Usefulness of a new anthropomorphic phantom simulating the chest and abdomen regions in PET tests
The new anthropomorphic phantom was more consistent with the count rates obtained from clinical data than the conventional NEMA body phantoms were and it was able to better simulate the distribution of radioactivity concentrations in the patients by reproducing the distribution of radioactivity concentrations outside the field of view.
Authors
- Hirofumi Fujii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5470-5151)
- Hiroaki Sagara
- Anri Inaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-7164)
- Kazumasa Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-6364)
- Yuichi Nagai
- Chikara Mano
- Hironori Kajiwara
Institutions
- National Cancer Center Hospital East (JP)
- Tokyo Metropolitan University (JP)
- Tsukuba International University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-024-02007-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21
Funders
- Tokyo Metropolitan University