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The Design and Implementation of Modular SPECT Imaging Systems

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Medical Images: Formation, Handling and Evaluation

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 98))

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This paper describes a small, digital, modular gamma camera that can be used individually as a small organ, planar imaging system or can be combined to create modular single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) systems that contain no moving parts. We describe two systems currently under design: a cardiac imager capable of multi-slice, two-dimensional SPECT, and a full three-dimensional brain imager. Finally, we present a two-dimensional tomographic image generated by a prototypical modular camera SPECT system.

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  1. University of Arizona, USA

    R. K. Rowe, J. N. Aarsvold, H. H. Barrett, J. Chen, J. N. Hall, A. L. Landesman, L. S. Mar, B. A. Moore, D. D. Patton & T. J. Roney

  2. IBM Corporation, Tucson, USA

    T. D. Milster

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  1. Department of Medical Physics, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Andrew E. Todd-Pokropek

  2. Computer Vision Research Group University Hospital Utrecht E02.222, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Max A. Viergever

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Rowe, R.K. et al. (1992). The Design and Implementation of Modular SPECT Imaging Systems. In: Todd-Pokropek, A.E., Viergever, M.A. (eds) Medical Images: Formation, Handling and Evaluation. NATO ASI Series, vol 98. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77888-9_27

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