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Imaging System And Method For The Non-Pure Positron Emission Tomography

a positron emission tomography and imaging system technology, applied in the field of imaging system and method for the non-pure positron emission tomography, can solve the problems of short half-life of sup>18/sup>f, limited spatial resolution of a pet system, and limited use of sup>18/sup>f, etc., to achieve good temporal resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-15
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
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[0016]An advantage of the present invention is that source position is calculated directly from the detected three photons, without 180° data acquisition or image reconstruction. This makes real time imaging possible. The present invention also provides good temporal resolution and quantitative analysis. It immunes to scatter and random events and achieves a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).

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Currently, the spatial resolution of a PET system is limited by the high 511-keV photon energy, non-colinearity of the annihilation photons, positron range, and detector technology.
The pinhole SPECT requires a heavy collimated detector to rotate around the object and a small misalignment in the setup can generate artifact.
However, the absorption of FDG is mainly due to the absorption of glucose for the metabolic process and is not organ specific.
Furthermore, the short half-life of 18F limits its usage when a long observation is needed.
This downgrades the PET performance.

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[0029]FIG. 3 shows an embodiment according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the NPET system consists of two types of detection systems. The first type of detection system is referred to a PET subsystem and the second type of detection system is referred to a SPECT subsystem. These two subsystems are connected by a triple coincidence circuit 303. The PET subsystem simultaneously detects two annihilated photons (511 KeV). The direction of the annihilated photons (called annihilation line) is along the line of response (LOR) connected by the two detectors that coincidently intercept the photons. The SPECT subsystem is a detector 302a with at least one collimator 302b to detect an associated photon with the direction specified by the collimator 302b. During scanning an object 310, the NPET system is placed surround the object 310. The position of a point source is determined through the detection of the three photons. The signals from these three photons after an energy di...

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Disclosed is an imaging system and method for the non-pure positron emission tomography (NPET). The NPET comprises a PET subsystem to detect the annihilated photons, and a SPECT subsystem to detect the associated gamma. These two subsystems are connected by a triple coincidence circuit. The source position can be determined through detection of the three photons using the triple coincidence circuit. As long as these three photons are simultaneously detected and their energies are right, the source position is directly calculated and located on the intersection of an associated line and an annihilated line. The present invention provides good temporal resolution and quantitative analysis. It immunes to scatter and random events and achieves a high signal-to-noise ratio. Real imaging is also possible in the NPET system.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention generally relates to an imaging system and method for the non-pure positron emission tomography (NPET), which may be used to determine the source position through the detection of three photons.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Because of its high sensitivity and specificity for detecting a wide range of cancers in oncology, the positron emission tomography (PET) system is becoming very popular for diagnostic study. Coincident detection in the PET system provides the projection sampling which can be reconstructed to yield tomographic images. The primary advantage of PET is its ability to quantify the metabolism activity inside the body.[0003]FIG. 1 shows a conventional PET system with the coincidence circuitry. The PET system utilizes coincident detection of a pair of photons generated by the annihilation of the positron and electron. It includes hundreds of detectors arranged in a ring shape and positioned around an object being test...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01T1/164
CPCG01T1/1603A61B6/037G01T1/2985G01T1/1648
Inventor CHUANG, KEH-SHIH
Owner NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
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