Analytical derivation and experimental verification of a sensitivity formula for slit-slat SPECT collimation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 2976-2980

  Accorsi, Roberto ^b   Metzler, Scott D ^c   Novak, John R ^c   Ayan, Ahmet S ^c   Jaszczak, Ronald J ^a,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimation; Nuclear imaging; Pinhole; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Slat; Slit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO DATA; NUCLEAR IMAGING; SENSITIVITY-EQUIVALENT SLIT WIDTH; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

EID: 38549136485     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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