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  • Title: Monte Carlo simulation of intrinsic count rate performance of a scintillation camera for diagnostic images.
    Author: Mowlavi AA, de Denaro M, Fornasier MR, Binesh A.
    Journal: Appl Radiat Isot; 2006 Mar; 64(3):390-5. PubMed ID: 16343910.
    Abstract:
    This paper describes Monte Carlo simulation of intrinsic count rate performance of a scintillation gamma camera. MCNP Monte Carlo code was employed to calculate pulse height spectrum and detector efficiency. A custom code written in Fortran language was then developed to simulate, by Monte Carlo method, the distortion in pulse height spectrum due to the pile-up effect for paralyzable and nonparalyzable systems. The results of the simulations, compared with the experimental measurement of count rate performance, showed a good agreement between the two different approaches.
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