A contiguous-slice design for single-photon emission tomography (SPECT).
Recent multislice, single-photon emission tomographic systems produce nonoverlapping transverse-section images, requiring repositioning of the patient and repeated studies to obtain a complete set of cross-sectional data. A complete, overlapping set of transverse-section images can be obtained by designing a collimator with alternating, staggered centerlines that are offset in the slice dimension.
D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods