Interactions of photons with biological tissues in nuclear medicine simulation: how accurate should it be?

Xavier L. Battle; Catherine Le Rest; Veronique Baccarne; A. Turzo; Yves J. Bizais

doi:10.1117/12.349557

28 May 1999 Interactions of photons with biological tissues in nuclear medicine simulation: how accurate should it be?

Xavier L. Battle, Catherine Le Rest, Veronique Baccarne, A. Turzo, Yves J. Bizais

Proceedings Volume 3659, Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349557
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper reports the validation work concerning the Monte Carlo simulator we developed for Nuclear Medicine imaging. First we compared the simulated and acquired data of a Data Spectrum Thorax phantom. The two data sets agree fairly well but significant differences can be found at the pixel level. They are probably due to slightly different experimental conditions which are very difficult to control. Second we compared the simulated data obtained using three different interaction models. No difference could be found at the pixel level but image-wide energy spectra slightly differ.

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Xavier L. Battle, Catherine Le Rest, Veronique Baccarne, A. Turzo, and Yves J. Bizais "Interactions of photons with biological tissues in nuclear medicine simulation: how accurate should it be?", Proc. SPIE 3659, Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging, (28 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349557

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