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Table 2 Relative quantification of the energy spectrum components in full simulated energy range and energy windows used for scatter correction

From: Impact of scatter correction on personalized dosimetry in selective internal radiotherapy using 166Ho-PLLA: a single-center study including Monte-Carlo simulation, phantom and patient imaging

Window

80.6 keV gamma rays and associated scatter (%)

High energy scattered gamma rays (%)

X rays peak (%)

Bremsstrahlung X rays (%)

Full range

6.1

86.6

5.6

1.7

W1

41.5

54.4

0.0

4.4

W2

48.3

48.7

0.0

3.0

W3

6.5

88.9

0.0

4.4

W4

0.0

96.9

0.0

3.1