Recent advances in BazookaSPECT: Real-time data processing and the development of a gamma-ray microscope

Brian W. Miller, Harrison H. Barrett, Lars R. Furenlid, H. Bradford Barber, Robert J. Hunter

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Abstract

Recent advances have been made with the BazookaSPECT detector, a high-resolution CCD-based gamma camera, which utilizes an MCP-based image intensifier for upfront optical gain. Operating the gamma camera at high frame rates leads to a massive amount of data throughput, thereby inducing the need for real-time processing. We have developed and implemented a list-mode algorithm which allows for real-time data acquisition and processing at high frame rates. This is accomplished with a graphics processing unit (GPU), which provides processing capabilities in addition to the CPU. We have also developed a gamma-ray microscope based on the BazookaSPECT detector and micro-coded apertures. Experimental phantom images show the gamma-ray microscope having an estimated reconstruction resolution of ∼30 μm, an unprecedented resolution in gamma-ray imaging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)272-275
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume591
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 11 2008

Keywords

  • CCD-based gamma camera
  • Coded apertures
  • GPGPU
  • Gamma-ray microscope
  • Near-field imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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