A discrete scintillation camera module using silicon photodiode readout of CsI(TI) crystals for breast cancer imaging

Gruber, G.J.; Moses, W.W.; Derenzo, Stephen E.; Wang, N.W.; Beuville, E.; Ho, Huei‐Min

doi:10.1109/23.681979

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“…Standard gamma cameras were initially used and have shown the ability to differentiate malignant from benign lesions, but they do not offer sufficient spatial resolution to detect small lesions when used in breast imaging scintimammography procedure with 99m Tc-sestamibi. Several designs of dedicated gamma cameras have been implemented, tested and shown to substantially increase the detection sensitivity for subcentimeter size lesions [1][2][3]. Nevertheless, there is still high level of interest in novel technologies for these compact gamma cameras to further improve their performance in the breast-imaging tasks.…”

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Molecular breast imaging: First results from Italian-National-Institute-of-Health clinical trials

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et al. 2007

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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Molecular breast imaging: First results from Italian-National-Institute-of-Health clinical trials

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“…Simulations to date have generally dealt with either traditional Anger cameras [5-81 or compact cameras utilizing a positionsensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT) [9]. Those that have analyzed discrete gamma camera geometries have looked at imaging a simple point source in the absence of background [2,101. The Monte Carlo code discussed in this paper is designed to be more representative of the taking of a breast tumor image with a compact, discrete gamma camera and uses Figure 1.…”

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Monte Carlo simulation of breast tumor imaging properties with compact, discrete gamma cameras

Gruber

Moses

Derenzo

1999

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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We describe Monte Carlo simulation results for breast tumor imaging using a compact, discrete gamma camera. The simulations were designed to analyze and optimize camera design, particularly collimator configuration and detector pixel size. Simulated planar images of 5-15 mm diameter tumors in a phantom patient (including a breast, torso, and heart) were generated for imaging distances of 5-55 mm, pixel sizes of 2x2-4x4 mm2, and hexagonal and square hole collimators with sensitivities from 4000 to 16,000 counts/mCi/sec. Other factors considered included T/B (tumor-to-background tissue uptake ratio) and detector energy resolution. Image properties were quantified by computing the observed tumor fwhm (fullwidth at half-maximum) and S/N (sum of detected tumor events divided by the statistical noise). Results suggest that hexagonal and square hole collimators perform comparably, that higher sensitivity collimators provide higher tumor SM with little increase in the observed tumor fwhm, that smaller pixels only slightly improve tumor fwhm and S/N, and that improved detector energy resolution has little impact on either the observed tumor fwhm or the observed tumor S/N.

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“…Standard gamma cameras were initially used and have shown the ability to differentiate malignant from benign lesions, but they do not offer sufficient resolution to detect small lesions when used in breast imaging scintimammography procedure with 99m Tc-sestamibi. Several designs of dedicated gamma cameras have been implemented, tested and shown to substantially increase the detection sensitivity for subcentimetre size lesions [1][2][3]. Nevertheless, there is still high level of interest in novel technologies for these compact gamma cameras to further improve their performance in the breast imaging tasks.…”

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Molecular imaging: High-resolution detectors for early diagnosis and therapy monitoring of breast cancer

Garibaldi

Cisbani

Colilli

et al. 2006

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A discrete scintillation camera module using silicon photodiode readout of CsI(TI) crystals for breast cancer imaging

Cited by 59 publications

References 7 publications

Molecular breast imaging: First results from Italian-National-Institute-of-Health clinical trials

Molecular breast imaging: First results from Italian-National-Institute-of-Health clinical trials

Monte Carlo simulation of breast tumor imaging properties with compact, discrete gamma cameras

Molecular imaging: High-resolution detectors for early diagnosis and therapy monitoring of breast cancer

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