A prototype coded aperture detector for small animal SPECT
In a previous simulation study, we demonstrated the feasibility of using coded apertures together with pixelated detectors tors for small animal SPECT. In this paper; we further explore the potential of this approach with a prototype detector and simulated multipinhole apertures. We also investigated the effect of multiplexing due to overlapped projections on convergence properties, image signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spatial resolution. The detector comprises a 48/spl times/44 array of NaI(Tl) crystals, each 1 mm/spl times/1 mm/spl times/5 mm on a 1.25-mm pitch. The crystal array is directly coupled to a Hamamatsu R3941 8 cm position sensitive photomultiplier tube. Multipinhole apertures were simulated by performing repeated SPECT acquisitions of the same object with a single tungsten pinhole translated to different positions in the aperture plane.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84ER40150
- OSTI ID:
- 834836
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-02-126; DOE/ER/40150-3000
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 49; ISSN 0018-9499; ISSN IETNAE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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