• DocumentCode
    851430
  • Title

    A New Tomograph for Quantitative Positron Emission Computed Tomography of the Brain

  • Author

    Hoffman, E.J. ; Phelps, M.E. ; Huang, S.C. ; Kuhl, D.E. ; Crabtree, M. ; Burke, M. ; Burgiss, S. ; Keyser, R. ; Highfill, R. ; Williams, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Dept. of Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Lastpage
    103
  • Abstract
    A new system (NEUROECAT) has been designed and built for quantitative positron emission computed tomography (PCT) of the brain. It consists of three octagonal arrays of bismuth germanate detectors (BGO) providing 5 simultaneous image planes. The design utilizes unique shielding and detector geometries which optimize uniformity in image and axial resolution and also minimize scatter and accidental coincidence rates. The basic system image resolution is 11.0±.4 mm FWHM with a total system sensitivity of 270,000 counts/sec/microcurie/cc uniformly dispersed in a 20 cm diameter cylinder.
  • Keywords
    Biology; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Detectors; Image resolution; Laboratories; Nuclear medicine; Radioactive decay; Scattering; Sensor arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1981.4331147
  • Filename
    4331147
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=851430