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A computerized rotating laminar radionuclide camera.

W Mauderli·R W Luthmann·L T Fitzgerald·M M Urie·C M Williams·C H Tosswill·G Entine
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We have constructed a radionuclide camera that embodies a unique detector-collimator concept and provides a radically new approach to imaging. The heart of the instrument is a linear array of semiconductor detectors separated by thin tungsten plates that confine the field of view of each detector to one dimension. This collimator design has a higher collection efficiency than the standard parallel-hole collimator but cannot directly produce a two-dimensional image. When multiple measurements are taken as the array rotates through 180 degrees, a computerized image restoration algorithm can then produce two-dimensional images with resolution determined by the width of the detectors. A small prototype camera has produced images with resolution superior to conventional Anger cameras.

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W Mauderli, R W Luthmann, L T Fitzgerald, M M Urie, C M Williams, C H Tosswill, G Entine. 1979. A computerized rotating laminar radionuclide camera.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/536810/

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