SCOUT: a fast Monte-Carlo modeling tool of scintillation camera output
| Autor: | Robert S. Miyaoka, Harrison H. Barrett, John P. Muzi, Thomas K. Lewellen, Lawrence R. MacDonald, Wendy McDougald, William C. J. Hunter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
Photons Stochastic Processes Scintillation Time Factors Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Signal statistics Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors Stochastic process Stochastic behavior Monte Carlo method Real-time computing Reproducibility of Results Signal Article Benchmarking Scintillation counter Benchmark (computing) Scintillation Counting Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Monte Carlo Method Computer Science::Databases Simulation |
| Zdroj: | Physics in Medicine and Biology. 58:3581-3598 |
| ISSN: | 1361-6560 0031-9155 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0031-9155/58/11/3581 |
| Popis: | We have developed a Monte-Carlo photon-tracking and readout simulator called SCOUT to study the stochastic behavior of signals output from a simplified rectangular scintillation-camera design. SCOUT models the salient processes affecting signal generation, transport, and readout of a scintillation camera. In this work, we compare output signal statistics from SCOUT to experimental results for both a discrete and a monolithic camera. We also benchmark the speed of this simulation tool and compare it to existing simulation tools. We find this modeling tool to be relatively fast and predictive of experimental results. Depending on the modeled camera geometry, we found SCOUT to be 4 to 140 times faster than other modeling tools. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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