Design and development of a position-sensitive γ-camera for SPECT imaging based on PCI electronics

A position-sensitive γ-camera is being currently designed at IASA. This camera will be used experimentally (development mode) in order to obtain an integrated knowledge of its function and perhaps to improve its performance in parallel with an existing one, which has shown a very good performance in phantom, small animal, SPECT technique and is currently being tested for clinical applications. The new system is a combination of a PSPMT (Hamamatsu, R2486-05) and a PMT for simultaneous or independent acquisition of energy and position information, respectively. The resistive chain technique resulting in two signals at each (X,Y) direction will perform the readout of the PSPMTʹs anode signals; the system is based on PCI electronics. Status of the systemʹs development and the ongoing progress is presented.