DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY DETECTOR BASED ON A CRYSTAL SCINTILLATOR ARRAY AND A PSPMT

Authors
MAJEWSKI S FARZANPAY F GOODE A KROSS B STEINBACH D WEISENBERGER A WILLIAMS M WOJCIK R
Citation
S. Majewski et al., DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY DETECTOR BASED ON A CRYSTAL SCINTILLATOR ARRAY AND A PSPMT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 409(1-3), 1998, pp. 520-523
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
409
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
520 - 523
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)409:1-3<520:DOAASD>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report the results of studies conducted with small field of view sc intimammography camera based on a position-sensitive photomultiplier t ube (5 '' Hamamatsu R3292) and several pixelized crystal scintillator arrays made of YAP, CsI(Na) and NaI(Tl) scintillators. Laboratory test s and pre-clinical phantom studies were conducted to compare and optim ize the performances of the prototypes with special emphasis on spatia l resolution (similar to 2-3 mm) and sufficient energy resolution for scatter rejection. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rig hts reserved.