کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4227927 | 1609833 | 2008 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Contrast enhancement by refraction was used to visualize tumours in the rabbit lung. VX2 tumour cells were intravenously injected into a rabbit. After 14 days the rabbit was euthanized and the lungs were imaged. Refraction-enhanced X-ray images were obtained with a sample-to-detector distance of 2.65–6 m. The beamline BL20B2 at the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility was used for the experiment, with a monochromatic X-ray beam with an energy of 33.2 keV. In the case of projection images, it was found that refraction did not help visualization of small tumours: the nodules did not show up with sharply defined edges. In tomography, tumours with a size of 1–10 mm were clearly visualized, together with blood vessels with a diameter down to 0.4 mm. These results show that refraction-enhanced imaging may be useful in human lung tomography to find small tumours.
Journal: European Journal of Radiology - Volume 68, Issue 3, Supplement, December 2008, Pages S54–S57