M. Casey, H. Dautet, D. Waechter, R. Lecomte, L. Eriksson, M. Schmand
{"title":"An LSO BLOCK detector for PET using an avalanche photodiode array","authors":"M. Casey, H. Dautet, D. Waechter, R. Lecomte, L. Eriksson, M. Schmand","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774356","url":null,"abstract":"A Block detector, consisting of a four by four array of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) scintillator crystals coupled to a two by two avalanche photodiode (APD) array was built and tested. The detector block was 8.5 by 8.5 by 10 millimeters so that the crystals were on 2.13 millimeter centers. The APD array has an active area of approximately 9 by 9 millimeters divided into four diodes of 4.5 by 4.5 millimeters each. A standard reach-through process was used to fabricate the diodes. Each of the sixteen crystals in the block was easily identified. The average FWHM of the peaks in ratio space was 4% of full scale. The average energy resolution was 16.2% for 511 keV gamma rays. A single LSO crystal coupled to an APD and put in time coincidence with a plastic detector produced a time coincidence of 1.9 nanoseconds FWHM.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114281181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bardi, S. Belforte, A. Cerri, M. Dell'Orso, S. Donati, S. Galeotti, P. Giannetti, E. Meschi, F. Morsani, G. Punzi, L. Ristori, F. Spinella
{"title":"A large associative memory system for the CDF level 2 trigger","authors":"A. Bardi, S. Belforte, A. Cerri, M. Dell'Orso, S. Donati, S. Galeotti, P. Giannetti, E. Meschi, F. Morsani, G. Punzi, L. Ristori, F. Spinella","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.775151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.775151","url":null,"abstract":"A large Associative Memory system for on-line track reconstruction in a hadron collider experiment has been designed, prototyped and tested. This is the first such application of the Associative Memory concept and it is based on a full custom VLSI chip developed within this project. The Associative Memory is the heart of the Silicon Vertex Tracker, which is part of the Level 2 trigger of the CDF experiment, and is able to complete track finding in the CDF silicon vertex detector less then 1 /spl mu/sec after detector readout is over. This system is a multi-board project running on a common 30 MHz clock, but critical parts multiply clock frequency to operate up to 120 MHz. The Associative Memory board architecture, design, implementation and test are described. The main characteristics of this project are the use of sophisticated clock distribution techniques and the high density of components.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122177826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of 90/spl deg/ dual-detector half-fanbeam collimation for myocardial SPECT imaging","authors":"K. LaCroix, B. Tsui","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774372","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the use of half-fanbeam collimation with a 90/spl deg/ dual-detector system for myocardial SPECT imaging. The detection efficiency as a function of focal length was evaluated to determine if an optimal focal length exists. Second, sinograms were constructed and a simulation study was performed to determine if there is an optimal camera rotation which maximizes the total acquired myocardial counts while providing sufficient angular sampling for the myocardial region. Finally, image artifacts for various camera rotations were evaluated using simulated and experimental data. There exists an optimal collimator focal length for a given ROR; it varies with ROR. Relative to parallel collimation, the detection efficiency for half-fanbeam collimation is roughly 20% greater, for the same spatial resolution. The theoretical minimum camera rotation for complete sampling of the myocardial region ranges from 123/spl deg/ to 145/spl deg/ for RORs ranging from 13 to 25 cm, respectively. The total number of acquired myocardial counts is relatively constant for camera rotations of 135/spl deg/ to 360/spl deg/. Myocardial SPECT images reconstructed iteratively with attenuation compensation from half-fanbeam data collected over camera rotations ranging from 135/spl deg/ to 360/spl deg/ showed no artifacts in the myocardial region. We conclude that a camera rotation of 180/spl deg/ centered at 45/spl deg/ left anterior oblique is a good, practical minimum rotation. Half-fanbeam collimation is a strong alternative system configuration for myocardial SPECT.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117304484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher J. Thompson, P. Sciascia, K. Murthy, S. Kecani, I. Nikkinen, E. D. Campo, J. Corbett, Y. Bercier, M. Diksic, P. Cumming
{"title":"\"ANIPET\" a versatile PET scanner for imaging small animals","authors":"Christopher J. Thompson, P. Sciascia, K. Murthy, S. Kecani, I. Nikkinen, E. D. Campo, J. Corbett, Y. Bercier, M. Diksic, P. Cumming","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774387","url":null,"abstract":"The authors are presently constructing \"ANIPET\", a new high spatial resolution PET scanner for imaging small animals. This instrument will be used to investigate new tracers and as a substitute for autoradiography. The instrument uses two pixellated BGO crystal arrays coupled to position-sensitive PMTs. Animals can be imaged in two modes. One is similar to a \"whole-body\" PET scan in which the detectors are stationary and the animal support couch moves longitudinally between the detectors. This mode is used for initial characterization of the bio-distribution of new tracers. In the second mode the animal support is first rotated through 90/spl deg/ in the horizontal plane, allowing the detectors to rotate about the animal's head. This mode resembles a conventional 3-D PET scan using a partial detector ring. Fully reconstructed quantitative images can be obtained. Continuous motion of either the bed, or detectors (via computer-controlled translation stages), and list-mode data collection are used. The field of view is 65 mm (lateral) by 55 mm (axial). To image larger species, the detectors can be offset by up to 25 mm allowing the lateral FOV to extend to 90 mm.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129524835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rapid 3D cone-beam reconstruction with the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) by utilizing texture mapping graphics hardware","authors":"Klaus Mueller, R. Yagel","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773839","url":null,"abstract":"The Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) reconstructs a 2D or 3D object from its projections. It has, in certain scenarios, many advantages over the more popular Filtered Backprojection approaches and has also recently been shown to perform well for 3D cone-beam reconstruction. However, so far ART's slow speed has prohibited its routine use in clinical applications. Here, the authors devise a new hardware acceleration scheme, employing readily available texture mapping graphics hardware, that allows quality 3D cone-beam reconstructions to be obtained at almost interactive speeds.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129017502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Iida, Y. Shoji, S. Sugawara, T. Kinoshita, Y. Tamura, Y. Narita, S. Eberl
{"title":"Design and experimental validation of a quantitative myocardial /sup 201/Tl SPECT system","authors":"H. Iida, Y. Shoji, S. Sugawara, T. Kinoshita, Y. Tamura, Y. Narita, S. Eberl","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773914","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed a quantitative SPECT system, and evaluated its potential for quantitative assessment of bio-physiological functions in the myocardium particularly with /sup 201/Tl. Our approach included development of a transmission system that provides accurate attenuation /spl mu/ maps, and implementation of ordered-subset EM reconstruction with transmission data based attenuation correction in addition to scatter correction using the transmission-dependent convolution subtraction (TDCS) technique. The transmission system was designed using Monte Carlo simulation to minimize the scatter in the transmission projection data while keeping loss of sensitivity minimal, and was attached to an opposing 2-head gamma camera fitted with parallel beam collimators. Observed /spl mu/ values agreed quantitatively well with the theoretical expected values in both phantoms and human thorax. Phantom experiments with /sup 201/Tl also demonstrated that, with both corrections for attenuation and scatter, observed images were directly proportional to the actual radioactivity distribution for various phantom geometries. Attenuation correction without scatter correction improved images in deep structure, but resulted in significant artifacts in the chest phantom in addition to dependency of observed radioactivity concentrations on the diameter of cylindrical phantoms. Absolute quantitation of bio-physiological functions, which is well established in PET, is shown to be feasible using SPECT, if both quantitative attenuation and scatter corrections are employed.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"1667 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129337799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Sakurai, S. Saito, T. Masuda, S. Gunji, M. Noma, G. Kanase, Y. Suzuki
{"title":"The form of X-ray photoelectron tracks in a capillary gas proportional counter","authors":"H. Sakurai, S. Saito, T. Masuda, S. Gunji, M. Noma, G. Kanase, Y. Suzuki","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.775134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.775134","url":null,"abstract":"We have successfully detected images of tracks of photoelectrons from the 22 keV and 30 keV X rays of /sup 109/Cd and /sup 241/Am, utilizing an optical imaging gas detector with a CCD camera. Most of the 30 keV photoelectrons have track lengths greater than 1 mm in xenon gas. The images of the tracks contain clusters of pixels, and the brightest of these clusters, for each track, were investigated in detail. It was found that the geometric center of these clusters differed from the point of maximum energy loss.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124635600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regularization parameter selection for Bayesian reconstruction of attenuation map","authors":"V. Panin, G. L. Zeng, G. Gullberg","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773847","url":null,"abstract":"Previously the authors developed algorithms to obtain transmission reconstructions from truncated projections and from emission data without transmission measurements. The optimal basis set of \"knowledge set\" was used to create an approximate attenuation map, and the expansion coefficients were estimated using optimization algorithms. Since a truncated expansion does not represent an image precisely and the projections of the basis vectors are not orthogonal, the estimated coefficients can be unstable in the presence of systematic errors. A constraint, based on distribution of the expansion coefficient, is considered here to regularize the estimation problem. The parameter selection methods based on different assumptions are applied to find the optimal regularization parameter. The selected regularization parameter obtained from a projection data set has been shown to provide satisfactory reconstruction results.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129650980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response of silicon semiconductor detector to low-energy ions","authors":"F. Sato, T. Tanaka, T. Iida","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774287","url":null,"abstract":"The response of a silicon surface barrier detector to low-energy ions below 40 keV were measured utilizing a single ion irradiation system. Data on pulse-height response to H/sup +/, He/sup +/ and Ar/sup +/ in the low-energy region were precisely obtained with a typical energy spectroscopy system and an averaging method with a digital oscilloscope. The experimental data agreed generally with results calculated by the computer simulation code for ion transportation, MARLOWE.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130507420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiac gating of transmission data is unnecessary for attenuation compensation of double-gated emission scans","authors":"G. Klein, B. Reutter, R. Huesman, T. Budinger","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.773929","url":null,"abstract":"Respiratory motion produces differences in PET attenuation maps from different phases of a respiratory-gated cardiac transmission acquisition. The effect of the contraction of the heart on the attenuation map is assumed to be small, but has not yet been investigated. The authors acquired list mode transmission data from two normally breathing humans while monitoring both respiration and the cardiac waveform. The data were retrospectively analyzed; first dividing them into separate time frames to check for gross patient motion, then into respiratory frames to isolate respiratory motion. A large, nearly motionless respiratory dataset is available near end expiration. These data were divided into 100 msec cardiac frames and reconstructed. Though up to 20 mm of respiratory motion was seen in the attenuation map, no discernible motion was detected between cardiac frames. The authors' finding implies that cardiac gating of the PET transmission map is unnecessary, and that only compensation for respiratory motion need be considered when correcting double-gated emission data for attenuation effects.","PeriodicalId":129202,"journal":{"name":"1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Cat. No.98CH36255)","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126668312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}