2010
Novel Scatter Compensation of List-Mode PET Data Using Spatial and Energy Dependent Corrections
Guérin B, Fakhri G. Novel Scatter Compensation of List-Mode PET Data Using Spatial and Energy Dependent Corrections. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2010, 30: 759-773. PMID: 21118770, PMCID: PMC3120772, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2010.2095025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScattered coincidencesEnergy resolutionE-pdfNCAT phantomDependent correctionsEnergy of individual photonsScatter correctionEnergy dependent correctionsEnergy probability density functionScatter correction schemeTotal energy spectrumList-mode acquisitionEnergy informationPositron emission tomography dataActivity distribution estimationScatter sinogramIndividual photonsEnergy spectrumCylindrical phantomEnergy distributionMonte Carlo simulationsScattering approachPhotonsScatteringScattering component
2009
Monte Carlo modeling of cascade gamma rays in 86Y PET imaging: preliminary results
Zhu X, Fakhri G. Monte Carlo modeling of cascade gamma rays in 86Y PET imaging: preliminary results. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2009, 54: 4181-4193. PMID: 19521011, PMCID: PMC3111055, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/13/014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCascade gamma raysScatter fractionGamma raysPhoton energy distributionLow count ratesHigh-energy photonsMonte Carlo programScatter correction methodGATE simulation packageMonte Carlo modelDevelopment of correction methodsSpatial resolutionGamma photonsEnergy windowCount rateScattering eventsRandom coincidencesEnergy distributionPhantom acquisitionsPersonal dosimetryPET imagingVariance reduction techniquesPhotonsCorrection methodSimSET
2001
Realistic Monte Carlo Simulation of Ga-67 SPECT Imaging
Moore S, El Fakhri G. Realistic Monte Carlo Simulation of Ga-67 SPECT Imaging. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2001, 48: 720. DOI: 10.1109/23.940153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRealistic Monte Carlo simulationsNumerical torso phantomLead X-raysMonte Carlo programPhoton emission energyPoisson noise realizationsGa-67 SPECT imagingCollimator penetrationDetector resolutionEnergy windowRSD phantomPhoton propagationPhoton scatteringTorso phantomHeart/thorax phantomAttenuation mapEnergy distributionEmission energyImproved variance reductionSPECT imagesPhantomGa-67 studiesNoise realizationsScatteringAxillary lymph nodes
2000
Realistic Monte Carlo simulation of Ga-67 imaging for optimization and evaluation of correction methods
Moore S, Fakhri G. Realistic Monte Carlo simulation of Ga-67 imaging for optimization and evaluation of correction methods. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2000, 3: 20/35-20/38 vol.3. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2000.949312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRealistic Monte Carlo simulationsNumerical torso phantomMonte Carlo programLead X-raysPhoton emission energyPoisson noise realizationsMaximum rectangular regionCollimator penetrationDetector resolutionEnergy windowRSD phantomPhoton scatteringPhoton propagationTorso phantomHeart/thorax phantomAttenuation mapEnergy distributionEmission energyImproved variance reductionPhantomNoise-free imageGa-67 studiesGa-67Noise realizationsScattering