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18-FDG Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Heart and Brain Scintigraphy: Instrumentation and Physical Aspects

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Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research

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The physical properties of a conventional dual-head gamma camera system with particularly designed extra-high-energy collimators for the purpose of detecting radiation from positron emitters were investigated. The system sensitivity for F-18 was found to be 50.3 cpm /37 kBq, which is 25% of the sensitivity for Tc-99m with a high-resolution collimator. The FWHM of the line spread function for a source-collimator distance of 10 cm was measured to 12.0 mm in air. Reconstructed images of a SPECT phantom showed the necessity for a Compton correction in double-isotope studies with both F-18 and Tc-99m, which is performed by counting photons in a third energy window at 170 keV.

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  1. Department of Medical Physics, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Carinagasse 47, A-6800, Feldkirch, Austria

    C. Haas, E. Hillbrand & T. Hoch

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Carinagasse 47, A-6800, Feldkirch, Austria

    H. Fritzsche

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  1. Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Institut für Biomedizinische Technik und Physik, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    H. Bergmann

  2. Nuklearmedizinisches Institut, KA Rudolfstiftung, Juchg. 25, A-1030, Wien, Austria

    A. Kroiss

  3. Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Universitäts-Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria

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Haas, C., Hillbrand, E., Hoch, T., Fritzsche, H. (1997). 18-FDG Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Heart and Brain Scintigraphy: Instrumentation and Physical Aspects. In: Bergmann, H., Kroiss, A., Sinzinger, H. (eds) Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7772-5_31

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