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A Monte Carlo Study of Clinical PET ECAT EXACT HR+ Using GATE

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Basic Concepts in Nuclear Physics: Theory, Experiments and Applications

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Monte Carlo simulation is an effective tool for the design and development of new systems in nuclear medicine such as Positron emission tomography (PET) in particular. In this work, we used GATE platform (Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission), based on GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation, to study the Count rate performance and noise equivalent count rate (NECR) values in different activity concentrations corresponding the different coincidence timing windows of 6, 8 and 12 ns of the ECAT EXAT HR+. The ECAT EXACT HR+ validated using NEMA NU 2-2001, the scatter fraction (SF), sensitivity and NECR show a good agreement with experimental value. The obtained results show that the minimizing time coincidence windows increase the NECR by 38 % and True count rate performance by 15 %.

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  1. Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

    Rahal Saaidi, Asad Merouani & Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli

  2. Texas AM University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar

    Yassine Toufique & Othman Elbouhali

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  1. Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain

    José-Enrique García-Ramos

  2. Faculty of Physics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

    Clara E. Alonso

  3. Faculty of Physics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

    María Victoria Andrés

  4. Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain

    Francisco Pérez-Bernal

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Saaidi, R., Toufique, Y., Merouani, A., Elbouhali, O., Cherkaoui El Moursli, R. (2016). A Monte Carlo Study of Clinical PET ECAT EXACT HR+ Using GATE. In: García-Ramos, JE., Alonso, C., Andrés, M., Pérez-Bernal, F. (eds) Basic Concepts in Nuclear Physics: Theory, Experiments and Applications. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 182. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21191-6_23

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