Preliminary experiment of fluorescent X-ray computed tomography to detect dual agents for biological study

The simultaneous observation of various information, such as blood flow, tissue metabolism and distribution of receptors, is quite important in order to understand the functional state of biomedical objects. The simultaneous detectability of contrast agents by fluorescent X‐ray computed tomography (...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of synchrotron radiation 2001-05, Vol.8 (3), p.1030-1034
Hauptverfasser: Yu, Quanwen, Takeda, Tohoru, Yuasa, Tetsuya, Hasegawa, Yasuhiro, Wu, Jin, Thet-Thet-Lwin, Hyodo, Kazuyuki, Dilmanian, F. Avraham, Itai, Yuji, Akatsuka, Takao
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Zusammenfassung:The simultaneous observation of various information, such as blood flow, tissue metabolism and distribution of receptors, is quite important in order to understand the functional state of biomedical objects. The simultaneous detectability of contrast agents by fluorescent X‐ray computed tomography (FXCT) with synchrotron radiation is examined in this study. The system consisted of a silicon (111) double‐crystal monochromator, an X‐ray slit system, a scanning table, a PIN diode, a highly purified germanium detector and an X‐­ray charge‐coupled device (CCD) camera. The monochromatic X‐­ray beam energy was adjusted to 37.0 keV and collimated into a pencil beam of 1 × 1 mm. The fluorescent spectra of the Kα lines for iodine and xenon were detected simultaneously. FXCT could image the distribution of both iodine and xenon agents in a phantom clearly and the contrast ratio was significantly better than that of transmission X‐ray computed tomography images.
ISSN:1600-5775
0909-0495
1600-5775
DOI:10.1107/S0909049500020483