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<i>In vivo</i>simultaneous imaging with<sup>99m</sup>Tc and<sup>18</sup>F using a Compton camera

Makoto Sakai, Mitsutaka Yamaguchi, Yuto Nagao, Naoki Kawachi, Mikiko Kikuchi, Kota Torikai, Tomihiro Kamiya, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Shin Watanabe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuo Arakawa, Takashi Nakano

Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2018

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Summary

We have been developing a medical imaging technique using a Compton camera. This study evaluates the feasibility of clear imaging with <sup>99m</sup>Tc and <sup>18</sup>F simultaneously, and demonstrates in vivo imaging with <sup>99m</sup>Tc and/or <sup>18</sup>F. We used a Compton camera with silicon and cadmium telluride (Si/CdTe) semiconductors. We estimated the imaging performance of the Compton camera for 141 keV and 511 keV gamma rays from <sup>99m</sup>Tc and <sup>22</sup>Na, respectively. Next, we simultaneously imaged <sup>99m</sup>Tc and <sup>18</sup>F point sources to evaluate the cross-talk artifacts produced by a higher energy gamma-ray background. Then, in the in vivo experiments, three rats were injected with <sup>99m</sup>Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid and/or <sup>18</sup>F-flu

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1088/1361-6560/aae1d1
Catalogue ID
BFmoakvhek-188ncc
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