DocumentCode :
462584
Title :
A Method to Include Single Photon Events in Image Reconstruction for a 1 mm Resolution PET System Built with Advanced 3-D Positioning Detectors
Author :
Chinn, Garry ; Foudray, Angela M K ; Levin, Craig S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol., Stanford Sch. of Medicine, CA
Volume :
3
fYear :
2006
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Firstpage :
1740
Lastpage :
1745
Abstract :
We are developing cadmium zinc telluride detectors with three-dimensional photon positioning capabilities for high-resolution PET imaging. These detectors exhibit high spatial resolution (1 mm), energy resolution (2.5% full width at half maximum for 511 keV photons), and the ability to resolve individual Compton interactions within the detector. Using these measurements, non-coincident single photons can be reconstructed by estimating the incoming direction of the photon using the kinematics of Compton scatter within the detector. In this paper, we investigated image reconstruction methods for combining two different types of measurements: conventional coincidence photon events and non-coincident single photon events. We introduce a new image reconstruction method that uses a Bayesian projector function. Using Monte Carlo simulated data generated by GATE (Geant4), we showed that this new approach has the potential to improve contrast and resolution with comparable signal-to-noise ratio.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; gamma-ray detection; image reconstruction; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; semiconductor counters; single photon emission computed tomography; 3D photon positioning; 3D positioning detectors; 511 keV; Bayesian projector function; Compton interactions; Compton scatter; GATE simulations; Geant4; Monte Carlo simulations; PET imaging; cadmium zinc telluride detectors; coincidence photon events; image reconstruction; positron emission tomography; single photon events; Cadmium compounds; Detectors; Energy resolution; Event detection; High-resolution imaging; Image reconstruction; Image resolution; Positron emission tomography; Spatial resolution; Zinc compounds;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
ISSN :
1095-7863
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0560-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354233
Filename :
4179346
Link To Document :
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