The OpenGATE ecosystem for Monte Carlo simulation in medical physics

D Sarrut, T Baudier, D Borys, A Etxebeste… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the ecosystem of GATE, an open-source Monte Carlo toolkit for medical
physics. Based on the shoulders of Geant4, the principal modules (geometry, physics …

Development and applications of Compton camera—A review

RK Parajuli, M Sakai, R Parajuli, M Tashiro - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of Compton cameras began with the detection of radiation sources originally for
applications in astronomy. A Compton camera is a promising γ-ray detector that operates in …

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 …

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 …

Performance demonstration of a hybrid Compton camera with an active pinhole for wide-band X-ray and gamma-ray imaging

A Omata, J Kataoka, K Fujieda, S Sato, E Kuriyama… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
X-ray and gamma-ray imaging are technologies with several applications in nuclear
medicine, homeland security, and high-energy astrophysics. However, it is generally difficult …

Imaging of 99mTc-DMSA and 18F-FDG in humans using a Si/CdTe Compton camera

T Nakano, M Sakai, K Torikai, Y Suzuki… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The Compton camera can simultaneously acquire images of multiple isotopes injected in a
body; therefore, it has the potential to introduce a new subfield in the field of biomedical …

Compton imaging with 99mTc for human imaging

M Sakai, Y Kubota, RK Parajuli, M Kikuchi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We have been developing a medical imaging system using a Compton camera and
demonstrated the imaging ability of Compton camera for 99mTc-DMSA accumulated in rat …

Monitoring ion beam therapy with a Compton camera: Simulation studies of the clinical feasibility

M Fontana, JL Ley, D Dauvergne… - … on Radiation and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As more and more particle therapy centers are being built world-wide, there is increasing
need in treatment monitoring methods, ideally in real time. This article investigates the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] System characterization and performance studies with MACACO III Compton camera

L Barrientos, M Borja-Lloret, JV Casaña… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The IRIS group of IFIC-Valencia has developed a Compton camera prototype. The system
detectors are made of Lanthanum (III) bromide scintillator crystals coupled to silicon …