NECR analysis of 3D brain PET scanner designs

Charles W. Stearns; Simon R Cherry; Christopher J. Thompson

NECR analysis of 3D brain PET scanner designs

Charles W. Stearns, Simon R Cherry, Christopher J. Thompson

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Abstract

A dedicated 3D brain scanner PET scanner has several advantages, most notably increased sensitivity, over a whole body scanner for neurological studies. This paper uses noise effective count-rate (NECR) analysis to compare brain scanners of 53, 60, and 66 cm diameter with the GE Advance whole body scanner (93 cm diameter). Results show that the brain scanners have noise effective sensitivities as much as 40% higher than Advance. However, their NECR advantages diminishes quickly as the activity concentration increases; the brain scanner' NECR equals Advance at approx.0.3 μCi/cc, and Advance has superior NECR performance at higher activity levels.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference
Editors	Anon
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ, United States
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1657-1661
Number of pages	5
Volume	4
State	Published - 1995
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1994 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Part 1 (of 4) - Norfolk, VA, USA Duration: Oct 30 1994 → Nov 5 1994

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Other	Proceedings of the 1994 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Part 1 (of 4)
City	Norfolk, VA, USA
Period	10/30/94 → 11/5/94

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