PSPMT and PIN diode designs of a small scintillation camera for imaging malignant breast tumors

Author

Levin, Craig S. ; Hoffman, Edward J. ; Tornai, Martin P. ; MacDonald, Lawrence R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Med., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1196

Abstract

We are investigating the concept of utilizing a small gamma ray scintillation camera to help identify and localize malignant breast tumors after a suspicious finding in a mammogram. We are exploring two different photodetector technologies for a small prototype camera development. The first uses a position sensitive photomultiplier (PSPMT) as the photodetector, the second, an array of silicon PIN diodes (PD). In this report, we present imaging results obtained with a NaI(Tl)-PSPMT design, and the design features, expected performance and relevant energy measurements obtained for the CsI(Tl)-PD based device

Keywords

diagnostic radiography; gamma-ray apparatus; gamma-ray detection; p-i-n diodes; photomultipliers; radioisotope imaging; silicon radiation detectors; sodium compounds; solid scintillation detectors; thallium; CsI(Tl)-PD based device; NaI(Tl)-PSPMT design; PIN diode designs; PSPMT designs; malignant breast tumors; mammogram; photodetector technologies; position sensitive photomultiplier; silicon PIN diodes; small scintillation camera; Biomedical imaging; Breast tumors; Cameras; Cancer; Lesions; Mammography; Optical imaging; Photodetectors; Photomultipliers; Photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1996. Conference Record., 1996 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3534-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1996.591621

Filename

591621