NERS/BIOE 481
Lecture 06
Radioisotope Image Formation

IV. Image Formation (continued) (Detailed Syllabus)

  1. Radioisotope Imaging - Primary Signal
  2. Effects of Scattered Radiation

Reading (pdf):
Assigned Sorenson, Ch.16 14 pgs Radioisotope imaging collimators.
Optional Barrett, Ch.11 21 pgs Scattered radiation - single scatter model.
Optional Flynn, L06a 12 pgs Lecture notes: collimator res. & sensitivity.
Optional Flynn, L06b 4 pgs Lecture notes: scattered radiation.
Resource Anger1964 17 pgs ... Multihole Collimator, JNM 1964
Resource Buvat2001 13 pgs Collimator selection for NM breast imaging
Lecture Material:

slides(pdf,3.3MB) , printview(pdf,1.2MB)

Homework: L06-HW05   (pdf)
    Answer : L06-HW05+ (pdf)

Links
Wiki Book Basic Physics of NM Imaging Systems
Nucl. Fields Collimators for NM and CT Detectors.
COMPTEL The Imaging Compton Telescope (NASA CGRO 1991-2000)
SWIFT-BAT Batch Alert Telescope (BAT), NASA SWIFT Telescope
ORION Orion Radiation Measurement Group, UofM
H3D Gamma ray imaging spectrometers