Evaluation of the Impact of Out-of-Axial FOV Scattering Medium on Random Coincidence Rates on Discovery 690 PET/CT Scanner: A Simulation Study

Purpose: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging is a nuclear medicine imaging technique based on the recording of two photons as coincidence created by positron annihilation. Materials and Methods: PET coincidence events include true and unwanted coincidences (random, scattered, multiple coincid...

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Main Authors: Mahak Osouli Alamdari, Pardis Ghafarian, Parham Geramifar, Mohammad Reza Ay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies
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Online Access:https://fbt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fbt/article/view/237