Technical Parameters of PEM Camera (5)
Parameter | Characteristic |
Acquisition | |
Views | Anterior and posterior images of hands and feet |
Field of view (x–y plane) | 24 × 16.8 cm (maximum) |
Field of view (z direction) | Patient-dependent (maximum up to 19 cm) |
Compression force | 67 newton for breast view, patient-dependent for hand and foot view |
Scan duration | Variable (typically 10 min) |
Reconstruction | |
Coincidence timing window | 6 ns |
Energy window | 350–750 keV |
Acceptance angle | 25 crystals; angle varies with paddle separation |
Algorithm | Iterative 3-dimensional maximum-likelihood expectation maximization |
Number of iterations | 5 |
Corrections | Detector normalization and geometric efficiency; no corrections for randoms, dead-time, attenuation, scatter, or intrascan decay |
Reconstruction time | Depends on number of counts (typically <15 min) |
Images | |
Image matrix | 136 × 200 |
Pixel size | 1.2 × 1.2 mm |
Resolution | 2.4 mm in full width at half maximum |
Number of slices | 12 |
Slice thickness | 1/12 detector separation |
Units | μCi/cm3 or PEM uptake value |