MicroPET Peformance in the Presence of the Third Gamma
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
Isotopes in routine use for positron emission tomography (PET) produce only a single pair of 511 keV annihilation photons. "Dirty" positron emitters, e.g. 124I, that emit additional gammas are increasingly of interest. Performance of the Concorde microPET P4 small animal scanner was experimentally studied. Three phantoms were used to compare the pure positron emitter 18F to 124I and the convenient proxies 70As and 72As. While the third gamma had only a small impact on images of a contrast/detail phantom, resolution of hot sources on cold background was noticably reduced in a "Derenzo" phantom. A "NEMA" phantom exhibited a 15% background due to the third gamma.
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Publication Title
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE
Recommended Citation
A.K. Converse, J.A. Nye, T.E. Barnhart, D.W. Dick, M.A. Avila-Rodriguez, R. Sundaresan, C.B. Dallas, R.J. Nickles, N.H. Kalin, and A.D. Roberts. (2003) MicroPET Performance in the Presence of the Third Gamma. 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium : Conference Record : Nuclear Science Symposium : Medical Imaging Conference : 19-25 October, 2003, Portland, Oregon, volume 3, pp. 1797-1799. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1352227
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Copyright © 2004 IEEE.
http://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1352227
