Published February 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Development of the most suitable collimator system for Xe-133 inhalation rCBF SPECT and its performance

  • 1. Yamagata Univ. (Japan). School of Medicine

Description

A new middle resolution (MR) type collimator system was developed in which 1,850 MBq (50 mCi) of Xe-133 is available for a single rCBF SPECT scanning in the practical setting. In a sensitivity evaluation with 20 cmφ cylindrical pool phantom filled with 3.7 MBq (0.1 mCi) of Tc-99m solution, the MR type collimator was found to have a sensitivity of 21.5 kcps/μCi/ml, which was 63% of the sensitivity in the high sensitivity type collimator. When spatial resolution of the MR collimator was evaluated in the mode of dynamic SPECT using Xe-133 line source in 20 cmφ cylindrical phantom, FWHM was 16.7 mm by 2-rotation method and 13.6 mm by 4-rotation method. The present MR collimator system markedly improved the image quality of rCBF SPECT by Xe-133 inhalation method. (N.K.)

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Journal Title
Kaku Igaku
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
2
Series
Kaku Igaku.
Journal Page Range
173-177
ISSN
0022-7854
CODEN
KAIGB