Assessment of scatter for the micro-CT subsystem of the trimodality FLEX Triumph preclinical scanner

Gutierrez Rios, Daniel Fernando; Zaidi, Habib

doi:10.1118/1.3598438

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English

Assessment of scatter for the micro-CT subsystem of the trimodality FLEX Triumph preclinical scanner

ContributorsGutierrez Rios, Daniel Fernando; Zaidi, Habib

Published inMedical physics, vol. 38, no. 7, p. 4154-4165

Publication date2011

Abstract

This work aims at assessing, through experimental measurements and Monte Carlo calculations, the scatter to primary ratio (SPR) for the micro-CT subsystem of the FLEX Triumph preclinical PET-CT scanner to improve its quantitative capabilities.

Keywords

Animals
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Light
Mice
Miniaturization
Rats
Reproducibility of Results
Scattering, Radiation
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/instrumentation/veterinary

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale

Research groups

Imagerie Médicale (TEP et TEMP) (542)

Citation (ISO format)

GUTIERREZ RIOS, Daniel Fernando, ZAIDI, Habib. Assessment of scatter for the micro-CT subsystem of the trimodality FLEX Triumph preclinical scanner. In: Medical physics, 2011, vol. 38, n° 7, p. 4154–4165. doi: 10.1118/1.3598438

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PID : unige:23503
DOI : 10.1118/1.3598438
PMID : 21859017

Journal ISSN0094-2405

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Assessment of scatter for the micro-CT subsystem of the trimodality FLEX Triumph preclinical scanner

This work aims at assessing, through experimental measurements and Monte Carlo calculations, the scatter to primary ratio (SPR) for the micro-CT subsystem of the FLEX Triumph preclinical PET-CT scanner to improve its quantitative capabilities.

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