Multiple point sources collimated with transaxial septa for high energy gamma camera transmission scanning

Author

Turkington, T.G. ; Laymon, C.M. ; Schopfer, K.G. ; Coleman, R.E. ; Wainer, N.

Author_Institution

Duke Univ. Med. Center, Durham, NC, USA

Volume

46

Issue

6

fYear

1999

Firstpage

2247

Lastpage

2252

Abstract

The axial imaging properties of the transmission scanning system for attenuation correction of gamma camera coincidence imaging are evaluated. This system uses multiple Cs-137 point sources collimated by transaxial septa already in place for emission imaging. Both the spacing and the degree of collimation of the sources can be controlled. Axial image quality was evaluated with three levels of collimation (4 mm, 7 mm, and 10 mm slot, all 6 cm deep) and two source spacing distances (1.3 cm and 2.6 cm). A multiple disk phantom with adjustable spacing was imaged, as well as a thorax phantom. The 4 mm collimation and 1.3 cm source spacing provided well-resolved images of the disks with 2.9 cm center-to-center spacing. The best collimation/spacing combinations come with substantial overlap of flux from difference sources in the detector. Axial resolution can be adequately controlled with extra lead collimation of the sources.

Keywords

caesium; image resolution; radioactive sources; radioisotope imaging; 1.3 cm; 2.6 cm; 2.9 cm; 4 to 10 mm; 6 cm; Cs; flux overlap; high energy gamma camera transmission scanning; medical diagnostic imaging; multiple disk phantom with adjustable spacing; multiple point sources collimation; nuclear medicine; source spacing distance; thorax phantom; transaxial septa; Attenuation measurement; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Collimators; Costs; Imaging phantoms; Optical imaging; Positron emission tomography; Spatial resolution; Thorax;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.819311

Filename

819311