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What are the four desirable scintillator properties?

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  1. highest possible intensity for a given amount of energy absorbed
  2. transparent to its own light
  3. decay time should be short so photocathode can differentiate between 2 sep. events
  4. must be adequate to cause all the energy of the even to be deposited into the detector
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why is transparency important?

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if the scintillator is transparent to its own light, photons will reach the PMT with minimum loss of intensity

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what is intensity?

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it describes the number of light photons

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how does radiation interact with scintillators?

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Compton, photoelectric effect and pair production

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what are the four steps to processing detection?

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  1. interaction
  2. light production
  3. photoelectron released
  4. multiplication of electrons to form pulse
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what is the preferred type of interaction?

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photoelectric for complete gamma absorption

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how does light production occur?

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when the excited atoms in the scintillator returns to ground state

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light intensity is _______ to the amount of energy absorbed.

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proportional

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where does the exponential amplification of electrons occur?

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in the PMT

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what causes the exponential amplification?

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a series of charged plates to accelerate the electrons to produce secondary electrons

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what are dynodes?

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the series of charged plates

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how is a pulse created?

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by the collection of electrons at the anode

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what is a voltage pulse?

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a burst of electrons collected at the anode

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describe the relationship between voltage pulse height and the number of electrons collected at the anode.

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number of electrons collected there is PROPORTIONAL to the voltage pulse height

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which pulse does the amplifier manipulate?

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the z pulse

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what does the z pulse represent?

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size of the pulse in volts
aka the result of the energy absorbed within the crystal

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what is a collimator?

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1/2 inch to 2 inch piece of lead that is meant to attenuate gamma coming towards the crystal from a bad angle

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what does absorptive collimation describe?

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how the collimator only allows the photons travelling in an appropriate direction to interact with the crystal

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larger holes in the collimator = _____ permissive = ____ resolution, _____ sensitivity

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larger holes = more permissive = less resolution = high sensitivity

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smaller holes in the collimator = _____ permissive = ____ resolution, _____ sensitivity

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smaller holes = less permissive = higher resolution = lower sensitivity

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what is the physical characteristics on a parallel hole collimator dependent on?

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  • energy of radionuclide
  • required performance (reso vs. sensitivity)
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when do you use a DIVERGING collimator?

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when you need to increase the FOV of small diameter crystals for large organs

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what type of collimators MAGNIFY?

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1) pinhole
2) converging

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what will pinhole collimators do?

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1) magnify
2) reverse the image

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what is the slant hole collimator?
a variation of the parallel-hole collimator on a 30 degree slant
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fan beam collimators consist of: one axis is a _____ collimator, and the other axis is a _____ collimator
parallel-hole collimator + converging collimator
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what would a fan beam collimator be used for?
SPECT studies
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what is the role of the console?
to accept and analyze information from the head
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what is the role of the camera head?
detection and determination of the position of activity in the organ of interest
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more PMT = ______ spatial resolution and linearity
more PMT = better spatial resolution and linearity
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what are the three common shapes of PMTs?
1. circular 2. hexagonal 3. square
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what type of positioning logic does an analog system use?
coordinate system
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what is a coordinate system?
when the origin is (0,0) and it's the centre of the crystal
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what is the role of an amplifier?
shaping and increasing the pulse size
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what are 3 parameters that determine collimator spatial resolution?
1. hole length 2. hole diameter 3. distance between source and collimator
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_____ length and _____ diameter holes produce better spatial resolution. why?
longer length + smaller diameter - because they limit the nonperpendicular photon angles accepted
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what are the two methods used to determine the centroid?
coordination system + PMT output to be digitized by ADC
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what does normalization do?
it keeps the image size constant regardless of the photon energy and helps maintain good spatial resolution
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which pulse is analyzed by the PHA?
z pulse
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what information does the X and Y signal give?
it will determine the spatial location of the interaction within the crystal
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what program control is only used for calibration?
spectrum display
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which program control is used for positioning?
persistence scope
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is the persistence scope affected by the settings on the console?
it is NOT
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which scintillation camera correction is required because of NONUNIFORM RESPONSES OF THE PMTS?
energy correction
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what can be found between the detector and the pmt?
a light pipe
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what is a light pipe?
transparent material that allows scintillation light to SPREAD AS IT EXITS THE CRYSTAL
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what is spatial linearity?
accuracy of the positioning of detected events
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why do you need to do a spatial linearity correction?
because of the nonlinearity of PMT responses and the mispositioning of events
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what is uniformity?
the ability of the camera to reproduce a uniform radioactive distribution
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what does uniformity correction do?
it decreases the variability in count densities to an acceptable level
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what causes an energy spectrum to shift?
whether the event is directly under the PMT or between PMTs
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what will happen if you keep the photo peak centred?
increase in energy resolution of the system
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what are the 4 parameters that affects the collimator's sensitivity?
1. hole length 2. hole diameter 3. hole geometry 4. septal thickness
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_____ hole length + _____ hole diameter = greater sensitivity
shorter hole length + larger hole diameter = greater sensitivity
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does changing the distance between the source and the collimator have an effect on sensitivity?
nope.
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what causes the "pincushion effect"?
malpositioning of the events (when X and Y aren't normalized)
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what does the pincushion effect cause?
poor field uniformity
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what is the spatial linearity correction?
usage of a table of position-based correction factors
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who is responsible for energy/linearity corrections?
factory or service personnel
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who is responsible for camera maintenance?
service personnel
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what is responsible for autotuning?
gamma cameras
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who is responsible for the uniformity correction map?
technologist
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what is the range of temperature that imaging rooms are recommended to be at?
20-21 degrees
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what are some other special considerations for imaging rooms?
- air filters should be cleaned regularly - humidistat to monitor moisture - having a battery backup - location of the gamma camera
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sudden changes in temperature can damage the crystal. what is the temperature range stated in Prekeges?
more than 12 degrees celsius per hour will damage the crystal
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is it analog or digital signals that are able to be manipulated, analyzed and eventually stored?
digital signals
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is it analog or digital signals that are dependent on continuously variable voltages?
analog signals
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is it analog or digital signals that are dependent on discrete voltages?
digital signals
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is it analog or digital signals that are based on binary information?
digital signals
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where does the analogy to digital energy conversion occur?
right after the PMT
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what are signal weights?
signals created based on responses from PMTs closest to the detection event
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what are position calculations?
when the PMT signals are modified by their position, the location of the event is determined with spatial resolution accuracy of about 3.5 mm
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what is energy summation?
adding of the digitized signals from each PMT in the area of interaction = determines the energy of that event
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what are the cons of analog signals?
- increased dead time - decreased efficiency - affected by electronic noise - no image manipulation
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what are the pro(s) of analogy signals?
it preserves all data
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what are the cons of digital signals?
- lose some data in conversion - down time increases if problem occurs
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what are the pros of digital signals?
+ decreased dead time + increased efficiency -- quicker access and transfer of data
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what is the difference between "binary" and "decimal"?
binary = system that has 2 possible digits (0,1) decimal = system that has 10 possible digits (0-9)
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you read binary left to right. t/f
false. right to left
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what is a "BIT"?
single position of binary number representation
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What is a "BYTE"?
1 byte = 8 bits
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what is a "WORD"?
group of bits that a computer can process at one time
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how many bits make up a word? bytes?
16 bits 2 bytes (1 byte = 8 bits)
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the diameter of the crystal is equal to the ______ of X and Y signals.
maximum range of X + Y = diameter of crystal
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specific area on crystal = specific (A). each (A) is assigned to a specific (B) in computer memory.
(A) = pixel (B) = location
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is it analog or digital that consists of a grid/matrix of pixels?
digital image
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what is a pixel value?
it gives the location information dependent on the number of counts or other quantity associated with that pixel
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X (+/-) & Y (+/-) position signals are analyzed using ADCs.
X- and Y-
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what is the flow in a ramp conversion?
input pulse ---> charge deposited in capacitor (ADC input) ---> discharges through resistors + during discharge, gate pulse activates clock oscillator ---> production of a train of pulses counted
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the number of clock pulses is dependent on?
the initial amount of charge deposited -- amplitude of input pulse
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is the digital signal or analog signal expressed in binary?
digital signal
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what does successive approximation describing?
a trial and error technique that the ADC compares the signal to preset values in succession and transmits the results in digital form
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when does the successive approximation process start?
by turning on the most significant bit
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when will a bit be turned off during the successive approximation process?
if the value represented is GREATER than the input value
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What is the flash/parallel approximation process?
comparing signals to preset values at the same time and transmitting the results in digital form
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what is the unit of division in the ADC?
1 bit therefore, 1-bit = dividing into two equal parts 2 bits = dividing into four equal parts
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more bits an ADC = better the _______.
accuracy
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What is the LUT? (Lookup table)
single digital array consisting of shades of grey with values ranging from zero to high values
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what shade is zero on the LUT?
white
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what shade is the highest value on the LUT?
black
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what is the LUT used for?
to correlate image density to counts per pixel
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more bits to an ADC = _____ to digitize a signal
more bits = more time
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faster sampling rates = more _____
faster sampling rate = more accurate but need more storage space
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loss of information could occur due to slower sampling rate. t/f
true

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