Title :
Performance of small animal PET instrument with 1 mm resolution
Author :
Correia, J.A. ; Burnham, C.A. ; Kaufman, D.E. ; Fischman, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Gen. Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
A single-plane PET imaging instrument using LSO detectors has been constructed to demonstrate the feasibility of imaging at 1 mm spatial resolution. The performance of this instrument has been evaluated in phantoms and small animals. Measurements presented include spatial resolution, sensitivity, count-rate performance, linearity and field uniformity. Examples of several mouse imaging studies are also presented
Keywords :
biological techniques; biomedical equipment; image resolution; positron emission tomography; 1 mm; 1 mm spatial resolution; LSO detectors; biological research instrumentation; count-rate performance; field uniformity; linearity; mouse imaging studies; sensitivity; small animal PET instrument performance; Animals; Detectors; Image reconstruction; Instruments; Mice; Photonic crystals; Positron emission tomography; Prototypes; Signal processing; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium, 1999. Conference Record. 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5696-9
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1999.842771
