Design considerations for a single tube gamma camera

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

OSTI ID:6606754

Yasillo, N J; Beck, R N; Cooper, M ^[1]

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1. Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Dept. of Radiology

Many potentially practical applications for nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures are difficult or impossible to perform because of the physical size of existing mobile gama cameras. With the commercial availability of position sensitive photomultiplier tubes the development of an instrument ideally suited to these applications now appears to be practical. The authors have tested the major components necessary to construct such a camera and have proposed a circuit configuration designed to provide a high level of clinical performance in such a device. Spatial resolution and linearity data from a developmental prototype are provided.

• OSTI ID: 6606754
• Report Number(s): CONF-900143-; CODEN: IETNA; TRN: 90-031690
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Vol. 37:2; Conference: Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA (USA), 15-19 Jan 1990; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
42 ENGINEERING
GAMMA CAMERAS
DESIGN
IMAGE PROCESSING
DIAGNOSTIC USES
POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS
AVAILABILITY
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PERFORMANCE
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CAMERAS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEDICINE
PHOTOTUBES
PROCESSING
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
USES
440103* - Radiation Instrumentation- Nuclear Spectroscopic Instrumentation
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426000 - Engineering- Components
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