ELECTRONICALLY-COLLIMATED GAMMA-CAMERA WITH A PARALLEL-PLATE COLLIMATOR FOR TC-99M IMAGING

Authors
URITANI A CLINTHORNE NH GORMLEY JE LEBLANC JW ROGERS WL WEHE DK WILDERMAN SJ
Citation
A. Uritani et al., ELECTRONICALLY-COLLIMATED GAMMA-CAMERA WITH A PARALLEL-PLATE COLLIMATOR FOR TC-99M IMAGING, IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 44(3), 1997, pp. 894-898
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on nuclear science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189499
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
894 - 898
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9499(1997)44:3<894:EGWAPC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We present a new idea to apply a parallel plate collimator to an elect ronically-collimated gamma camera, to reduce the complexity of image r econstruction. Back projected images obtained experimentally and using Monte Carlo simulations are shown. Using the collimator, backprojecte d images of single low-energy gamma-ray emitters can be obtained with larger signal-to-noise ratio than those obtained without the collimato r. The results show that this method is useful in obtaining Tc-99m ima ges.