Evaluation of TlBr semiconductor detector in gamma camera imaging: Monte Carlo simulation studyopen access
- Authors
- Lee, Youngjin; Park, Chanrok
- Issue Date
- Dec-2022
- Publisher
- Korean Nuclear Society
- Keywords
- Gamma camera imaging; Geant4 application for tomographic emission (GATE) simulation; Nuclear medicine; Quality control phantom; Quantitative analysis of image performance; Semiconductor detector; Thallium bromide (TlBr) material
- Citation
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology, v.54, no.12, pp.4652 - 4659
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 4652
- End Page
- 4659
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/86813
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.net.2022.07.020
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Abstract
- Among the detector materials available at room temperature, thallium bromide (TlBr), which has a relatively high atomic number and density, is widely used for gamma camera imaging. This study aimed to verify the usefulness of TlBr through quantitative evaluation by modeling detectors of various compound types using Monte Carlo simulations. The Geant4 application for tomographic emission was used for simulation, and detectors based on cadmium zinc telluride and cadmium telluride materials were selected as a comparison group. A pixel-matched parallel-hole collimator with proven excellent performance was modeled, and phantoms used for quality control in nuclear medicine were used. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast to noise ratio (CNR), sensitivity, and full width at half maximum (FWHM) were used for quantitative analysis to evaluate the image quality. The SNR, CNR, sensitivity, and FWHM for the TlBr detector material were approximately 1.05, 1.04, 1.41, and 1.02 times, respectively, higher than those of the other detector materials. The SNR, CNR and sensitivity increased with increasing detector thickness, but the spatial resolution in terms of FWHM decreased. Thus, we demonstrated the feasibility and possibility of using the TlBr detector material in comparison with commercial detector materials. © 2022 Korean Nuclear Society
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