Simulation study comparing high-purity germanium and cadmium zinc telluride detectors for breast imaging

DL Campbell, TE Peterson - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We conducted simulations to compare the potential imaging performance for breast cancer
detection with High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) and Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) systems …

[图书][B] Radiative properties of semiconductors

NM Ravindra, SR Marthi, A Bañobre - 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical properties, particularly in the infrared range of wavelengths, continue to be of
enormous interest to both material scientists and device engineers. The need for the …

Development of a germanium small-animal SPECT system

LC Johnson, O Ovchinnikov… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in fabrication techniques, electronics, and mechanical cooling systems have
given rise to germanium detectors suitable for biomedical imaging. We are developing a …

Characterization of a small-animal high-purity germanium SPECT system

LC Johnson, OS Ovchinnikov… - 2012 IEEE Nuclear …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Attempts have been made to use segmented planar germanium detectors for nuclear
medicine imaging since the early 1970's, but have been hindered by difficulties with detector …

Evaluation of a compact, general-purpose Germanium Gamma Camera

DL Campbell, EL Hull… - 2013 IEEE Nuclear …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Technological advances in High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors have given rise to
compact, mechanically cooled gamma cameras that do not require bulky liquid nitrogen …

Molecular Breast Imaging Using Synthetic Projections From High-Purity Germanium Detectors: A Simulation Study

D Campbell, T Peterson - IEEE transactions on radiation and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma cameras are an emerging technology for molecular
breast imaging (MBI) due to their 2-D lateral spatial resolution, depth-of-interaction (DOI) …

[图书][B] A High-Purity Germanium Imaging System for Limited-Angle Nuclear Breast Tomography

DL Campbell - 2015 - search.proquest.com
The objective of this work is to design and demonstrate the potential imaging capability of a
breast-specific High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) imaging system. Traditionally, HPGe …

Simulation of the effects of multiplexing in multi-pinhole SPECT using stacked Si-HPGe detectors

LC Johnson, S Shokouhi… - 2012 IEEE Nuclear …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small-animal pinhole single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) image quality
is limited by a number of factors, including the system's detection efficiency. Efficiency can …