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Monte Carlo simulations in SPET and PET.

Abstract

Monte Carlo methods are extensively used in Nuclear Medicine to tackle a variety of problems that are difficult to study by an experimental or analytical approach. A review of the most recent tools allowing application of Monte Carlo methods in single photon emission tomography (SPET) and positron emission tomography (PET) is presented. To help potential Monte Carlo users choose a code, we present advantages and disadvantages of the different types of Monte Carlo codes currently available for SPET and PET, discuss common and specific features of the codes, classify the codes with respect to these features, comment key properties for a code to be appropriate for a given purpose and, at last, we consider the possibility of going towards a standardisation of the description of the codes which could facilitate their comparison.

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Year: 2002 PMID： 12072845

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Q J Nucl Med ISSN： 1125-0135

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1. GATE: a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT.

Authors: S Jan; G Santin; D Strul; S Staelens; K Assié; D Autret; S Avner; R Barbier; M Bardiès; P M Bloomfield; D Brasse; V Breton; P Bruyndonckx; I Buvat; A F Chatziioannou; Y Choi; Y H Chung; C Comtat; D Donnarieix; L Ferrer; S J Glick; C J Groiselle; D Guez; P F Honore; S Kerhoas-Cavata; A S Kirov; V Kohli; M Koole; M Krieguer; D J van der Laan; F Lamare; G Largeron; C Lartizien; D Lazaro; M C Maas; L Maigne; F Mayet; F Melot; C Merheb; E Pennacchio; J Perez; U Pietrzyk; F R Rannou; M Rey; D R Schaart; C R Schmidtlein; L Simon; T Y Song; J M Vieira; D Visvikis; R Van de Walle; E Wieërs; C Morel
Journal: Phys Med Biol Date: 2004-10-07 Impact factor: 3.609

2. Investigation of OPET Performance Using GATE, a Geant4-Based Simulation Software.

Authors: Fernando R Rannou; Vandana Kohli; David L Prout; Arion F Chatziioannou
Journal: IEEE Trans Nucl Sci Date: 2004-10 Impact factor: 1.679

3. Integration of SimSET photon history generator in GATE for efficient Monte Carlo simulations of pinhole SPECT.

Authors: Chia-Lin Chen; Yuchuan Wang; Jason J S Lee; Benjamin M W Tsui
Journal: Med Phys Date: 2008-07 Impact factor: 4.071

4. SIMIND Monte Carlo simulation of a single photon emission CT.

Authors: M T Bahreyni Toossi; J Pirayesh Islamian; M Momennezhad; M Ljungberg; S H Naseri
Journal: J Med Phys Date: 2010-01

5. Assessment of a three-dimensional line-of-response probability density function system matrix for PET.

Authors: Rutao Yao; Ranjith M Ramachandra; Neeraj Mahajan; Vinay Rathod; Noel Gunasekar; Ashish Panse; Tianyu Ma; Yiqiang Jian; Jianhua Yan; Richard E Carson
Journal: Phys Med Biol Date: 2012-10-03 Impact factor: 3.609

6. MCAT to XCAT: The Evolution of 4-D Computerized Phantoms for Imaging Research: Computer models that take account of body movements promise to provide evaluation and improvement of medical imaging devices and technology.

Authors: W Paul Segars; Benjamin M W Tsui
Journal: Proc IEEE Inst Electr Electron Eng Date: 2009-12 Impact factor: 10.961

Monte Carlo simulations in SPET and PET.

1. GATE: a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT.

2. Investigation of OPET Performance Using GATE, a Geant4-Based Simulation Software.

3. Integration of SimSET photon history generator in GATE for efficient Monte Carlo simulations of pinhole SPECT.

4. SIMIND Monte Carlo simulation of a single photon emission CT.

5. Assessment of a three-dimensional line-of-response probability density function system matrix for PET.

6. MCAT to XCAT: The Evolution of 4-D Computerized Phantoms for Imaging Research: Computer models that take account of body movements promise to provide evaluation and improvement of medical imaging devices and technology.

7. Use of Monte Carlo Techniques in Nuclear Medicine.

8. Verification of phantom accuracy using a Monte Carlo simulation: bone scintigraphy chest phantom.

9. Development and validation of a Monte Carlo simulation tool for multi-pinhole SPECT.

10. Scatter and blurring compensation in inhomogeneous media using a postprocessing method.