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ArticleScientific reports2020

Time of flight dual photon emission computed tomography.

Chih-Chieh Chiang, Chun-Chao Chuang, Yu-Ching Ni, Meei-Ling Jan, Keh-Shih Chuang, Hsin-Hon Lin

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Chih-Chieh ChiangMedical Physics Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chun-Chao ChuangDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yu-Ching NiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Meei-Ling JanMedical Physics Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Keh-Shih ChuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Hsin-Hon LinMedical Physics Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. hh.lin@mx.nthu.edu.tw.

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Abstract

Time-of-flight dual photon emission computed tomography (TOF-DuPECT) is an imaging system that can obtain radionuclide distributions using time information recorded from two cascade-decay photons. The potential decay locations in the image space, a hyperbolic response curve, can be determined via time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) estimations from two instantaneous coincidence photons. In this feasibility study, Monte Carlo simulations were performed to generate list-mode coincidence data. A full-ring positron emission tomography-like detection system geometry was built in the simulation environment. A contrast phantom and a Jaszczak-like phantom filled with Selenium-75 (Se-75) were used to evaluate the image quality. A TOF-DuPECT system with varying coincidence time resolution (CTR) was then evaluated. We used the stochastic origin ensemble (SOE) algorithm to reconstruct images from the recorded list-mode data. The results indicate that the SOE method can be successfully employed for the TOF-DuPECT system and can achieve acceptable image quality when the CTR is less than 100 ps. Therefore, the TOF-DuPECT imaging system is feasible. With the improvement of the detector with time, future implementations and applications of TOF-DuPECT are promising. Further quantitative imaging techniques such as attenuation and scatter corrections for the TOF-DuPECT system will be developed in future.

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