Type: Conference Paper
Assessment of using new scintillation crystal (LaBr3) in PET system by Monte Carlo method
Journal: IFMBE Proceedings (16800737)Year: 2007Volume: 14Issue: Pages: 1698 - 1699
Karimian A.a Thompson C.J.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_419Language: English
Abstract
The main aim of this work is the investigation of using new lanthanum bromide (LaBr3) in whole body PET scanners and compares its results with LSO and BGO crystals which are using in conventional and dedicated PET systems. Our results show that there is a gain in noise effective count rate (NECR) arising from the reduced scatter and random fractions in a LaBr3 scanner. © International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering 2007.