A small scintimammography detector based on a 5" PSPMT and a crystal scintillator array

Author

Steinbach, D. ; Cherry, S. ; Doshi, N. ; Goode, A. ; Kross, B. ; Majewski, S. ; Weisenberger, A.G. ; Williams, M. ; Wojcik, R.

Author_Institution

Coll. of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

9-15 Nov 1997

Firstpage

1255

Abstract

The authors have been developing an application specific scintimammography gamma imaging detector based on a 5" diameter Hamamatsu R3292 position sensitive PMT. They have tested this PSPMT coupled two three different scintillating crystal arrays: YAP, CsI(Na) and NaI(Tl). Their results indicate that CsI(Na) is the best choice. In addition they have made measurements with the CsI(Na) array on a human torso phantom. The studies were directed toward development of optimized performance for imaging small lesions in the breast. Camera positioning during imaging and scatter rejection were investigated to arrive at a gamma imager and patient positioning scheme best suited for future patient studies

Keywords

biomedical equipment; photomultipliers; radioisotope imaging; solid scintillation detectors; 5 in; 5" PSPMT; CsI:Na; NaI:Tl; YAP; YAlO3; camera positioning; crystal scintillator array; gamma imager; human torso phantom; medical diagnostic imaging; medical instrumentation; nuclear medicine; optimized performance; patient positioning scheme; patient studies; scatter rejection; small breast lesions; small scintimammography detector; Breast; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Humans; Imaging phantoms; Lesions; Optical imaging; Position sensitive particle detectors; Testing; Torso;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1997. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4258-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1997.670537

Filename

670537