Instrumentation optimization for positron emission mammography
Abstract
The past several years have seen designs for PET cameras optimized to image the breast, commonly known as Positron Emission Mammography or PEM cameras. The guiding principal behind PEM instrumentation is that a camera whose field of view is restricted to a single breast has higher performance and lower cost than a conventional PET camera. The most common geometry is a pair of parallel planes of detector modules, although geometries that encircle the breast have also been proposed. The ability of the detector modules to measure the depth of interaction (DOI) is also a relevant feature. This paper finds that while both the additional solid angle coverage afforded by encircling the breast and the decreased blurring afforded by the DOI measurement improve performance, the ability to measure DOI is more important than the ability to encircle the breast.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 840724
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-52873
R&D Project: 4450-01; TRN: US0502142
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 527; Journal Issue: 1-2; Other Information: Submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods A: Volume 527, No.1-2; Journal Publication Date: 07/11/2004; PBD: 5 Jun 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CAMERAS; GEOMETRY; MAMMARY GLANDS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; POSITRONS
Citation Formats
Moses, William W, and Qi, Jinyi. Instrumentation optimization for positron emission mammography. United States: N. p., 2003.
Web.
Moses, William W, & Qi, Jinyi. Instrumentation optimization for positron emission mammography. United States.
Moses, William W, and Qi, Jinyi. 2003.
"Instrumentation optimization for positron emission mammography". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/840724.
@article{osti_840724,
title = {Instrumentation optimization for positron emission mammography},
author = {Moses, William W and Qi, Jinyi},
abstractNote = {The past several years have seen designs for PET cameras optimized to image the breast, commonly known as Positron Emission Mammography or PEM cameras. The guiding principal behind PEM instrumentation is that a camera whose field of view is restricted to a single breast has higher performance and lower cost than a conventional PET camera. The most common geometry is a pair of parallel planes of detector modules, although geometries that encircle the breast have also been proposed. The ability of the detector modules to measure the depth of interaction (DOI) is also a relevant feature. This paper finds that while both the additional solid angle coverage afforded by encircling the breast and the decreased blurring afforded by the DOI measurement improve performance, the ability to measure DOI is more important than the ability to encircle the breast.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/840724},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods A},
number = 1-2,
volume = 527,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2003},
month = {Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2003}
}