Research Article

Analytical Study of the Effect of the System Geometry on Photon Sensitivity and Depth of Interaction of Positron Emission Mammography

Table 1

Sensitivity at a centered point for a distance of 200 mm between opposing detectors.

ConfigurationSensitivity at center

Dual detector8.4%
Box detector33.3%
Hexagon detector34.0%
Octagon detector34.2%
Dodecagon detector34.5%