Published August 1995 | Version v1
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Development of skin surface radiation detector system to monitor radioactivity in arterial blood along with positron emission tomography

Creators

  • 1. National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka (Japan)
  • 2. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center

Description

A noninvasive blood radioactivity monitor system for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) study has been developed. This system has dual plastic scintillators to detect positrons from the wrist artery. One is for monitoring the blood radioactivity in artery and tissue, and another is for monitoring only in tissue, in order to subtract background radiation from tissue. The authors carried out phantom experiments for evaluating basic characteristics of this monitor system. Clinical experiments using 15O-labeled water were also done to compare this system with a conventional invasive monitor

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1455-1459.
ISSN
0018-9499
CODEN
IETNAE

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27025925
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ARTERIES; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC USES; OXYGEN 15; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; BODY FLUIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ORGANS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; TOMOGRAPHY; USES