UMMS Affiliation
Department of Radiology
Publication Date
2020-10-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Bioimaging and Biomedical Optics | Radiology
Abstract
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an important imaging modality for various applications in nuclear medicine. The use of multi-pinhole (MPH) collimators can provide superior resolution-sensitivity trade-off when imaging small field-of-view compared to conventional parallel-hole and fan-beam collimators. Besides the very successful application in small animal imaging, there has been a resurgence of the use of MPH collimators for clinical cardiac and brain studies, as well as other small field-of-view applications. This article reviews the basic principles of MPH collimators and introduces currently available and proposed clinical MPH SPECT systems.
Keywords
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), brain, cardiac, collimator, multi-pinhole
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DOI of Published Version
10.21037/qims-19-1036
Source
Ozsahin I, Chen L, Könik A, King MA, Beekman FJ, Mok GSP. The clinical utilities of multi-pinhole single photon emission computed tomography. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2020 Oct;10(10):2006-2029. doi: 10.21037/qims-19-1036. PMID: 33014732; PMCID: PMC7495312. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Related Resources
PubMed ID
33014732
Repository Citation
Ozsahin I, Chen L, Konik A, King MA, Beekman FJ, Mok GS. (2020). The clinical utilities of multi-pinhole single photon emission computed tomography. Open Access Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.21037/qims-19-1036. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4437
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