Abstract
We have proposed a zoom-in PET system that integrates a higher-resolution detector capable of measuring depth of interaction (DOI) into an existing scanner to obtain highresolution images of a targeted region with high-sensitivity. The system acquires coincidence events between the high-resolution detector and low-resolution detectors, as well as those between the low-resolution detectors. Because of the irregular system geometry and the use of a DOI detector, the system matrix of the zoom-in PET system requires far greater storage space than that of a conventional PET scanner, which also results in long computational time for image reconstruction. To address this issue, here we propose a system matrix factorization for the zoom-in PET to reduce the storage and computational cost while maintaining the accuracy in image reconstruction. The proposed factored system matrix consists of two major components: a detector response (or sinogram blurring) matrix and a geometrical projection matrix. We present a novel method to design the geometrical component and an iterative algorithm to estimate the detector response matrix. A 2D simulation study showed that the proposed method can reduce the storage space and reconstruction time by a factor of 5 without noticeable sacrifice in image quality.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record |
Pages | 3501-3505 |
Number of pages | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |
Event | 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2010 and 17th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-ray and Gamma-ray Detectors, RTSD 2010 - Knoxville, TN, United States Duration: Oct 30 2010 → Nov 6 2010 |
Other
Other | 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2010 and 17th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-ray and Gamma-ray Detectors, RTSD 2010 |
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Country | United States |
City | Knoxville, TN |
Period | 10/30/10 → 11/6/10 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging