Development and testing of a restraint free small animal SPECT imaging system with infrared based motion tracking

  • A. G. Weisenberger
  • , B. Kross
  • , S. S. Gleason
  • , J. Goddard
  • , S. Majewski
  • , S. R. Meikle
  • , M. J. Paulus
  • , M. Pomper
  • , V. Popov
  • , M. F. Smith
  • , B. L. Welch
  • , R. Wojcik

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Abstract

The development and initial evaluation of a high-resolution single photon emission tomography (SPECT) based system to image the biodistribution of radiolabeled tracers such as Tc-99m and I-125 in unrestrained/un-anesthetized mice. An infrared (IR) based position tracking apparatus has been developed and integrated into a SPECT gantry. The tracking system is designed to measure the spatial position of a mouse's head at a rate of 10-15 frames per second with sub-millimeter accuracy. The High resolution, gamma imaging detectors are based on pixellated Nal(Tl) crystal scintillator arrays, arrays of compact position-sensitive photomultiplier tubes and novel readout circuitry for lower device cost while retaining high spatial resolution. Two SPECT gamma camera detector heads based on a 4 × 8 array of Hamamatsu R8520-C12 position sensitive photomultiplier tubes have been built and installed onto the gantry. The IR landmark-based pose measurement and tracking system is under development to provide animal position data during a SPECT scan. The animal position and orientation data acquired by the IR tracking system is used for motion correction during the tomographic image reconstruction.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberM6-47
Pages (from-to)2090-2094
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Event2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference - Portland, OR, United States
Duration: Oct 19 2003Oct 25 2003

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