Title :
A pixelated 3D Auger camera with light-loss compensation
Author :
Rogers, Joel G. ; Gumplinger, Peter
Author_Institution :
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
fDate :
8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A general purpose gamma ray camera has been designed and tested by Monte Carlo simulation. The design uses long thin fingers of LSO to obtain good spatial resolution at gamma ray energies from 100 keV to 100 MeV. The simulation was validated by comparing it with measurements on individual LSO fingers measuring 4×4×10 mm and 4×4×75 mm. Depth-of-interaction encoding, required for light-loss compensation, is obtained by a simple modification of the reflective coating of the fingers
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; biomedical equipment; cameras; radioisotope imaging; single photon emission computed tomography; 100 keV to 100 MeV; SPECT; depth-of-interaction encoding; gamma ray energies; light-loss compensation; long thin LSO fingers; medical instrumentation; nuclear medicine; pixelated 3D Auger camera; reflective coating modification; scintigraphy; spatial resolution; Cameras; Energy resolution; Fingers; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma rays; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Positron emission tomography; Pulse measurements; Spatial resolution;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
