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To evaluate the performance enhancements in whole-body FDG PET imaging enabled by improved coincidence timing resolution using modern LSO scintillators.

October 1, 2003IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Time of flight in PET revisited

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WMW.W. MosesUniversidad de Santiago de Chile

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Performance analysis demonstrates that 500 ps timing resolution substantially improves PET image quality, indicating that time-of-flight technology should be revived with modern scintillators.

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To evaluate the performance enhancements in whole-body FDG PET imaging enabled by improved coincidence timing resolution using modern LSO scintillators.
Modeled imaging performance enhancements as a function of coincidence time resolution in whole-body FDG PET.
Evaluated the operational and image-quality benefits of achieving 500 ps FWHM coincidence timing resolution with LSO relative to conventional 6 ns FWHM with BGO.
Achieving 500 ps FWHM timing resolution permits a narrower coincidence window, reducing random events and increasing peak noise equivalent count rate (NECR) by approximately 50%.
Incorporating time-of-flight information into reconstruction algorithms reduces noise variance by a factor of 5 and minimizes axial blurring.
Enables simultaneous acquisition of emission and transmission data, significantly shortening total scan time.

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W.W. Moses (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a835fc7e3d18239dbb48c4f https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2003.817319

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Performance analysis demonstrates that 500 ps timing resolution substantially improves PET image quality, indicating that time-of-flight technology should be revived with modern scintillators.

Time of flight in PET revisited

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