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Author:
Ljungberg, Michael
Larsson, Anne (Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics)
Johansson, Lennart (Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics)
Title:
A new collimator simulation in SIMIND based on the delta-scattering technique
Department:
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics
Publication type:
Article in journal (Refereed)
Language:
English
Status:
Published
In:
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science(ISSN 0018-9499)(EISSN 1558-1578)
Volume:
52
Issue:
5
Pages:
1370-1375
Year of publ.:
2005
URI:
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-14024
Permanent link:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-14024
Keywords(en) :
Collimator, Monte Carlo, scattering, simulation, SPECT
Abstract(en) :

To use conventional ray tracing methods in Monte Carlo simulation of the collimator in a scintillation camera system can be time consuming. It is however necessary to take collimator interactions into account when simulating radionuclides emitting high-energy photons that can penetrate the septa in the collimator. In this work a statistical collimator algorithm, based on the Delta-Scattering method, is evaluated using 123I. The evaluation is performed by comparing results from Monte Carlo simulations and measurements for a scintillation camera system, using point sources and a nonhomogeneous brain phantom. A good agreement can be seen for both images and energy spectra.

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2006-11-08
Created:
2006-11-08
Last updated:
2011-03-21
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