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Jan W T Heemskerk¹, Michel Defrise²

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium. j.w.t.heemskerk@gmail.com.

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Accurate dead time correction is crucial for nuclear medicine imaging. A new Lambert W function method offers precise correction for paralyzable detectors, improving accuracy in high-activity imaging.

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Area of Science:

Nuclear Medicine
Medical Physics
Radiation Detection

Background:

High activity isotopes in nuclear medicine necessitate accurate dead time correction for early imaging.
Existing methods may lack precision for therapeutic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel, exact dead time correction method using the Lambert W function for paralyzable detectors.
To validate this method using a 99mTc gamma camera model.

Main Methods:

Employed the Lambert W function for dead time correction, modeling detectors as single-parameter paralyzable systems.
Measured count rates using a gamma camera with point sources in air and a scatter phantom.
Estimated dead time (τ) using a graphical method for both open window (τOW) and photopeak window (τTc).

Main Results:

The Lambert W function method demonstrated accuracy for paralyzable systems.
τOW values were more reproducible than τTc, especially in scatter phantom measurements.
Using extrinsic τOW corrected phantom measurements to within 2% accuracy, outperforming intrinsic τOW and all τTc values.

Conclusions:

Analytic dead time correction with the Lambert W function is accurate for paralyzable gamma detectors.
Measured τ values showed variability with geometry and energy window settings.
Proposed using open window τOW, corrected for window fraction, for improved dead time correction.