State-of-the-art challenges and emerging technologies in radiation detection for nuclear medicine imaging: A review

E Enlow, S Abbaszadeh - Frontiers in Physics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography
(PET) are established medical imaging modalities that have been implemented for decades …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical utilities of multi-pinhole single photon emission computed tomography

I Ozsahin, L Chen, A Könik, MA King… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an important imaging modality for
various applications in nuclear medicine. The use of multi-pinhole (MPH) collimators can …

Investigation of axial and angular sampling in multi-detector pinhole-SPECT brain imaging

N Zeraatkar, KS Kalluri, B Auer, A Könik… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We designed a dedicated multi-detector multi-pinhole brain SPECT scanner to generate
images of higher quality compared to general-purpose systems. The system, AdaptiSPECT …

Mesh modeling of system geometry and anatomy phantoms for realistic GATE simulations and their inclusion in SPECT reconstruction

B Auer, A Könik, TJ Fromme… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Monte-Carlo simulation studies have been essential for advancing various
developments in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging, such as …

Improvement in sampling and modulation of multiplexing with temporal shuttering of adaptable apertures in a brain-dedicated multi-pinhole SPECT system

N Zeraatkar, B Auer, KS Kalluri, M May… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We are develo** a multi-detector pinhole-based stationary brain-dedicated SPECT
system: AdaptiSPECT-C. In this work, we introduced a new design prototype with multiple …

Cerebral SPECT imaging with different acquisition schemes using varying levels of multiplexing versus sensitivity in an adaptive multi-pinhole brain-dedicated …

N Zeraatkar, KS Kalluri, B Auer, M May… - Biomedical physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Application of multi-pinhole collimator in pinhole-based SPECT increases detection
sensitivity. The presence of multiplexing in projection images due to the usage of multiple …

Preliminary investigation of AdaptiSPECT-C designs with square or square and hexagonal detectors employing direct and oblique apertures

KS Kalluri, N Zeraatkar, B Auer, PH Kuo… - … Meeting on Fully …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We report our investigation of system designs and 3D reconstruction for a dedicated brain-
imaging SPECT system using multiple square or square and hexagonal detector modules …

Demultiplexing of projection data in adaptive brain SPECT with multi-pinhole collimation

N Zeraatkar, KS Kalluri, B Auer… - 2020 IEEE Nuclear …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiplexing of projection images is a potential solution to increasing detection sensitivity in
multi-pinhole (MPH) SPECT systems. However, the ambiguity caused by overlapped …

Aperture size selection for improved brain tumor detection and quantification in multi-pinhole 123I-CLINDE SPECT imaging

B Auer, KS Kalluri, AH Abayazeed… - 2020 IEEE Nuclear …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A next-generation multi-pinhole system dedicated to brain SPECT imaging is being
constructed by our research team, which we call AdaptiSPECT-C. The system prototype …

Design study of an ultrahigh resolution brain SPECT system using a synthetic compound-eye camera design with micro-slit and micro-ring apertures

EM Zannoni, C Yang, LJ Meng - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we discuss the design study for a brain SPECT imaging system, referred to as
the HelmetSPECT system, based on a spherical synthetic compound-eye (SCE) gamma …