GATE : a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT
摘要
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 development or assessment of image reconstruction algorithms and correction techniques. GATE, the Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission, encapsulates the Geant4 libraries to achieve a modular, versatile, scripted simulation toolkit adapted to the field of nuclear medicine. In particular, GATE allows the description of time-dependent phenomena such as source or detector movement, and source decay kinetics. This feature makes it possible to simulate time curves under realistic acquisition conditions and to test dynamic reconstruction algorithms. A public release of GATE licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License can be downloaded at the address http://www-lphe.epfl.ch/GATE/.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0408109,
title = {GATE : a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT},
author = {S. Jan and G. Santin and D. Strul and S. Staelens and K. Assie and D. Autret and S. Avner and R. Barbier and M. Bardies and P. M. Bloomfield and D. Brasse and V. Breton and P. Bruyndonckx and I. Buvat and A. F. Chatziioannou and Y. Choi and Y. H. Chung and C. Comtat and D. Donnarieix and L. Ferrer and S. J. Glick and C. J. Groiselle and D. Guez and P. -F. Honore and S. Kerhoas-Cavata and A. S. Kirov and V. Kohli and M. Koole and M. Krieguer and D. J. van der Laan and F. Lamare and G. Largeron and C. Lartizien and D. Lazaro and M. C. Maas and L. Maigne and F. Mayet and F. Melot and C. Merheb and E. Pennacchio and J. Perez and U. Pietrzyk and F. R. Rannou and M. Rey and D. R. Schaart and C. R. Schmidtlein and L. Simon and T. Y. Song and J. -M. Vieira and D. Visvikis and R. Van de Walle and E. Wieers and C. Morel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0408109},
year = {2008}
}