TY - GEN
T1 - Development and evaluation of compact and high resolution CdTe/CZT detectors for handheld gamma camera and probe application
AU - Shen, Zeng Ming
AU - Meng, Ling Jian
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - These Handheld gamma cameras are now an important, well-established technology in the management of cancer, particularly in the detection of sentinel lymph nodes Over the past 5 years, the UI group has devoted a substantial effort in developing a series of compact and high-resolution gamma ray detectors based on small-pixel CdTe/CZT detectors. The previous generation of this detector has been used as the basic building block for a high resolution MR-compatible SPECT system that has produced some preliminary phantom images. The proposed camera modules will be based on the latest iteration of this series of development a gamma ray photon counting CdTe detector with dimension of 1.1cm× 2.2cm × 2cm, which is compact for handheld camera and probe applications. The ERPC CdTe and CDT detectors offer an excellent energy resolution (3-4keV), and a very high spatial resolution (350 um), a DOI resolution of a few hundred microns and all contained in a compact form factor. In this paper, our work will be focused on the evaluation of the ERPC detectors, especially the impact of their excellent energy resolution, spatial resolution and depth of interaction (DOI) resolution for detection and localization of small lesions superimposed on noisy background. These results will be discussed in this paper.
AB - These Handheld gamma cameras are now an important, well-established technology in the management of cancer, particularly in the detection of sentinel lymph nodes Over the past 5 years, the UI group has devoted a substantial effort in developing a series of compact and high-resolution gamma ray detectors based on small-pixel CdTe/CZT detectors. The previous generation of this detector has been used as the basic building block for a high resolution MR-compatible SPECT system that has produced some preliminary phantom images. The proposed camera modules will be based on the latest iteration of this series of development a gamma ray photon counting CdTe detector with dimension of 1.1cm× 2.2cm × 2cm, which is compact for handheld camera and probe applications. The ERPC CdTe and CDT detectors offer an excellent energy resolution (3-4keV), and a very high spatial resolution (350 um), a DOI resolution of a few hundred microns and all contained in a compact form factor. In this paper, our work will be focused on the evaluation of the ERPC detectors, especially the impact of their excellent energy resolution, spatial resolution and depth of interaction (DOI) resolution for detection and localization of small lesions superimposed on noisy background. These results will be discussed in this paper.
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U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829333
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829333
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904158603
SN - 9781479905348
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
BT - 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013
Y2 - 27 October 2013 through 2 November 2013
ER -