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Virtual extrapolation technique for retracing line of response of single scattered events in positron emission tomography
Medical Physics · Submitted 2 Apr 2022
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The authors' main claim Nonetheless, the technique seems promising in developing a potential approach to improve the sensitivity of PET imaging.
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Purpose: The scattering phenomenon creates degrading effects in positron emission tomography (PET) and the corresponding events are rejected conventionally. We have proposed a mathematical model to retrace the original line of response of the single-scattered coincident events with the aim to incorporate such events in PET. Methods: We have devised a new Virtual extrapolation technique based on the concept of the probability density functions. Through which we transformed the original two-parameter list mode data for the coincident photon pairs to a one-parameter data set. The procedure of random sampling and sampling distribution - by utilizing some unique properties like a collective difference and the length compensation - was employed in the data analysis. We studied the effect of finite timing and energy resolution of detectors on the performance of the proposed model. Results: We determined the frequency of occurrence of the data values corresponding to real as well as fictitious scattering points { placed on the arc of a circle drawn with the constant scattering angle - to observe the highest counts. As expected, we found the highest counts at the location of real scattering points. The model was evaluated for a uniform attenuating phantom medium. The results were found impressive for the case of ideal time and energy information, less so for the cases of finite resolutions. Conclusions: Our work outlines a completely new approach; though, a lot more sophistication is required for its practical utility. Nonetheless, the technique seems promising in developing a potential approach to improve the sensitivity of PET imaging.
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| s0 | Purpose: The scattering phenomenon creates degrading effects in positron emission tomography (PET) and the corresponding events are rejected conventionally. | background 1.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | We have proposed a mathematical model to retrace the original line of response of the single-scattered coincident events with the aim to incorporate such events in PET. | contribution 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | Methods: We have devised a new Virtual extrapolation technique based on the concept of the probability density functions. | method 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | Through which we transformed the original two-parameter list mode data for the coincident photon pairs to a one-parameter data set. | method 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | The procedure of random sampling and sampling distribution - by utilizing some unique properties like a collective difference and the length compensation - was employed in the data analysis. | method 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.02 | asserted 0.97 |
| s5 | We studied the effect of finite timing and energy resolution of detectors on the performance of the proposed model. | method 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.02 | asserted 0.83 |
| s6 | Results: We determined the frequency of occurrence of the data values corresponding to real as well as fictitious scattering points { placed on the arc of a circle drawn with the constant scattering angle - to observe the highest counts. | method 0.68 | 0.96 | 0.02 | asserted 0.93 |
| s7 | As expected, we found the highest counts at the location of real scattering points. | result 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.06 | asserted 1.00 |
| s8 | The model was evaluated for a uniform attenuating phantom medium. | method 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.02 | asserted 0.96 |
| s9 | The results were found impressive for the case of ideal time and energy information, less so for the cases of finite resolutions. | result 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.08 | asserted 0.99 |
| s10 | Conclusions: Our work outlines a completely new approach; though, a lot more sophistication is required for its practical utility. | limitation 0.88 | 0.56 | 0.71 | asserted 0.81 |
| s11 | Nonetheless, the technique seems promising in developing a potential approach to improve the sensitivity of PET imaging. | interpretation 0.88 | 0.44 | 0.36 | hedged possibility 0.97 |
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Purpose: The scattering phenomenon creates degrading effects in positron emission tomography (PET) and the corresponding events are rejected conventionally. We have proposed a mathematical model to retrace the original line of response of the single-scattered coincident events with the aim to incorporate such events in PET. Methods: We have devised a new Virtual extrapolation technique based on the concept of the probability density functions. Through which we transformed the original two-parameter list mode data for the coincident photon pairs to a one-parameter data set. The procedure of random sampling and sampling distribution - by utilizing some unique properties like a collective difference and the length compensation - was employed in the data analysis. We studied the effect of finite timing and energy resolution of detectors on the performance of the proposed model. Results: We determined the frequency of occurrence of the data values corresponding to real as well as fictitious scattering points { placed on the arc of a circle drawn with the constant scattering angle - to observe the highest counts. As expected, we found the highest counts at the location of real scattering points. The model was evaluated for a uniform attenuating phantom medium. The results were found impressive for the case of ideal time and energy information, less so for the cases of finite resolutions. Conclusions: Our work outlines a completely new approach; though, a lot more sophistication is required for its practical utility. Nonetheless, the technique seems promising in developing a potential approach to improve the sensitivity of PET imaging.
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