Abstract
The spatial distribution of scattered photons varies depending on many factors such as object size and source distribution. We propose a triple- energy window (TEW) scatter compensation method for determining position- dependent Compton scatter. We estimated the count of primary photons at each pixel in the acquired image using the 24% main window centered at the photopeak energy and 3 keV scatter rejection windows on both sides of the main window. We conducted a physical evaluation of this method using phantoms and also applied this method to patients in a clinical trial. The TEW method performed Compton scatter compensation with good accuracy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2216-2221 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Nuclear Medicine |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 1993 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging