Instrumentation and reconstruction aspects of imaging single photon emitters with electronic collimation

Conference · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6919450

Singh, M; Brechner, R; Doria, D; Inayat, M A; Tai, W M

To overcome limitations of mechanical collimation in single photon imaging, a prototype electronically collimated gamma camera has been implemented by replacing the lead collimator with a unique 4x4 germanium detector. Coincident counts are recorded between the germanium detector and the uncollimated scintillation camera (Model Pho/gamma HP), stored in ''list'' mode and sorted as a function of position and energy within the germanium array. Each coincident count multiplexes activity on a conical surface through the object. As a first step to SPECT, demultiplexing is carried out to produce multiple-view pin-hole images of the object. In a new approach to demultiplexing, the planar distribution of coincident counts is mapped onto a spherical surface, thereby producing data which represent a convolution of the pin-hole projection with a circular point spread function on a spherical surface. Deconvolution is subsequently achieved either by iterative methods or a Fourier-filtering approach. Using these methods, pin-hole images have been obtained with point, line and uniformly distributed planar (8.8 cm diam) sources of Tc-99m, and a point source of Cs-137 (662 keV). The pin-hole image of a centrally located point source of Tc-99m produced a spatial resolution of 8.9 +- 1.2mm at a distance of 6cm from the germanium detector. Also, using the prototype system, the sensitivity of a 32x32 germanium detector based camera was deduced to be a factor of 70 higher than a conventionally collimated camera for imaging Tc-99m distributed in a 5cm diam cylinder at equivalent resolution. Thus, electronic collimation increases sensitivity, enables imaging at high energies and facilitates dynamic SPECT.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
• OSTI ID: 6919450
• Report Number(s): CONF-850611-; TRN: 87-005552
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 26:5; Conference: 32. annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, 2 Jun 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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