Abstract
By using a prototype Compton camera consisting of silicon (Si) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor detectors, originally developed for the ASTRO-H satellite mission, an experiment involving imaging multiple radiopharmaceuticals injected into a living mouse was conducted to study its feasibility for medical imaging. The accumulation of both iodinated ( 131I) methylnorcholestenol and 85Sr into the mouse's organs was simultaneously imaged by the prototype. This result implies that the Compton camera is expected to become a multi-probe tracker available in nuclear medicine and small animal imaging.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 06140939 |
Pages (from-to) | 70-76 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 1 PART 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2012 |
Keywords
- Astrophysics
- Nuclear medicine
- Si/CdTe semiconductor compton camera
- Small animal imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering