[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-modal 3D imaging of radionuclides using multiple hybrid Compton cameras

A Omata, M Masubuchi, N Koshikawa, J Kataoka… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
For radiological diagnosis and radionuclide therapy, X-ray and gamma-ray imaging
technologies are essential. Single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) and positron …

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 …

Development of simultaneous PET and Compton imaging using GAGG-SiPM based pixel detectors

K Shimazoe, M Yoshino, Y Ohshima… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) is considered an important and powerful tool for
molecular imaging and medical diagnosis with its high sensitivity. Further, single-photon …

In vivo simultaneous imaging with 99mTc and 18F using a Compton camera

M Sakai, M Yamaguchi, Y Nagao… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We have been developing a medical imaging technique using a Compton camera. This
study evaluates the feasibility of clear imaging with 99m Tc and 18 F simultaneously, and …

Whole gamma imaging: a new concept of PET combined with Compton imaging

E Yoshida, H Tashima, K Nagatsu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We proposed a concept of whole gamma imaging (WGI) that utilizes all detectable gamma
rays for imaging. An additional detector ring, which is used as the scatterer, is inserted in the …

3D Compton image reconstruction method for whole gamma imaging

H Tashima, E Yoshida, H Wakizaka… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Compton imaging or Compton camera imaging has been studied well, but its advantages in
nuclear medicine and molecular imaging have not been demonstrated yet. Therefore, the …

Hybrid SPECT/CT: a new era for SPECT imaging?

O Schillaci - European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular …, 2005 - Springer
In recent years the use of medical images in healthcare has grown considerably, mainly due
to the rapid evolution of imaging techniques. Now, it is usual for patients to be imaged …

Development of a small prototype for a proof-of-concept of OpenPET imaging

T Yamaya, E Yoshida, T Inaniwa, S Sato… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The OpenPET geometry is our new idea to visualize a physically opened space between
two detector rings. In this paper, we developed the first small prototype to show a proof-of …

Hybrid imaging by SPECT/CT and PET/CT: proven outcomes in cancer imaging

A Bockisch, LS Freudenberg, D Schmidt… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2009 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen the development of hybrid imaging technologies combining
positron emission tomography (PET) or single-photon emission computed tomography …