TY - GEN
T1 - Development of a small animal SPECT and CT dual function imager with a microcolumnar CsI(Tl) and CCD based detector
AU - Deng, Xiao
AU - Dai, Tiantian
AU - Ionita, Ciprian
AU - Jain, Amit
AU - Panse, Ashish
AU - Bednarek, Daniel
AU - Rudin, Stephen
AU - Yao, Rutao
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We report on the development of a small animal SPECT/CT dual function imager with a single detector that consists of a 300 μm thick micro-columnar structured CsI(Tl) phosphor, a light image intensifier (LII), and a CCD image sensor. The detector was originally designed for x-ray micro-angiographic fluoroscopy (MAF) imaging but used here for both x-ray and gamma-ray detection in the dual function imager. The large variable gain of the LII enables the detector to meet the very different SPECT and x-ray CT sensitivity requirements.
AB - We report on the development of a small animal SPECT/CT dual function imager with a single detector that consists of a 300 μm thick micro-columnar structured CsI(Tl) phosphor, a light image intensifier (LII), and a CCD image sensor. The detector was originally designed for x-ray micro-angiographic fluoroscopy (MAF) imaging but used here for both x-ray and gamma-ray detection in the dual function imager. The large variable gain of the LII enables the detector to meet the very different SPECT and x-ray CT sensitivity requirements.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84881566229
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551623
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551623
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781467320306
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 2742
EP - 2745
BT - 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2012
Y2 - 29 October 2012 through 3 November 2012
ER -