Compton imaging for medical applications

H Tashima, T Yamaya - Radiological Physics and Technology, 2022 - Springer
Compton imaging exploits inelastic scattering, known as Compton scattering, using a
Compton camera consisting of a scatterer detector in the front layer and an absorber …

[HTML][HTML] Experience and new prospects of PET imaging for ion beam therapy monitoring

K Parodi, T Yamaya, P Moskal - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2023 - Elsevier
Pioneering investigations on the usage of positron-emission-tomography (PET) for the
monitoring of ion beam therapy with light (protons, helium) and heavier (stable and …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous in vivo imaging with PET and SPECT tracers using a Compton-PET hybrid camera

M Uenomachi, M Takahashi, K Shimazoe… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Positron-emission tomography (PET) and single-photon-emission computed tomography
(SPECT) are well-established nuclear-medicine imaging methods used in modern medical …

Photon counting detectors and their applications ranging from particle physics experiments to environmental radiation monitoring and medical imaging

R Ota - Radiological Physics and Technology, 2021 - Springer
Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have played essential
roles in various applications, such as fundamental particle physics experiments, nuclear …

Feasibility of triple gamma ray imaging of 10C for range verification in ion therapy

A Mohammadi, H Tashima, S Takyu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. In carbon ion therapy, the visualization of the range of incident particles in a
patient body is important for treatment verification. In-beam positron emission tomography …

Compton and proximity imaging of Ac in vivo with a CZT gamma camera: A proof of principle with simulations

J Caravaca, Y Huh, GT Gullberg… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In vivo imaging of 225Ac is a major challenge in the development of targeted alpha therapy
radiopharmaceuticals due to the extremely low injected doses. In this article, we present the …

Using inverse Laplace transform in positronium lifetime imaging

K Shibuya, H Saito, H Tashima… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Positronium (Ps) lifetime imaging is gaining attention to bring out additional biomedical
information from positron emission tomography (PET). The lifetime of Ps in vivo can change …

[HTML][HTML] Current and Future PET imaging for multiple myeloma

M Ishibashi, M Takahashi, T Yamaya, Y Imai - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging modality used for the noninvasive
assessment of tumor staging and response to therapy. PET with 18F labeled …

Two-dimensional positronium lifetime imaging using certified reference materials

S Takyu, K Shibuya, F Nishikido… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Positronium (Ps) is generated before electron–positron annihilation in positron emission
tomography (PET). As the Ps lifetime reflects the surrounding electron density, we aimed at …

Optimization of GFAG crystal surface treatment for SiPM based TOF PET detector

HG Kang, KJ Kim, K Kamada… - Biomedical Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Coincidence timing resolution (CTR) is an important parameter in clinical positron emission
tomography (PET) scanners to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of PET images by using …