NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND SAMPLE EVALUATION METHOD

To simultaneously measure a plurality of information in a sample (including human body) by using positrons.SOLUTION: An output from individual γ-ray detectors is inputted to an event extraction part 20. The event extraction part 20 recognizes those (two-photon detection events) inferred to be due to...

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Hauptverfasser: SHIMAZOE KENJI, SHIBUYA KENGO, HIRAIDE TETSUYA, OTAKA YUTAKA
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Zusammenfassung:To simultaneously measure a plurality of information in a sample (including human body) by using positrons.SOLUTION: An output from individual γ-ray detectors is inputted to an event extraction part 20. The event extraction part 20 recognizes those (two-photon detection events) inferred to be due to two-photon annihilation, and those (three-photon detection events) inferred to be due to three-photon annihilation, in recognized individual pulse outputs, and information related to the respective events is stored in a storage part 30. A mapping part 40 calculates a two-photon annihilation strength distribution from two-photon detection event information only, and calculates a three-photon annihilation strength distribution from three-photon detection event information only. An arithmetic logical unit 60 calculates, for each position, a ratio (pair annihilation strength ratio) of the three-photon annihilation strength relative to the two-photon annihilation strength, in accordance with the two-photon annihilation strength distribution and the three-photon annihilation strength distribution in the body of a subject H. The arithmetic logical unit 60 can calculate a radical concentration from the pair annihilation strength ratio for each position calculated in this way.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】試料(人体を含む)における複数の情報を陽電子を用いて同時に測定する。【解決手段】個々のγ線検出器からの出力は、イベント抽出部20に入力する。イベント抽出部20は、認識された個々のパルス出力の中における、2光子消滅によると推測されるもの(2光子検出イベント)と、3光子消滅によると推測されるもの(3光子検出イベント)を認識し、それぞれに関わる情報を、記憶部30に記憶させる。マッピング部40は、このうち、2光子検出イベント情報のみから、2光子消滅強度分布を算出し、3光子検出イベント情報のみから、3光子消滅強度分布を算出する。演算部60は、被験者Hの体内における2光子消滅強度分布、3光子消滅強度分布より、3光子消滅強度の2光子消滅強度に対する比率(対消滅強度比)を、位置毎に算出する。演算部60は、このように算出された位置毎の対消滅強度比から、ラジカル濃度を算出することができる。【選択図】図1