Compton imaging for medical applications

H Tashima, T Yamaya - Radiological Physics and Technology, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Proton therapy monitoring: spatiotemporal emission reconstruction with prompt gamma timing and implementation with PET detectors

F Pennazio, V Ferrero, G D'Onghia… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. In this study we introduce spatiotemporal emission reconstruction prompt gamma
timing (SER-PGT), a new method to directly reconstruct the prompt photon emission in the …

Applications of Machine Learning to Improve the Clinical Viability of Compton Camera Based in vivo Range Verification in Proton Radiotherapy

JC Polf, CA Barajas, SW Peterson, DS Mackin… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We studied the application of a deep, fully connected Neural Network (NN) to process
prompt gamma (PG) data measured by a Compton camera (CC) during the delivery of …

Multi-modal 3D imaging of radionuclides using multiple hybrid Compton cameras

A Omata, M Masubuchi, N Koshikawa, J Kataoka… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
For radiological diagnosis and radionuclide therapy, X-ray and gamma-ray imaging
technologies are essential. Single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) and positron …

[HTML][HTML] System characterization and performance studies with MACACO III Compton camera

L Barrientos, M Borja-Lloret, JV Casaña… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The IRIS group of IFIC-Valencia has developed a Compton camera prototype. The system
detectors are made of Lanthanum (III) bromide scintillator crystals coupled to silicon …

Joint image reconstruction algorithm in Compton cameras

J Roser, L Barrientos, J Bernabéu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. To demonstrate the benefits of using an joint image reconstruction algorithm
based on the List Mode Maximum Likelihood Expectation Maximization that combines …

Towards machine learning aided real-time range imaging in proton therapy

J Lerendegui-Marco, J Balibrea-Correa… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Compton imaging represents a promising technique for range verification in proton therapy
treatments. In this work, we report on the advantageous aspects of the i-TED detector for …

Influence of the background in Compton camera images for proton therapy treatment monitoring

M Borja-Lloret, L Barrientos, J Bernabéu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Background events are one of the most relevant contributions to image
degradation in Compton camera imaging for hadron therapy treatment monitoring. A study of …

A Portable Three-Layer Compton Camera for Wide-Energy-Range Gamma-ray Imaging: Design, Simulation and Preliminary Testing

J Zhang, X Xiao, Y Chen, B Zhang, X Ma, X Ai, J Li - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The imaging energy range of a typical Compton camera is limited due to the
fact that scattered gamma photons are seldom fully absorbed when the incident energies …

Influence of sub-nanosecond time of flight resolution for online range verification in proton therapy using the line-cone reconstruction in Compton imaging

J Livingstone, D Dauvergne, A Etxebeste… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Online ion range monitoring in hadron therapy can be performed via detection of secondary
radiation, such as prompt γ-rays, emitted during treatment. The prompt γ emission profile is …