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Single photon imaging with electronic collimation

Conference · · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6083932
A unique 4x4 germanium detector array has been fabricated to image single photon emitters. Collimation is achieved electronically from a sequential interaction of the emitted radiation between the germanium detector and a scintillation camera. An iteratie reconstruction algorithm has been used to remove multiplexing in the acquired counts, thereby producing a conical projection image from multiple views. Computer simulation studies indicate that even though the degradation in signal to noise ratio during the demultiplexing step would reduce the sensitivity by about a factor of two, a large gain in sensitivity over conventional SPECT systems would result from electronic collimation.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
OSTI ID:
6083932
Report Number(s):
CONF-841007-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Journal Volume: NS-32:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English