Objective
The purpose of the project is the development of a compact and high-resolution Anger camera to be used in clinical and research environments and which allows earlier and more reliable diagnosis and therapy planning of cancer diseases in specific applications where high overall spatial resolution (less than 3 mm) and system compactness (less than 10x10 cm2 field of view) are required. The gamma camera is based on the well-established Anger architecture, where a collimator acts as a mechanical sieve for incoming gamma photons, a continuous scintillator uses the energy of each selectively passed gamma photon to generate visible photons and an array of photodetectors emits electric signals in response to the absorption of the visible photons. The improvement of performances is based on the use of a particular type of photodetector, the Silicon Drift Detector (SDD), which has recently demonstrated to provide better performance with respect to the commonly used photomultiplier tubes'. The camera is intended for use both single-handedly for planar scintigraphic studies and inserted in an annular holder (gantry) of small diameter for SPECT imaging. Thanks to its compactness and high spatial resolution, it offers potential applications in early diagnosis of cancer diseases affecting areas of the human body which can be hardly imaged with the large and heavy imaging heads and gantries of commercial Anger cameras. The camera to be developed in the present project offers also promising perspectives of integration at the system level with MRI instrumentation, thanks to the large insensitivity of the SDD photodetectors to large magnetic fields.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors optical sensors
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine oncology
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry metalloids
- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics photons
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Call for proposal
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FP6-2005-LIFESCIHEALTH-7
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Coordinator
MILANO
Italy
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