EnglishWe have developed a compact Single Photon Emission MammoTomography (SPEMT) scanner capable of imaging the breast for the detection of small size (T1b) tumors. The scanner has a vertical-axis-of-rotation (VAOR) geometry, in which two gamma cameras orbit around a pendulous breast of a prone patient. The SPECT system is rotating around the vicinity of the breast in order to achieve high spatial resolution. The system field-of-view is 147 mm diameter and 41.6 mm height. Each head is made up of one pixilated NaI(TI) crystal matrix with 2.2 mm pitch and 6 mm thickness coupled to three Hamamatsu H8500 64-anodes PMT's. The measured performance confirm that the system could overcome the present clinical sensitivity limit (about 1 cm diameter) for the detection of small size tumors.
http://hdl.handle.net/11568/190327| Titolo: | Tomographic approach to single-photon breast cancer imaging with a dedicated dual-head camera with VAOR (SPEMT): Detector characterization |
| Autori interni: | BELCARI, NICOLA DEL GUERRA, ALBERTO |
| Anno del prodotto: | 2007 |
| Abstract: | We have developed a compact Single Photon Emission MammoTomography (SPEMT) scanner capable of imaging the breast for the detection of small size (T1b) tumors. The scanner has a vertical-axis-of-rotation (VAOR) geometry, in which two gamma cameras orbit around a pendulous breast of a prone patient. The SPECT system is rotating around the vicinity of the breast in order to achieve high spatial resolution. The system field-of-view is 147 mm diameter and 41.6 mm height. Each head is made up of one pixilated NaI(TI) crystal matrix with 2.2 mm pitch and 6 mm thickness coupled to three Hamamatsu H8500 64-anodes PMT's. The measured performance confirm that the system could overcome the present clinical sensitivity limit (about 1 cm diameter) for the detection of small size tumors. |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11568/190327 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |
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