Similarity analysis of pixelated CdTe semiconductor gamma camera image using a quadrant bar phantom for nuclear medicine: Monte Carlo simulation study
- Authors
- Park, Chan Rok; Kang, Seong-Hyeon; Lee, Youngjin
- Issue Date
- Jun-2021
- Publisher
- KOREAN NUCLEAR SOC
- Keywords
- Monte Carlo simulation; Nuclear medicine imaging system; Pixelated cadmium telluride semiconductor detector; Quadrant bar phantom for quality control; Similarity analysis
- Citation
- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, v.53, no.6, pp.1947 - 1954
- Journal Title
- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 53
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 1947
- End Page
- 1954
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/81537
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.net.2020.12.010
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Abstract
- In the nuclear medicine imaging, quality control (QC) process using quadrant bar phantom is fundamental aspect of evaluating the spatial resolution. In addition, QC process of gamma camera is performed by daily or weekly. Recently, Monte Carlo simulation using the Geant4 application for tomographic emission (GATE) is widely applied in the pre-clinical nuclear medicine field for modeling gamma cameras with pixelated cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor detector. In this study, we modeled a pixelated CdTe semiconductor detector and quadrant bar phantom (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mm bar thicknesses) using the GATE tool. Similarity analysis based on correlation coefficients and peak signal-to-noise ratios was performed to compare image qualities for various source to collimator distances (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 cm) and collimator lengths (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 cm). To this end, we selected reference images based on collimator length and source to collimator distance settings. The results demonstrate that as the collimator length increases and the source to collimator distance decreases, the similarity to reference images improves. Therefore, our simulation results represent valuable information for the modeling of CdTe-based semiconductor gamma imaging systems and QC phantoms in the field of nuclear medicine. © 2020
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