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NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 539-545Publisher
KOREAN NUCLEAR SOC
DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2018.11.007
Keywords
Yttrium-90; Bremsstrahlung imaging; Collimator; Energy window; Gamma camera
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- Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS) - Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea [50532-2018]
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Yttrium-90 is a useful therapeutic radioisotope for tumor treatment because of its high-energy-emitting beta rays. However, it has been difficult to select appropriate collimators and main energy windows for Y-90 Bremsstrahlung imaging using gamma cameras because of the broad energy spectra of Y-90. We used a Monte Carlo simulation to investigate the effects of collimator selection and energy windows on Y-90 Bremsstrahlung imaging. We considered both MELP and HE collimators. Various phantoms were employed in the simulation to determine the main energy window using primary-to-scatter ratios (PSRs). Imaging performance was evaluated using spatial resolution indices, imaging counts, scatter fractions, and contrast-to-noise ratios. Collimator choice slightly affected energy spectrum shapes and improved PSRs. The HE collimator performed better than the MELP collimator on all imaging performance indices (except for imaging count). We observed minor differences in SR and SF values for the HE collimator among the five simulated energy windows. The combination of an HE collimator and improved-PSR energy window produced the best CNR value. In conclusion, appropriate collimator selection is an important component of Bremsstrahlung Y-90 photon imaging and main energy window determination. We found HE collimators to be more appropriate for improving the imaging performance of Bremsstrahlung Y-90 photons. (C) 2018 Korean Nuclear Society, Published by Elsevier Korea LLC.
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