DocumentCode
3474104
Title
Design considerations for small animal PET devices with mm resolution
Author
Correia, J.A. ; Burnham, C.A. ; Kaufman, D. ; Fischman, A.J.
Author_Institution
Massachusetts Gen. Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Abstract
The authors have recently reported a single-plane LSO-based-PET instrument for imaging small animals. The thin detector employed 360 one mm LSO crystals. Images obtained were characterized by resolution approaching the sampling limit of 1 mm. Work directed at extending the performance of this instrument is reported here. A second-generation, single plane device is under construction and preliminary results for a multiplanar instrument have also been obtained
Keywords
biological techniques; image resolution; positron emission tomography; 1 mm; LSO crystals; biological research instrumentation; multiplanar instrument; nuclear medicine; resolution approaching sampling limit; second-generation single plane device; single-plane LSO-based-PET instrument; small animals imaging; thin detector; Animals; Crystals; Detectors; Energy resolution; Image resolution; Instruments; Positron emission tomography; Prototypes; Signal resolution; Torso;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location
Lyon
ISSN
1082-3654
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6503-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2000.949344
Filename
949344
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