کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1887934 1043639 2006 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Detection-ability evaluation of the PEImager for positron emission mammography applications
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم تشعشع
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Detection-ability evaluation of the PEImager for positron emission mammography applications
چکیده انگلیسی

This work is a pilot study of using a dual-head scanner in positron emission mammograph (PEM). A positron emission imager (PEImager) developed at our laboratory was used as a PEM prototype to obtain data. Dual-head projection imaging mode was used in the PEM study. An iterative algebraic reconstruction was employed to reconstruct projection data to obtain tomograms. A cylindrizal phantom filled with water was applied to simulate a breast and five hollow spheres (2 mm–10 mm diameters) filled with F-18 fluoride simulated tumors in the breast phantom. Preliminary data revealed that the locations and sizes of the hot spots in the breast phantom were determined from the reconstructed images. The ability to detect the tumor embedded in the radioactive water was evaluated. At a tumor-to-normal tissue ratio 20:1, a 3 mm tumor was detected; 5 mm and 10 mm tumors could be detected at the ratios of 10:1 and 5:1, respectively.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Physica Medica - Volume 21, Supplement 1, 2006, Pages 109-113