1. CdZnTe Detector Arrays For Nuclear Medicine Imaging
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Boris Apotovsky, W.L. Ashburn, Jack F. Butler, F.P. Doty, R. Simchon, W. Dillon, S.J. Friesenhahn, and C.L. Lingren
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Physics ,business.industry ,Detector ,Resolution (electron density) ,Collimator ,Imaging phantom ,law.invention ,Anger Camera ,Optics ,law ,Nuclear medicine imaging ,Medical imaging ,business ,Nuclear medicine ,Image resolution - Abstract
Experimental parameters of Cd,,Z%Te detectors relevant to nuclear medical imaging are presented and discussed. An image of a thyroid phantom was acquired with an early-stage prototype Cd,JqTe detector array imager using conditions to emulate observations in a human patient and a nuclear medicine imaging parallel-hole collimator. The phantom was filled with a Tc-99m solution. Results were compared with an image obtained from a modern commercial Anger camera under the same conditions. The Cd,-J%Te imager was found to exhibit resolution and contrast at least equal to those of the Anger camera.
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- 2005
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