TY - JOUR
T1 - SCOUT
T2 - A fast Monte-Carlo modeling tool of scintillation camera output
AU - Hunter, William C.J.
AU - Barrett, Harrison H.
AU - Muzi, John P.
AU - McDougald, Wendy
AU - MacDonald, Lawrence R.
AU - Miyaoka, Robert S.
AU - Lewellen, Thomas K.
PY - 2013/6/7
Y1 - 2013/6/7
N2 - We have developed a Monte-Carlo photon-tracking and readout simulator called SCOUT to study the stochastic behavior of signals output from a simplified rectangular scintillation-camera design. SCOUT models the salient processes affecting signal generation, transport, and readout of a scintillation camera. In this work, we compare output signal statistics from SCOUT to experimental results for both a discrete and a monolithic camera. We also benchmark the speed of this simulation tool and compare it to existing simulation tools. We find this modeling tool to be relatively fast and predictive of experimental results. Depending on the modeled camera geometry, we found SCOUT to be 4 to 140 times faster than other modeling tools.
AB - We have developed a Monte-Carlo photon-tracking and readout simulator called SCOUT to study the stochastic behavior of signals output from a simplified rectangular scintillation-camera design. SCOUT models the salient processes affecting signal generation, transport, and readout of a scintillation camera. In this work, we compare output signal statistics from SCOUT to experimental results for both a discrete and a monolithic camera. We also benchmark the speed of this simulation tool and compare it to existing simulation tools. We find this modeling tool to be relatively fast and predictive of experimental results. Depending on the modeled camera geometry, we found SCOUT to be 4 to 140 times faster than other modeling tools.
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U2 - 10.1088/0031-9155/58/11/3581
DO - 10.1088/0031-9155/58/11/3581
M3 - Article
C2 - 23640136
AN - SCOPUS:84878245174
SN - 0031-9155
VL - 58
SP - 3581
EP - 3598
JO - Physics in medicine and biology
JF - Physics in medicine and biology
IS - 11
ER -