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The parallax error, which PET scanners with a large solid angle tend to have, can be suppressed by the use of depth-of-interaction detectors. In this study, we carry out a realistic evaluation of the helmet-chin PET using Monte Carlo simulation based on the 4-layer GSO detector which consists of a 16\u2009\u2009\u00d7\u2009\u200916\u2009\u2009\u00d7\u2009\u20094 array of crystals with dimensions of 2.8\u2009\u2009\u00d7\u2009\u20092.8\u2009\u2009\u00d7\u2009\u20097.5\u2009mm\n                    <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                    . The purpose of this simulation is to show the gain in imaging performance of the helmet-chin PET compared with the cylindrical PET using the same number of detectors in each configuration. The sensitivity of the helmet-chin PET evaluated with a cylindrical phantom has a significant increase, especially at the top of the (field-of-view) FOV. The peak-NECR of the helmet-chin PET is 1.4 times higher compared to the cylindrical PET. The helmet-chin PET provides relatively low noise images throughout the FOV compared to the cylindrical PET which exhibits enhanced noise at the peripheral regions. 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