Title :
CACAO a collimation means well suited for pixellated γ-camera
Author :
Jeanguillaume, C. ; Douiri, A. ; Quartuccio, M. ; Begot, S. ; Franck, D. ; Tencé, M. ; Ballongue, P.
Author_Institution :
Faculte des Sci. d´´Orsay, Orsay, France
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Pixellated detectors are a fast growing area of research. However performances of such detectors will be spoiled by the poor figures of conventional collimators. The computer aided collimation gamma camera (CACAO) is a new collimation possibility for emission tomography. The CACAO system uses large hole collimator aimed at increasing the sensitivity. This article studies the possible advantages of coupling the CACAO project with pixellated detectors. Simulations of images reconstruction seem to confirm the synergistic advantages of both techniques
Keywords :
gamma-ray detection; semiconductor counters; CACAO; computer aided collimation gamma camera; conventional collimators; emission tomography; image reconstruction; pixellated detector; pixellated gamma-camera; Assembly systems; Cameras; Computational modeling; Detectors; Energy resolution; Event detection; Image reconstruction; Optical collimators; Spatial resolution; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7324-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1009280
