Measuring the Mutual Effects of a CZT Detector and a 3T MRI for the Development of a Simultaneous MBI/MRI Insert

A cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) based detector system has been developed with the goal of combining molecular breast imaging (MBI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to address shortcomings of each modality. The CZT detector system is comprised of four CZT modules tiled in a $2\times 2$ array. Each module consists of 256 pixels ( $16\times 16$ , 2.4 mm pixels) and features a built-in ASIC and FPGA. A custom digital readout circuit board was …