In-beam Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a system for monitoring high precision radiation therapy which is in the most cases applied to the tumors near organs at risk. High quality and fast availability of in-beam PET images are, therefore, extremely important for successful verification of the dose delivery. Two main problems make an in-beam PET monitoring a challenging task. Firstly, in-beam PET measurements result in a very low counting statistics. Secondly, an integration of the PET scanner into the treatment facility requires significant reduction of the sensitive surface of the scanner and leads to a dual-head form resulting in imaging artifacts. The aim of this work is to bring the imaging process by means of in-beam PET to optimum quality and time scale. The following topics are under consideration:
- analysis of image quality for in-beam PET;
- image reconstruction;
- solutions for building, testing, and integration of a PET monitoring system into the dedicated treatment facility.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:25094 |
| Date | 14 July 2009 |
| Creators | Shakirin, Georgy |
| Contributors | Poll, Rüdiger, Enghardt, Wolfgang, Herzog, Hans, Technische Universität Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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