban R, Bacharach S, Eckelman W. Device‐dependent activity estimation and decay correction of radionuclide mixtures with application to Tc‐94m PET studies. Medical Physics 2001, 28: 36-45. PMID: 11213920, DOI: 10.1118/1.1333411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMo targetDecay studiesGamma-ray emissionRadionuclide mixturesHigh-purity germanium detectorTheoretical sensitivity modelPurity germanium detectorDecay correctionDose calibratorExperimental decay curvesRay emissionGermanium detectorTc isotopesMo-94Proton irradiationDecay curvesDecay-corrected activityPET scannerDecay rateBombardmentAnalytic formulaTcPositronsQuantitative PETSensitivity factors