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Article

Monte Carlo Characterization of the Trimage Brain PET System

by
Luigi Masturzo
1,
Pietro Carra
1,2,
Paola Anna Erba
3,
Matteo Morrocchi
1,2,
Alessandro Pilleri
1,
Giancarlo Sportelli
1,2,* and
Nicola Belcari
1,2
1
Department of Physics “E. Fermi”, University of Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
2
National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Pisa Section, 56127 Pisa, Italy
3
Department of Translational Research and New Technology in Medicine and Surgery, Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Imaging 2022, 8(2), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8020021
Submission received: 30 November 2021 / Revised: 13 January 2022 / Accepted: 20 January 2022 / Published: 23 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Imaging Technology for Nuclear Medicine: Recent Advances and Future Outlook)
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Abstract

The TRIMAGE project aims to develop a brain-dedicated PET/MR/EEG (Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance/Electroencephalogram) system that is able to perform simultaneous PET, MR and EEG acquisitions. The PET component consists of a full ring with 18 sectors. Each sector includes three square detector modules based on dual sstaggered LYSO:Ce matrices read out by SiPMs. Using Monte Carlo simulations and following NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association) guidelines, image quality procedures have been applied to evaluate the performance of the PET component of the system. The performance are reported in terms of spatial resolution, uniformity, recovery coefficient, spill over ratio, noise equivalent count rate (NECR) and scatter fraction. The results show that the TRIMAGE system is at the top of the current brain PET technologies.
Keywords: brain PET; Monte Carlo characterization; PET/MR; TRIMAGE project; NEMA brain PET; Monte Carlo characterization; PET/MR; TRIMAGE project; NEMA

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Masturzo, L.; Carra, P.; Erba, P.A.; Morrocchi, M.; Pilleri, A.; Sportelli, G.; Belcari, N. Monte Carlo Characterization of the Trimage Brain PET System. J. Imaging 2022, 8, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8020021

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Masturzo L, Carra P, Erba PA, Morrocchi M, Pilleri A, Sportelli G, Belcari N. Monte Carlo Characterization of the Trimage Brain PET System. Journal of Imaging. 2022; 8(2):21. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8020021

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Masturzo, Luigi, Pietro Carra, Paola Anna Erba, Matteo Morrocchi, Alessandro Pilleri, Giancarlo Sportelli, and Nicola Belcari. 2022. "Monte Carlo Characterization of the Trimage Brain PET System" Journal of Imaging 8, no. 2: 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8020021

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Masturzo, L., Carra, P., Erba, P. A., Morrocchi, M., Pilleri, A., Sportelli, G., & Belcari, N. (2022). Monte Carlo Characterization of the Trimage Brain PET System. Journal of Imaging, 8(2), 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8020021

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