Prompt gamma-ray emission from biological tissues during proton irradiation: a preliminary study

JC Polf, S Peterson, G Ciangaru, M Gillin… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we present the results of a preliminary study of secondary'prompt'gamma-ray
emission produced by proton–nuclear interactions within tissue during proton radiotherapy …

Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography for diagnosis of breast cancer

AJ Kapadia, AC Sharma, GD Tourassi… - … on Nuclear Science, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography (NSECT) is being developed as a non-
invasive spectroscopic imaging technique to determine element concentrations in the …

Experimental detection of iron overload in liver through neutron stimulated emission spectroscopy

AJ Kapadia, GD Tourassi, AC Sharma… - Physics in Medicine …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Iron overload disorders have been the focus of several quantification studies involving non-
invasive imaging modalities. Neutron spectroscopic techniques have demonstrated great …

Neutron-stimulated emission computed tomography of a multi-element phantom

CE Floyd, AJ Kapadia, JE Bender… - Physics in Medicine …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes the implementation of neutron-stimulated emission computed
tomography (NSECT) for non-invasive imaging and reconstruction of a multi-element …

[图书][B] Accuracy and patient dose in neutron stimulated emission computed tomography for diagnosis of iron overload: simulations in GEANT4

AJ Kapadia - 2007 - search.proquest.com
Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography (NSECT) is being proposed as an
experimental technique to diagnose iron overload in patients. Proof-of-concept experiments …

Near-field high-energy spectroscopic gamma imaging using a rotation modulation collimator

AC Sharma, TG Turkington, GD Tourassi… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Certain trace elements are vital to the body and elemental imbalances can be indicators of
certain diseases including cancer and liver diseases. Neutron Stimulated Emission …

In vivo neutron activation assembly design for quantification of trace elements using MCNP

S Tabbassum, LH Nie - Physiological measurement, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Background: Trace and essential elements both play a crucial role in maintaining normal
cellular and organ functions in human, while abnormal exposure to some of them is also …

Assessment of individual organ doses in a realistic human phantom from neutron and gamma stimulated spectroscopy of the breast and liver

MD Belley, WP Segars, AJ Kapadia - Medical Physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Understanding the radiation dose to a patient is essential when considering the
use of an ionizing diagnostic imaging test for clinical diagnosis and screening. Using Monte …

Quantitative assessment of lesion detection accuracy, resolution, and reconstruction algorithms in neutron stimulated emission computed tomography

MN Lakshmanan, AJ Kapadia - IEEE Transactions on Medical …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a quantitative analysis of the image quality obtained using filtered back-
projection (FBP) with Ram-Lak filtering and maximum likelihood-expectation maximization …

Probing the potential of neutron imaging for biomedical and biological applications

KL Watkin, HZ Bilheux, JF Ankner - … and Applications: A Reference for the …, 2009 - Springer
Neutron imaging of biological specimens began soon after the discovery of the neutron by
Chadwick in 1932. The first samples included tumors in tissues, internal organs in rats, and …