TY - GEN
T1 - SCOUT
T2 - 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2010 and 17th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-ray and Gamma-ray Detectors, RTSD 2010
AU - Hunter, William C.J.
AU - Barrett, Harrison H.
AU - Lewellen, Thomas K.
AU - Miyaoka, Robert S.
AU - Muzi, John P.
AU - Li, Xiaoli
AU - McDougald, Wendy
AU - MacDonald, Lawrence R.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
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. Presently, 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. Presently, 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960299200
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960299200#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873959
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873959
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960299200
SN - 9781424491063
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 1203
EP - 1208
BT - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposuim and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2010
Y2 - 30 October 2010 through 6 November 2010
ER -