Design of optimal collimation for dedicated molecular breast imaging systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 845-856

  Weinmann, Amanda L ^a   Hruska, Carrie B ^a   O'Connor, Michael K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimator design; Dedicated gamma camera; Molecular breast imaging

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CAMERAS; DESIGN; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE DETECTORS; CURRENT LIMITATION; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; GAMMA CAMERAS; MOLECULAR BREAST IMAGING; SMALL FIELD OF VIEW GAMMA CAMERAS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61349109995     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3077119     Document Type: Article

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