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