2024
Design Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study
Orehar M, Dolenec R, Fakhri G, Korpar S, Križan P, Razdevšek G, Marin T, Žontar D, Pestotnik R. Design Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study. Diagnostics 2024, 14: 1976. PMID: 39272760, PMCID: PMC11487429, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14171976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime-of-flight positron emission tomographyTOF-PET scannerNEMA NU 2Evaluate spatial resolutionPET detectorsNU 2Scintillation materialsBiograph VisionRing scannerLimited-angleScanner designReadout levelsPoint sourcesFlat panel geometryClinical scannerSpatial resolutionReadout strategySingle-crystalImage qualityScintillationScannerFlat panelDesign parametersDetectorDesign optimisation
2008
Realistic PET Monte Carlo Simulation with Pixelated Block Detectors, Light Sharing, Random Coincidences and Dead-Time Modeling
Guérin B, Fakhri G. Realistic PET Monte Carlo Simulation with Pixelated Block Detectors, Light Sharing, Random Coincidences and Dead-Time Modeling. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2008, 55: 942-952. PMID: 19079776, PMCID: PMC2600659, DOI: 10.1109/tns.2008.924064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlock detectorsDiscovery STRandom coincidencesSimSET softwareMonte Carlo transport codeElectronics dead-timeNEMA NU 2Detector dead-timeDead-timeMonte Carlo simulation softwarePositron emission tomography scannerSimulated spatial resolutionPET modelingSpatial resolutionWhole scannerCoincidence spectraPhoton interactionsEnergy spectrumNU 2Light sharingTransport codeSingles ratesCrystal elementsDead-time modelMonte Carlo simulations
2005
Realistic Monte Carlo PET Simulation with Pixellated Block Detectors, Light Sharing and Randoms Modeling
Guérin B, Fakhri G. Realistic Monte Carlo PET Simulation with Pixellated Block Detectors, Light Sharing and Randoms Modeling. 2005, 3: 1563-1567. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2005.1596617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPET scannerBlock detectorsPhoton transportRandom coincidencesSimSET softwareMonte Carlo transport codeNEMA NU 2Model of photon transportEnergy weighted averageModel photon transportLight-sharingEnergy spectrumNU 2Light sharingTransport codeCrystal elementsMonte Carlo simulationsPET simulationsVery good agreementInteraction pointPET acquisitionDetection crystalAttenuation distributionDetectorCarlo simulations