Title :
MGH cylindrical PET operational characteristics
Author :
Burnham, C.A. ; Kaufman, D. ; Chesler, D.A. ; Gregoire, M.C. ; Brownel, G.L.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
The MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital) cylindrical PET (positron emission tomography) camera employs a pseudocontinuous BGO (bismuth germanate) detector with analog position sensing. The goal is to achieve a uniform response, high sensitivity, and high resolution in space, time, and energy. The performance of the detector and the setting of its control parameters are discussed. The detector reflects many of the characteristics of a continuous crystal scintillation camera, allows utilization of thick detectors and low scintillation efficiency detector material, and has less restrictive geometric requirements
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; cameras; computerised tomography; radioisotope scanning and imaging; MGH cylindrical PET operational characteristics; Massachusetts General Hospital; analog position sensing; bismuth germanate; continuous crystal scintillation camera; control parameters; geometric requirements; low scintillation efficiency detector material; medical diagnostic imaging; medical instrumentation; nuclear medicine; positron emission tomography; thick detectors; Cameras; Electronics packaging; Logic; Optical arrays; Positron emission tomography; Sensor arrays; Signal processing; Solid scintillation detectors; Spatial filters; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0884-0
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301015
