Oil Gel-Based Phantom for Evaluating Quantitative Accuracy of Speed of Sound Measured in Ultrasound Computed Tomography.

To evaluate the quantitative accuracy of the measured speed of sound in ultrasound computed tomography for breast imaging, it is necessary to use a phantom with inclusions whose speed of sound is known. Accordingly, a phantom with known-speed-of-sound inclusions (e.g.

Dual Isotope SPECT Study With Epilepsy Patients Using Semiconductor SPECT System.

Purpose: We developed a prototype CdTe SPECT system with 4-pixel matched collimator for brain study. This system provides high-energy-resolution (6.6%), high-sensitivity (220 cps/MBq/head), and high-spatial-resolution images.

Simultaneous Tc-99m and I-123 dual-radionuclide imaging with a solid-state detector-based brain-SPECT system and energy-based scatter correction.

Background: A brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system using cadmium telluride (CdTe) solid-state detectors was previously developed. This CdTe-SPECT system is suitable for simultaneous dual-radionuclide imaging due to its fine energy resolution (6.6 %).

High-resolution brain SPECT imaging by combination of parallel and tilted detector heads.

Objective: To improve the spatial resolution of brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), we propose a new brain SPECT system in which the detector heads are tilted towards the rotation axis so that they are closer to the brain. In addition, parallel detector heads are used to obtain the complete projection data set. We evaluated this parallel and tilted detector head system (PT-SPECT) in simulations.

High-sensitivity brain SPECT system using cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor detector and 4-pixel matched collimator.

For high-sensitivity brain imaging, we have developed a two-head single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system using a CdTe semiconductor detector and 4-pixel matched collimator (4-PMC). The term, '4-PMC' indicates that the collimator hole size is matched to a 2 × 2 array of detector pixels. By contrast, a 1-pixel matched collimator (1-PMC) is defined as a collimator whose hole size is matched to one detector pixel.

A four-pixel matched collimator for high-sensitivity SPECT imaging.

We propose a wide aperture parallel-hole collimator that we call a 4-pixel matched collimator (4-PMC) for high-sensitivity SPECT imaging. The hole size of the 4-PMC is matched to four detector pixels; that is, there are four (2 × 2) pixels per collimator hole. By contrast, a 1-pixel matched collimator (1-PMC) is defined as a collimator whose hole size is matched to one detector pixel.

Use of reference tissue models for quantification of histamine H1 receptors in human brain by using positron emission tomography and [11c]doxepin.

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the validity of the simplified reference tissue model (SRTM) and of Logan graphical analysis with reference tissue (LGAR) for quantification of histamine H1 receptors (H1Rs) by using positron emission tomography (PET) with [11C]doxepin. These model-based analytic methods (SRTM and LGAR) are compared to Logan graphical analysis (LGA) and to the one-tissue model (1TM), using complete datasets obtained from 5 healthy volunteers. Since HIR concentration in the cerebellum can be regarded as negligibly small, the cerebellum was selected as the reference tissue in the present study.