Title :
Optical imaging simulation using GATE
Author :
Cuplov, Vesna ; Buvat, I. ; Mesradi, Mohamed ; Pain, Frederic ; Jan, Sen
Author_Institution :
Service Hospitalier Frederic Joliot, Commissariat a l´Energie Atomique, Orsay, France
fDate :
Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
Abstract :
The Geant4 Application for Emission Tomography (GATE) is an advanced opensource software dedicated to Monte-Carlo (MC) simulations in medical imaging involving photon transportation (positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, computed tomography) and in particle therapy. In this work, we extend GATE to support simulations of optical imaging such as bioluminescence or fluorescence imaging and validate it against the Monte-Carlo for Multi-Layered media simulation tool. A full simulation set-up for molecular optical imaging (bioluminescence or fluorescence) is implemented and 2D images of the light distribution emitted from a phantom is provided through the GATE software.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; bioluminescence; biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence; medical computing; phantoms; public domain software; 2D image; GATE software; Geant4 Application for Emission Tomography; Monte-Carlo simulation; advanced opensource software; bioluminescence imaging; fluorescence imaging; light distribution; medical imaging; molecular optical imaging; multilayered media simulation tool; optical imaging simulation; particle therapy; phantom; photon transportation; positron emission tomography; single photon emission computed tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2028-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551597
