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ReviewRadiological physics and technology2022

Compton imaging for medical applications.

Hideaki Tashima, Taiga Yamaya

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Review in Radiological physics and technology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. EJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry · 2025
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  5. Multiplexed imaging of radionuclides.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025
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  6. Individual and Simultaneous Imaging ofIEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hideaki TashimaNational Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Anagawa 4-9-1, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan. tashima.hideaki@qst.go.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-0083
Taiga YamayaNational Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Anagawa 4-9-1, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20H05667Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K12683Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21K19936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 detector in the back layer. This method was developed for astronomy, and in recent years, research and development for environmental and medical applications has been actively conducted. Compton imaging can discriminate gamma rays over a wide energy range from several hundred keV to several MeV. Therefore, it is expected to be applied to the simultaneous imaging of multiple nuclides in nuclear medicine and prompt gamma ray imaging for range verification in particle therapy. In addition, multiple gamma coincidence imaging is expected to be realized, which allows the source position to be determined from a single coincidence event using nuclides that emit multiple gamma rays simultaneously, such as nuclides that emit a single gamma ray simultaneously with positron decay. This review introduces various efforts toward the practical application of Compton imaging in the medical field, including in vivo studies, and discusses its prospects.

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Diagnostic ImagingElectronsGamma RaysMonte Carlo MethodRadionuclide ImagingCompton imagingMulti-isotope imagingMultiple-gamma coincidence imagingNuclear medicineParticle therapyTargeted radiotherapy

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