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. 1991;10(3):256-60.
doi: 10.1109/42.97573.

Noise equivalent count measurements in a neuro-PET scanner with retractable septa

D L Bailey  1 , T Jones, T J Spinks, M C Gilardi, D W Townsend
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Noise equivalent count measurements in a neuro-PET scanner with retractable septa

D L Bailey et al. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1991.

Abstract

The noise-equivalent count-rate (NEC) performance of a neuro-positron emission tomography (PET) scanner has been determined with and without interplane septa on uniform cylindrical phantoms of differing radii and in human studies to assess the optimum count rate conditions that realize the maximum gain. In the brain, the effective gain in NEC performance for three-dimensions (3-D) ranges from >5 at low count rates to approximately 3.3 at 200 kcps (equivalent to 37 kcps in 2-D). The gains of the 3-D method assessed by this analysis are significant, and are shown to be highly dependent on count rate and object dimensions.

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