Korean J Nucl Med.  2001 Apr;35(2):100-112.

Standard Performance Measurements of GE AdvanceTM Positron Emission Tomography

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to establish optimal imaging acquisition conditions for the GE Advance(TM) PET imaging system by performing the acceptance tests designed by National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) protocol and General Electric Medical Systems (GEMS) test procedures.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Performance tests were carried out with 18FDG radioactivity source and phantoms by using a standard acquisition mode. Transaxial resolution and scatter fraction tests were performed with a line source and axial resolution with a point source, respectively. A cylindrical phantom made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) was used to measure sensitivity, count rate losses and randoms, uniformity correction, and attenuation inserts were added to measure remaining tests. The test results were acquired in a diagnostic acquisition mode and analyzed mainly on high sensitivity mode.
RESULTS
Transaxial resolution and axial resolution were measured as average of 4.65 mm and 3.98 mm at 0 cm, and 6.02 mm and 6.71 mm at 20 cm on high sensitivity mode, respectively. Average scatter fraction was 9.87%, and sensitivity was 225.8 kcps/micronCi/cc of trues. Activity at 50% deadtime was 4.6 Ci/cc, and the error of count rate correction at that activity was from 1.49% to 3.83%. Average nonuniformity for total slice was 8.37%. The accuracy of scatter correction was -0.95%. The accuracies of attenuation correction were 5.68% for air, 0.04% for water and -6.51% for polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
CONCLUSION
The results satisfied most acceptance criteria, indicating that the GE AdvanceTM PET system can be optimally used for clinical applications.

Keyword

18FDG; positron emission tomography (PET); performance test; resolution; scatter; sensitivity; count rate; uniformity; attenuation

MeSH Terms

Electrons*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Radioactivity
Water
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Water
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