Synthetic collimator for 2D and 3D imaging

Eric Clarkson; Donald W. Wilson; Harrison H. Barrett

doi:10.1117/12.349478

28 May 1999 Synthetic collimator for 2D and 3D imaging

Eric Clarkson, Donald W. Wilson, Harrison H. Barrett

Proceedings Volume 3659, Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349478
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We show how high-resolution parallel-projection images can be obtained with a synthetic collimator, a device that consists of a multiple-pinhole aperture with detector arrays in several locations behind it. Simulation studies indicate that this system is superior to a parallel-hole collimator system for parallel-projection imaging. We also show how three- dimensional reconstructions can be created with the synthetic collimator and present evidence from simulations that lesion detection will be better in these reconstructions than in either of the parallel-projection imaging systems.

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Eric Clarkson, Donald W. Wilson, and Harrison H. Barrett "Synthetic collimator for 2D and 3D imaging", Proc. SPIE 3659, Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging, (28 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349478

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