1 mm 3 resolution breast-dedicated PET system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5619-5622

  Lau, Frances W Y ^a   Fang, Chen ^b   Reynolds, Paul D ^a   Olcott, Peter D ^a   Vandenbroucke, Arne ^b   Spanoudaki, Virginia C ^b   Olutade, Femi ^a   Horowitz, Mark A ^a   Levin, Craig S ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; DETECTOR PANELS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FINITE VOLUME SIMULATIONS; LSO CRYSTALS; LSO SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PEAK-TO-VALLEY RATIOS; PHOTO PEAKS; POSITION SENSITIVE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; READOUT ELECTRONICS; STACKED LAYER; THERMAL REGULATION; TIME RESOLUTION;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PHOTONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649237339     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774519     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. J. Zhang, P. D. Olcott, G. Chinn, A. M. K. Foudray, C.S. Levin, "Study of the Performance of a novel 1mm resolution dual-panel PET camera design dedicated to breast cancer imaging using Monte Carlo simulation," Medical Physics, vol.34, no. 2, pp.689-702, Feb 2007. (Pubitemid 46185149)
2. P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, G. Pratx, F. W. Y. Lau, C. S. Levin, "Convex Optimization of Coincidence Time Resolution for High Resolution PET systems," in IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 2008.
3. F. W. Y. Lau, A. Vandenbroucke, P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, M. A. Horowitz, C. S. Levin, "Front-end electronics for a lmmJ resolution avalanche photodi ode-based PET system with analog signal multiplexing," in IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 2008.
4. V. C. Spanoudaki, A. Vandenbroucke, F. W. Y. Lau, C. Fang, C. S. Levin, "Effects of Thermal Regulation Structures on the Photon Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution of a 1mm1 Resolution Breast-Dedicated PET System," in Fourth International Workshop on the Molecular Radiology of Breast Cancer Conference Record, 2008.
5. G. Pratx, G. Chinn, P. D. Olcott, C. S. Levin. "Fast, Accurate and ShiftVaryingLine Projections for Iterative Reconstruction Using the GPU," IEEE Trans. A/cd. Imag., accepted for publication.