Title :
Estimation of energy range measurements with newly developed Si/CdTe Compton camera for nuclear medicine imaging
Author :
Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka ; Kawachi, Naoki ; Kamiya, Tomihiro ; Suzui, Nobuo ; Fujimaki, Shu ; Odaka, Hirokazu ; Ishikawa, Shinnosuke ; Kokubun, Motohide ; Watanabe, Shin ; Takahashi, Tadayuki ; Shimada, Hirofumi ; Arakawa, Kazuo ; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ; Torikai,
Author_Institution :
Takasaki Adv. Radiat. Res. Inst., Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Takasaki, Japan
fDate :
Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010
Abstract :
In this paper, we report the estimations of the lower detection limits of gamma ray energy for a newly developed Compton camera for applications to nuclear medicine imaging. We performed simulation studies to investigate the relationship of the distance between the scatterer and absorber detectors with the lower detection limit. In addition, imaging tests were performed by using multiple sources.
Keywords :
Compton effect; II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; elemental semiconductors; radioisotope imaging; silicon; silicon radiation detectors; wide band gap semiconductors; Compton camera; Si-CdTe; absorber detectors; energy range measurements; gamma ray energy; lower detection limits; nuclear medicine imaging; scatterer detectors; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Detectors; Gamma rays; Scattering; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874024
