Optimal Parallel-Hole Collimation for Lesion Detection and Activity Estimation in Ga-67 Imaging
Moore S, Kijewski M, Fakhri G. Optimal Parallel-Hole Collimation for Lesion Detection and Activity Estimation in Ga-67 Imaging. 2002, 3: 1390-1392. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2002.1239580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCollimator designMedium-energy (MESimulation of photon transportSignal-to-noise ratioParallel-hole collimatorDesign of collimatorsClinical imaging tasksGa-67Contaminating photonsField of nuclear medicineEnergy windowFixed energyPhoton transportOptimal collimatorCollimatorCommercial collimatorsStaging of lymphoma patientsHotelling observerGa-67 imagingNuclear medicine clinicsLesion detectionNuclear medicineDetectorActivity concentrationsResolution values