title: Feasibility study of SPECT system for online dosimetry imaging in boron neutron capture therapy.
abstract: A single collimator version of a proposed PG-SPECT system was manufactured and experimentally tested. Combining this experimental data with Monte Carlo simulation, the viability of Ge and CdTe semiconductors detectors was calculated. It was determined that the best detector of the ones compared would be a CdTe detector of 2-3mm, aided by the benefit of adding a Compton-suppression anti-coincidence timing detector.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-N1-16 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan. Electronic address: hales.b.aa@m.titech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hales
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-N1-16 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katabuchi
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-N1-16 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashizaki
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-N1-16 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-N1-16 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Igashira
authors.affiliation: Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D016754:Boron Neutron Capture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D015902:Gamma Cameras; D009502:Neutrons; D009862:Online Systems; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D061089:Radiotherapy, Image-Guided / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012666:Semiconductors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: BGO detector; Boron neutron capture therapy; CdTe detector; Ge detector; Monte Carlo simulation