TABLE 2

Selected Published BD Single-Photon Radionuclide Imaging System Specifications and Imaging Performance Statistics

SystemGeometryFOV (mm)Patient orientationCrystal typeCollimator typeCollimator hole diameter/hole length/septal thickness (mm)Spatial resolution (mm)Sensitivity (cps/MBq)Energy resolution at 140 keV
Dilon Diagnostics 6800 (49)Single-panel projection200 x, 200 yCompressionNaIParallel-hole1.22/25/0.154.2 (S/C, 3 cm)31 (EW, 126–154 keV)9.5%
1.22/36/0.3754.0 (S/C, 3 cm)16 (EW, 126–154 keV)
Gamma Medica LumaGEM 3200S (50)Dual-panel projection200 x, 160 yCompressionCdZnTeParallel-hole1.22/9.4/0.155.6 (S/C, 3 cm)510 (EW, 110–154 keV)3.8%
2.5/25/0.304.8 (S/C, 3 cm)176 (EW, 110–154 keV)
GE Healthcare Discovery NM750b (50)Dual-panel projection200 x, 200 yCompressionCdZnTeParallel-hole2.1/21/0.404.6 (S/C, 3 cm)318 (EW, 110–154 keV)6.5%
2.26/34.7/0.244.4 (S/C, 3 cm)149 (EW, 110–154 keV)
Duke University SPECT/CT (22)Rotating200 x, 160 yPendantCdZnTeParallel-hole1.22/25.4/0.23.4 (S/C, 1 cm, planar); 2.7 (S/C, reconstructed at 3-mm rotation radius, sagittal and coronal)37.9 (EW, 129–151 keV)6.8%
University of Naples SPECT/CT (21)Rotating70 x, 70 yPendantCdTePinhole1.2-mm effective aperture diameter5.1 (S/C, 3 cm); 7.2 (S/C, 5 cm)Not applicableNot applicable
University of Virginia breast tomosynthesis (23,51)Limited rotation203 x, 152 yCompressionNaI (Tl)Parallel-hole1.778/19.99/0.3053.2 (intrinsic)147 (EW, 126–154 keV)17.5%
  • x/y = linear orthogonal axes; EW = energy window; S/C = source-to-collimator distance.