Simulation of intrinsic resolution of scintillation camera in Monte Carlo environment
In a typical scintillation camera system, intrinsic resolution is dependent upon the accuracy of the identification of an interaction position. This paper intends to set up a evaluation tool based on Monte Carlo simulation for the purpose of estimating the intrinsic resolution of scintillation camer...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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IEEE
2013
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41259/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41259/1/Simulation%20of%20intrinsic%20resolution%20of%20scintillation%20camera%20in%20Monte%20Carlo%20environment.pdf |
| Summary: | In a typical scintillation camera system, intrinsic resolution is dependent upon the accuracy of the identification of an interaction position. This paper intends to set up a evaluation tool based on Monte Carlo simulation for the purpose of estimating the intrinsic resolution of scintillation cameras. Monte Carlo N-Particles (MCNP) Code was applied to simulate the components of the model platform referred to Toshiba GCA-7100A with a monolithic Sodium Iodide (NaI) scintillator (40 × 40 × 0.9525 cm3). The simulation result was 3.7 mm full width at half maximum (FWHM) for intrinsic resolution which came out to be in a good agreement with the experimental result. This suggests that our proposed evaluation tool may help to optimize the parameters of the detector without physical experiments. |
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