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Scatter Analysis of the ClearPET™ Neuro Using Monte Carlo Simulations

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Advances in Medical Engineering

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Scatter reduces the image quality in Positron Emission Tomography (PET). In this paper we discuss a) methods to estimate the scatter fraction in the raw data set as well as b) analysis of the different scatter components (e.g. phantom scatter, gantry scatter) arising from activity outside the field of view (OFOV). The PET detection system does not allow a discrimination of scattered events, thus Monte Carlo Simulations were used. The accuracy of the different scatter estimation methods was analyzed. Simulations with OFOV activity showed that small animal PET systems are indeed sensitive to random and scattered events from OFOV.

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  1. Institute of Material Physics, TU Graz, A-8010, Austria

    Anna M. Fulterer

  2. Zentralinstitut für Elektronik, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425, Jülich, Germany

    Anna M. Fulterer, Stephan Schneider, Brigitte Gundlich, Patrick Musmann & Simone Weber

  3. Department of Mathematics and Technology, RheinAhrCampus Remagen, 53424, Remagen, Germany

    Stephan Schneider

  4. Institute of Medical Engineering, University of Luebeck, D-23538, Luebeck, Germany

    Thorsten M. Buzug

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  1. Institute of Medical Engineering, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538, Luebeck, Germany

    Thorsten M. Buzug

  2. Department of Mathematics and Technology, RheinAhrCampus Remagen, Germany

    Dietrich Holz , Jens Bongartz , Matthias Kohl-Bareis  & Ulrich Hartmann , ,  & 

  3. Central Institute for Electronics, Research Centre Juelich, Germany

    Simone Weber

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Fulterer, A.M., Schneider, S., Gundlich, B., Musmann, P., Weber, S., Buzug, T.M. (2007). Scatter Analysis of the ClearPET™ Neuro Using Monte Carlo Simulations. In: Buzug, T.M., Holz, D., Bongartz, J., Kohl-Bareis, M., Hartmann, U., Weber, S. (eds) Advances in Medical Engineering. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68764-1_18

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