Title :
Design considerations for small animal PET devices with mm resolution
Author :
Correia, J.A. ; Burnham, C.A. ; Kaufman, D. ; Fischman, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Gen. Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
The authors have recently reported a single-plane LSO-based-PET instrument for imaging small animals. The thin detector employed 360 one mm LSO crystals. Images obtained were characterized by resolution approaching the sampling limit of 1 mm. Work directed at extending the performance of this instrument is reported here. A second-generation, single plane device is under construction and preliminary results for a multiplanar instrument have also been obtained
Keywords :
biological techniques; image resolution; positron emission tomography; 1 mm; LSO crystals; biological research instrumentation; multiplanar instrument; nuclear medicine; resolution approaching sampling limit; second-generation single plane device; single-plane LSO-based-PET instrument; small animals imaging; thin detector; Animals; Crystals; Detectors; Energy resolution; Image resolution; Instruments; Positron emission tomography; Prototypes; Signal resolution; Torso;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6503-8
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2000.949344
