Advanced Monte Carlo simulations of emission tomography imaging systems with GATE

D Sarrut, M Bała, M Bardiès, J Bert… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Built on top of the Geant4 toolkit, GATE is collaboratively developed for more than 15 years
to design Monte Carlo simulations of nuclear-based imaging systems. It is, in particular …

A potential revolution in cancer treatment: A topical review of FLASH radiotherapy

Y Gao, R Liu, CW Chang, S Charyyev… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
FLASH radiotherapy (RT) is a novel technique in which the ultrahigh dose rate (UHDR)(≥
40 Gy/s) is delivered to the entire treatment volume. Recent outcomes of in vivo studies …

GATE: a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT

S Jan, G Santin, D Strul, S Staelens… - Physics in Medicine …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo simulation is an essential tool in emission tomography that can assist in the
design of new medical imaging devices, the optimization of acquisition protocols and the …

Recent advances in positron emission particle tracking: a comparative review

CRK Windows-Yule, MT Herald… - Reports on progress …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is a technique which allows the high-resolution,
three-dimensional imaging of particulate and multiphase systems, including systems which …

High-resolution, low-dose phase contrast X-ray tomography for 3D diagnosis of human breast cancers

Y Zhao, E Brun, P Coan, Z Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Mammography is the primary imaging tool for screening and diagnosis of human breast
cancers, but∼ 10–20% of palpable tumors are not detectable on mammograms and only …

Validation of GATE Monte Carlo simulations of the GE Advance/Discovery LS PET scanners

CR Schmidtlein, AS Kirov, SA Nehmeh, YE Erdi… - Medical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The recently developed GATE (geant4 application for tomographic emission) Monte Carlo
package, designed to simulate positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon …

Optical reflectance measurements for commonly used reflectors

M Janecek, WW Moses - IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When simulating light collection in scintillators, modeling the angular distribution of optical
light reflectance from surfaces is very important. Since light reflectance is poorly understood …

Monte Carlo simulation in PET and SPECT instrumentation using GATE

K Assie, V Breton, I Buvat, C Comtat, S Jan… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo simulation is an essential tool to assist in the design of new medical imaging
devices for emission tomography. On one hand, dedicated Monte Carlo codes have been …

Simulating scintillator light collection using measured optical reflectance

M Janecek, WW Moses - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To accurately predict the light collection from a scintillating crystal through Monte Carlo
simulations, it is crucial to know the angular distribution from the surface reflectance. Current …

Emission guided radiation therapy for lung and prostate cancers: a feasibility study on a digital patient

Q Fan, A Nanduri, S Mazin, L Zhu - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Accurate tumor tracking remains a challenge in current radiation therapy. Many
strategies including image guided radiation therapy alleviate the problem to certain extents …