New device based on the super spatial resolution (SSR) method

Articolo

Data di Pubblicazione:

2013

Abstract:

Recentlyithavebeendescribedthatinnovativemethods,namelySuperSpatialResolution(SSR),canbe used toimprovethescintigraphicimaging.TheaimofSSRtechniquesistheenhancementofthe resolution ofanimagingsystem,usinginformationfromseveralimages.Inthispaperwedescribeanew experimentalapparatusthatcouldbeusedformolecularimagingandsmallanimalimaging.Infactwe present anewdevice,completelyautomated,thatusestheSSRmethodandprovidesimageswithbetter spatial resolutionincomparisontotheoriginalresolution.Preliminarysmallanimalimagingstudies confirm thefeasibilityofaveryhighresolutionsysteminscintigraphicimagingandthepossibilityto havegammacamerasusingtheSSRmethod,toperformtheapplicationsonfunctionalimaging

Tipologia CRIS:

01.01 Articolo in rivista

Keywords:

Nuclear medicine imaging; Super s; Spatial resolution; High resolution gamma camera; Position sensitive photo multiplier tube

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