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Table 2 Details of the phantom scans performed

From: Quantitative validation of Monte Carlo SPECT simulation: application to a Mediso AnyScan GATE simulation

Isotope

Phantom

Activity (MBq)

Time per projection (s)

\(^{99\text {m}}\)Tc

Cylinder

103.91 ± 0.93

20

\(^{99\text {m}}\)Tc

6-sphere NEMA

112.9 ± 1.0

32

\(^{177}\)Lu

Cylinder

324.3 ± 1.6

32

\(^{177}\)Lu

6-sphere NEMA

173.52 ± 0.87

32

Energy window

Range (keV)

Energy window

Range (keV)

99mTc

177Lu

EM

140.5 ± 10%

EM1

112.9 ± 10%

SC (Cylinder)

119.0 ± 5%

SC1

98.7 ± 3%

SC (NEMA)

122.5 ± 3%

SC2

128.1 ± 3%

  

EM2

208.4 ± 10%

  

SC3

182.1 ± 3%

  

SC4

236.3 ± 3%

  1. Each acquisition was dual-head and tomographic, with the two SPECT heads each rotating over 180\(^\circ\) in 60 projection positions at fixed radius. The activity in the phantom at the start of each SPECT acquisition is provided (the activity at the start of the EM1 acquisition is given for \(^{177}\)Lu). The total activity in all spheres is given for the NEMA phantoms. The energy windows used in each scan are also given; EM refers to a photopeak emission window and SC to a scatter window