Review and current status of SPECT scatter correction
BF Hutton, I Buvat, FJ Beekman - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Detection of scattered gamma quanta degrades image contrast and quantitative accuracy of
single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. This paper reviews …
single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. This paper reviews …
GATE V6: a major enhancement of the GATE simulation platform enabling modelling of CT and radiotherapy
S Jan, D Benoit, E Becheva, T Carlier… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract GATE (Geant4 Application for Emission Tomography) is a Monte Carlo simulation
platform developed by the OpenGATE collaboration since 2001 and first publicly released in …
platform developed by the OpenGATE collaboration since 2001 and first publicly released in …
Fast GPU-based Monte Carlo code for SPECT/CT reconstructions generates improved 177Lu images
T Rydén, J Heydorn Lagerlöf, J Hemmingsson, I Marin… - EJNMMI physics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Full Monte Carlo (MC)-based SPECT reconstructions have a strong
potential for correcting for image degrading factors, but the reconstruction times are long …
potential for correcting for image degrading factors, but the reconstruction times are long …
An efficient quasi-Monte Carlo method with forced fixed detection for photon scatter simulation in CT
G Lin, S Deng, X Wang - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Detected scattered photons can cause cup** and streak artifacts, significantly degrading
the quality of CT images. For fast and accurate estimation of scatter intensities resulting from …
the quality of CT images. For fast and accurate estimation of scatter intensities resulting from …
Modeling families of particle distributions with conditional GAN for Monte Carlo SPECT simulations
A Saporta, A Etxebeste, T Kaprelian… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. We propose a method to model families of distributions of particles exiting a
phantom with a conditional generative adversarial network (condGAN) during Monte Carlo …
phantom with a conditional generative adversarial network (condGAN) during Monte Carlo …
Accelerated gpu based spect monte carlo simulations
MP Garcia, J Bert, D Benoit, M Bardiès… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo (MC) modelling is widely used in the field of single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT) as it is a reliable technique to simulate very high quality scans. This …
tomography (SPECT) as it is a reliable technique to simulate very high quality scans. This …
Implementation of angular response function modeling in SPECT simulations with GATE
Abstract Among Monte Carlo simulation codes in medical imaging, the GATE simulation
platform is widely used today given its flexibility and accuracy, despite long run times, which …
platform is widely used today given its flexibility and accuracy, despite long run times, which …
Introducing improved voxel navigation and fictitious interaction tracking in GATE for enhanced efficiency
NS Rehfeld, S Stute, J Apostolakis… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Geant4 Application for Emission Tomography (GATE) is a widely used, well-
validated and very versatile application for Monte Carlo simulations in emission tomography …
validated and very versatile application for Monte Carlo simulations in emission tomography …
Investigation of a Monte Carlo simulation and an analytic-based approach for modeling the system response for clinical I-123 brain SPECT imaging
The use of accurate system response modeling has been proven to be an essential key of
SPECT image reconstruction, with its usage leading to overall improvement of image quality …
SPECT image reconstruction, with its usage leading to overall improvement of image quality …
Fixed forced detection for fast SPECT Monte-Carlo simulation
Monte-Carlo simulations of SPECT images are notoriously slow to converge due to the large
ratio between the number of photons emitted and detected in the collimator. This work …
ratio between the number of photons emitted and detected in the collimator. This work …