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Monte-Carlo simulations of positron emission tomography based on liquid xenon detectors

The prospects for enhanced Positron Emission Tomography imaging using liquid xenon (LXe) gamma ray detectors had been examined. Monte-Carlo simulations using GEANT4 were performed and the results were used to study the expected performance of a small animal PET scanner in comparison with a simulated conventional small animal scanner (LSO Focus 120). A NEMA-like cylinder phantom and an image contrast phantom were simulated with both scanners to compare performance characteristics. A Compton reconstruction algorithm was developed for the LXe scanner, and its performance and limitations studied. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

  1. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/595
Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/595
Date05 1900
CreatorsLu, Philip Fei-Tung
PublisherUniversity of British Columbia
Source SetsUniversity of British Columbia
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, Thesis/Dissertation
Format878757 bytes, application/pdf
RightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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