Performance evaluation of a modular gamma camera using a detectability index

JD Sain, HH Barrett - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
The performance of a modular gamma camera for the task of detecting signals in random
noisy backgrounds was evaluated experimentally. The results were compared with a …

[PDF][PDF] Comparing the performance of two gamma cameras under high counting rates: principles and practice

C Guldberg, N Rossing - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1978 - Soc Nuclear Med
MATERIALS AND METHODS The testing was concerned mainly with demon strating the
effects of deadtime loss and the coinci dence phenomenon. We also studied the resolution …

Performance characterization of a miniature, high sensitivity gamma ray camera

PD Olcott, F Habte, AM Foudray… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact, hand-held gamma camera with excellent intrinsic and extrinsic performance has
been developed for the rapid identification and localization of sentinel lymph nodes during …

Tests and characterization of gamma cameras for medical applications

M Fontana - 2018 - hal.uvsq.fr
The application of nuclear and particle physics techniques in the field of medical diagnosis
and pathology treatment is nowadays well-established in the clinical routine. In particular …

Quality control of gamma camera systems

A Bolster - 2003 - inis.iaea.org
[en] This report has been prepared by the Radionuclide Special Interest Group of the
Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. It replaces the Institute of Physical …

Performance characteristics of a new pixelated portable gamma camera

W Siman, S Cheenu Kappadath - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate and characterize the performance of a new commercially available
pixelated portable gamma camera Ergo (Digirad, Poway, CA). Methods: The authors …

Practical gamma camera quality control with a four-point phantom.

JL Lancaster, DT Kopp, JS Lasher… - Journal of nuclear …, 1985 - europepmc.org
A gamma camera QC phantom for practical assessment of resolution (average FWHM),
spatial calibration (pixels/mm), nonhomogeneity of spatial calibration, and average point …

The CARTOGAM portable gamma imaging system

O Gal, F Jean, F Lainé… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The CARTOGAM portable gamma camera has been developed for gamma imaging
applications in nuclear facilities. Its most remarkable characteristics are its mass (15 kg for …

External quality control of gamma cameras—results of an inter-laboratory comparison study in Austria

H Bergmann, J Hoebart, A Kugi - European journal of nuclear medicine, 1990 - Springer
Some 28 nuclear medicine departments out of a total of 40 participated in a nationwide
Austrian interlaboratory comparison of the imaging quality of gamma cameras. The …

Development of a hybrid portable medical gamma camera

SL Bugby - 2015 - figshare.le.ac.uk
A novel small field of view medical gamma camera-the Compact Gamma Camera (CGC)-
has been developed at the University of Leicester to provide portable, high-resolution …